Charles I Abady | American Air Museum in Britain

Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Nantes in B-26 41-31974. Hit by flak in target area, smoke seen trailing from starboard engine, control lost, A/C turned on its back, crashed Trois Moulins, 12km Sth of Nantes, France 19-Jul-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7047.

Awards: AM (7OLC), PH.

Service

People

Joy Deen

Military | First Lieutenant | Bomber pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Nantes in B-26 41-31974. Hit by flak in target area, smoke seen trailing from starboard engine, control lost, A/C turned on its back, crashed Trois Moulins, 12km Sth of Nantes,...

Units served with

9th Air Force
322nd Bomb Group

Group
The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth...
450th Bomb Squadron

Squadron

Aircraft

41-31974 "We Can't Miss Victory"

B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Nantes. Hit by flak in target area, smoke seen trailing from starboard engine, control lost, A/C turned on its back, 2 chutes observed before lost below overcast, crashed Trois...

Associated Place

Andrews Field

Military site : airfield
The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial

Cemetery

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Brooklyn, NY, USA	1924
Based	Andrews Field	1943 – 19 July 1944
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF.
Enlisted	New York, NY, USA	26 March 1943
Died	12km Sth of Nantes, France	19 July 1944
Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Nantes in B-26 41-31974. Hit by flak in target area, smoke seen trailing from starboard engine, control lost, A/C turned on its back, crashed Trois Moulins, 12km Sth of Nantes, France 19-Jul-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7047.
Buried	Nantes, France	20 July 1944
Interred Nantes cemetery France.
Buried		1946
Re-Interred Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
Lived in	New York, NY, USA

Date	Contributor	Update
30 May 2017 17:39:22	Al_Skiff	Changes to role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations
Sources
https://www.fold3.com/image/28695652 https://www.fold3.com/page/529920928_charles_i%20abady/details/ https://www.fold3.com/image/310770530/?terms=Charles%20I%20Abady https://www.fold3.com/page/86584064_charles_i%20abady/details/ http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-31974&Submit6=Go
Date	Contributor	Update
10 June 2016 15:25:40	Wex_AdamSterecki	Changes to events
Sources
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56351889
Date	Contributor	Update
27 September 2014 18:05:43	AAM	AAM ingest
Sources
9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / B-26 memorials guide