B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 9/4/43; Gore 13/4/43; Kearney 22/4/43; Denver 30/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 15/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-K] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Rich King, Co-pilot: George Brykalski, Radio Operator: Bob McNight, Ball turret gunner: Rudie Harms, Waist gunner: Don Wise (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ernie Anderson, Bombardier: Ed Hovde`lost left leg at the hip`, Waist gunner: Jim Sides,Tail gunner: Heber Hogge (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Trafford Curry (evaded capture); flak hits in bomb bay and navigator’s compartment, crashed Beaumont, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 684. SUNNY.
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 | Navigator | 100th Bomb Group
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30089 'Sunny', Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #4230089 'Sunny. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30089 'Sunny', Evaded (EVD).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #4230089 'Sunny. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30089 'Sunny', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #4230089 'Sunny. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot
Shot down 3 September 1943 in B-17 #4230089 'Sunny. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Body was not found for
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot / Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x missions. Then operations officer for both the 350th & 351st BS's, followed stateside by instructing in the 3rd AF.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator
Military | Master Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 100th Bomb Group
First mission to Trundheim, Norway 24 Nov 1945. Through Paris 3 Sept 1943.
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 18:40:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 684 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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