Robert W Adkins
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 13837
Robert W Adkins
Find A Grave Memorial# 28676579
Killed when his aircraft crashed and burned on return from Magdeburg at Bury's Hall Farm, Carleton Rode, 100 yards from the runway, in full view of all those who daily came to "sweat them in", following a mid-air collision with 42-95102, Spirit of Notre Dame.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Worry Bird
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
21 March 1923 | ||
Other Killed in Action |
Carleton Rode, Norfolk UK | 9 February 1945 | |
Buried |
Collinsville, OK, USA | Ridgelawn Cemetery Collinsville Tulsa County Oklahoma, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc