Ben M Adams

Military

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

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 23 March 1944

Revisions

Date14 Jul 2018 20:29:36
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The 388th at War by Edward J. Huntzinger

Date14 Jul 2018 20:16:42
ContributorFrank49
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personal property

Date14 Jul 2018 20:14:44
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Personal Photo

Date14 Jul 2018 19:39:16
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Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge

Date14 Jul 2018 18:40:30
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Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:21
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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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Object number: UPL 34418 - Ben Adams, sometime early in 1943.