Richard Adam
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
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Military
Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #42-31125. Prisoner of War (POW).
PH/ POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #4231125. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #42-31125, Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #4231125. Evaded.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #4231125. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Aerial Gunner, Radio Operator | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down on first mission over occupied France on 31 December 1943 in B-17 #4231125. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 17B for17 months.
POW/ AM
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #4231125. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #4231125. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 447th Bomb Group
Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #4231125. Killed in Action (KIA).
Group
The 447th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses on strategic bombardment missions out of Rattlesden, Suffolk. With their first mission coming on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1943, their main focus was hitting sites that would weaken enemy forces...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Harvard 10/10/43; Assigned 711BS/447BG [IR-J] Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Milton Moore, Navigator: Jerome Abrams, Bombardier: Dave Botello, Radio Operator: John Reagan, Ball turret gunner: Dan...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | New York State | |
Prisoner of War (POW) | France | 31 December 1943 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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24 March 2020 18:07:53 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
08 March 2020 18:46:08 | RayWells | Changes to person associations |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:15:09 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1769 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self; MACR 1769 |