Date of birth:

January 8th, 1919 (Springboro/Pennsylvania, United States)

Date of death:

January 24th, 1945 (Aachen/Noordrijn-Westfalen, Germany)

Mentioned on:

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Service number:

O-660088

Nationality:

American

Earl was born in Springboro, Pennsylvania on January 8, 1919 to Harry E. and Edna C. G. Abbott. He also had three brothers (Milton, Harvey, and Russell). He attended college for two years and worked as a machinist apprentice.

He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 3 November 1941 (ASN: 13038947). He received a battlefield commission (ASN: O-660088) and was a member of the 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. He eventually became a Squadron Commander.

Other units
89th Fighter Squadron, 80th Fighter Group
322nd Fighter Squadron, 326th Fighter Group

He disappeared during a fire fight in the sky over Aachen, Germany on January 24, 1945. In January 1946 he was declared dead by the United States Armed Forces. A memorial stone alongside the graves of his parents was placed by the U.S. Government in honor of his memory in the Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery in Erie, Pennsylvania. He is also mentioned on the Tablets of the Missing in the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial in England.

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• Photo 1: American Air Museum in Britain
• Photo: MAJ Earl L. Abbott, USAAF
  
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  - Earl Leroy Abbott | American Air Museum in Britain
  - Earl L Abbott, Major from Pennsylvania, World War II Casualty
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  - American Battle Graves Archive Directory
  - Major Earl L Abbott O - 660088 [Archive] - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum
  - WWII Army Enlistment Record
  - United States Census, 1920
  - United States Census, 1930
  - United States Census, 1940
  

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