Kenneth Dexter Adams
MilitaryAssigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31535, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15334072
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37267173
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36537283
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39831885
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA | 15 October 1918 | Son of W J Adams. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 30 January 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Buried |
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ | 19 March 2008 | National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona |
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Based |
Kimbolton | 30 January 1944 | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2876 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database