Anthony Joseph Abad Jr

Military

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16060557 / O-742628
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shack Rabbit
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Omaha, NE 23 October 1919 Son of Arline Jacobsen, step son of Stanley Jacobsen (1930 census)

Enlisted

Fort McDowell, Angel Island, CA 2 July 1940 Fort McDowell, Angel Island, CA

Other

Baled out POW

Hanover, Germany 8 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out. POW. MACR 3849

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 8 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Enlisted

23 September 1947 Re-enlisted.

Other

Discharged USAF

31 August 1965 Honourable discharge.

Died

Peru, IN 15 February 1977

Buried

Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru, IN 18 February 1977 Mount Hope Cemetery Peru, Miami County, IN Section 2WMH Lot 267 Space 6

Based

Shipdham 8 April 1944 Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.
San Francisco, CA Entered service from San Francisco, California.

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #182 on 11 Jan 1944 per info in the "Summary biography".

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database