Frederick Thomas Henry Adams
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Son of Frederick Charles and Deborah Adams of Gedling Nottingham
BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY Coll grave 7 Z 23-27
Lancaster III ED949 took off 1717 30JEan44 from Waddington. Shot down by a night- fighter near Neuruppin.
6 airmen were killed. Adams (Flight Engineer) +
Harry Deakin, Douglas Chapman Dunn, Frederick George Fidler, Edward Fitzgibbon Gloster, and Andrew Leslie McConnell.
Marshall Young Smith survived and became a POW.
Adams' Lancaster was part of a 534 ac (440 Lancs, 82 Halifaxes, 12 Mosquitoes) attack on Berlin. 32 Lancs and 1 Halifax were lost (6.2% of rhe force). Heavy damage was reported in the city and surrounding rural areas. At least 1,000 people were killed. Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry was hit.
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