Richard J Adam

Military

Richard J Adam was assigned to the 322nd Fighter Control Squadron attached to the 51st Fighter Group, at that time attached to the 14th Air Force.

He was aboard the troop carrier HMT Rohna on route to his unit in the China-Burma-India theatre from North Africa. The HMT Rohna was part of Convoy KMF 26.

On the 26th November 1943, the convoy was attacked off Bougie, (now Bejaia), by two waves of Heinkel HE177A Grief bombers launching HS293 guided bombs.

Unfortunately only one of the weapons, the very last one, found a target, the HMT Rohna! The Rohna sunk with the loss of over 1000 American servicemen.

This was the first successful attack against American forces using a guided weapon!

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Arlington Heights, Illinois 28 July 1917
Wheeling, Cook County, Illinois 5 January 1920

Enlisted

Camp Grant, Rockord, Illinois 11 February 1942

Died

Off Bougie, (Bejaia), North Africa 26 November 1943 MIA/KIA aboard troop ship HMT Rohna. (17:20)

Buried

North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Listed on the Tablets of the Missing.

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Sources

American Battle Monument's Commission www.abmc.gov
The National Archive and Records Administration.
FindAgrave.com
Ancestry.com Young Men's Draft Cards and 1920 US Census.
Rohnaclassified.com Casualty list.
cbi-history.com
armyaircorpsmuseum.org