Dewey Christopher

Military
media-35821.jpeg UPL 35821 351st Bomb Squadron maintenance board, on display in 'The Sad Sack Shack' at the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.

My photo, taken 7 October 2018.

Object Number - UPL 35821 - 351st Bomb Squadron maintenance board, on display in 'The Sad Sack Shack' at the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.

Dewey R Christopher was original cadre 100th, arriving with the bulk of the group at Thorpe Abbotts in May 1943. He was Crew Chief on Skipper, Skipper II, Humpty Dumpty, a Pathfinder aircraft, and finally, Humpty Dumpty II. He flew the second Russian Shuttle mission with his longest-serving crew, that of Lt. Luther Bennett.

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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

42-107233

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

42-3307

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skipper
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group

Revisions

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ContributorRayWells
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His son Gary

Date
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 35821 - 351st Bomb Squadron maintenance board, on display...