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Produktionsblock:
B-17F-65-BO: 42-29632 bis 42-29731
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 384th Bomb Group
- 92nd Bomb Group
- 94th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 326th Bomb Squadron
- 332nd Bomb Squadron
- 544th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XM-Z, SU-M
MACR: 2774
Geschichte der
B-17 42-29717 / Mr. Five by Five
Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/43; 94BG Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Syracuse 8/4/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-Z] Bassingbourn 17/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 326BS/92BG Alconbury 1/8/43; 544BS/384BG [SU-M] Grafton Underwood 13/8/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 25/2/44 with Jack Larsen, Co-pilot: Warren Donovan, Navigator: John Fallon, Bombardier: Ed Murray, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Karl Barnes, Radio Operator: Bob Cole, Ball turret gunner: Alton Haverlah, Waist gunner: Ed Simon, Waist gunner: Ed Holler,Tail gunner: John Moore (10 Prisoner of War); mech fault, crash landed Bruchsal ?, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2774. MR FIVE BY FIVE.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 24. Januar 2018
15. Juni 2018 access_time 4:25
My Grandfather flew Mr 5X5 several times during his tour in 1943.
18. Oktober 2021 access_time 23:37
My father was the bombardier (7 missions) on Mr Five by Five in 1943
19. Oktober 2021 access_time 8:33
Hi Martin. Who was your father?
07. Dezember 2022 access_time 18:47
My father was Lt. Martin V. Stanford and was the bombadier on B-17F 42-29717 “Mr. Five by Five” . The pilot was Kee Harrison. He was in the hospital during the “Raid” to Le Bourget, France July 14, 1943 when the plane was shot up and forced to land.
22. Februar 2024 access_time 4:38
My dad was the right waist gunner on Mr five by five! His rank and name are staff sergeant Richard H Lewis and wrote a book abt his crew and experience with this plane