Howard J Adams

Military
Twelve men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Seven men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. UPL 65891 UPL 65891 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 10 July 1943/Abbeville, France.
Standing, Rear Row L-R: William Dietel (P), George W. Harris (AC), Colonel Budd J. Peaslee (did not fly sortie), Herbert W. Funk (NAV), Sidney P. Taylor (TG), Kenneth C. Dutton (Observer), Edward Amory (FG)
Kneeling, Front Row L-R: Clyde W. Davis (B), Howard J. Adams (TT), Wyman D. Martin (WG), Lawrence E. Dunmyer (BT), Ardell H. Bollinger (RO)
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Object Number - UPL 65891 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 10 July 1943/Abbeville, France. Standing, Rear Row L-R: William Dietel (P), George W. Harris (AC), Colonel Budd J....

Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30032 'Sky Queen'. Prisoner of War.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sky Queen
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 532nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wilton Junction, Iowa, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Hollland 28 July 1943 Held at Stalag 17b

Revisions

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=56;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
Roll of Honor MACR 15165;
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=a...

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 15165 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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