Suggested edit from FAG Contributor (48075738)
Leo E Abben was born on October 14, 1918 in Wisconsin to William and Sina Abben.. In 1941 he was working as a Maintenance man in Racine. He had enlisted in the Army Air Forces and held the rank of First Lieutenant.He served with the Air Transport Command, 4th Ferry Group, 26th Squadron as Navigator on a B-26A. In the preparation for Operation Torch, the wing participated in the movement of five groups of light and medium bombers to provide immediate reinforcement after the amphibious landings in North Africa.Reinforcements for the Twelfth Air Force also ferried their planes via the South Atlantic Wing's routes. As winter weather set in, light and medium bombers destined for England were encountering severe problems navigating the North Atlantic Ferry route and were diverted to the South Atlantic. Abben was reported missing and ultimately declared dead on August 1, 1942. Recorded circumstances attributed to: "Missing in action or lost at sea". They were transporting the plane from the United States, through South America to Africa, and were on the leg between Brazil and Ascension Island when they disappeared.
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1LT, 26 AAF FERRYING SQ WORLD WAR II
He was the son of William and Sena Abben.
Abben was the navigator on B-26A #41-7371, assigned to the Air Transport Command, 4th Ferry Group, 26th Squadron. They were transporting the plane from the United States, through South America to Africa, and were on the leg between Natal Brazil and Ascension Island when they disappeared.
1LT Abben appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City lost August 1 1942. He also has a cenotaph memorial Graceland Cemetery Racine, Wisconsin his body was never recovered.
1st/Lt. Leo Abben Lost
Hometown: Wisconsin
Squadron: 26th Squadron 4th Ferry Group
Service #O-434732
Awards:
Pilot
Target: Ferry Mission
Date Lost: 1-Aug-42
Serial Number: #41-7371
Aircraft Model B-26A
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Cause: Unknown Crew of 4 Lost
The #41-7371 crew
Capt. William Jack Dempsey Lost
1st/Lt. Leo E. Abben Lost
Cpl. Leander Clarence "LC" Goode Jr. Lost
Cpl. Richard H. Moore Bombardier KIA
Leo E Abben was born on October 14, 1918 in Wisconsin to William and Sina Abben.. In 1941 he was working as a Maintenance man in Racine. He had enlisted in the Army Air Forces and held the rank of First Lieutenant.He served with the Air Transport Command, 4th Ferry Group, 26th Squadron as Navigator on a B-26A. In the preparation for Operation Torch, the wing participated in the movement of five groups of light and medium bombers to provide immediate reinforcement after the amphibious landings in North Africa.Reinforcements for the Twelfth Air Force also ferried their planes via the South Atlantic Wing's routes. As winter weather set in, light and medium bombers destined for England were encountering severe problems navigating the North Atlantic Ferry route and were diverted to the South Atlantic. Abben was reported missing and ultimately declared dead on August 1, 1942. Recorded circumstances attributed to: "Missing in action or lost at sea". They were transporting the plane from the United States, through South America to Africa, and were on the leg between Brazil and Ascension Island when they disappeared.
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1LT, 26 AAF FERRYING SQ WORLD WAR II
He was the son of William and Sena Abben.
Abben was the navigator on B-26A #41-7371, assigned to the Air Transport Command, 4th Ferry Group, 26th Squadron. They were transporting the plane from the United States, through South America to Africa, and were on the leg between Natal Brazil and Ascension Island when they disappeared.
1LT Abben appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City lost August 1 1942. He also has a cenotaph memorial Graceland Cemetery Racine, Wisconsin his body was never recovered.
1st/Lt. Leo Abben Lost
Hometown: Wisconsin
Squadron: 26th Squadron 4th Ferry Group
Service #O-434732
Awards:
Pilot
Target: Ferry Mission
Date Lost: 1-Aug-42
Serial Number: #41-7371
Aircraft Model B-26A
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Cause: Unknown Crew of 4 Lost
The #41-7371 crew
Capt. William Jack Dempsey Lost
1st/Lt. Leo E. Abben Lost
Cpl. Leander Clarence "LC" Goode Jr. Lost
Cpl. Richard H. Moore Bombardier KIA
Suggested edit from FAG Contributor (48075738)
Leo E Abben was born on October 14, 1918 in Wisconsin to William and Sina Abben.. In 1941 he was working as a Maintenance man in Racine. He had enlisted in the Army Air Forces and held the rank of First Lieutenant.He served with the Air Transport Command, 4th Ferry Group, 26th Squadron as Navigator on a B-26A. In the preparation for Operation Torch, the wing participated in the movement of five groups of light and medium bombers to provide immediate reinforcement after the amphibious landings in North Africa.Reinforcements for the Twelfth Air Force also ferried their planes via the South Atlantic Wing's routes. As winter weather set in, light and medium bombers destined for England were encountering severe problems navigating the North Atlantic Ferry route and were diverted to the South Atlantic. Abben was reported missing and ultimately declared dead on August 1, 1942. Recorded circumstances attributed to: "Missing in action or lost at sea". They were transporting the plane from the United States, through South America to Africa, and were on the leg between Brazil and Ascension Island when they disappeared.
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1LT, 26 AAF FERRYING SQ WORLD WAR II
He was the son of William and Sena Abben.
Abben was the navigator on B-26A #41-7371, assigned to the Air Transport Command, 4th Ferry Group, 26th Squadron. They were transporting the plane from the United States, through South America to Africa, and were on the leg between Natal Brazil and Ascension Island when they disappeared.
1LT Abben appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City lost August 1 1942. He also has a cenotaph memorial Graceland Cemetery Racine, Wisconsin his body was never recovered.
1st/Lt. Leo Abben Lost
Hometown: Wisconsin
Squadron: 26th Squadron 4th Ferry Group
Service #O-434732
Awards:
Pilot
Target: Ferry Mission
Date Lost: 1-Aug-42
Serial Number: #41-7371
Aircraft Model B-26A
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Cause: Unknown Crew of 4 Lost
The #41-7371 crew
Capt. William Jack Dempsey Lost
1st/Lt. Leo E. Abben Lost
Cpl. Leander Clarence "LC" Goode Jr. Lost
Cpl. Richard H. Moore Bombardier KIA
Leo E Abben was born on October 14, 1918 in Wisconsin to William and Sina Abben.. In 1941 he was working as a Maintenance man in Racine. He had enlisted in the Army Air Forces and held the rank of First Lieutenant.He served with the Air Transport Command, 4th Ferry Group, 26th Squadron as Navigator on a B-26A. In the preparation for Operation Torch, the wing participated in the movement of five groups of light and medium bombers to provide immediate reinforcement after the amphibious landings in North Africa.Reinforcements for the Twelfth Air Force also ferried their planes via the South Atlantic Wing's routes. As winter weather set in, light and medium bombers destined for England were encountering severe problems navigating the North Atlantic Ferry route and were diverted to the South Atlantic. Abben was reported missing and ultimately declared dead on August 1, 1942. Recorded circumstances attributed to: "Missing in action or lost at sea". They were transporting the plane from the United States, through South America to Africa, and were on the leg between Brazil and Ascension Island when they disappeared.
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1LT, 26 AAF FERRYING SQ WORLD WAR II
He was the son of William and Sena Abben.
Abben was the navigator on B-26A #41-7371, assigned to the Air Transport Command, 4th Ferry Group, 26th Squadron. They were transporting the plane from the United States, through South America to Africa, and were on the leg between Natal Brazil and Ascension Island when they disappeared.
1LT Abben appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City lost August 1 1942. He also has a cenotaph memorial Graceland Cemetery Racine, Wisconsin his body was never recovered.
1st/Lt. Leo Abben Lost
Hometown: Wisconsin
Squadron: 26th Squadron 4th Ferry Group
Service #O-434732
Awards:
Pilot
Target: Ferry Mission
Date Lost: 1-Aug-42
Serial Number: #41-7371
Aircraft Model B-26A
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Cause: Unknown Crew of 4 Lost
The #41-7371 crew
Capt. William Jack Dempsey Lost
1st/Lt. Leo E. Abben Lost
Cpl. Leander Clarence "LC" Goode Jr. Lost
Cpl. Richard H. Moore Bombardier KIA
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Entered the service from Wisconsin.
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