Thomas Adcock
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 56th Fighter Group
Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Everett Peter Abar
Military
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LT (later CPT) Everett Peter Abar 56th FG later killed flying a B-29 over Japan with the 497th BG
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Service
People
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William Aggers
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 495th Fighter Training Group
Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Baled out during navigation mission when visual contact with leader was lost in overcast in P-47 41-6401 31-Dec-43. Returned to Duty RTD. Transferred to 495FTG 8AF USAAF. Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Units served with
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56th Fighter Group
Group
Flying P-47 Thunderbolts throughout their time stationed in England, the Group, known as "the Wolfpack", had more ace pilots than any other Eighth Air Force Fighter Group. The 56th Fighter Group also destroyed more enemy aircraft in air combat than any... -
61st Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Associated Place
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Boxted
Military site : airfield
Boxted was built for heavy bombers and became operational from May 1943. In the few months B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group were stationed there, there were two night attacks by the Luftwaffe. On 17 August 1943, one man was killed when bombs...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | West Burke, Vermont, USA | 26 January 1916 |
| Lived in | Berkeley, CA | 1940 |
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2220 Dwight Way |
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| Enlisted | San Francisco, CA, USA | 7 November 1941 |
| Died | Japan | 14 April 1945 |
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KIA 14th April 1945 |
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| Buried | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery | 1949 |
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Plot: Section 82, Site 56-57 |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 17 August 2020 21:40:29 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events and place associations |
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=17181208... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 June 2016 10:27:23 | Wex_AdamSterecki | Changes to person associations |
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| 08 June 2016 10:16:01 | Wex_AdamSterecki | Changes to awards |
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| 08 June 2016 10:06:59 | Wex_AdamSterecki | Changes to middlename and events |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 June 2016 09:54:39 | Wex_AdamSterecki | Changes to service number and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/page/84952545_everett_p%20abar/details/ |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 June 2016 09:36:04 | Wex_AdamSterecki | Changes to highest rank and events |
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=14452520 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 June 2016 09:35:08 | Wex_AdamSterecki | Changes to events |
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=14452520 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:09:30 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm |
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