Archie L Stinebaugh Jr

Military

Shot up by flak and made a belly landing near Amsterdam, Holland on a mission to Schweinfurt on 24 February 1944 in B-17F #42-3136 'No Balls At All'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (42-3136) nicknamed "No Balls At All" of the 351st Bomb Group gets a new nose section from another damaged Fortress. Official caption printed on image: '(GE-16-1-351)(14-6-43)(A/C 23136)(Nose Section Replaced).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '21/5/'43.'

42-3136

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: No Ball at All
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Greenville, Texas

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2772, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces