B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/44; MacDill 23/1/44; Grenier 5/2/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-B] Thorpe Abbotts 28/2/44; Missing in Action Weisbaden 10/11/44 with John Lundquist, Willis Dickerman, Don Meston, Irving Wells, John Williamson, Jack Moore, Jim Raynor, Ivan Hunter (8 Prisoner of War); Jim Goss (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Weisbaden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10356. SACK ARTIST (npo).
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 | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 November 1944 in AC #42102986. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 100th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Wiesbaden on 11/10/44 in B-17 #42102986
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down on 33rd mission, 10 November 1944 in AC #42102986, near Wiesbaden. Prisoner of War (POW).
DFC/ PH/ Air Medal/ ETO Medal/ EAME Medal
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Wiesbaden on 11/10/44 in B-17 #42102986
Military | Lieutenant | Bombardier | 100th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Wiesbaden on 11/10/44 in B-17 #42102986
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Wiesbaden on 11/10/44 in B-17 #42102986
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 November 1944 in AC #42102986. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Wiesbaden on 11/10/44 in B-17 #42102986
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 100th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Wiesbaden on 11/10/44 in B-17 #42102986
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 | 10 November 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10356 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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