Frank James Abbadessa
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 11 December 1943 in B-17 #42-30182 'Blondie II'. Killed in Action (KIA)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Blondie II
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
16 March 1913 | Parents: Barney Abbadessa and Palma Abbadessa née Freda | |
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Enlisted |
3 August 1942 | ||
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Died |
11 December 1943 | On mission to Emden, Germany. 42-30182 (B17F) (Blondie II) Last seen near the coast with No. 4 engine on fire | |
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Born |
503 Jackson Street, West New York, Hudson, NJ | ||
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Other MIA/Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/abbadessa%3Dfrank (Cambridge American Cemetery);
95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/3 (Frank J. Abbadessa)
Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 [
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1562 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database