Robert Curtis McAdams
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40267.
Failed to Return (FTR) Emden mission 11-Dec-43 in B-24 41-24232 'Calaban' ; A/C hit by falling bombs, crashed near the Emden estuary. Baled out, sole survivor from crew. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1653
Awards: DFC, AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME..
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798225
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
![Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408449.jpg.webp?itok=nKEJNh_9)
- Date: 11 December 1943
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Birmingham, Alabama | 4 May 1909 | Son of Blanche McAdams. |
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Enlisted |
Montgomery, AL | 4 January 1941 | |
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Other Interned in Turkey |
1 August 1943 | ||
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Other Shot down |
Emden, Germany | 11 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Emden mission 11-Dec-43 in B-24 41-24232 'Calaban' ; A/C hit by falling bombs, crashed near the Emden estuary. POW. MACR 1653 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 11 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
| Ensley, AL | |||
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Based |
Shipdham | 11 December 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Removed information relating to 42-40267 'Horse Fly'. No crew list linking airman to aircraft.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1653, MACR 8250, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 219