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Wilton L Abbott

Military

Flying a mission from Panatella AAB in Italy, Sergeant Wilton L Abbott's B-24 Liberator took 3 direct hits from anti aircraft fire on a raid over Blechammer, Germany at 11:20am on the 13th October 1944. Abbott was last seen manning one of the waist guns but was not witnessed bailing out of the Liberator. His crew mates who survived, believe that he was killed when the B-24 was hit but subsequent records show that he was certified dead in a hospital.

Service

Units served with

  • 464th Bomb Group

    464th Bomb Group

    Group
    A Consolidated History of the 464th Bomb Group ...

  • 778th Bomb Squadron

    778th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron
    Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber squadron in mid-1943, trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), October 1943, becoming a Fifteenth Air Force heavy bomb squadron, attacking enemy targets both in...

Aircraft

Associated Place

Events

Event Location Date
Born South Carolina 22 March 1917
Enlisted Charlotte, North Carolina 15 January 1942
Died 13 October 1944

Died in hospital, listed as battle casualty!
Buried

Plot B, Row 31, Grave 55
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
14062121
Highest rank
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
Role/job
Engineer
Awards
  • Air Medal
  • Purple Heart

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
21 May 2020 19:16:15 jmoore43 Changes to biography
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C model # (2 places) in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Date Contributor Update
06 April 2020 15:28:57 Andycole0 Changes to biography
Sources

Fold3 Missing Air Crew reports 44-41043
Date Contributor Update
06 April 2020 15:03:08 Andycole0 Changes to role and place associations
Sources

Fold3 Missing aircraft report 44-41043
Date Contributor Update
02 April 2020 14:35:55 Andycole0 Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, events and unit associations
Sources

American Battle Monument's Commission, www.abmc.gov
National Archive and Records Administration.
Find a Grave. com
US WW2 Hospital Admission card files 1942 -1954

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