Antoni Hendry Grabowski
Military
Object Number - UPL 60104 - 2nd Lt Antoni H Grabowski
Assigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 7-Jun-44 mission in B-24 ; enemy intruder A/C followed bomber stream back to base, shooting down A/C. Crashed off base near Wethering Stell, Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sweet Sioux
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Holyoke, Massachusetts | 11 November 1920 | Born Holyoke, MA |
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Enlisted |
Springfield, MA | 28 September 1942 | Springfield Massachusetts |
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Died |
7 June 1944 | ||
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Buried |
8 June 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot B Row 3 Grave 37 | |
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Based |
Mendlesham | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF |
Revisions
34th Bomb Group Mission List compiled by Gary L. Ferrell http://valortovictory.tripod.com
Walter Studivan "The Red Tailed Devils from Mendlesham"
"The Red Tailed Devils From Mendlesham" Walter Studivan
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 3 by Bishop & Hey p. 344
