Abraham P Abramson

Military

Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. 9 x combat missions.

Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 #42-52025; Mauled by fighters, #3 engine on fire, oxygen system shot out, A/C abandoned. Hit fatally by 20mm cannon shell. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10680



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'

461st Bomb Group

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

People

Gerald Robert Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16082953 / O-824959
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52025

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Arsenic and Lace
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron

Places

Torretta

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

New York City, NY 2 March 1943 New York City, New York

Died

Muglitz, Germany 17 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-52025; Mauled by fighters. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10680

Born

Bronx, NY Son of Anna Abramson.

Based

Torretta 17 December 1944 Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF.

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