Charles E Adcock

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media-12999.jpeg UPL 12999 Crew Picture 1943

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Object Number - UPL 12999 - Crew Picture 1943

Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30444 'Black Jack IV' Plane ditched in Bay of Biscay. Evaded (EVD)

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A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30444

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ramrod Ramsbottom, Black Jack IV
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron

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Escape and Evasion Report

10 March 1944 US National Archives E&E Report 449 for 2LT Charles Adcock. https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/5555090/content/arcmedia/nw/305270/EE-449.pdf

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Returned (RTD)

Lexington, NE, USA 5 January 1944

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ContributorPaul Weddle
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2LT Adcock's Evasion Report found doing research on WWII Escape and Evasion stories.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Contributorjudyglover1410
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Judith Ann (Adcock) Glover

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Daughter, Judith Ann (Adcock) Glover

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1893 / MACR 1893,8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 12999 - Crew Picture 1943