Norman R Adler
MilitaryAssigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Returned from Blechhammer raid in B-17 44-8001 7-Aug-44 when part of crew baled out due to flak hits RTD. Failed to Return (FTR) Lechfeld 12-Sep-44 flak, crashed Karwendelhaus; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8622.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17114791 / O-819051
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-397373
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot / Ops Officer
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Worcester County, MA | 2 October 1920 | Son of Earnest Julius and Annie M [Friedrich] Adler. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Devens, MA | 4 September 1942 | Fort Devens Massachusetts |
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Other Returned RTD |
Blechhammer, Germany | 7 August 1944 | Returned from Blechhammer raid in B-17 44-8001 7-Aug-44 when part of crew baled out due to flak hits RTD. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Karwendelhaus, Austria | 12 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Lechfeld 12-Sep-44 flak, crashed Karwendelhaus; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8622. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 12 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Fort McArthur, CA | 2 September 1945 | Honorable discharge Fort McArthur, CA. |
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Died |
West Yarmouth, MA | 3 September 1996 | |
| Fitchburg, MA | NoK; Wife Sadie R Adler. | ||
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Based |
Lucera | 12 September 1944 | Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. |