Barney J Grabowski

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany in B-24 41-23807 'Little Beaver'; hit by flak twice in rear fuselage, also one engine and a final burst hit the cockpit turning it into an inferno 14-May-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2748



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH

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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: 18007557 / O-421129
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little Beaver
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, Michigan, USA 23 October 1921 Son Joe and Annie Grabowski.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI 15 April 1941 Detroit, Michigan

Died

Kiel, Germany 14 May 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany in B-24 41-23807 'Little Beaver'; Shot down 14-May-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2748

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Shipdham 14 May 1943 Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, MI Re-Interred Mount Olivet Cemetery Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2748 / MACR 2748, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 119, National WWII Memorial, NARA / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database