42-5867 ALICE From DALLAS

A B-17 Flying Fortress (**-O, serial number 42-5867) nicknamed "Alice from Dallas" of the 100th Bomb Group flies in formation above the clouds with other Fortresses. Printed caption on reverse: 'A formation of B-17 "Flying-Fortresses" of the 100th Bomb Group flyes[sic] over a blanket of clouds en route to their target at Warnemunde, Germany. The plane in the foreground is the B-17 "Alice From Dallas". 29 July 1943. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '100BG.' media-378758.jpg FRE 910 A B-17 Flying Fortress (**-O, serial number 42-5867) nicknamed "Alice from Dallas" of the 100th Bomb Group flies in formation above the clouds with other Fortresses. Printed caption on reverse: 'A formation of B-17 "Flying-Fortresses" of the 100th Bomb Group flyes[sic] over a blanket of clouds en route to their target at Warnemunde, Germany. The plane in the foreground is the B-17 "Alice From Dallas". 29 July 1943. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '100BG.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 910 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (**-O, serial number 42-5867) nicknamed "Alice from Dallas" of the 100th Bomb Group flies in formation above the clouds with...

Delivered Long Beach 2/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-O] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43 with Roy Clayton, Co-pilot: Ray Nutting, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Burgin, Radio Operator: Bill Quinn, Waist gunner: Chas Bailey (5 evaded capture); Ball turret gunner: Bill Hinton, Waist gunner: Edmund Musante chute caught on tail (2 Killed in Action); Navigator: Oscar Amison, Bombardier: Ken Lorch originally evaded but caught eight months later, Tail gunner: Cliff Starkey (3 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Langerloo, five miles E of Hasselt, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 678. ALICE FROM DALLAS.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: '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], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Oscar C Amison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735962
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles K Bailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

John W Burgin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Roy F Claytor

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William M Hinton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Failed to Return (FTR)

17 August 1943

Revisions

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Corrected the Production block number .

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Minor adjustments, e.g. Lockheed to Vega.

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Corrected the spelling of the nickname.

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Added nickname per description.

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one of the two missions

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 678 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (**-O, serial number 42-5867) nicknamed "Alice from Dallas" of the 100th Bomb Group flies in formation above the clouds with other Fortresses. Printed caption on reverse: 'A formation of B-17 "Flying-Fortresses" of the 100th Bomb Group flyes[sic] over a blanket of clouds en route to their target at Warnemunde, Germany. The plane in the foreground is the B-17 "Alice From Dallas". 29 July 1943. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '100BG.'

Object number: FRE 910 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (**-O, serial number 42...

Object number: UPL 50810 - B-17F-VE 42-5867 ALICE from DALLAS 100th BG MIA 8...