Wilbert Abshire

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-38176.jpeg UPL 38176 "Back from an attack on Berlin the faces of these men who battled the Luftwaffe for an hour and a half over central Germany tell something of the strain of battle they have just undergone."

L-R: 2Lt Richard Lind, 1Lt James E Olney, T/Sgt Garland O Meadows, S/Sgt Wilbert Abshire.

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Object Number - UPL 38176 - "Back from an attack on Berlin the faces of these men who battled the Luftwaffe for an hour and a half over central Germany tell something of the...

Killed in Action (KIA). A/C 42-95183 'Briney Marlin' Forming up, hit by A/C 42-95159. Plane went into spin and crew was ordered to bail out. Immediately after Carlstrum and Abshire bailed out, the pilot was able to gain control and the rest of the crew decided to stay with the plane and landed safely. Picture of plane p. 17



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95183) nicknamed "Briney Marlin" of the 458th Bomb Group flies low over countryside.

42-95183

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Briney Marlin
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kaplan, LA 23 May 1920 Son of Jeneus and Alicia [Simon] Abshire.

Enlisted

Lafayette, LA 23 October 1942 Lafayette, Louisiana

Died

North Sea 27 May 1944 Aboard B-24 42-95183 'Briney Marlin' in mid air during group form up over Cromer; baled out over Nth Sea, A/C subsequently returned base. Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery

Buried

Abshire Cemetery Vermilion Parish, LA Memorialised Abshire Cemetery Vermilion Parish, LA

Based

Horsham St Faith 27 May 1944 Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency

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American Battle Monument's Commission wwwabmc.gov

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # (2 places) in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/310762894?rec=299325124
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56287269/wilbert-abshire
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133421265/wilbert-abshire

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Combat Chronology Supplement p. 266. Folded Wings of the 458th Bomb Group, p. 17 & page 192 & Page 272 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 38176 - "Back from an attack on Berlin the faces of these...