Franklin served as a Staff Sergeant & Waist Gunner on B-17G #43-38445, 325th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on April 15, 1943 in Huntington, West Virginia. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the building transportation equipment and also as Single, without dependents.
Franklin was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was hit by enemy flak and was then involved in a mid-air collision with B-17G #43-38396 and crashed near Neuhof, Germany during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 35658138
Son of Franklin W Adams, Sr. and Olive Osborne.
At the families request, his state of birth was added to his headstone (West Virginia) instead of his state of residence (Maryland).
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Airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38445:
Adams, Franklin W, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, MD
Garrison, Howard C ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, PA
Granata, Rudolph J ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, NY
LaPlante, Kenneth D ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, NH
Mohr, Leonard F ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, WI
Nielsen, Niels R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, SD
Raber, Harry W ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, PA
Saylor, Clyde H, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, VA
Airmen who became POW's from B-17G #43-38445:
Stretton, William C ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
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For airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38396 see:
Dornburgh, Edmund L ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
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Bio & Crew Reports by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~∼West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
Item Details: Record Id: 11213
War: WWII
Name: Franklin W Adams
Sex: M
Race: W
County: Raleigh
Community: Crab Orchard
Branch of Service: Army
Rank: S/Sgt
Service Number: 35658138
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Cause of Death:
Place of Burial:
Unit: 92nd Bmb Gr
Date of Birth: 1924/04/13
Place of Birth: Pemberton, Raleigh, WV
Father:
Frank
Mother: Olive Osborne
Spouse:
Date of Marriage:
Place of Marriage:
Children:
Date Added to Memorial: 2009
Social Security Number:
Source: National Archives - Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File - Record Group 64; Raleigh Register - death notice - 6/10/1945; WV Dept of Health Birth Certificate; Post Herald Centennial Edition - death notice - 26 Aug 1950
Notes: He was a radio operator on a Flying Fortress when it was damaged over Frankfurt and fell to the earth; He was employed by by a shipyard in Baltimore MD prior to entering the military in 1942, at Huntington WV; Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster; Sisters: Yolande, Melba, Doris Ann; He graduated from Woodrow Wilson HS.
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Documents:
He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on April 15, 1943 in Huntington, West Virginia. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the building transportation equipment and also as Single, without dependents.
Franklin was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was hit by enemy flak and was then involved in a mid-air collision with B-17G #43-38396 and crashed near Neuhof, Germany during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 35658138
Son of Franklin W Adams, Sr. and Olive Osborne.
At the families request, his state of birth was added to his headstone (West Virginia) instead of his state of residence (Maryland).
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38445:
Adams, Franklin W, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, MD
Garrison, Howard C ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, PA
Granata, Rudolph J ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, NY
LaPlante, Kenneth D ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, NH
Mohr, Leonard F ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, WI
Nielsen, Niels R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, SD
Raber, Harry W ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, PA
Saylor, Clyde H, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, VA
Airmen who became POW's from B-17G #43-38445:
Stretton, William C ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
For airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38396 see:
Dornburgh, Edmund L ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Bio & Crew Reports by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~∼West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
Item Details: Record Id: 11213
War: WWII
Name: Franklin W Adams
Sex: M
Race: W
County: Raleigh
Community: Crab Orchard
Branch of Service: Army
Rank: S/Sgt
Service Number: 35658138
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Cause of Death:
Place of Burial:
Unit: 92nd Bmb Gr
Date of Birth: 1924/04/13
Place of Birth: Pemberton, Raleigh, WV
Father:
Frank
Mother: Olive Osborne
Spouse:
Date of Marriage:
Place of Marriage:
Children:
Date Added to Memorial: 2009
Social Security Number:
Source: National Archives - Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File - Record Group 64; Raleigh Register - death notice - 6/10/1945; WV Dept of Health Birth Certificate; Post Herald Centennial Edition - death notice - 26 Aug 1950
Notes: He was a radio operator on a Flying Fortress when it was damaged over Frankfurt and fell to the earth; He was employed by by a shipyard in Baltimore MD prior to entering the military in 1942, at Huntington WV; Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster; Sisters: Yolande, Melba, Doris Ann; He graduated from Woodrow Wilson HS.
