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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 29/8/44; Hunter 25/9/44; Grenier 3/10/44; Assigned as PFF 351BS/100BG [EP-J] Thorpe Abbotts 12/10/44; Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Capt John Ernst {Wounded in Action}, Art Jacobson, Lou Chappell, Stewart Gillison {Ex nav}, Dugger West, Chas Webber, Lt Bob Stropp {radar nav}, Warren Winters, George Windisch, Maj Bob Rosenthal {mission pilot] (10 Prisoner of War); Gene Lockhart (Killed in Action); flak, crash landed Russia. Missing Air Crew Report 12046.
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...
Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 100th Bomb Group
Crashed near Berlin on 3 Feb 45 in B-17 #44-8379, Killed in Action (KIA) per MACR 12046.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator
Crashed near Berlin on 3 Feb 45 in B-17 #44-8379, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Crashed near Berlin on 3 Feb 45 in B-17 #44-8379, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 100th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Berlin in B-17 #44-8379.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot, Commanding Officer
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Military | Colonel | Navigator, Radar, Radar Navigator | 100th Bomb Group
Crashed near Berlin on 3 Feb 45 in B-17 #44-8379, Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 100th Bomb Group
Crashed near Berlin on 3 Feb 45 in B-17 #44-8379, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Crashed near Berlin on 3 Feb 45 in B-17 #44-8379, Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Crashed near Berlin on 3 Feb 45 in B-17 #44-8379, Prisoner of War (POW).
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...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 3 February 1945 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:41:59 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12046 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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