Leroy E Adams

Military

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-107113

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Aldaflak Section 8
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
Factory fresh B-17s

42-97664

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aw Come On
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

42-97869

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hula Girl, Maid To Order
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 401st Bomb Group attend to a crashed B-17 (SC-S, serial number 42-97938) nicknamed "Twan-n-g-g" piloted by Lieutenant Donald M. Schliemann. Printed caption on reverse: '65727 AC- When Lt Donald M Schliemann was landing the Boeing B-17 "Twan-n-g-g" after the mission over Munster, Germany, the landing gear buckled and the plane careened off the runway coming to a stop on the perimeter. Here 401st Bomb Group inspect the damage to the plane 28 October 1944. (Aircraft no. 42-97938). US

42-97938

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Twan-n-g-g-g
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

43-37551

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Missions

688

  • Date: 25 October 1944

683

  • Date: 19 October 1944

681

  • Date: 17 October 1944

677

  • Date: 14 October 1944

669

  • Date: 7 October 1944

Places

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2845

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2845