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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Kearney 16/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 16/5/43; Wendover 21/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-G] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Chas Floyd, Co-pilot: Jack Boyd, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Neal, Radio Operator: Theo Price, Ball turret gunner: Earl Griggs, Waist gunner: Pete Theodore, Waist gunner: Dale Huffer,Tail gunner: John Williams (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Rosenburg, B-Frank Coon (2 Prisoner of War); hit in #3 engine by aircraft above 42-5865 then crashed Beaumont, near Evreux, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 685. BARKER'S BURDEN.
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 | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #4230059 'Barker's Burden. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #4230059 'Barker's Burden. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Killed in action 3 September 1943 in B-17 42-30059 "Barker's Burden".
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #4230059 'Barker's Burden. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #4230059 'Barker's Burden. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30059 'Barker's Burden', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #4230059 'Barker's Burden. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #4230059 'Barker's Burden. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #4230059 'Barker's Burden. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30059 'Barker's Burden', Killed in Action (KIA).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | France | 3 September 1943 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:40:26 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 685 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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