Delivered Cheyenne 13/11/43; Kearney 28/11/43; Romulus 5/12/43; Presque Is 8/12/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG (LN-Q) Thorpe Abbotts 16/12/43; transferred 418BS [LD-E]; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Alex Kinder, Co-pilot: Theo Schmuck, Navigator: Dale Wynn, Bombardier: Bill Dodd, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Wilson, Radio Operator: Bob Mazzacane, Ball turret gunner: Chas Daniels, Waist gunner: Dave Castle, Waist gunner: Gene Wayrynen, Tail gunner: Chas Stewart (10 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d two engines, one windmilling, crashed S of Niederbacheim, near St Goarhausen, Ger Missing Air Crew Report 4865. ROSIE'S RIVETERS.
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Units
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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...
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People
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Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 100th Bomb Group
10 October 1943 Munster (Royal Flush). Completed a tour with the 100th.
Mentioned in "Eighth Air Force", By Donald L. Miller.
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Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 100th Bomb Group
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31504 'Rosie's Riveters'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31504 'Rosie's Riveters'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
10 October 1943 Munster (Royal Flush).
Mentioned in "Eighth Air Force", By Donald L. Miller.
Also mentioned in "Flying Fortress" on page 199 by Edward Jablonski.
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Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Mentioned in the book "Flying Fortress" on page 199 by Edward Jablonski.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31504 'Rosie's Riveters'. Prisoner of War (POW).
William died on 1st January 1990.
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Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer | 100th Bomb Group
Mentioned on page 199 in the book "Flying Fortress" by Edward Jablonski.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31504 'Rosie's Riveters'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Flew on 10 OCT 43 MUNSTER (ROYAL FLUSH)
Mentioned in "Eighth Air Force", By Donald L. Miller.
Also Mentioned in "Flying Fortress" by Edward Jablonski (page 199).
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Places
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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...
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Events
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Failed to Return (FTR) |
France |
12 May 1944 |