Name:
Frank A. Adrick
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
36335333
Unit:
526th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-05-29
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France
Plot:
C
Row:
26
Grave:
33
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
TSgt Frank A. Adrick, radio operator of the B-17 42-29773 “Up and At Them”, took off from Kimbolton in Cambridgeshire, UK on a bombing run over Saint-Nazaire’s “Flak Alley”. They were shot down by AA fire and German fighters, crashing around 1712. Adrick crashed with the plane.