Ben M Adams
Military
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18108053
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Maintenance/Upper Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Prisoner of war |
23 March 1944 - 30 April 1945 | ||
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
23 March 1944 |
Revisions
Added Samuel James Hamm, ASN18108053, POW #2998 from a Bible that my Father had in his possession. I am not sure how or why Samuel's name was written in the bible. They were both interned at Stalag Luft 1.
Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.
Removed "2 spaces" in the S/N to aid clarity & consistency.
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
