8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Edward Anton Skapin
Military
Ed flew 30 missions as a B-17 Aerial Gunner in the European Theater with the 100th Bomb Group.
Service
Units served with
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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
Aircraft
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42-31895 Miss-Chief
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Presque Is 3/2/44; Grenier 11/2/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 16/2/44; Missing in Action Misburg/Hamburg 31/12/44 with Paul Carroll, Co-pilot: Harry Winger, Navigator: George Klare,...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Cleveland, Ohio, USA | 29 April 1924 |
| Enlisted | Columbus, Ohio, USA | 18 November 1942 |
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Ft Hayes |
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| Died | Springfield, Ohio, USA | 21 December 2019 |
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Revisions
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| 16 October 2020 19:31:59 | jmoore43 | Changes to events |
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Added a Enlisted event per records at Fold3.com. |
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| 06 October 2020 18:20:36 | jmoore43 | Changes to unit associations |
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Added a unit connection to the 8th AF. |
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| 06 October 2020 18:18:29 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added biography info per obituary at Legacy.com. |
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| 06 October 2020 18:12:41 | jmoore43 | Changes to middlename |
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Updated middle name per obit at Legacy.com. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 October 2020 18:05:06 | jmoore43 | Changes to events and unit associations |
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Added a connection to the 100th BG listed in the A/C description. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 November 2018 00:11:40 | jmoore43 | Changes to service number and highest rank |
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Information from 100th BG website. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 01 November 2018 22:47:19 | jmoore43 | Changes to highest rank, events and aircraft associations |
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Information provide by Edward's son Larry. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:08:14 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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