Donald E. Adams (February 23, 1921 – August 30, 1952) was a United States Air Force flying ace during the Korean War.

[3] After earning a bachelor's degree from Western Michigan College in 1942, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces.

[3][4][5] He was awarded a Silver Star for leading a squadron of six against 20 "MIG type aircraft" on May 3 and downing two of the enemy.

[6] Transferred back to the United States, Adams was killed in a Detroit airshow crash on August 30, 1952, making him one of only two Korean War flying aces to die before the end of the war, the other being George A. Davis, Jr.[7] Major Adams and his radar operator died after a wing tore off their Northrop F-89 Scorpion.

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