Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/44; Hunter 10/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-F] Thorpe Abbotts 30/4/44; on return from Merseburg 28/7/44 with Jim Ransom, Co-pilot: Keith Lamb, Navigator: Francis Waldman, Bombardier: Jim Wood, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Reg Felce, Radio Operator: E.P. Schmitt, Ball turret gunner: Leo Wargin, Waist gunner: Carl Alben, Tail gunner: Bill Bywaters. (9 Returned to Duty); cp turned off landing gear in error; Salvaged 30/7/44. SUPER RABBIT.
Service
Units
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Group
"The Bloody Hundredth", so-called because of a reputation for losing a high number aircraft and crews, flew B-17s from Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk. Their losses were not the highest of any Eighth Air Force Group but on several occasions the Group lost many...
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People
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Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner
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Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner
19 SEP 44 SZOLNOK. CPT
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer | 100th Bomb Group
19 SEP 44 SZOLNOK (HUNGARY). CPT
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Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
25 SEP 44 LUDWIGSHAFEN, MY. CPT
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Military | Captain | Pilot
19 SEP 44 SZNOLOK. CPT
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Military | Radio Operator Gunner
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Military | Lieutenant | Navigator
19 SEP 44 SZOLNOK. CPT
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
25 SEP 44 LUDWIGSHAVEN. CPT
Places
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Military site : airfield
Home of the 'Bloody Hundredth’, a Bomb Group with a reputation for high casualty rates, Thorpe Abbotts was under USAAF control from June 1943 to the end of the war. Some of the airfield survives today, and the control tower houses the 100th Bomb Group...
Events
Event |
Location |
Date |
Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY |
17 March 1944 |
Assigned |
Thorpe Abbotts Airfield, UK |
30 April 1944 |
Crashed |
Thorpe Abbotts Airfield, UK |
28 July 1944 |
Wheels up landing with the Jim Ransom Crew. All crew safe. A/C salvaged
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