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B-17G-35-DL 42-107233 "Humpty Dumpty" (coded EP-N, later EP-W) of the 351st BS/100th BG is seen here at Thorpe Abbotts prior to her loss over Misburg on 31 Dec 1944.
Delivered Tulsa 24/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-N/W] Thorpe Abbotts 3/5/44; Missing in Action Misburg 31/12/44 with Wallace Wilson, Co-pilot: Clarry Van Cleave, Navigator: Ken Kane, Bombardier: Herman Eckmeyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Doug Nash, Radio Operator: Perry Gaye, Ball turret gunner: Austin Gibbon, Waist gunner: George Monte,Tail gunner: Gene Fellmeth (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Tauenbrueck, Ger?. Missing Air Crew Report 11356. HUMPTY DUMPTY.
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 | Master Sergeant (1st Grade) | Crew Chief | 100th Bomb Group
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...
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Military | Sergeant | Bombardier
Crashed at Tauenbrueck on 31 Dec 44 in B-17 #42-107233, Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Shot down 31 December 1944 in AC #42107233. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Tauenbrueck on 31 Dec 44 in B-17 #42107233
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Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Tauenbrueck on 31 Dec 44 in B-17 #42107233
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 100th Bomb Group
13 missions. Shot down 31 December 1944 in A/C #42-107233 over Hamburg. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft I.
AM/ POW
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Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Tauenbrueck on 31 Dec 44 in B-17 #42107233
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner
Crashed at Tauenbrueck on 31 Dec 44 in B-17 #42-107233, Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Tauenbrueck on 31 Dec 44 in B-17 #42107233
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
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Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany |
31 December 1944 |