Adolph Tom Abraham (1919 - 1943)

Born 25 Jul 1919 in Joice, Worth, Iowa, United States

Died 31 Dec 1943 at age 24 in Cognac, Departement de la Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France

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Biography

Adolph Tom Abraham (Service Nos. 17003831 / O-810982) enlisted on November 22, 1940 at Fort Des Moines, Iowa and served as a pilot during WW2. flying B-24s in the 448th Bomb Group,713th Bomb Squadron. The following paragraph describes the action on the day Lt. Abraham died:

"Many many times ground crews prepared the “flying coffin” as the B-24 Liberator had become called in some quarters, for daily missions by spending hours in cold and snowy climate to prepare the bombers for their next missions. Aircrew were woken at early hours for briefings and then taken when all was ready take to the air, only to have missions scrubbed due to weather causing problems over Europe or the targets. It became common for the personnel of the unit that fighting the weather was just as bad experience as taking the fight to the enemy.Many examples of just trying to land back at home base proved that the weather was as challenging as the mission."

First Lieutenant Adolph Tom Abraham is buried in St. George Orthodox Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65651450/adolph-tom-abraham

https://downunderaviationnews.wordpress.com/the-448th-bomb-group-h-liberators-over-germany-in-world-war-ii/

https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person?fulltext=&field_civilian= All&search_api_fulltext_2=&field_air_force_term_1='

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyDate.from=1919&q.givenName=adolph%20tom&q.surname=abraham