Jimmie K Adkins

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

B-24H #41-29329 'Fritzi' broke up in mid-air after being hit by flak and crashed SW of Warendorf/Westfallen, GR on 23 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Fritzi
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

23 March 1944

Born

Hoisington, Kansas, USA

Buried

Kansas

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 23 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3556 / MACR 3556, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & page 192 & Page 272 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database