464th Bomb Group
Group
A Consolidated History of the 464th Bomb Group
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Military
On the 17th October 1944, whilst on route from Pantanella, Italy to bomb an ordnance factory South of Vienna, 1st Lieutenant Abrams plane, B24-J Liberator, (Lively Lady), was hit by flak. Abrams was believed to have been killed instantly on the flight deck. The Liberator began a downward glide and the rest of the crew bailed out.
The pilot, 1st Lieutenant Donald K Waldron was captured and subsequently returned to the wreckage where he was able to identify the body of Jack L Abrams.
Group
A Consolidated History of the 464th Bomb Group
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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...
B-24 Liberator
Military site : airfield
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Shorewood, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 11 February 1921 |
Enlisted | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 30 June 1942 |
Died | Parndorf, Austria | 17 October 1944 |
Killed instantly when aircraft hit by flak. |
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Buried | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Plot A, Row 16, Grave 21. |
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12 May 2020 14:58:20 | Andycole0 | Changes to biography |
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Missing aircraft report 44-41070 |
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12 May 2020 14:49:21 | Andycole0 | Changes to media associations |
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American Battle Monument's Commission www.abmc.gov |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
12 May 2020 14:32:37 | Andycole0 | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, events, unit associations and place associations |
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Whilst on a mission from Pantanella in Italy, to attack an ordnance plant south of Vienna, 1st Lieutenant Abrams B24-J Liberator, (Lively Lady), was hit by flak above Parndorf, Austria. Other members of the crew believe that Jack Abrams was killed instantly whilst on the flight deck. |