Ben M Adams

Military
media-34418.jpeg UPL 34418 Ben Adams, sometime early in 1943.

The 388th AT War by Edward J. Huntzinger

Object Number - UPL 34418 - Ben Adams, sometime early in 1943.

Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944, B-17F #42-30808 crashed NNW of Celle, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-30808

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 23 March 1944

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The 388th at War by Edward J. Huntzinger

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personal property

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Personal Photo

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Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge

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Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3541 / MACR 3541, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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