Added by: jkurtspenceSgt. Francis George Adkins (37727471) waister gunner of the B-17 'Johnny Reb', tail number 44-8015, 452nd Bomb Goup, 731 Bomb Squadron stationed at Deopham Green, Norfolk, England. Adkins was born in 1919 in South Dakota and enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps on 23 November 1943 at Fort Leavenworth, KS.
Missing Air Crew Report for the Lt. William T. Emmet, II crew that were shot down on 22 February 1945 over their target near Freilburg, Germany.
Added by: jkurtspenceDeopham Green, England
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 8th Air Force send their bombs plummeting through clouds on to the important railway marshalling yards at Mainz, Germany. Eerie white vapor trails make a split rainbow over the target as the first of the bombers - Page 15
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Added by: jkurtspencePhoto taken of the Emmet crew by Francis “Jerry” Adkins in fall of 1944