Joseph Paul Adelman

Military

Assigned to 601BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF.

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Ugly Duckling
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ford Cliff, Pennsylvania, USA 24 June 1912 Born  

Died

9 August 1979

Buried

Highland Cemetery Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma 12 August 1979 Interred Highland Cemetery Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma

Revisions

Date24 May 2023 15:53:54
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to Awards, Summary Biography, Mascot?, Middle Name, Biography, Related Places and Service Number
Date22 Apr 2021 08:09:26
ChangesChanges to nickname, biography and unit associations
Sources

Combat Chronology RTD 30 August 1944 MACR 8457; 398th History, Vol II / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date17 Apr 2021 21:04:15
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to nickname
Sources

Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

Date28 Jan 2015 13:37:18
ChangesChanges to events
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Death and Burial details added from : http://www.findagrave.com
KIA event removed.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:29
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 8457 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database