Sidney Brown
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 491st Bomb Group
Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. 1 x combat mission.
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William Morris Adams
Military
Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. 1 x combat mission.
Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-24 #42-110107 "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'm" 24-Aug-44; Bialed out of A/C, captured and held overnight at Munster A/D. Marched through Russelsheim after rail journey curtailed by bomb damaged rails. Beaten unconscious by civilians and left for dead on farmers cart in cemetery, escaped, along with Sgt Sidney E Brown, during air raid and re-arrested 4 days later. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8296
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Norman Rogers
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 491st Bomb Group
Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. 2 x combat missions. ...
Units served with
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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. ... -
491st Bomb Group
Group
The 491st Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators in bombing missions over northern France and Germany from June 1944 until April 1945. Missions over Germany included bombing the headquarters of the German General Staff at Zossen. The Group was awarded a DUC... -
854th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-110107 "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'm"
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover mission; downed by flak over Russelheim, Germany, on 24-Aug-44. 3 x POW, 6 x KIA. MACR 8296 ...
Missions
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568
24 August 1944
Associated Place
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North Pickenham
Military site : airfield
Built comparatively late during 1943-44 as an Eighth Air Force bomber base, North Pickenham was rather cramped as an airfield site so the main runway was shorter than typical. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2... -
Stalag Luft IV
Other location
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Dulag Luft 12
Other location
Events
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| Born | Schuylkill County, PA | 14 August 1925 |
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Son of William Alvin and Althesta [Fetterolf] Adams. |
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| Based | North Pickenham | 1944 – 24 August 1944 |
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Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out | 40 miles Nth Hanover | 24 August 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-24 42-110107 "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'm" 24-Aug-44; Baled out of A/C, captured and held overnight at Munster A/D. MACR 8296 |
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| Beaten by civilians | Russelsheim, Germany | 26 August 1944 |
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Dispatched by rail for Oberusel, due to a bombed out rail line, marched on foot through Russelsheim, beaten unconscious by civilian mob 26-Aug-44. |
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| Evaded (EVD) | 26 August 1944 – 30 August 1944 | |
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Escaped from cemetery during air raid. Evaded capture (EVD). Arrested four days later. |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Tychowo, Poland | September 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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| Died | Pennsylvania, USA | 8 March 1980 |
| Buried | Heplers Church of God Cemetery, Pitman, PA | 12 March 1980 |
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Heplers Church of God Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 April 2020 01:43:51 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 March 2019 18:51:11 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28687377 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:27:29 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8296 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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