at his own request. Genealogical information Leslie Adams' marriage to Gladys (née Collinson) was registered in June 1934 in Leeds North district. They had children; June M. Adams, born in March 1937 and registered in Leeds North district. Adams was the uncle of the rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s for Leeds and Bramley, Philip Adams (born ). Death Adams became a landlord in Leeds, and subsequently volunteered for war duty with the Royal Air Force, becoming a rear gunner with the rank of flight sergeant. He was killed in action on 31 January 1945 while serving as an air gunner on an aerial reconnaissance operation during the Burma campaign. The Liberator B Mk V in which he was flying suffered fatal engine trouble caused by bullets from a Japanese night fighter at 3:10 am south-west of Rangoon, British Burma. Of the nine men on the plane, three of the occupants, including Adams, are believed to have trapped in the back of the plane, causing them to be killed in the crash. The remaining six men were captured, the 2 officers were separated from the Flight Sergeants and sent to Rangoon Jail, where they survived. The Flight Sergeants, including Stan Woodbridge, later awarded the George Cross, were beheaded by the Japanese Military on 7 February 1945, and are buried in the Taukkyan War Cemetery. After the war the Japanese military officers responsible for the execution were tried for war crimes, and were subsequently executed. Despite numerous searches of the area around the crash site, and discussions with villagers who found the plane, no trace of the body of Adams, or his colleagues, was found. Honoured at Castleford Tigers Adams is a Tigers Hall of Fame Inductee. References External links Les 'Juicy' Adams – RAF rear gunner Final replay evokes emotional feelings Leslie Adams Memory Box Search at archive.castigersheritage.com Les Adams Memory Box Search at archive.castigersheritage.com Juicy Adams Memory Box Search at archive.castigersheritage.com 1909 births 1945 deaths Military personnel from Leeds Aviators killed by being shot down Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II Castleford Tigers players England national rugby league team players English rugby league players Great Britain national rugby league team players Huddersfield Giants players Leeds Rhinos players Royal Air Force airmen Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Leeds Yorkshire rugby league team players