Joseph F Boyle

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media-32470.jpeg UPL 32470 The crew of 'Nine Little Yanks and a Jerk' of the 100th Bomb Group.

Added connections to airmen from printed caption

Object Number - UPL 32470 - The crew of 'Nine Little Yanks and a Jerk' of the 100th Bomb Group.

Was killed when plane hit by flak. A piece struck him near the collarbone, just where the flak suit protection stops. Flew on 'Nine Little Yanks and a Jerk'. Killed in Action (KIA)



Air Medal w 3/Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart

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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

Aircraft

Skid off runway

42-3271

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nine Little Yanks and a Jerk
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Died

5 November 1943

Born

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to the "Nine Little Yanks And A Jerk" listed in the "Summary biography".

Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.

Added an association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.

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ContributorLucyd
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https://www.abmc.gov/node/538989#.VlWaNL9c_tE

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ContributorAAM
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Battle monuments comm., Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 512 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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