Norman R Adler

Military

Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Returned from Blechhammer raid in B-17 44-8001 7-Aug-44 when part of crew baled out due to flak hits RTD. Failed to Return (FTR) Lechfeld 12-Sep-44 flak, crashed Karwendelhaus; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8622.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17114791 / O-819051
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-397373
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Ops Officer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Something Else
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Worcester County, MA 2 October 1920 Son of Earnest Julius and Annie M [Friedrich] Adler.

Enlisted

Fort Devens, MA 4 September 1942 Fort Devens Massachusetts

Other

Returned RTD

Blechhammer, Germany 7 August 1944 Returned from Blechhammer raid in B-17 44-8001 7-Aug-44 when part of crew baled out due to flak hits RTD.

Other

Baled out POW

Karwendelhaus, Austria 12 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Lechfeld 12-Sep-44 flak, crashed Karwendelhaus; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8622.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 12 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

Fort McArthur, CA 2 September 1945 Honorable discharge Fort McArthur, CA.

Died

West Yarmouth, MA 3 September 1996
Fitchburg, MA NoK; Wife Sadie R Adler.

Based

Lucera 12 September 1944 Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF.