Name and Rank, First Lieutenant William C. Adams.
Unit/placed in, 335th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomber Group (Heavy) ”Red Feather”.
William was born on 1919 in Tennessee.
Father, Albert B. Adams .
Mother, Mary L. Adams.
William entered the service from Tennessee in with service number # O-730321.
William C. Adams rank/duty was a Soldier in the 1st Lieutenant/Pilot (B-17) in the 335th Bomber Squadron.
William’s crewmembers and their position onboard the plane a B-17 were,
1st Lt. William C. Adams Pilot
2nd Lt. Edwin R. Lewis Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Victor T. Copeland Navigator
2nd Lt. Edward A. Lawton Bombardier
T/Sgt. Richard L. Wilkinson Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Simon E. Alojado Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Edward A. Myers Bal Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Floyd A. Locke Right Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Lester Conklin Left Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert W. Jennings Tail Gunner
William was KIA during the Mission to Bomb the U-boat Wharf they were attacked by enemy aircraft, shot and crashed, on June 13, 1943, and he is honored with an Air Medal Purple Heart, United States Aviator Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
And he is mentioned/buried at Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz,
Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium.
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William C. Adams’ Aircraft B-17F with serial number 42-29675 was on a bombing mission to Kiel in Germany. On 13 June 1943 60 B-17s from the USAAF attacked the U-Boat installations in Kiel. 16 B-17s from 95th BG flew at the front in the formation which had already been attacked on their way to the target. As usual German fighters attacked the front of the formation. Before it had passed the target, 7-8 B-17s from 95th BG were lost. One B-17 out of control crashed into another, and only 6 B-17s from 95th BG made it back to base and one of them was destroyed in a forced landing. Aircraft 42-29675 crashed off the coast of Lolland, Denmark.
