John Frederick Adair

Military

Object Number - UPL 47517 - TSGT John Frederick Adair Gunner - Armament Inspector 47th BG - 97th BS - 12th aF

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Units served with

A-26 Invaders, including (serial number 43-22575) of the 47th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force lined up in Italy.

47th Bomb Group

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

97th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Capodichino

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Naples International Airport
Ground personnel of the 51st Fighter Group, 10th Air Force work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-29264). Handwritten caption on reverse: '51 FG, 316 FS, [illegible].'

Grosetto

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Grosetto Main

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lewisville, AR 21 March 1913

Other

Based

Hamilton AAF, Novato, CA 7 December 1941 Serving as a gunner with the 19th BG

Died

Fresno, CA 28 January 2010

Buried

Fresno, CA 31 January 2010 Belmont Memorial Park Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA

Other

U.S. Marine Enlistment

Shanghai, China Served in the U.S. Marines in China

Revisions

Date23 Jan 2021 02:25:20
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

"47th Bomb Group" - Turner Publishing, page 68
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64672157/john-frederick-adair

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