Stanley J Martin Jr

Military
Plane crashed in water filled bomb crater, two airmen in raft posing. UPL 81618 UPL 81618 Arthur T Hildebrandt and Stanley "Jack" Martin, part of the Munday Crew. The plane made a forced landing at an abandoned German airfield due to low fuel and heavy fog. On landing, it hit several concrete obstacles left by the Germans to deny the allies use of the field and came to rest in a water filled bomb crater. The crew broke out the life raft to take rides.

Photograph by Lewis L Stead, ball turret gunner.

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Object Number - UPL 81618 - Arthur T Hildebrandt and Stanley "Jack" Martin, part of the Munday Crew. The plane made a forced landing at an abandoned German airfield due to low...

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-8610

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peoria Belle
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php

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Plane crashed in water filled bomb crater, two airmen in raft posing.

Object number: UPL 81618 - Arthur T Hildebrandt and Stanley "Jack" Martin...