Harry R Adams
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UPL 51791
Harry R Adams, 14FG
Assigned to 49FS, 14FG. Passenger aboard C-47 41-7803 crashed at Moel y Gaer mountain 23-Aug-42. Died of Wounds (DOW) 26-Aug-42.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 18th Troop Carrier Squadron 64th Troop Carrier Group
- Service Numbers: 17025843 / O-433764
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 18th Troop Carrier Squadron 64th Troop Carrier Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
14 October 1918 | Son of James Raymond and Etta Louella [Hesher] Adams. | |
Enlisted |
10 December 1941 | Presidio Of Monterey California. | |
Other Crashed |
23 August 1942 | Passenger aboard C-47 41-7803 crashed at Moel y Gaer 23-Aug-42. | |
Died |
26 August 1942 | Recovered from crashsite to Welsh hospital. Died of Wounds (DOW) 26-Aug-42. | |
Buried |
27 August 1942 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Buried |
Re-Interred Woodlawn Cemetery Independence, Jackson County, Missouri | ||
Born |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 27