3rd Air Division
Division
In December 1944, the 3rd Bomb Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 22/6/44; Langley 27/7/44; Grenier 11/8/44; Assigned PFF as 369BS/306BG [WW-K] Thurleigh 13/8/44; transferred 95BG Horham 14/8/44; 3m, transferred 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 30/10/44; battle damaged Hamm 26/11/44 with ?; force landed St Trond Afd, Bel; Salvaged 5/1/45. (npo) SEAMANS’ DEMONS.
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3rd Bomb Division
Division
The 3rd Bomb Division was Constituted in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 3rd Air Division. -
100th Bomb Group
Group
"The Bloody Hundredth", so-called because of a reputation for losing a high number aircraft and crews, flew B-17s from Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk. Their losses were not the highest of any Eighth Air Force Group but on several occasions the Group lost many... -
418th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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William Brice
Military | Major | Bombardier
My father flew 29 missions with the James S. Seamans' Crew. The nickname for the crew was Seamans' Demons. He was lead bombadier on several if not most missions. He was a good man whom I loved very much. He told me stories of his missions and escapades... -
E Frye
Military | Flight Officer | Navigator
26 NOV 44 HAMM (REPORTED DECEASED - DATE UNK). CPT -
Homer Goodman
Military | Ball Turret Gunner
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Herbert Grand
Military | Radio Operator Gunner
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Clyde Lollis
Military | Pilot
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G Rhoades
Military | Captain | Navigator
26 NOV 44 HAMM - LEAD NAVIGATOR (SEE J. S. SEAMAN MEMO). CPT -
Anthony Schimmel
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner
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James Seamans
Military | Pilot
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J Sheehan
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner
19 JULY 44 SCHWEINFURT, (FLAK) TAPS: 14 APR 1961. WIA -
Edward Tatro
Military | Tail Gunner
Places
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Thorpe Abbotts
Military site : airfield
Home of the 'Bloody Hundredth’, a Bomb Group with a reputation for high casualty rates, Thorpe Abbotts was under USAAF control from June 1943 to the end of the war. Some of the airfield survives today, and the control tower houses the 100th Bomb Group... -
Thurleigh
Military site : airfield
Built for RAF use in 1941-42, Thurleigh was initially used by RAF Bomber Command before being handed over to the Eighth Air Force. Its runways and hardstandings were improved, and the B-17s of the 306th Bomb Group began using the base. It was their...
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| 10 March 2016 07:26:39 | Jameswbrice | Changes to nicknames |
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James W Brice |
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| 10 March 2016 03:37:04 | Jameswbrice | Changes to media associations |
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James W Brice |
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| 10 March 2016 03:34:16 | Jameswbrice | Changes to unit associations, person associations, place associations and media associations |
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James W Brice |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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