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SGT Robert Edward Adams
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SGT Robert Edward Adams Veteran

Birth
District of Columbia, USA
Death
7 Jul 1944 (aged 18–19)
Germany
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Robert was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces 846th Bomber Squadron, 489th Bomber Group, Heavy.

Service # 33746691

He entered the Service from District of Columbia

Missing in Action.

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Sergeant Robert E. Adams served as a Bombardier/Nose Gunner (B-24) in the 846th Bomber Squadron, 489th Bomber Group (Heavy). Robert E. Adams was killed in action when the plane was hit by flak and crashed in the sea, on July, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart.

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into North Sea in B-24 Liberator (aircraft serial) #41-29533 "Little Iodine".
Robert was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces 846th Bomber Squadron, 489th Bomber Group, Heavy.

Service # 33746691

He entered the Service from District of Columbia

Missing in Action.

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Sergeant Robert E. Adams served as a Bombardier/Nose Gunner (B-24) in the 846th Bomber Squadron, 489th Bomber Group (Heavy). Robert E. Adams was killed in action when the plane was hit by flak and crashed in the sea, on July, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart.

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into North Sea in B-24 Liberator (aircraft serial) #41-29533 "Little Iodine".


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  • Maintained by: stevenkh1
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56287278/robert_edward-adams: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Robert Edward Adams (1925–7 Jul 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56287278, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by stevenkh1 (contributor 47175148).