| Date: 1943 Nov26/26 | A/C Type: B-17F Fortress | SN: 42-29955 | Code: GN-I | A/C Nickname: Mr Five by Five |  |
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| File: 777 | Airforce: USAAF | Sqn/Unit: 303 BG - 427 BS | Mission/Raid: Bremen | |||||||
| 1 | Pilot | Capt. Addell A. Cote 9 crew MIA | 9 | LWG | S/Sgt. John M. Micek | |||||
| 2 | Co-pilot | 2Lt. Clarence C. Bixler | 10 | TG | S/Sgt. Paul Gunsauls | |||||
| 3 | Nav | 1Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill | 11 | |||||||
| 4 | B | 1Lt. John W. Hull washed ashore Terschelling | 12 | |||||||
| 5 | E | T/Sgt. John R. Arter | 13 | |||||||
| 6 | RO | T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves | 14 | |||||||
| 7 | BTG | S/Sgt. Cecil M. May | 15 | |||||||
| 8 | RWG | S/Sgt. Theodore Gomes | 16 | |||||||
On return from Bremen ditched in the North Sea (after an SOS) 10km west of Texel island. 9 MIA. Only 1Lt. John W. Hull washed ashore in February 1944 on Frisian island Terschelling and was initially buried there (today US cem. 'Netherlands' in Margraten). |
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Aircraft last seen over Harlingen, see encircled on map. New info is that in January 2014 a fishing boat from Texel island got stuck on an obstacle on estimated crash position. Parts of a B-17 were in the nets. It is believed the parts can belong to Mr. Five by Five, based on the find-position. Under investigation.
Below: Article in Dutch Fishery News ('Visserijnieuws') on 06 January 2014.
Sources:
- MACR
- http://www.303rdbg.com/427cote.html
- Visserijnieuws 06 Jan 2014
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