Louis Rabinowitz

Military
media-43946.png UPL 43946 Louis Rabinowitz photo from German report KU-647 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139533482 (NARA)

Object Number - UPL 43946 - Louis Rabinowitz photo from German report KU-647 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139533482 (NARA)

Louis Rabinowitz was Engineer/Top Turret gunner on B-17 #42-37734 “Cuddle Cat”, shot down over Belgium on the 5 January 1944 mission to Elberfeld, Germany. Wounded in both legs, he was helped by Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Hidden and cared for in Hastière-Lavaux, Namur, Brussels, Antwerp, Brussels again, where he was arrested on 6 June 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). See the story of his evasion at http://www.evasioncomete.be/frabinolo.html

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12159370
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-677674
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35646857
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-808014
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-682857
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cuddle Cat
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ellenville, Ulster County, New York, United States 7 April 1923

Other

Bailed out

5 January 1944 of B-17 #42-37734 over Belgium

Other

Landed in parachute

5 January 1944 between Anthée and Dinant, Belgium

Other

Evaded capture

5 January 1944 - 6 June 1944 with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Belgian COMET network. Arrested in Brussels on 6 June 1944.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 6 June 1944 - 31 May 1945 Interned at Saint-Gilles Prison in Brussels for many months before being interned at Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug (Šilute) in Lituania, then at Stalag Luft 4 in Gross Tychow (Tychowo)/ Kiefheide (Podborsko), Poland. Liberated by British troops on 5 May 1945. Returned to Military Control (RMC) 31 May 1945.

Died

18 May 1980 Creskill, New Jersey

Buried

Louis Rabinowitz rests at the New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon, Suffolk County, New York

Revisions

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Updated link to the page at www.evasioncomete.be

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Deleted empty "Enlisted" fields

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MACR 1686
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Research for his page at www.evasioncomete.org (Comète archives)
German report KU-647 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139533482

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 1686
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Research for his page at www.evasioncomete.org (Comète archives)
German report KU-647 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139533482

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1686 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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