Clifford Blue
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Upon landing after a practice formation flight on 2 Feb 1944, the landing gear of B-17 42-38036 collapsed due to a tire blowing out. RTD.
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Mayo Richardson Adams Jr
Military
He was Co-Pilot on the Clifford M. Blue crew on July 4,1944 returning from France in "Twentieth Century" B-17G #42-3000 which had lost 2 engines due to Flak damage. Over England, a third engine lost power. A/C made a wheels up landing in a field behind the house of Miss Cheney, 18 Downview Road, Felpham, Sussex. The crew had tea with Miss Cheney. 10 RTD with 2 injured.
Mayo Richardson had flown as pilot on 42-31043 (according to a January 2003 posting by his niece on the Mighty 8th AF Message Board)
Service
People
Units served with
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379th Bomb Group
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit... -
526th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-31043 Hells Belle / Elsie Mae
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 10/9/43; Assigned 381BG Ridgewell 19/10/43; transferred 526BS/379BG [LF-L] Kimbolton 3/3/44. Originally nicknamed "Hells Belle", before changing to "Elsie Mae" ... -
42-32000 Mojo Jr/ Twentieth Century
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 14/1/44; Dalhart 26/1/44; Kearney 22/2/44; Grenier 24/2/44. ...
Associated Place
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Kimbolton
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | 24 November 1916 | |
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Roanoke, Virginia |
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| Lived in | 1940 | |
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Roanoke, Virginia |
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| Enlisted | 2 April 1942 | |
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as a Private in the Air Corps in Richmond, Virginia |
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| Buried | 2010 | |
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Mayo Adams Jr rests at the Fair View Cemetery in Roanoke, Virginia |
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| Died | February 2010 | |
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Roanoke, Virginia |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 April 2020 19:17:23 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography and events |
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Added a "-" to the plane type (B-17G) in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 28 October 2018 13:37:17 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, events, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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WWII Draft Cards |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:19:58 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; Wall of Valor form, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p p. 27-8 w/ pix of ac |
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