Stanley T Spencer Jr

Military
Sure Shot, 91st BG UPL 74049 UPL 74049 Sure Shot, 91st BG/ 324th BS; 44-6151

Photo from 91st BG website 

 

http://www.91stbombgroup.com/photo_history/sure_shot_spencer.html

91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 720 789 42-107040 Bassingbourn On

Object Number - UPL 74049 - Sure Shot, 91st BG/ 324th BS; 44-6151

Aircraft damaged by flak and landed in Spain on 25/6/44 in B-17 Batchelor's Bride 42-97292. 

 

Casualty Questionnaire attached to MACR6545 records aircraft as crash landing 8-10 miles to the north and west of Bilbao, Spain. All crew members stayed on board (no bail-outs) during the landing. Some minor injuries recorded. 1st Lt. Spencer records himself as having a broken nose. Crew recorded as being interned together.  

 

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97292

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bachelors Bride
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Interned

25 June 1944

Revisions

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final mission #441 link added

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info updated from MACR 6545

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Photo courtesy of 91st BG website

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6545

Stanley T Spencer: Gallery (2 items)

Sure Shot, 91st BG

Object number: UPL 74049 - Sure Shot, 91st BG/ 324th BS; 44-6151

Stanley Spencer

Object number: UPL 74195 - Stanley Spencer MACR 6545.