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Contact Info
Home Town Houston
Last Address Bien Hoa AB
Date of Passing Jan 07, 1964
Location of Interment Alexander Cemetery - DeWitt, Texas
Maj. Hughie D. Adams of Houston, Texas and Maj Cleveland W. Gordon, Pittsburgh, PA, died when their B-26B (tail number 44-35207) crashed 10 miles south of Bien Hoa during a post-maintenance test flight.
Major Adams departed for Vietnam on September 16, 1963. His wife was told by a young Lt. that Major Adams plane "disintegrated in midair." Source: San Antonio Express, May 27, 1964
"Hughie "Major Hughie" Darell Adams
Birth: May 23, 1920
Death: Jan. 7, 1964
Note: Texas Major 1 Air Commando SQAF
WWII Viet Nam
Created by Debra Hoch
Record added: Apr 06, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial #25789939"
Source: http://www.findagrave.com
Alexander Cemetery in DeWitt County, Texas:
Other Comments:
Major Adams graduated from Yoakum High School (Source: San Antonio Express, May 21, 1939). At the time of his death he was due to retire in another year and was a veteran of World War II and Korea. He flew 13000 hours during WWII; dropped paratroopers in Europe on D-Day and flew troops to Africa and China. He volunteered for Vietnam so he could end his career "as one of the first air commandos." (Source: Abilene Reporter News, May 28, 1964)
Note: Then Private Adams attended flight school with the Army Air Corps, which became the Army Air Forces. He was a SSgt pilot in World War II. The Army Air Forces became the United States Air Force in 1947.
Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Martin B-26 Marauder Length 58.23 ft | 17.75 m Width 64.99 ft | 19.81 m Height 19.82 ft | 6.04 m Engine(s) 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-41 Double-Wasp air-cooled radial-piston engines generating 2,000hp each. Empty Weight 22,381 lbs | 10,152 kg MTOW 34,200 lbs | 15,513 kg Max Speed 282 mph | 454 km/h | 245 kts Max Range 675 miles | 1,086 km Ceiling 23,507 ft | 7,165 m | 4.5 miles Climb Rate 1,250 ft/min (381 m/min) Hardpoints 1 Armament 1 x 7.7mm machine gun OR 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in nose. 1 x 7.7mm machine gun in ventral position OR 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in side fuselage position. 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in dorsal turret 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in tail position
Internal Bombload Capacity of up to 5,200lbs (2,359kg). Accommodations 7 Operators France (Free French Air Force), South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
