Roy D Adcock

321st Bomb Group, 445th Bomb Squad B-25's out of Africa, Lt Roy Dale Adcock was Shot-Down 4 Apr. 1943  Lt Adcock was in the [now famous] Gen Bob Knapp's Flight over the Atlantic, the Southern Route as Pilot of the #41-13183 as Pilot, his CP was Lt R Johnson, Bombardier R. Hill, Eng F. Owens, R/G A Garner, Gunner T Campbell and Pass R Lawton, leaving Morrison Field, Fla. 14, 1943, a 15 day trip across the Atlantic.

Adcock, Roy Dale,  2Lt., Pilot, Enlistment Service # : 19060779 Officer's Service # : O-662851
MISSING IN ACTION on 04 April 1943~POW~On Bombing Mission; The target was El Djem airdrome. The escort was Spitfires.  700 rounds of ammunition was expended.  288 x 20 lb frags were dropped in train from 6000 ft.  Lt. Adcock and crew failed to return.  He was last seen with his left engine smoking.  It was later confirmed by two Spitfire pilots that the ship went down behind enemy lines.

A/C No.   41-13183 (Hit by flak – down behind enemy lines)
P: Adcock, Roy D., 1Lt~POW
CP: Johnson, Richard S., 2Lt~POW
N: Hill, Raymond D., 2Lt~POW
B: None listed – likely the navigator
E: Lippincott, Spencer H., S/Sgt~POW
R: Boyd, Hugh A., T/Sgt~POW
G: Campbell, Theodore W., S/Sgt~POW
F: None
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946  Roy D Adcock
SERIAL NUMBER 19060779 Birth Year: 1920   Race: White, citizen (White)  
State of Residence: California   County or City: Stanislaus       Enlistment Date: 19 Dec 1941
Enlistment State: California   Enlistment City: Stockton   Branch: Air Corps  
Branch Code: Air Corps   Grade: Aviation Cadet   Grade Code: Aviation Cadet  
Education: 2 years of college   Civil Occupation: Salespersons  
Marital Status: Single, without dependents   Height: 69   Weight: 155  
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World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 SERIAL NUMBER O&662851 O&662851
NAME ADCOCK ROY D. /GRADE, LT First Lieutenant   SERVICE ARMY  AC AIR CORPS
DATE REPORT: 04 April 1943  STATE OF RESIDENCE California 
Bombardment, Medium PARENT UNIT NUMBER 321 
AREA North African Theatre: Tunisia LATEST REPORT DATE:29  May, 1945
STATUS Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated DETAINING POWER GERMANY CAMP 033 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 REP   POW TRANSPORT SHIPS    
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ADCOCK, ROY D     COL   US AIR FORCE  
WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM   DATE OF BIRTH: 08/09/1920  
DATE OF DEATH: 07/23/2005   BURIED AT:  SILVEYVILLE CEMETERY  
DIXON, CA 95620    
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Roy D Adcock
Service Info.: COL US AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
Birth Date: 9 Aug 1920
Death Date: 23 Jul 2005
Cemetery: Silveyville Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Dixon, CA 95620
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Col Roy D Adcock Birth:  Aug. 9, 1920 Death:  Dec. 23, 2005
Veteran, WW2, Korea, Vietnam - Colonel - US Air Force  
Adcock was shot down over Tunisia in WWII and was a POW.Burial: Dixon Cemetery (Silveyville Cemetery District) Dixon, Solano County, California, USA

Lt Roy Adcock, (1920-2005) Pilot of the stricken B-25, hit by FLAK and having to make an emergency crash landing behind enemy lines and taken as POW since 4 April, 1943.

57th Bomb Wing, 321st Bomb Group WAR-DIARY;  Wednesday, 7 July 1943 

USAAF Chronology: MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO): 
 
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Northwest African Air Force): North-
west African Strategic Air Force (NASAF) Wellingtons bomb Palermo, Sicily and
airfields at Villacidro, Milis, and Pabillonis, Sardinia during the night of 6/7 Jul. In Sicily
during the day, B-17's, B-25's, and B-26's bomb Gerbini satellite fields and Bo Rizzo
Airfield, as P-40's fly a diversionary sweep over the W part of Sicily; Northwest African
Tactical Air Force (NATAF) A-20's hit Sciacca during the night of 6/7 Jul, and the
following day bomb airfields at Trapani, Biscari, Comiso, Bo Rizzo, and Mazara del
Vallo, and hit Sciacca, and Marsala radar stations, Caltanissetta and Porto Empedocle. 

445th BS War Diary: **********  It was learned today from Mrs. Johnson, mother of Lt. Johnson, who went down
with Lt. Adcock’s crew at El Djem on April 4th, that Lt’s. Johnson and Hill, Sgt’s.
Lippincott, Boyd and Campbell were all safe but prisoners of war in the hands of the
Germans. She said that Sgt. Lippincott received slight injuries in the landing. ***********

Adcock, Roy D., 2Lt, pilot
Boyd, Ewell V., Sgt, gunner or Boyd, Hugh A., Sgt, gunner
Campbell, Theodore W., Sgt, gunner Hill, Raymond D., 2Lt, bombardier
Johnson, Richard S., 2Lt, pilot Lippincott, Spencer H., Sgt, gunner

From Roy's Daughter ... He lived to be 2 weeks short of his 85th Birthday :)

Birth:Aug 9 1920 - Death 23 Dec. 2005   Veteran, WW2, Korea, Vietnam - Colonel - US Air Force. Colonel Adcock was shot down over Tunisia in WWII and was a POW.       Additional Info:
08 April 1930 CENSUS/Twin Falls/Twin Falls Co/Idaho/Roll: 404/ED-28/Page: 7B
Household Members: Name Age  Family #: 139-170
Dale R Adcock/Head of Household/34/1st Married at 23/MO/U.S./MO/Policeman/City/VETERAN~WW1
Mary E Adcock/Wife/28/1st Married at 18/Kansas/Minnesotax2
Leeroy D Adcock/Son/9/born-COLORADO/MO/KS
Edward L Adcock/Son/3/born-California/MO/KS

Living at 503 Fourth St North
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U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
Name: Roy Adcock   Spouse: Ginger   City: Bedford   State: Wyoming   Zip Code: 83112
Phone Number: 307-886-5562  Residence Years 1998 1999 2000
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U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
Name: Roy D Adcock: 1000 Monique Way : Dixon : California : 95620-2028            Residence Years: 2001 2002