Wilbert Abshire
Military ROLL OF HONOURL-R: 2Lt Richard Lind, 1Lt James E Olney, T/Sgt Garland O Meadows, S/Sgt Wilbert Abshire.
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Briney Marlin
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # (2 places) in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
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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