World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Billy G. Adams
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Grand Saline, Texas
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR OF A B-24J ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED APRIL 5, 1944 WHEN THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING. FOUR OTHER CREW MEMBERS ALSO DIED WHEN THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR PETERSON ARMY AIR FIELD COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.