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42-30035 Pasadena Nena aka Torchy

A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30035) nicknamed "Torchy". Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], '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], '280032.' [Censor No]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg, Associated Press Photo shows, left to right: Sgt Jas. M. Joh

media-378747.jpg FRE 899 A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30035) nicknamed "Torchy".
From left to right:
Sgt James M Johnson, of Holdenville, Okla., waist gunner;
Sgt Donald Garrison, of Eldorado, Ill., waist-gunner;
Lt. August Gaspar, of Oakland, Calif., bombardier;
Lt. Frank Murphy, of Ax, Georgia, navigator;
Lt. Glenn Graham, of Freedom, Pa.,

Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], '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], '280032.' [Censor No].
Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg. Associated Press Photo shows, left to right: Sgt Jas. M. Johnson, of Holdenville, Okla., waist gunner; Sgt Donald Gallison, of Eldorado, Ill., waist-gunner; Lt. August Gasper, of Oakland, Calif., bombardier; Lt. Frank Murphy, of Ax, Georgia, navigator; Lt. Glenn Graham, of Freedom, Pa., co-pilot, seen wearing fezes and holding Arabian knives on their arrival back at a bomber station "somewhere in England" yesterday, August 22.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 899 - A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30035) nicknamed "Torchy". From left to right: Sgt James M...

Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 4/5/43; Hill 11/5/43; Wendover 16/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG 3/43; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 2/6/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Charles Winkleman, Co-pilot: Ralph Smith, Navigator: Bill Booth, Bombardier: Howard Harris, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Combs, Waist gunner: Mike D’Arcy, Waist gunner: Alf Zeoli (7 evaded capture), Radio Operator: Jean Ray, Ball turret gunner: Tom Cuccaro (2 Prisoner of War); Tail gunner: Ennis Bankhead (Killed in Action) when hit by two 100th ships’ debris following a mid-air collision when climbing, crashed France; No MACR.
PASADENA NENA aka TORCHY.