Name:
Douglas James Farr
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
33126276
Unit:
527th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
2003-07-08
State:
Virginia
Cemetery:
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Plot:
Section 6A
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Comments:
Sgt Douglas J. Farr, right waist gunner of the B-17 2-29963 “Judy”, took off from station 117 Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, UK at 0730 on a bombing mission over Ludwigshafen and Solingen. The plane’s no.1 engine suffered a direct flak hit right after bombs away. Wounded, the bomber was harassed by enemy fighters until part of the crew managed to bail out at 1259. Sgt Farr escaped back to the UK by the Pyrenees/Spain/Gibraltar route and returned on March 24th 1944. His full E&E report is #509.