42-30840

Delivered Cheyenne 5/8/43; Gr Isle 13/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-O] Thorpe Abbotts 25/8/43; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Herb Nash, Co-pilot: Bob Spears, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pat Neilon, Radio Operator: Tom Dilts, Tail gunner: Joe Bost (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: John Hart, Bombardier: Verne Hogsett, Ball turret gunner: Thad Kirkpatrick, Waist gunner: George Snyder, Waist gunner: Stan Nowakowski (5 Prisoner of War); severe flak damage, crashed near Oerdinghausen, nine miles W of Hoya, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 951.

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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

Joe Bost

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

Thomas B Dilts

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

John P Hart

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

Vernon N Hogsett

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

Thaddeus L Kirkpatrick

  • 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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Failed to Return (FTR)

8 October 1943

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 951 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database