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Adair, Uhland S.

Rank and Name, Technical Sergeant Uhland S. Adair.

Unit/Placed in on, 321st Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group Heavy.

 

Uhland is born in 1922 in Alabama.

 

Mother, Bessie J. Adair.

 

Uhland enlisted the U.S.Army Air Force in Alabama with service number # 14150043.

 

Uhland was KIA After a successful bombing run they were attacked by a Japanese fighter plane which damaged their #2 engine and eventually the B-24 caught fire. They crashed near Wewak on , he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Air Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Uhland’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were;

1st Lt. Oliver Sheenan Pilot

2nd Lt. Robert J. Rothwell Co Pilot

2nd Lt. James A. Gebbie Bombaedier

2nd Lt. Wendell P. Rawson Navigator

T/Sgt. Uhland S. Adair Engineer

T/Sgt. John J. Haggarty Radio Operator

S/Sgt. Thomas D. McNamara Top Turret Gunner

S/Sgt. Raymond M. Philips Left Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. Rocco W. Babbora Right Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. Richard D. Wall Tail Gunner

 

 Uhland is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

321th Bomber Squadron
90th Bomber Group (Heavy)
B-24 Librator
His rank Technical Sergeant