Luverne Fritz Abendroth

Military
media-22314.jpeg UPL 22314 Lt. Luverne F Abendroth. 3rd Scouting Force, ex 486th Bomb Group. Flew 42 missions with 3SF but details of assigned a/c currently unknown. He is seen here being congratulated by Vince Masters.

Object Number - UPL 22314 - Lt. Luverne F Abendroth. 3rd Scouting Force, ex 486th Bomb Group. Flew 42 missions with 3SF but details of assigned a/c currently unknown. He is seen...

Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 3rd Scouting Force. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).





Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton
Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Washington, USA 19 November 1917 Son of Fritz and Adele Mindella [Harwood] Abendroth.

Enlisted

Portland, OR, USA 27 December 1941 Portland, Oregon

Other

Commissioned

30 June 1943 Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

Other

Transferred

Wormingford, Colchester, Essex CO6, UK 31 August 1944 - 15 April 1945 Transferred to 3rd Scouting Force.

Other

End Tour Duty (ETD)

England, UK 15 April 1945 Ended Tour Duty (ETD).

Other

Discharged USAAF

30 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Washington, USA 14 November 1987

Buried

Fir Lawn Cemetery Hillsboro Washington County OR 17 November 1987 Fir Lawn Cemetery Hillsboro Washington County Oregon.

Other

Assigned

Sudbury, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10, UK 31 August 1944 Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:-
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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