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).
Service
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 | Co-Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 November 1944 in AC #42102986. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 100th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Wiesbaden on 11/10/44 in B-17 #42102986
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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
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Wiesbaden on 11/10/44 in B-17 #42102986
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Military | Lieutenant | Bombardier | 100th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Wiesbaden on 11/10/44 in B-17 #42102986
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Wiesbaden on 11/10/44 in B-17 #42102986
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 November 1944 in AC #42102986. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Wiesbaden on 11/10/44 in B-17 #42102986
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 100th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Wiesbaden on 11/10/44 in B-17 #42102986
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...
Events
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Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany |
10 November 1944 |