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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; Gr Island 2/4/44; Dow Fd 19/4/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-E] Thorpe Abbotts 22/4/44; Missing in Action practice mission 27/6/44 with John Donaldson, Co-pilot: Gail Campbell, Navigator: Gene O’Connell, Bombardier: Hugh McKeniff, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Cain, Radio Operator: Stan Sider, Ball turret gunner: Jose Trujillo, Waist gunner: Bill Couch, Waist gunner: Dave Gustafson,Tail gunner: Arthur Myers (10 Killed in Service); no trace, crashed North Sea ?; Missing Air Crew Report 6993. BOSS LADY.
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...
Squadron
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer | 100th Bomb Group
Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) coastal training mission in B-17 42-102611 'Lady Boss', last seen 5 miles off Great Yarmouth. Posted MIA, later as no trace had been found, changed to Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6993.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) coastal training mission in B-17 42-102611 'Lady Boss', last seen 5 miles off Great Yarmouth. Posted MIA, later as no trace had been found, changed to Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6993.
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Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) coastal training mission in B-17 42-102611 'Lady Boss', last seen 5 miles off Great Yarmouth. Posted MIA, later as no trace had been found, changed to...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) coastal training mission in B-17 42-102611 'Lady Boss', last seen 5 miles off Great Yarmouth. Posted MIA, later as no trace had been found, changed to Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6993.
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Military | Corporal | Left Waist Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) coastal training mission in B-17 42-102611 'Lady Boss', last seen 5 miles off Great Yarmouth. Posted MIA, later as no trace had been found, changed to Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6993.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 100th Bomb Group
Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) coastal training mission in B-17 42-102611 'Lady Boss', last seen 5 miles off Great Yarmouth. Posted MIA, later as no trace had been found, changed to Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6993.
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Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) coastal training mission in B-17 42-102611 'Lady Boss', last seen 5 miles off Great Yarmouth. Posted MIA, later as no trace had been found, changed to Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6993.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 100th Bomb Group
Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) coastal training mission in B-17 42-102611 'Lady Boss', last seen 5 miles off Great Yarmouth. Posted MIA, later as no trace had been found, changed to Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6993.
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Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) coastal training mission in B-17 42-102611 'Lady Boss', last seen 5 miles off Great Yarmouth. Posted MIA, later as no trace had been found, changed to Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6993.
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Military | Corporal | Ball Turret Gunner
Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) coastal training mission in B-17 42-102611 'Lady Boss', last seen 5 miles off Great Yarmouth. Posted MIA, later as no trace had been found, changed to Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6993.
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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...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | England | 27 June 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6993 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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