42-30050 Judy E

Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Hamilton 28/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 13/5/43; Wendover 17/2/43; Kearney 21/5/43; Dow Fd 27/2/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-X] Thorpe Abbotts 29/5/43; Missing in Action Le Bourget airfield 10 July 1943 with Charles L. Duncan, pilot; Navigator: Oliver M. Chiesl; Bombardier: William H. Forbes; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernest De Los Santos; Radio Operator: Edmund A. Oliver; Ball turret gunner: Bernard L. Hanover; Waist gunner: Gene F. Frank; Tail gunner: William D. Whitley (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Archibald L. Robertson; Waist gunner: Parrish Reynolds (after escaping from POW camp) (2 evaded capture); flak hit #1 engine; attacked by Fw190s, crashed near Sainte-Colombe, 7km SSE of Saint-Valéry-en-Caux, Seine Maritime, France. Missing Air Crew Report 268. JUDY E.

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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

People

Oliver Matthew Chiesl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16058854 at enlistment, then O-731267
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Ernest De Los Santos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18063077
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Charles Lawson Duncan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11033723 at enlistment, then O-791081
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William H Forbes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 00026405 at enlistment, then O-727093
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Gene Francis Frank

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37292132
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Assistant Radio Operator

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 10 July 1943 Shot down by Fw190s over NW France

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 278
Research on the evasion of Co-Pilot Archibald Robertson (evader - E&E 116) - see http://www.evasioncomete.org/frobertal.html

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 268 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database