Additional info from Russ Pickett;
Son of Willard Howard Adams & Mary B Robinson. Willard served as a 1st Lt., 552nd Bomber Squadron, 386th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Addison County, Vermont prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 18, 1942 in Rutland, Vermont. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Mechanic and also as Single, without dependents. Willard "Died Of Wounds" received in action during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-667906
http://russpickett.com/history/vtadd.htm
( Willard is also noted on the above webpage )
Lt. Willard Adams was the co-pilot of Martin B-26C-15-MO Marauder "Miss Carriage" (RG-M) s/n 41-34961, 552nd BS, 386th BG, 9th AF, which crashed in the fields near RAF Manston, Kent, England after after returning from a mission to bomb the marshalling yards at Hasselt, Belgium.
He and the other injured crew were taken to the nearby hospital located in Margate. Lieutenant Willard Adams had multiple compound fractures of the right arm and thigh, and a severe case of shock. He died two days later, April 10, 1944 at 0900 hours.
Additional info from Russ Pickett;
Son of Willard Howard Adams & Mary B Robinson. Willard served as a 1st Lt., 552nd Bomber Squadron, 386th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Addison County, Vermont prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 18, 1942 in Rutland, Vermont. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Mechanic and also as Single, without dependents. Willard "Died Of Wounds" received in action during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-667906
http://russpickett.com/history/vtadd.htm
( Willard is also noted on the above webpage )
Lt. Willard Adams was the co-pilot of Martin B-26C-15-MO Marauder "Miss Carriage" (RG-M) s/n 41-34961, 552nd BS, 386th BG, 9th AF, which crashed in the fields near RAF Manston, Kent, England after after returning from a mission to bomb the marshalling yards at Hasselt, Belgium.
He and the other injured crew were taken to the nearby hospital located in Margate. Lieutenant Willard Adams had multiple compound fractures of the right arm and thigh, and a severe case of shock. He died two days later, April 10, 1944 at 0900 hours.
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