Louis Grabelsky

Military

B-24L #44-49476. Lost over France. MACR 11906.

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

801st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-49476

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Essex City, New Jersey

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 1 February 1945

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801st BG Roster, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia