ADAMS, Johnnie U
Entered the service from South Carolina.
Servicenumber: 14124342
Age: 20
Born: 28 June 1923, Indian Branch, Darlington County, South Carolina
Hometown: Darlington County, South Carolina
Family:
Edward L. Adams (father)
Mary E. (King) Adams (mother)
Mildred E. Adams (sister)
Lilian E. Adams (sister)
Viola E. Adams (sister)
Harry C. Adams (brother)
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Function: Radio Operator
Company – Squadron: 568th Bomber Squadron
Unit – Group: 390th Bomber Group, Heavy
Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.)
Serial number: 42-31122
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Six Nights In Telergma (Arabian Nights)
Destination: Emden, Germany
MACR: 1583
Date of death: 11 December 1943
Status: MIA
Place of death: North Sea
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten
Biography:
Other information:
He was the radio operator on B-17 "Six Nights In Telergma (Arabian Nights)" when he was Killed in Action.
The a/c was shot down by an Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26 with a rocket over North Sea, Germany.
Andrew Anzanos 390th BG, 570th Sqd, Top Turret/Flight Engineer: "I was on that mission on Dec. 11, 1943 an had a close-up view as the a/c with wing on fire went by us and the copilot was climbing out on the wing through the copilots window !! It turned out that it was Major Hansel the Command Pilot who did not survive. It looked like he was trying to reach back in for his chest chute when he lost his grip. They were the lead ship. The a/c kept drifting back and blew up out of my sight. I had never heard of before or since of an escape through the side pilot's windows."
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-a/45695-adams-johnnie-u
Entered the service from South Carolina.
Servicenumber: 14124342
Age: 20
Born: 28 June 1923, Indian Branch, Darlington County, South Carolina
Hometown: Darlington County, South Carolina
Family:
Edward L. Adams (father)
Mary E. (King) Adams (mother)
Mildred E. Adams (sister)
Lilian E. Adams (sister)
Viola E. Adams (sister)
Harry C. Adams (brother)
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Function: Radio Operator
Company – Squadron: 568th Bomber Squadron
Unit – Group: 390th Bomber Group, Heavy
Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.)
Serial number: 42-31122
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Six Nights In Telergma (Arabian Nights)
Destination: Emden, Germany
MACR: 1583
Date of death: 11 December 1943
Status: MIA
Place of death: North Sea
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten
Biography:
Other information:
He was the radio operator on B-17 "Six Nights In Telergma (Arabian Nights)" when he was Killed in Action.
The a/c was shot down by an Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26 with a rocket over North Sea, Germany.
Andrew Anzanos 390th BG, 570th Sqd, Top Turret/Flight Engineer: "I was on that mission on Dec. 11, 1943 an had a close-up view as the a/c with wing on fire went by us and the copilot was climbing out on the wing through the copilots window !! It turned out that it was Major Hansel the Command Pilot who did not survive. It looked like he was trying to reach back in for his chest chute when he lost his grip. They were the lead ship. The a/c kept drifting back and blew up out of my sight. I had never heard of before or since of an escape through the side pilot's windows."
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-a/45695-adams-johnnie-u
ADAMS, Johnnie U
Entered the service from South Carolina.
Servicenumber: 14124342
Age: 20
Born: 28 June 1923, Indian Branch, Darlington County, South Carolina
Hometown: Darlington County, South Carolina
Family:
Edward L. Adams (father)
Mary E. (King) Adams (mother)
Mildred E. Adams (sister)
Lilian E. Adams (sister)
Viola E. Adams (sister)
Harry C. Adams (brother)
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Function: Radio Operator
Company – Squadron: 568th Bomber Squadron
Unit – Group: 390th Bomber Group, Heavy
Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.)
Serial number: 42-31122
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Six Nights In Telergma (Arabian Nights)
Destination: Emden, Germany
MACR: 1583
Date of death: 11 December 1943
Status: MIA
Place of death: North Sea
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten
Biography:
Other information:
He was the radio operator on B-17 "Six Nights In Telergma (Arabian Nights)" when he was Killed in Action.
The a/c was shot down by an Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26 with a rocket over North Sea, Germany.
Andrew Anzanos 390th BG, 570th Sqd, Top Turret/Flight Engineer: "I was on that mission on Dec. 11, 1943 an had a close-up view as the a/c with wing on fire went by us and the copilot was climbing out on the wing through the copilots window !! It turned out that it was Major Hansel the Command Pilot who did not survive. It looked like he was trying to reach back in for his chest chute when he lost his grip. They were the lead ship. The a/c kept drifting back and blew up out of my sight. I had never heard of before or since of an escape through the side pilot's windows."
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-a/45695-adams-johnnie-u
Entered the service from South Carolina.
Servicenumber: 14124342
Age: 20
Born: 28 June 1923, Indian Branch, Darlington County, South Carolina
Hometown: Darlington County, South Carolina
Family:
Edward L. Adams (father)
Mary E. (King) Adams (mother)
Mildred E. Adams (sister)
Lilian E. Adams (sister)
Viola E. Adams (sister)
Harry C. Adams (brother)
Rank: Technical Sergeant
Function: Radio Operator
Company – Squadron: 568th Bomber Squadron
Unit – Group: 390th Bomber Group, Heavy
Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.)
Serial number: 42-31122
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Six Nights In Telergma (Arabian Nights)
Destination: Emden, Germany
MACR: 1583
Date of death: 11 December 1943
Status: MIA
Place of death: North Sea
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten
Biography:
Other information:
He was the radio operator on B-17 "Six Nights In Telergma (Arabian Nights)" when he was Killed in Action.
The a/c was shot down by an Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26 with a rocket over North Sea, Germany.
Andrew Anzanos 390th BG, 570th Sqd, Top Turret/Flight Engineer: "I was on that mission on Dec. 11, 1943 an had a close-up view as the a/c with wing on fire went by us and the copilot was climbing out on the wing through the copilots window !! It turned out that it was Major Hansel the Command Pilot who did not survive. It looked like he was trying to reach back in for his chest chute when he lost his grip. They were the lead ship. The a/c kept drifting back and blew up out of my sight. I had never heard of before or since of an escape through the side pilot's windows."
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-a/45695-adams-johnnie-u
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
