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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 8/2/44; Hunter 17/2/44; Grenier 5/3/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-O] Thorpe Abbotts 10/3/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 28/4/44 with Jim McGuire, Bombardier: Joe Eck, Radio Operator: Rod McCaughin, Ball turret gunner: John Ribuffo, Waist gunner: Alan Dill, Waist gunner: Don Kuntz, Tail gunner: John Sabotka (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Randall Bradley, Navigator: John Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank De George (3 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #1 and eventually wing snapped off, crashed Tamerville, near Cherbourg, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 4238.
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 | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
Shot down 28 April 1944 in B-17 #42107056. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner
Shot down 28 April 1944 in B-17 #42107056. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner
Shot down 28 April 1944 in B-17 #42107056. Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
Military | Staff Sergeant | Bombardier, Bombardier; Togglier
Shot down 28 April 1944 in B-17 #42107056. Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
Shot down 28 April 1944 in B-17 #42107056. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner
Shot down 28 April 1944 in B-17 #42107056. Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator
Shot down 28 April 1944 in B-17 #42107056. Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot
Shot down 28 April 1944 in B-17 #42107056. Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Shot down 28 April 1944 in B-17 #42107056. KIA. Plane, piloted by James W. McGuire, exploded in mid-air. One of seven crewmembers who died.
Purple Heart
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Shot down 28 April 1944 in B-17 #42-107056. Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
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) | France | 28 April 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4238 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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