Adcock Charles Eugene

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Name:

Charles Eugene Adcock

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-801126

Unit:

332nd Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

2002-12-26

State:

Nebraska

Cemetery:

Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska

Plot:

Section P

Row:

Grave:

Site 216

Decoration:

Comments:

Charles Eugene Adcock was born on November 27, 1921, in Kearney, Nebraska. He was the son of Charles M. Adcock and Helen M. Adcock. He was married to Nona Althea Morris Adcock.

Charles Eugene served in the 332nd Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and Co-Pilot on the B-17 #42-30444 'Ramrod Ramsbottom/Black Jack IV' during World War II.

On January 5, 1944, his crew took off from Station 468 airfield in Bury St Edmunds, England, for a mission to bomb the Bordeaux-Mérignac airfield in France. Shot down by Me109 fighters at around 1:50 PM, they evacuated their plane by parachute. Their aircraft crashed in the Hourtin Lake, District of Lesparre-Médoc, France. Of the crew, four members were captured by the Germans and taken as prisoners, 5 evaded the capture, and one casualty. 2Lt Adcock was one of the evadees. He returned to the UK on March 2, 1944.

2Lt Adcock attained the highest rank as a Captain in the military. He died on December 26, 2002, at the age of 81. He is now buried in the Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net