John Berrio
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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John D Adamson
Military
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1LT John D Adamson Pilot 458th BG - 755th BS KIA - 8 March 1944
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Group of airmen who served with the 755th Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group. Jack Adamson is centre, with hand on fence.
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Killed in Action (KIA).
Service
People
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Charles Daskam
Military | Flight Officer | Bombardier | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde, Killed in Action (KIA). -
Billy Freeman
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and an ME210 on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944 in B-24H #41-28720. Killed in Action (KIA). -
Jesse Lack
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Killed in Action (KIA). -
Willard Lowman
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Killed in Action (KIA) -
Elmer Moe
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Prisoner of War (POW). POW -
Harold Rabideau
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24 #42-28720 and crashed near Finsterwalde. Prisoner of War (POW). Luft I, IV, and VI. POW
Units served with
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458th Bomb Group
Group
The 458th Bomb Group (H) entered combat with the 8th Air Force in February 1944. Based at Horsham St. Faith in England, the combat crews participated in the decisive Campaigns 'Big Week', 'Big B', D-Day and the assault on Germany's oil industry waged... -
755th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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41-28720
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Berlin, just short of IP hit by flak causing oil leak on #4 and turbo failure #2. Dropped out of formation, calling for fighter cover, Me210's attacked them knocking out the tail...
Missions
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8th Air Force 235 BIG WEEK - DAY 6
25 February 1944
On this final operation of BIG WEEK, Day 6, a combined force of 754 heavy bombers from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions are despatched to bomb the German aircraft industries at Regensburg, Augsburg, Stuttgart and Furth, Germany. Mission Summary follows: ... -
8th Air Force 252
8 March 1944
The VKF ballbearing factory at Berlin/Erkner is the primary target for 623 heavy bombers despatched by all three Air Divisions. Fighter opposition and anti-aircraft fire are intense. There are so many formation attacking that some divert to other...
Associated Place
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Horsham St Faith
Military site : airfield
Horsham St Faith was an RAF Bomber Command Station opened in June 1940. It was home to Bristol Blenheim medium-bombers, and was for a time occupied by fighters, including those of No. 19 Squadron and No. 264 Squadron. From September 1942 the airfield...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | California, USA | 1 August 1920 |
| Lived in | Ventura, CA, USA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | Oxnard, CA, USA | 11 March 1942 |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | 03238 Finsterwalde, Germany | 8 March 1944 |
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"We were hit by flak near Hannover. The oil pressure on No. 4 engine began to drop. Near Berlin the turbo on No. 2 engine went out and we were forced to salvo our bomb load. As we were leaving the formation, I called Lt. Lack and asked for a course back to England. He gave me a course. I heard him talk to F/O Daskam. I called later while we were under attack, but they never answered. Fighter protection was called for, but never came. The enemy fighters (ME-210's I believe) picked us up and made numerous attacks to our tail and waist [areas]. When the plane caught fire, Lt. Adamson told me to give the order to bail out. When I left the plane, Lt. Adamson was standing with his parachute on. The plane crashed about 200 feet from where I landed and there was one 'chute wrapped around the tail. The crash took place on the outskirts of Finsterwalde, Germany. According to Sgt Forbes, Sgt Freeman was hit in the first attack." - John Berrio, Co-Pilot |
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| Buried | Ventura, CA, USA | 1948 |
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Ivy Lawn Memorial Park |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 March 2017 17:46:39 | Lucy May | Changes to nickname |
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Correspondence with John D Adamson's nephew, Chris Adamson: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 June 2016 00:05:43 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Adamson&GSfn=John+... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 21 June 2016 20:37:18 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:15:49 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3345 / MACR 3345, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & page 192 & Page 272 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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