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1LT Robert Stanley Adams Jr.

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1LT Robert Stanley Adams Jr. Veteran

Birth
Iowa, USA
Death
4 Dec 1942 (aged 22)
Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B Site 182-S
Memorial ID
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Arizona Death Certificate
Robert was 22 years, 7 months and 9 days old at time of death per Certificate.

Kelvin, AZ Bomber Crash, Dec 1942
Posted October 5th, 2009 by Stu Beitler

8 BELIEVED DEAD IN BOMBER CRASH.

Florence, Dec. 5. (AP) -- Eight men are believed to have been.......~*~more~*~

Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 5. (AP) -- Seven crew members perished when a four-motored army bomber crashed and burned on the desert near Florence, Ariz., Friday, Capt. Fred Finney, public relations officer at Davis-Monthan Field, reported tonight.

The dead were:
Lt. ROBERT ADAMS, pilot.
2nd Lt. ARTHUR EIDSON, co-pilot, Odessa, Tex.
Sgt. JAMES AKINS, engineer.
S/Sgt. FRANCIS SANTMYER, radio operator.
Sgt. ARMAND PELTIER, gunner.
Pvt. EDWARD ZEINTARSKI, radio/gunner.
Pvt. MILTON KEINHOLZ, gunner.

The cause of the crash is being investigated by an army board.

Big Spring Daily Herald Texas 1942-12-06

Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler.

Military Information: 1ST LT, US ARMY AIR CORPS
Arizona Death Certificate
Robert was 22 years, 7 months and 9 days old at time of death per Certificate.

Kelvin, AZ Bomber Crash, Dec 1942
Posted October 5th, 2009 by Stu Beitler

8 BELIEVED DEAD IN BOMBER CRASH.

Florence, Dec. 5. (AP) -- Eight men are believed to have been.......~*~more~*~

Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 5. (AP) -- Seven crew members perished when a four-motored army bomber crashed and burned on the desert near Florence, Ariz., Friday, Capt. Fred Finney, public relations officer at Davis-Monthan Field, reported tonight.

The dead were:
Lt. ROBERT ADAMS, pilot.
2nd Lt. ARTHUR EIDSON, co-pilot, Odessa, Tex.
Sgt. JAMES AKINS, engineer.
S/Sgt. FRANCIS SANTMYER, radio operator.
Sgt. ARMAND PELTIER, gunner.
Pvt. EDWARD ZEINTARSKI, radio/gunner.
Pvt. MILTON KEINHOLZ, gunner.

The cause of the crash is being investigated by an army board.

Big Spring Daily Herald Texas 1942-12-06

Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler.

Military Information: 1ST LT, US ARMY AIR CORPS

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MINNESOTA
1 LIEUT AIR CORPS
DECEMBER 4, 1942



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