Aibavich, Julius William

Name and Rank, Sergeant Julius William Aibavich.

Unit/placed in, 728th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Group (Heavy).

Julius was born on June 29, 1917 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

Father, Julius W. Aibavich.

Mother, Petronele (Mileikitis) Aibavich.

Sister, .Eva B. Aibavich.

Wife, Susan W. Aibavich.

Julius entered the service from Connecticut with service number # 31142104.

Julius W. Aibavich rank/duty was a Sergeant/Tail Gunner (B-17) in the 728th Bomber Squadron.

Julius’s crewmembers and their position onboard the plane a B-17 were;

2^nd Lt. William H. Richardson Pilot

2^nd Lt. Hjalmer L. Molner Co Pilot

2^nd Lt. Robert L. Renaud Navigator

T/Sgt. Vance P. Urban Bombardier

Sgt. Jack W. Kennedy Top Turret Gunner

Sgt. John H. Loyless Jr. Ball Turret Gunner

Sgt. James E. Satterfield Radio Operator

Sgt. Newell M. Snarr Waist Gunner

Sgt. Julians W. Aibavich Tail Gunner

S/Sgt. Stephen A. Kiss Central Fire Control

Julius was KIA after the Bomb drop over the Target Kaltenkirche, Germany when the plane was attacked by Enemy Fighters, and one was out of control and crashed between the waist and tail section and the plane blew up on April 7, 1945, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European, African, Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Julius is mentioned/buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.

Julius also has a Memorial Grave at Northwood Cemetery

Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA.

Thanks to, http://452ndbombgroupassociation-deophamgreen.org/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano