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Personal info

Full name
ADRIAN, Arthur R
Date of birth
27 October 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36241799
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
423rd Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1943
Place of death
St. Nicolaasga, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 4 30

Immediate family

Members
Edward S. Adrian (father)
Esther E. Adrian (mother)
Vivian L. Adrian (sister)
Theodore E. Adrian (brother)
Fay M. Adrian (sister)
Marlene J. Adrian (sister)
Gerald H. Adrian (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30603
Data
Type B-17F
Nickname: Las Vegas Avenger
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1329

More information

Arthur Adrian worked in a machine shop.

He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 21 May 1942.

About 40 miles west of the target the pilot pulled his plane out of formation and dropped its wheels. The plane had two engines feathered because of mechanical problems and had its controls shot out in a pass by German fighters.

Six crew members survived ans were taken prisoner, four men were killed. They were first buried at the Dutch Reformed Churchyard of St. Nicolaasga.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.306thbw.org, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.teunispats.nl/jack-edward-gibbs.htm#t3122, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: 360bg.us April 1990 newsletter, www.teunispats.nl