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GALLOP, Abraham Aaron - Date of
birth
10 February 1924 -
Age
20 -
Place of birth
Kingston, Ulster County, New York -
Hometown
Ulster, Ulster County, New York -
Religion
Jewish
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
12090467 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Engineer -
Unit
564th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
12 December 1944 - Place of
death
Rücklingen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Harry Gallop (father)
Fannie Gallop (mother)
Theodore Gallop (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-50662 -
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Patsy
Destination: Hanau, Germany
MACR: 11338
More information
T/Sgt Abraham A. Gallop attended the Kingston High School before he volunteered in New York City, New York on 3 July 1942.1st Lt Darold L. Shutt:
We were on the bomb run, about one minute before bombs away, when the lead ship, 42-95582 made two violent corrections with very, very steep banks causing the high right element leader 42-50548 to make a violent bank to the left. Aircraft 42-50662, apparently dropped below aircraft 42-50548 in order to stay in some kind of formation. My attention was directed away from the aircraft as we were concentrating on the bomb run. After bombs away, when I again picked up aircraft 42-50662, the plane was in flames, the tail section behind the waist windows was falling off, the right wing was in flames, and the # 3 engine was gone. Immediately thereafter the entire nose section exploded. No chutes were observed.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Jewish Servicemen Cards / U.S. School Yearbooks / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – John Dowdy
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks