Robert W Adkins

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 78138 UPL 78138 Robert W Adkins

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Find A Grave Memorial# 28676579

Object Number - UPL 78138 - Robert W Adkins

Killed when his aircraft crashed and burned on return from Magdeburg at Bury's Hall Farm, Carleton Rode, 100 yards from the runway, in full view of all those who daily came to "sweat them in", following a mid-air collision with 42-95102, Spirit of Notre Dame.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-50703

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Worry Bird
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron

Related videos and documents

UPL 29770

  • Media Type: Video
  • Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
  • Object Number: UPL 29770
  • Description: Video and photographs of four memorials in Eastern England to seven lost planes.

Events

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Born

21 March 1923

Other

Killed in Action

Carleton Rode, Norfolk UK 9 February 1945

Buried/ Commemorated

Collinsville, OK, USA Ridgelawn Cemetery Collinsville Tulsa County Oklahoma, USA

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http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/173041-ww2-b-24…

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MACR 8911
The Liberator Men of Old Buc, Andrew S Low Jr.

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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Feb1945O.htm

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Find A Grave Memorial# 28676579
Atkins private collection

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc

Robert W Adkins: Gallery (6 items)

Object number: UPL 29770 - Video and photographs of four memorials in Eastern...

Object number: UPL 13047 - Memorial to victims of two separate mid-air...

Object number: UPL 13175 - Panel on memorial dedicated to the victims of mid...

Object number: UPL 16040 - Robert W Adkins Telegram