Major Earl L Abbott O - 660088

[Bluenoser]

On 24 Jan. 1945 , my uncle , named above , was declared MIA . He was the Squadron Commander of the 328th FS of the 352nd FG . He was flying a fighter sweep NE of Aachen Germany when he disappeared in pursuit of a ME 109 . No crash sight has ever been found and the Major is still MIA . A few years ago JAPAC received a tip that a armor plate from a P-51 had been discovered in a field in the vicinity of Bruggen Germany witch would have been along the flight path he was last reported seen . The source of that tip was deemed very reliable . So reliable in fact that JAPAC had scheduled a mission to the area to check it out . To my dismay and disappointment the mission was scrubbed due to lack of funds on JAPAC's part . Now JAPAC has been disbanded and the search for MIA /POW's has been taken over by the DOA . This is a GOOD thing . They have a much bigger budget and promise to be more pro-active in these matters .

My question to this forum is , is it possible that one of the members is the source of this information ? Am I inquiring in the right place or is there another forum that I should be looking at ? Are any of you familiar with this case ? I would appreciate any feed back I can get . Thank You ....Bluenoser