Barney J Grabowski
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
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