Photograph:
Documents:
Franklin served as a Staff Sergeant & Waist Gunner on B-17G #43-38445, 325th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on April 15, 1943 in Huntington, West Virginia. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the building transportation equipment and also as Single, without dependents.
Franklin was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was hit by enemy flak and was then involved in a mid-air collision with B-17G #43-38396 and crashed near Neuhof, Germany during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 35658138
Son of Franklin W Adams, Sr. and Olive Osborne.
At the families request, his state of birth was added to his headstone (West Virginia) instead of his state of residence (Maryland).
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38445:
Adams, Franklin W, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, MD
Garrison, Howard C ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, PA
Granata, Rudolph J ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, NY
LaPlante, Kenneth D ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, NH
Mohr, Leonard F ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, WI
Nielsen, Niels R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, SD
Raber, Harry W ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, PA
Saylor, Clyde H, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, VA
Airmen who became POW's from B-17G #43-38445:
Stretton, William C ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
For airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38396 see:
Dornburgh, Edmund L ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Bio & Crew Reports by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~∼West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
Item Details: Record Id: 11213
War: WWII
Name: Franklin W Adams
Sex: M
Race: W
County: Raleigh
Community: Crab Orchard
Branch of Service: Army
Rank: S/Sgt
Service Number: 35658138
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Cause of Death:
Place of Burial:
Unit: 92nd Bmb Gr
Date of Birth: 1924/04/13
Place of Birth: Pemberton, Raleigh, WV
Father:
Frank
Mother: Olive Osborne
Spouse:
Date of Marriage:
Place of Marriage:
Children:
Date Added to Memorial: 2009
Social Security Number:
Source: National Archives - Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File - Record Group 64; Raleigh Register - death notice - 6/10/1945; WV Dept of Health Birth Certificate; Post Herald Centennial Edition - death notice - 26 Aug 1950
Notes: He was a radio operator on a Flying Fortress when it was damaged over Frankfurt and fell to the earth; He was employed by by a shipyard in Baltimore MD prior to entering the military in 1942, at Huntington WV; Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster; Sisters: Yolande, Melba, Doris Ann; He graduated from Woodrow Wilson HS.
Photograph:
Documents:
He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on April 15, 1943 in Huntington, West Virginia. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the building transportation equipment and also as Single, without dependents.
Franklin was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was hit by enemy flak and was then involved in a mid-air collision with B-17G #43-38396 and crashed near Neuhof, Germany during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 35658138
Son of Franklin W Adams, Sr. and Olive Osborne.
At the families request, his state of birth was added to his headstone (West Virginia) instead of his state of residence (Maryland).
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38445:
Adams, Franklin W, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, MD
Garrison, Howard C ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, PA
Granata, Rudolph J ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, NY
LaPlante, Kenneth D ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, NH
Mohr, Leonard F ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, WI
Nielsen, Niels R ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, SD
Raber, Harry W ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, PA
Saylor, Clyde H, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, VA
Airmen who became POW's from B-17G #43-38445:
Stretton, William C ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
For airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38396 see:
Dornburgh, Edmund L ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Bio & Crew Reports by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~∼West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
Item Details: Record Id: 11213
War: WWII
Name: Franklin W Adams
Sex: M
Race: W
County: Raleigh
Community: Crab Orchard
Branch of Service: Army
Rank: S/Sgt
Service Number: 35658138
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Cause of Death:
Place of Burial:
Unit: 92nd Bmb Gr
Date of Birth: 1924/04/13
Place of Birth: Pemberton, Raleigh, WV
Father:
Frank
Mother: Olive Osborne
Spouse:
Date of Marriage:
Place of Marriage:
Children:
Date Added to Memorial: 2009
Social Security Number:
Source: National Archives - Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File - Record Group 64; Raleigh Register - death notice - 6/10/1945; WV Dept of Health Birth Certificate; Post Herald Centennial Edition - death notice - 26 Aug 1950
Notes: He was a radio operator on a Flying Fortress when it was damaged over Frankfurt and fell to the earth; He was employed by by a shipyard in Baltimore MD prior to entering the military in 1942, at Huntington WV; Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster; Sisters: Yolande, Melba, Doris Ann; He graduated from Woodrow Wilson HS.
Photograph:
Documents:
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