8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Charles W Adams
Military
Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF, 59 missions, flew P-47D 'Frances' Favorite', Named for mother Frances Adams. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory.
Service
Units served with
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356th Fighter Group
Group
The 356th Fighter Group flew 413 missions between 15 October 1943 and 7 May 1945 and suffered the highest ratio of losses to enemy aircraft claims of any Eighth Air Force Group. This gave the Group the reputation of being the 'hard luck' outfit. The... -
360th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Associated Place
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Martlesham Heath
Military site : airfield
Opened in 1917 as home to the RFC Aeroplane Experimental Unit, Martlesham Heath became well known during the 1920s-30s as home to the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment. Used as an RAF fighter station from 1939, with only a grass airfield...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Lived in | North River, NY 12853, USA | 1940 |
| Assigned | Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK | March 1943 – May 1944 |
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Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Promoted | Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK | 1944 |
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Promoted 1st Lieutenant. |
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| End Tour of Duty (ETD) | England, UK | May 1944 |
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Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 25 June 2016 11:08:58 | Al_Skiff | Changes to highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Adams |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:06:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History |
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