Joseph Bernard Adams
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters on the return from a mission to the Marshalling Yards at Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7542 'Black Widow'. Plane crashed SE of Albert, FR. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15095550 / O-678230
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Black Widow
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA | 8 August 1921 | |
Enlisted |
Wichita, KS, USA | 23 December 1940 | |
Died |
France | 4 February 1944 | |
Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery | PLOT Section 82, Site 111 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
France | 4 February 1944 |
Revisions
Added a connection to 8th AF.
Added a connection to an 8th AF mission.
Added officer S/N and updated Event info from U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms for Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Enlistment records for WW II, Find-A-Grave Memorial # 14566323, research on Ancestry.com
MACR 2248, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Foces; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 49-50
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 / MACR 2248 / MACR 2248, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Foces / MACR 2248, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Foces; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 49-50 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database