42-3190 Mr Five by Five, Nip N Tuck
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Missions
- Date: 14 July 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 14 July 1943 | hit by fighters before reaching the target, crash-landed Berengeville-la-Campagne, NE of Evreux, France |
Revisions
MACR 114. Completed names of crew members in Biography and corrected data about the identity and number of evaders
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 114 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database