Dewey P Adams Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-23069.jpeg UPL 23069 Crew #15
Kenneth Gorrell Crew
458th BG - 752nd BS

Back Row: Unknown - N, Lt. Kirschman - B, Louis Sonnefeld - CP, Kenneth Gorrell - P
Middle Row: John Hiebert - G, Paul Dirker - TT/E, Dewey Adams - WG
Front Row: Rocco Immundo - TTG, Calvin Criswell - RO, Wisner - TG


Crashed on takeoff for their first combat mission, 2 March 1944. 7 KIA 458th Bomb Group collection

Object Number - UPL 23069 - Crew #15 Kenneth Gorrell Crew 458th BG - 752nd BS Back Row: Unknown - N, Lt. Kirschman - B, Louis Sonnefeld - CP, Kenneth Gorrell - P Middle...

Crashed at Hellesdon, Norwich after takeoff for 1st operational mission on 2-Mar-44 in B-24H 41-28669. Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: PH.

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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: Ginny
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Norwich, UK 2 March 1944 Crashed at Hellesdon, Norwich after takeoff for an operational mission on 2 Mar 1944 in B-24H 41-28669. Killed in Action (KIA).

Buried

3 March 1944
Butler Co, Ohio

Based

Horsham St Faith 2 March 1944 Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & page 192 & Page 272 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010

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