Elliott Adams

First Lieutenant Adams attended Brooklyn College for 1 year after graduating from Bay Shore High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Mitchell Field in 1942. He began his pre-flight training at the San Antonio Cadet Center; his primary training at Hicks Field, Texas; basic at Perrin Field, Texas; and advanced at Lubbock, Texas. After graduating, he became an instructor and was commissioned in May, 1943. After qualifying for flight fighting and fighter gunnery in P-40's, he reported to Ft. worth Army Air Field for B-24 transition (1945). At the time that the war ended, Elliott was at MacDill Field, FL. he was honorably discharged from Drew Field, Tampa, FL.