Joseph R Martin
MilitaryDOUGLAS Long Beach C/N 811X
Line No. 21X Delivered c. MAR. 1943
NOTE: 42-3173 and 3177 were assigned to the 351st BG.
The crew is alleged as that of the
351st BG, 510th BS. associated with
a later B-17G-BO 42-31763.
"Ten Horsepower"
Back Row, L-R:
S/Sgt. Archibald Mathies;
Sgt. Joseph F. Rex;
Sgt. Carl W. Moore;
Sgt, RussellR. Robinson;
Sgt. Thomas R. Sowell;
Sgt. Magnus A. Hagbo.
Front Row, L-R:
2nd. Lt. Clarence R. Nelson;
F/O Ronald E. Bartley;
2nd. Lt. Walter E. Truemper;
2nd. Lt. Joseph R. Martin.
The image is a B-17F with a Douglas line number and Long Beach style underside demarcation. These features are in contrast to the later B-17G-BO 42-31763.
B-17 #42-31763 'Ten Horsepower' crashed at Glatton, Huntingdonshire after fighter attacks forced it to abort a mission to Leipzig and return to England on 20 Feb 1944. Lt. Martin bailed out over Germany when the aircraft seemed doomed.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ten Horsepower
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 20 February 1944 - 30 May 1945 | Interned in POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Updated the POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA)
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity. Added POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces' Vol 2, Bishop & Hey.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 82. The 351st Bomb Group in WWII., Harbor, Harris, 1980. P. 33-34.,Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces