Stanford Adams

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media-22589.jpeg UPL 22589 Stanford Adams
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
322nd Bomber Squadron, 91th Bomber Group

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Object Number - UPL 22589 - Stanford Adams Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces 322nd Bomber Squadron, 91th Bomber Group

Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 42-5139 'Chief Sly II. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5139

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chief Sly II
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 17 August 1943 - 17 August 1943 The mission flown on 17-Aug-43, the 1st anniversary of the 1st mission flown by the 8th Air Force, is probably the most written about mission of the war. This is the famous Schweinfurt/Regensburg mission on which 60 B-17s are lost. It has been dubbed "Black Tuesday." It is this mission that finally brought home to the air war planners the true vulnerability of the famous B-17 "Flying Fortress" and the critical need for fighter escorts that could accompany the bomber streams to and from targets deep in Germany as "Little Friends."

Born

Limestone, Maine, USA

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http://www.91stbombgroup.com/Dailies/322ndjan1943.html

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Associated media

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 276 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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