Adams Richard Marlow

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Richard Marlow Adams is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-17 42-31431 (aka Solid Sender) Crash Marker

Name:

Richard Marlow Adams

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Serial Number:

16156810

Unit:

710th Bomber Squadron, 447th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1992-10-17

State:

Wisconsin

Cemetery:

Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA

Plot:

Section 33

Row:

Grave:

Site 2342

Decoration:

Air Medal

Comments:

Richard Marlow Adams was born on May 17, 1923. He was the son of Leslie J. Adams and Nora Johnson Adams. He was the husband of Gertrude V. Adams.

He was assigned to the 710th Bomber Squadron, 447th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a radio operator of B-17 42-31431 (aka Solid Sender) during World War II. Shot down by flak and crashed while enroute to the target in Regensburg on February 25, 1944. He was taken as a POW in Barth, Germany.

Source of information: www.americanairmuseum.com