B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Hunter 30/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-M] Thorpe Abbotts 13/10/44; Missing in Action Berlin 18/3/45 with Ed Gwin, Bill Danielson, Ray Uhler, John Disher (4 Killed in Action); Don Reichel, Bob Landino, Dave Ackerman, Herb Hamann, Norman Heilbuth, Joe Griego (6 Prisoner of War);
The aircraft was hit by Me 262 jet enemy aircraft and KO’d two engines, tail broke off and crashed Gage, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13144. SWEET NANCY II.
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 | Staff Sergeant | Bombardier | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 18 March 1945 in AC #4338861, Berlin. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 100th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near Gage in B-17 'Sweet Nancy II' #4338861
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner/Radar Controller | 100th Bomb Group
Served as Ball Turret Gunner when shot down on 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29965. Plane ditched in Channel. Slighly injured in the ditching, returned to base like the other nine men on board who were rescued by a French boat. Flew a total of 25...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 18 March 1945 in AC #4338861. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near Gage in B-17 'Sweet Nancy II' #4338861
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Gage on 18 Mar 45 in B-17 'Sweet Nancy II' #4338861. 31 missions.
Air Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster. EAME Medal with 4 bronze stars, Good Conduct Medal
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 18 March 1945 in AC #4338861. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 18 March 1945 in AC #4338861. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 18 March 1945 in AC #4338861. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near Gage in B-17 'Sweet Nancy II' #4338861
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 | 18 March 1945 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:41:33 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13144 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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