Navigator 1st/Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill MIA/KIA
Hometown: Louisiana
Squadron: 427th BS 303rd Bomb Group
Service # O-670073
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Captain Addell A. Cote MIA/KIA
Target: Bremen
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 1324
Date Lost: 26-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-29955
Aircraft Model B17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: MR FIVE BY FIVE
Location: Den Helder, Netherlands.
Cause: Unknown Ship was last seen returning from target over Dutch coast wheels down apparently under control. Crew 9MIA/10KIA
Notes: Mr. Five by Five , piloted by Capt.Addell A.Cote , was last seen ten kilometers west of Texel Island over the North Sea when it dropped out of formation with its wheels down. It apparently was under control at 10,000 feet. No parachutes were observed. The aircraft crashed at Den Helder, Netherlands.
Lieutenant Barnhill Body was not recovered.
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-29955-mr-five-by-five
MR FIVE BY FIVE Crew
Capt. Addell A. Cote Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clarence C. Bixler Co pilot
1st/Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill Navigator
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
S/Sgt. John M. Micek gunner
S/Sgt. Cecil M. May Gunner
S/Sgt. Theadore Gomes Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul Gunsauls Gunner
Hometown: Louisiana
Squadron: 427th BS 303rd Bomb Group
Service # O-670073
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Captain Addell A. Cote MIA/KIA
Target: Bremen
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 1324
Date Lost: 26-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-29955
Aircraft Model B17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: MR FIVE BY FIVE
Location: Den Helder, Netherlands.
Cause: Unknown Ship was last seen returning from target over Dutch coast wheels down apparently under control. Crew 9MIA/10KIA
Notes: Mr. Five by Five , piloted by Capt.Addell A.Cote , was last seen ten kilometers west of Texel Island over the North Sea when it dropped out of formation with its wheels down. It apparently was under control at 10,000 feet. No parachutes were observed. The aircraft crashed at Den Helder, Netherlands.
Lieutenant Barnhill Body was not recovered.
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-29955-mr-five-by-five
MR FIVE BY FIVE Crew
Capt. Addell A. Cote Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clarence C. Bixler Co pilot
1st/Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill Navigator
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
S/Sgt. John M. Micek gunner
S/Sgt. Cecil M. May Gunner
S/Sgt. Theadore Gomes Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul Gunsauls Gunner
Navigator 1st/Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill MIA/KIA
Hometown: Louisiana
Squadron: 427th BS 303rd Bomb Group
Service # O-670073
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Captain Addell A. Cote MIA/KIA
Target: Bremen
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 1324
Date Lost: 26-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-29955
Aircraft Model B17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: MR FIVE BY FIVE
Location: Den Helder, Netherlands.
Cause: Unknown Ship was last seen returning from target over Dutch coast wheels down apparently under control. Crew 9MIA/10KIA
Notes: Mr. Five by Five , piloted by Capt.Addell A.Cote , was last seen ten kilometers west of Texel Island over the North Sea when it dropped out of formation with its wheels down. It apparently was under control at 10,000 feet. No parachutes were observed. The aircraft crashed at Den Helder, Netherlands.
Lieutenant Barnhill Body was not recovered.
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-29955-mr-five-by-five
MR FIVE BY FIVE Crew
Capt. Addell A. Cote Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clarence C. Bixler Co pilot
1st/Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill Navigator
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
S/Sgt. John M. Micek gunner
S/Sgt. Cecil M. May Gunner
S/Sgt. Theadore Gomes Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul Gunsauls Gunner
Hometown: Louisiana
Squadron: 427th BS 303rd Bomb Group
Service # O-670073
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Captain Addell A. Cote MIA/KIA
Target: Bremen
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 1324
Date Lost: 26-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-29955
Aircraft Model B17
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: MR FIVE BY FIVE
Location: Den Helder, Netherlands.
Cause: Unknown Ship was last seen returning from target over Dutch coast wheels down apparently under control. Crew 9MIA/10KIA
Notes: Mr. Five by Five , piloted by Capt.Addell A.Cote , was last seen ten kilometers west of Texel Island over the North Sea when it dropped out of formation with its wheels down. It apparently was under control at 10,000 feet. No parachutes were observed. The aircraft crashed at Den Helder, Netherlands.
Lieutenant Barnhill Body was not recovered.
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-29955-mr-five-by-five
MR FIVE BY FIVE Crew
Capt. Addell A. Cote Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clarence C. Bixler Co pilot
1st/Lt. Wilbur R. Barnhill Navigator
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
1st/Lt. John W. Hull Bombardier
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. John R. Arter Engineer
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Vaughn Reaves Radio Op.
S/Sgt. John M. Micek gunner
S/Sgt. Cecil M. May Gunner
S/Sgt. Theadore Gomes Gunner
S/Sgt. Paul Gunsauls Gunner
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Louisiana.
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Records on Ancestry
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1940 United States Federal Census
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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