Sergeant Frederick Coulson “Collie” Adams

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Sergeant Frederick Coulson “Collie” Adams Veteran

Birth
Windsor, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Death
5 Jul 1941 (aged 24)
Stadhampton, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Burial
Brookwood, Woking Borough, Surrey, England Add to Map
Plot
30. G. 7.
Memorial ID
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1941 September Quarter death registration-

Name: Adams, Frederick C.---Age: 24

District: Ploughley (Volume & Page: 3a & 2196)


Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V Z6667 aircraft, with a crew of six airmen, took flight from its base at RAF Abington, in Oxfordshire, to begin a night operation of bombing practice. A short time later the Whitley appeared to break apart in the air; it then crashed into the ground at Chiselhampton, near Stadhampton, claiming the lives of the entire crew.

The airmen who perished in the aircraft crash were:-

RCAF Sergeant Frederick Coulson ADAMS,

RCAF Sergeant William Archibald BARTLEMAN,

RAF Flight Sergeant Arthur Edward Walter LYNCH,

RAFVR Sergeant Peter Haselden MORRIS,

RAFVR Sergeant George Charles SANDERSON and

RCAF Sergeant Ronald Grant STRATTON.


Military Service-

Rank: Sergeant

Trade: Pilot

Service Number: R/54373

Age: 24

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Division: 10 Operation Training Unit (OTU) [RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire]


Son of Major Fred Adams, M.D., and Essie (née Watson) Adams of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. His brother, RCAF Flying Officer John Charles ADAMS, also served and lost his life during the Second World War.


Sergeant Frederick Coulson Adams is Commemorated on Page 22 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Sergeant Adams is remembered with honour at the family grave monument in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1941 September Quarter death registration-

Name: Adams, Frederick C.---Age: 24

District: Ploughley (Volume & Page: 3a & 2196)


Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V Z6667 aircraft, with a crew of six airmen, took flight from its base at RAF Abington, in Oxfordshire, to begin a night operation of bombing practice. A short time later the Whitley appeared to break apart in the air; it then crashed into the ground at Chiselhampton, near Stadhampton, claiming the lives of the entire crew.

The airmen who perished in the aircraft crash were:-

RCAF Sergeant Frederick Coulson ADAMS,

RCAF Sergeant William Archibald BARTLEMAN,

RAF Flight Sergeant Arthur Edward Walter LYNCH,

RAFVR Sergeant Peter Haselden MORRIS,

RAFVR Sergeant George Charles SANDERSON and

RCAF Sergeant Ronald Grant STRATTON.


Military Service-

Rank: Sergeant

Trade: Pilot

Service Number: R/54373

Age: 24

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Division: 10 Operation Training Unit (OTU) [RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire]


Son of Major Fred Adams, M.D., and Essie (née Watson) Adams of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. His brother, RCAF Flying Officer John Charles ADAMS, also served and lost his life during the Second World War.


Sergeant Frederick Coulson Adams is Commemorated on Page 22 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Sergeant Adams is remembered with honour at the family grave monument in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.