42-3433 Leona

Delivered Denver 12/6/43; Dow Fd 14/7/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-W] Thorpe Abbotts 18/7/43; ground looped at Langford Lodge, N. Ireland 25/7/43 with John Kelly, rest OK?; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Bob Kramer, Ball turret gunner: Don Glaze, Waist gunner: George White (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Ed Connelly, Navigator: Hugh Geiger, Bombardier: Tom Casey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Deane Todd, Radio Operator: Jim Watkins, Waist gunner: Fred Moore, Tail gunner: Harvey James (7 Prisoner of War); flak blew off right wing, crashed Castle Lembeck, five miles N of Dorsten, 25 miles SW of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1024. LENA.

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Thomas B Casey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Edward F Connelly

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-681959
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

William Dwayne Desanders

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: at enlistment 18038917
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Hugh S Geiger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Donald M Glaze

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

10 October 1943

Revisions

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/on-the-road-steve-hartman-old-films-found-in-an-attic-bring-a-lost-love-story-to-life/

Pilot's wife was named Leona and she is the namesake of the nickname of the fort.

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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

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Added a space in the A/C “Description” for clarity.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1024 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database