Stanford Adams
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 22589
Stanford Adams
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
322nd Bomber Squadron, 91th Bomber Group
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
322nd Bomber Squadron, 91th Bomber Group
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Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 42-5139 'Chief Sly II. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Chief Sly II
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 17 August 1943 - 17 August 1943 | The mission flown on 17-Aug-43, the 1st anniversary of the 1st mission flown by the 8th Air Force, is probably the most written about mission of the war. This is the famous Schweinfurt/Regensburg mission on which 60 B-17s are lost. It has been dubbed "Black Tuesday." It is this mission that finally brought home to the air war planners the true vulnerability of the famous B-17 "Flying Fortress" and the critical need for fighter escorts that could accompany the bomber streams to and from targets deep in Germany as "Little Friends." |
Born |
Limestone, Maine, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 276 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database