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ABRAMOWICH, Alex - Date of
birth
23 August 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
New York -
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32417852 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
828th Bombardment Squadron,
485th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
26 December 1944 - Place of
death
Blechhammer, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Nicola Abramowich (father)
Mary K. Abramowich (mother)
Anna Abramowich (sister)
John Abramowich (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-50486 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Butch
Destination: Blechhammer, Germany
Mission: Blechhammer South synthetic oil refinery
MACR: 10924
More information
Sgt Alex Abramowich was a baker before he enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 31 July 1942.Approximately one minute after bombs away, which was at 1230 hours, flak made a direct hit on this airplane just aft of the bomb bay by the ball turret. The aircraft then broke in half and started to spin to earth.
Blechhammer was the name of an area in Upper Silesia, containing chemical plants, prisoner of war camps and a forced labor subcamp of Auschwitz. It is now a city in Poland with the name Kedzierzyn-Kozle.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.485thbg.org, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, bklyn.newspaper.com - Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 27 March 1945, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Nico Leers, Michel Beckers, Dwight Anderson