Den 28. juli 1943 styrtede B17 42-30401 i havet nær den tyske kyst efter at være ramt af en tysk jager. Flyet var på bombetogt til Oschersleben Airfield.
Hele besætningen omkom. (Kilde: FAF og AOD)

2nd Lieutenant Jack G. Adair var Pilot på B17 42-30401. (Kilde: AOD)
Han har ingen kendt grav. Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, England.
Han kom i tjenesten fra Kentucky. Hæderstegn: Air Medal med Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

1 flyver fra B17 42-30401 blev begravet i Esbjerg, 1 i Kirkeby på Rømø og 1 i USA. 7 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. (6 mindet i CAMBRIDGE, 1 i NETHERLANDS)

MACR p196 B17 42-30401: "4 amerikanske bombefly styrtede i Nordsøen mellem den tyske kyst og Helgoland den morgen." (Måske omkring her).
De 3 af dem må være B17 42-30401 * B17 42-3316 * B17 42-30394.

Se tegning af besætningen på en B-17, Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner. 10 flyvere.

On 28 July 1943 B17 42-30401 crashed into the sea near the German Coast after it had been hit by fire from a German fighter.
The plane was on a bombing raid on Oschersleben A/F. All of the crew perished. (Source: FAF, AOD and MACR)

2nd Lieutenant Jack G. Adair was the Pilot of B17 42-30401. (Source: AOD)
He has no known grave. His name is inscribed on Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, England.
He entered the Service from Kentucky. Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart. (ABMC)

1 airman from B17 42-30401 was buried in Esbjerg, 1 in Kirkeby, Rømø, and 1 in the U.S.A. 7 airmen have no known grave. (6 CAM, 1 NET)

MACR p196 B17 42-30401: "4 USAAF bombers crashed in the North Sea between German Coast and Heligoland that morning." (Maybe about here).
3 of them must be B17 42-30401 * B17 42-3316 * B17 42-30394.

See a drawing of the crew of a B-17 * Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk * B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.
338 BS, 96 Bomb Group, 45 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF. This B-17 Flying Fortress took off from RAF Snetterton Heath - USAAF Station 138. 10 airmen.