Earl Leroy Abbott
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 89FS, 80FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 322FS, 326FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Aachen area. Last seen in pursuit of enemy A/C near Aachen in P-51D 'Flossie III' 44-14710 24-Jan-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12319.
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Springboro, PA 16435, USA | 8 January 1919 | Son of Harry Edward and Edna C [Graff] Abbott. |
Other Transferred |
Bradley International Airport Con, Connecticut, USA | 24 August 1942 | Transferred to 322FS, 326FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promoted |
Bodney, Thetford, Norfolk IP26, UK | 28 May 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
Other Transferred |
Bodney, Thetford, Norfolk IP26, UK | 28 May 1944 | Transferred to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Aachen, Germany | 24 January 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Aachen area. Last seen in pursuit of enemy A/C near Aachen in P-51D 'Flossie III' 44-14710 24-Jan-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12319. |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | End Tour of Duty (ETD) Jul-44. | |
Other Promoted |
Bodney, Thetford, Norfolk IP26, UK | Promoted to Major. | |
Other Assigned |
New York, NY, USA | Assigned to 89FS, 80FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Tablets of the missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton South Cambridgeshire District Cambridgeshire, England. | ||
Buried |
Erie County, PA, USA | Memorialised Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery Erie Erie County Pennsylvania, USA. | |
Erie, PA, USA |
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ncestry.com. Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Applications, WWII, 1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). World War II Veterans Compensation Applications, circa 1950s. Records of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Record Group 91, Series 19.92 (877 cartons). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12319 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list