Melvin T Adams

Military

Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 43-37948. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-37948

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Seattle, Washington, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

English Channel 30 November 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 11153

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 11153 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database