James Arthur Adovasio

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Crew member B-24 Liberator 42-40773 564th BS, 389th BG, 8th AF, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Capt Edward L Fowble, returning safely to Libya. (**** This needs verifying as there is no evidence in any reviewed source documentation)



4th Oct 43, in the aftermath of the Wiener Nuestadt raid A/C was damaged and leaking fuel. Parts were unavailable in Tunisia. The 389th was ordered back to Hethel so Capt Fowble attempted to divert to Morocco to make repairs. I for item (42-40773 I/K) crashed 1 mile short of Marrakesh, in first leg of return to Hethel from Tunis, due to fuel exhaustion with 12 aboard killed.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Youngstown, OH 16 May 1943

Other

Survived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Flew on 1st Aug 1943 Ploesti oil refinery raid piloted by Capt Edward L Fowble, returning safely to Libya. (****** This needs verifying as there is no evidence in any reviewed source documentation)

Died

Marrakesh, Morocco 3 October 1943 In the aftermath of the Wiener Nuestadt raid, his aircraft was damaged and leaking fuel. Parts were unavailable in Tunisia. The 389th was ordered back to Hethel so Capt Fowble attempted to divert to Morocco to make repairs. I for item (42-40773 I/K) crashed 1 mile short of Marrakesh, in first leg of return to Hethel from Tunis, due to fuel exhaustion with 12 aboard killed.

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County MO Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County Missouri, USA.

Other

Assigned

Benghazi, Libya 3 October 1943 564th BS, 389th BG, 8th. TDY 9th AF.
Ohio, USA Ohio, USA.

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Sources

Changed date of death due to gravestone being different: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=320426&GRid=140…;

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