8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Louis Wink Adams Jr
Military
Assigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 7 victories, Bf109[3], Me410[1], D018[1], Ar196[1], Fw190[1]. End Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM (6 OLC), DFC (OLC), Silver Star, WWII Victory.
Service
Units served with
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20th Fighter Group
Group
In August 1943, the 20th Fighter Group arrived in Clyde, Scotland, before travelling to Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, which was to be their base for the rest of the war. The Group flew 312 missions before their last mission on 25 April 1945. The... -
77th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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44-13838
P-51 Mustang
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44-14063
P-51 Mustang
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44-14378 MURPH
P-51 Mustang
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44-13655
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of 1st Lt Louis W Adams. Salvaged, non battle damage 2-Aug-44.
Associated Place
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Kings Cliffe
Military site : airfield
Kings Cliffe began as a satellite air base for the Group based at nearby Wittering. The 56th Fighter Group, however, were all based at Kings Cliffe and it was here that the pilots trained in P-47 Thunderbolts and flew their first missions in the...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Kingsville, TX 78363, USA | 10 June 1922 |
| Lived in | Kingsville, Texas | 1940 |
| Assigned | King's Cliffe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8, UK | 26 March 1944 – 2 November 1944 |
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Assigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Promotion | King's Cliffe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8, UK | 21 June 1944 |
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Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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| Baled out | King's Cliffe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8, UK | 18 October 1944 |
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Baled Out due to Fire White House Farm Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt. Louis W. Adams Jr, 18-Oct-44. P-51D 44-13838 - 77FS 20FG 8AF |
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| End Tour of Duty (ETD) | England, UK | 2 November 1944 |
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Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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| Buried | Kingsville, TX 78363, USA | 1974 |
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Resthaven Memorial Park |
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| Died | Kingsville, TX 78363, USA | 22 January 1974 |
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Died following a heart attack. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 31 August 2016 16:07:27 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to events |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 25 June 2016 17:28:55 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, suffix, nickname, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=adams |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:19:22 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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