Jack Kirby Larsen

Military
media-15096.jpeg UPL 15096 Jack Kirby Larsen

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Object Number - UPL 15096 - Jack Kirby Larsen

B-17F #42-29717 'Mr. Five By Five' was last seen with one engine feathered and heading towards Switzerland on a mission to Stuttgart, Germany on 25 Feb 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mr Five by Five
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Texas, USA 8 July 1919

Enlisted

Texas, USA 7 April 1942 Residence: Texas Private, Air Corps Enlisted ASN: 14065316

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 25 February 1944 Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Died

Texas, USA 25 March 1986 Burial: Chesterville Cemetery Chesterville Wharton County Texas, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2774 / MACR 2774, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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