World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Chester Adkins
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Holly Oak, Delaware
Honored By
John Meurs
SERVICE NUMBER: 0-925956. CO-PILOT WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 854TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH ARMY AIR FORCE, BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER (THE B-24 WITH THE SERIAL # 44-40117) ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY, WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR DECKBERGEN, GERMANY. ONLY 2 CREW MEMBERS COULD SAVE THEMSELVES, THE 7 OTHERS, INCLUDING THE HONOREE, WERE KILLED DURING THE ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH OF THEIR BOMBER.