Louis Abromowitz was First Navigator on B-17 42-97564 when it was shot down on the 20 July 1944 mission to Merseburg and the plane had to make a forced landing near Chaam, Holland. Like 4 other crew members, Abromowitz managed to evade capture, with the help of many Dutch and Belgian citizens and members of the Belgian evasion network Comète. He was hiding in Brussels when the city was liberated by British troops on 3 September 1944. Debriefed by the IS-9 on 9 September, he flew back to England and was subsequently flown to the United States on the 14th. Honorably discharged on 13 October 1945, Louis had his name changed into Abbott and, together with his wife Bette, he visited some of his Helpers in Belgium in 1974 and 1989. See his page at http://www.evasioncomete.org/fabromolh.html

Service

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born		14 December 1920
Ashbury Park, New Jersey
Lived in		1942
Bradley Beach, New Jersey
Enlisted		17 June 1942
as a Private in the Air Corps in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
evaded capture		20 July 1944 – 9 September 1944
Helped by Dutch and Belgian citizens and members of the Belgian Comet evasion network. Was hidden in Brussels when the city was liberated in September 1944
Buried		2011
Louis Abbott rests at the Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California
Died		1 February 2011
Burbank, California