42-30799 Big Ass Bird ll

Delivered Cheyenne 29/7/43; Gore 9/8/43; Scott 10/8/43; Presque Is 16/8/43; ground looped at Gander, Newfoundland by ground crew 20/8/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-L] Thorpe Abbotts 20/8/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Bill Murray, Radio Operator: Fred Schillinger, Tail gunner: Mahlon Hall (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Dick Landiotte, Navigator: Orrin Heinrich, Bombardier: Bill Carr, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Emory Brandt, Ball turret gunner: Jim Pease, Waist gunner: Nick Hamelak, Waist gunner: Palmer Hanson (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Hollwedel, SE of Harpstedt, 25 miles SE of Oldenburg, Ger. BIG ASS BIRD II.

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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

Emory L Brandt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37011818
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer / Waist Gunner

William G Carr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-686183
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Mahlon A Hall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39409314
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Nick E Hamalak

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32518322
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Palmer J Hanson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37433949
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

6 March 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words “Tail gunner” in the A/C “Description” section.

Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3017 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database