Donald G Fagen

Military
media-30793.jpeg UPL 30793 Donald G Fagen, Tail Gunner, 100th Bomb Group. Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.

Object Number - UPL 30793 - Donald G Fagen, Tail Gunner, 100th Bomb Group.

Assigned to the Air Corps he volunteered to become an air gunner and after training joined the 100 BG at Thorpe Abbotts just after D-Day. He was to fly on 33 combat missions on 'Gal Sal' and Mason-Dixon'. After the war he returned to Keota IA to run a farmers' elevator service.

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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

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Keota, Iowa

Revisions

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ContributorHelen
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Iowans of the Mighty 8th

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ContributorAAM
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100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 30793 - Donald G Fagen, Tail Gunner, 100th Bomb Group.