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Robert Thomas Conroy

Military

Shot down 14 July 1943 in B-17 #42-3190 'Mr. Five By Five'. Evaded.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (TS-C, serial number 42-9768) of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off in front of another B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-Z) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

333rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Brigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and his crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May 1943.' Printed caption on reverse: '51783 AC- Brig. General Fred L. Anderson with crew of the 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Back row, left to right: S/Sgt. J.D. Polk, ball turret gunner, Okla. City, Okla.; S/Sgt. A.W. Hornden[?], top turret gunner; T/Sgt. McNemar, Radio Operator, Weston, W. Va.; General Anderson; Col. J.

Eino Asiala

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16064840
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

James Horace Curtis

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

Kee Hastings Harrison

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-1699149
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Two German soldiers guard the wreck of a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '14/7/43.'

42-3190

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Mr Five by Five, Nip N Tuck
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photography Bury St Edmunds (Rougham) airfield, looking north, the technical site and T2 hangar are to the right, 7 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1557. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bury St Edmunds

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Rougham

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Other

Evaded

France

14 July 1943

Revisions

Date24 Apr 2020 13:29:03

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

Full name from Pilot Kee Harrison's Escape & Evasion Report E&E 91 (NARA)

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:11

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 114 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database