Edward R Adams

Military
media-19799.jpeg UPL 19799 Carl Schaaf and crew members photo 381st Bomb Group, 532nd Squadron: 1st Lt. Clarence W. Ezzell -Pilot, 2nd Lt. John L. Nymeyer - Co-pilot, F/O Edward R. Adams - Navigator, 2nd Lt. William O. Wilson - Bombardier, T/Sgt. Louie K. Baker - Waist gunner, T/Sgt. Weslie H. Peck - Top turret gunner, S/Sgt. Harm R. Beninga - Ball turret gunner, S/Sgt. Lloyd L. Harvey - Waist gunner, S/Sgt. Carl Schaaf (no middle initial) - Tail gunner

Object Number - UPL 19799 - Carl Schaaf and crew members photo 381st Bomb Group, 532nd Squadron: 1st Lt. Clarence W. Ezzell -Pilot, 2nd Lt. John L. Nymeyer - Co-pilot, F/O...

Shot down 24 May 1944 in B-17 #4238010. Prisoner of War (POW). Held at camp : Stalag Luft III Sagan-Silesia, Bavaria



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Haywood, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 May 1944 Held at Stalag Luft III

Revisions

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Sources

Updated information sources: http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=38896 and NARA - AAD

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 5178 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5178 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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