Adams, William Thomas

Rank and Name, Technical Sergeant William Thomas Adams.

Unit/placed, 413rd Bomber Squadron, (B-17 “Shack Rabbit III”), 96th Bomber Group (Heavy).

William was born on 1921 in Tennessee.

Father, Mother and Siblings, no record.

William entered the service from Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia in July 29,1942 with service number # 34362251.

William T. Adams rank/duty was a Technical Sergeant/Engineer(B-17) in the 413rd Bomber Squadron.

William’s crewmembers and their position onboard the plane a B-17 were;

1stLt. Eugene Wilcox Jr. Pilot

1stLt. Ralph F. Lewis Co Pilot

2ndLt. Victor C. Thoendel Navigator

2ndLt. William F. Mcjenna Bombardier

T/Sgt. William T. Adams Engineer

T/Sgt. William S. Labson Radio Operator

S/Sgt. Billy D. Bodiford Top Turret Gunner

S/Sgt. Henry m. Hentnik Right Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. Robert M. Smith Left Waist Gunner

Sgt. Thomas S. Stevens Tail Gunner

William was KIA when back from the mission they were lost at the North Sea area, on Sep 23, 1943, and he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal..

William is mentioned/buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

Tablets of the Missing.

Thanks to http://96bg.org/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

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