42-3190 Mr Five by Five, Nip N Tuck

Two German soldiers guard the wreck of a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '14/7/43.' media-408434.jpg FRE 3814 Two German soldiers guard the wreck of a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '14/7/43.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3814 - Two German soldiers guard the wreck of a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '14/7/43.'

Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43. Bangor 23/5/43. Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS-W] Rougham /43 (332BS [QE-W]. Missing in Action Le Bourget 14 July 1943 with Captain Kee H. Harrison (*), Co-pilot: David H. Turner (*), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: James H. Curtis, Navigator: Robert T. Conroy (*), Bombardier: Roscoe F. Greene (*) , Radio Operator: Charles H. McNemar (*) , Ball Turret gunner: Jefferson D. Polk (*), Left Waist gunner: Earl Porath, Right Waist gunner: Richard H. Lewis, Tail gunner: Eino Asiala. Enemy aircraft KO’d #2 & #4 engines; oxygen bottles destroyed. Crash landed Berengeville-la-Campagne, five miles NE of Evreux, France. Those marked with an (*) managed to evade capture and returned to England, the others were made Prisoners of War (POWs). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 114. MR FIVE BY FIVE aka NIP ‘N TUCK. (Restored by Luftwaffe.)

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A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and his crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May 1943.' Printed caption on reverse: '51783 AC- Brig. General Fred L. Anderson with crew of the 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Back row, left to right: S/Sgt. J.D. Polk, ball turret gunner, Okla. City, Okla.; S/Sgt. A.W. Hornden[?], top turret gunner; T/Sgt. McNemar, Radio Operator, Weston, W. Va.; General Anderson; Col. J.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16064840
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37099500
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20147842 at enlistment, then O-734337
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1699149
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

France 14 July 1943 hit by fighters before reaching the target, crash-landed Berengeville-la-Campagne, NE of Evreux, France

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Roger Freeman Photo.

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James Strickland on Facebook

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MACR 114. Completed names of crew members in Biography and corrected data about the identity and number of evaders

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Roger Freeman Photo.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 114 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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