Richard Douglas Adams
MilitaryShot down 8 November 1942 in B-17F-10-BO 41-24472 while serving as Pilot. Evaded. He reported to the American Consulate Gibraltar 21 April 1943 and returned to England on 23-Apr-43.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
4 August 1916 | ||
Other Evaded Capture |
8 November 1942 - 24 April 1943 | Evaded capture and returned to England on 24-Apr-1943. The evasion is documented on Escape & Evasion Report #26 which may be viewed at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-26.pdf | |
Died |
5 April 1971 |
Revisions
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Lee Cunningham 22-Nov-2014. Connection to aircraft per MACR 16133.
Lee Cunningham 22-Nov-2014. Added Evasion event. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) Escape & Evasion Report #26 http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-26.pdf
Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014, Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16133. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) E&E Report #26: http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-26.pdf
"Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44 , MACR 16133, First Over Germany pg 2 & 40-42, http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-26.pdf"
Data Update, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, 15 September 2014.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44 , MACR 16133, First Over Germany pg 2 & 40-42