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Don Thomas Abernathy is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

B-24 'Double Trouble' (41-29244) Crash Site Marker

B-24 (41-29244) 'Double Trouble' Info Sign

Name:

Don Thomas Abernathy

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

14158859

Unit:

725th Bomb Squadron

Date of Death:

2013-10-15

State:

Tennessee

Cemetery:

Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Tennessee

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Don Thomas Abernathy was born on January 2, 1922. He was the son of Eli Rufus Abernathy and Kate Emeline Roberts Abernathy.

Nose gunner of the B-25 Liberator 41-29244 �Double Trouble� that took off from Gioia del Colle, Italy on a mission to bomb the German Messerschmitt aircraft factory by Regensburg. Shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Slovenia. Five crew members went down with the plane and five parachuted from the severely damaged aircraft. Abernathy was taken prisoner of war to Stalag Luft 4 Gross Tychow where he remained until the end of the war.