Second Lieutenant Adams was the pilot of
B-24J Liberator #42-99946, serving with the
215th Combat Crew Training Squadron from
Pueblo Army Airfield, Colorado.
He was one of eighteen airmen killed during
formation flight training when his B-24 collided
with another Liberator, north of Trinidad,
Colorado, and crashed near the community of
Model. Only one crew member survived by
parachuting to ground with minor injury.
The men lost aboard his ship were:
Flt. Off. William J Robbins , co-pilot
2nd Lt. Claire E Gates , Bombadier
Tech. Sgt. Albert J Sermon , Flt. Engr.
Cpl. Boyce E Forester , radio op.
Cpl. Joseph J Hartman, Jr , gunner
Cpl. Carl E Miller , gunner
PFC Malcolm R Crawford , gunner
PFC Morton Kaplan , gunner
Aboard B-24J #42-51517:
2nd Lt. Horace M Jenkins, Jr , pilot
Capt. Royal L Brock , Instr. pilot
2nd Lt. Clair A Clark , co-pilot
Cpl. Francis J O'Donahue , Flt. Engr.
Cpl. William A Powell, Jr , gunner
Cpl. Herbert J Rogove , radio op.
PFC William C Joyce, Jr , gunner
PFC Luther C Killinger, Jr , gunner
PFC Daniel J Riccio , gunner
*****
B-24J Liberator #42-99946, serving with the
215th Combat Crew Training Squadron from
Pueblo Army Airfield, Colorado.
He was one of eighteen airmen killed during
formation flight training when his B-24 collided
with another Liberator, north of Trinidad,
Colorado, and crashed near the community of
Model. Only one crew member survived by
parachuting to ground with minor injury.
The men lost aboard his ship were:
Flt. Off. William J Robbins , co-pilot
2nd Lt. Claire E Gates , Bombadier
Tech. Sgt. Albert J Sermon , Flt. Engr.
Cpl. Boyce E Forester , radio op.
Cpl. Joseph J Hartman, Jr , gunner
Cpl. Carl E Miller , gunner
PFC Malcolm R Crawford , gunner
PFC Morton Kaplan , gunner
Aboard B-24J #42-51517:
2nd Lt. Horace M Jenkins, Jr , pilot
Capt. Royal L Brock , Instr. pilot
2nd Lt. Clair A Clark , co-pilot
Cpl. Francis J O'Donahue , Flt. Engr.
Cpl. William A Powell, Jr , gunner
Cpl. Herbert J Rogove , radio op.
PFC William C Joyce, Jr , gunner
PFC Luther C Killinger, Jr , gunner
PFC Daniel J Riccio , gunner
*****
Second Lieutenant Adams was the pilot of
B-24J Liberator #42-99946, serving with the
215th Combat Crew Training Squadron from
Pueblo Army Airfield, Colorado.
He was one of eighteen airmen killed during
formation flight training when his B-24 collided
with another Liberator, north of Trinidad,
Colorado, and crashed near the community of
Model. Only one crew member survived by
parachuting to ground with minor injury.
The men lost aboard his ship were:
Flt. Off. William J Robbins , co-pilot
2nd Lt. Claire E Gates , Bombadier
Tech. Sgt. Albert J Sermon , Flt. Engr.
Cpl. Boyce E Forester , radio op.
Cpl. Joseph J Hartman, Jr , gunner
Cpl. Carl E Miller , gunner
PFC Malcolm R Crawford , gunner
PFC Morton Kaplan , gunner
Aboard B-24J #42-51517:
2nd Lt. Horace M Jenkins, Jr , pilot
Capt. Royal L Brock , Instr. pilot
2nd Lt. Clair A Clark , co-pilot
Cpl. Francis J O'Donahue , Flt. Engr.
Cpl. William A Powell, Jr , gunner
Cpl. Herbert J Rogove , radio op.
PFC William C Joyce, Jr , gunner
PFC Luther C Killinger, Jr , gunner
PFC Daniel J Riccio , gunner
*****
B-24J Liberator #42-99946, serving with the
215th Combat Crew Training Squadron from
Pueblo Army Airfield, Colorado.
He was one of eighteen airmen killed during
formation flight training when his B-24 collided
with another Liberator, north of Trinidad,
Colorado, and crashed near the community of
Model. Only one crew member survived by
parachuting to ground with minor injury.
The men lost aboard his ship were:
Flt. Off. William J Robbins , co-pilot
2nd Lt. Claire E Gates , Bombadier
Tech. Sgt. Albert J Sermon , Flt. Engr.
Cpl. Boyce E Forester , radio op.
Cpl. Joseph J Hartman, Jr , gunner
Cpl. Carl E Miller , gunner
PFC Malcolm R Crawford , gunner
PFC Morton Kaplan , gunner
Aboard B-24J #42-51517:
2nd Lt. Horace M Jenkins, Jr , pilot
Capt. Royal L Brock , Instr. pilot
2nd Lt. Clair A Clark , co-pilot
Cpl. Francis J O'Donahue , Flt. Engr.
Cpl. William A Powell, Jr , gunner
Cpl. Herbert J Rogove , radio op.
PFC William C Joyce, Jr , gunner
PFC Luther C Killinger, Jr , gunner
PFC Daniel J Riccio , gunner
*****
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Pennsylvania; Potter County; ASN O-828288
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