Robert Eggers Adamina
MilitaryRobert Adamina served as a pilot with the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group. He was shot down on 14 May 1943 in P-47 41-6198. He became involved in a dogfight with FW190's in support of B-17s. He came down in North Sea near Belgian coast and was rescued by a German boat. Prisoner of War (POW).
Capt Adamina was the 78th Fighter Group's first loss.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
5 August 1917 | ||
Enlisted |
26 November 1940 | Presidio, San Francisco, California | |
Based |
11 May 1942 - 14 May 1943 | Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Other Promotion |
4 October 1942 | Promoted to Captain. | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
14 May 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. | |
Other Shot down |
14 May 1943 | Shot down in dogfight with Fw190's on support mission for bombing mission. Baled into North Sea, rescued/captured. 14-May-43. POW. | |
Died |
30 October 1996 | ||
Born |
Revisions
Combined two entries for Robert Adamina, This entry now includes information from the following source:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
See Little Friends website for further aircraft details and for a photo of Adamina:
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/78thfg.php?action=list_records&sort_orde…
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Group=78&Style=searchItem&It…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 120 by Bishop and Hey, with picture in plane, NARA POW