Staff Sergeant F.G. Jerry Adkins POW

F, G, JERRY ADKINS Address - Veteraneville, Mil• ouri. Entered service - November 23, 1943. Branch of service - Army Air Forces. Trained at - Amarillo, Texas; Gardner Field, California; Ywna, Arizona; Lincoln, Nebra s ka; Biggs Field, T exas . Overseas - January 10, 1945. R eturned - June 3, 1945. Served in - European Theatre , Engaged in - 4 bombing missions from England to Germany in B-17 Bomber. Awarded - Purple Heart, Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal. Dis charged o.t : Sioux Falls, South Dakota, October 2 7, 1945. Rank - Ste.ff Sergeant. S erved - 23 months. · B-17 broke in two over Germany at 17,000 feet on 4th miaaion, February lZ , -19-45.- -.Baited out and was a . Prisoner-of-War 67 daya. Was liberated by Patton's Army at Moosburg, Germany, April 29, 1945.

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1- SERVICE RECORD BOOK OF MEN AND WOMEN OF Chillicothe, Missouri and Community