Robert George Adams
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Left to right, back row:
Howard Spaulding, Herbert Boelter, David Morgan, James Eason, Murray Bell, Eugene Cole, David Edwards, William Shackelford, William Kemp, William McCoppin, Maynard Emlaw, Dustin Cowle, William Gill, Eugene Gentzler and Bruce Rowlett
Left to right, second row:
Charles Narvis and Joseph Kapr
Left to right, third row:
Raymond Comer, Alton Snyder, Robert Adams, Sherman Armsby, Robert Wright, Warren Ewert, John Black, Roswell Freedman (Squadron Commander), James Hall and Urban Drew
Left to right, fourth row:
James Donohue, William Rogers, John Thomas, Russell Sobieski, Merle Rainey, Dean Morehouse, Elroy Neely, Francis Glankler
Left to right, fifth row: Charles Cummins, 'Snitz' and Martin Johnson
Museum object reference no. BAM_0308 Bottisham Airfield Museum
Amended formatting of caption to make it easier to work out who is who.
Object Number - UPL 18345 - 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group. Bottisham, mid-July 1944. Left to right, back row: Howard Spaulding, Herbert Boelter, David...
Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Carlsruhe Koblenz hit by flak and crashed near Heppenheim in P-51D 'Pat' 44-14678 25-Jan-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11917.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Pat
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Crashed |
Marianna Municipal Airport (MAI), 3689 Industrial Park Dr, Marianna, FL 32446, USA | 27 December 1943 | Take Off Accident Ground Loop Marianna AAF, Florida Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt Robert G Adams, 27-Dec-43. P-40N 42-105317 - 691SEFTSq |
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Died |
Heppenheim, Germany | 25 January 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Carlsruhe Koblenz hit by flak and crashed near Heppenheim in P-51D 'Pat' 44-14678 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11917. |
| Chicago, IL, USA | |||
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Other Promoted |
Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB25, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Other Assigned |
Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB25, UK | 25 January 1945 | Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Cook County, IL, USA | Cedar Park Cemetery Calumet Park Cook County Illinois, USA. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11917 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
