42-30061 Just-a-Snappin, Wolff Pack

media-55413.jpeg UPL 55413 Curtis LeMay Commander of the 3rd Air Division awards Blakely and others with the Distinguished Flying Cross for valor on the Trondheim Mission.

From the Blakely Collection

Object Number - UPL 55413 - Curtis LeMay Commander of the 3rd Air Division awards Blakely and others with the Distinguished Flying Cross for valor on the Trondheim Mission.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Kearney 22/5/434; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-Q] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43 WOLFF PACK; Returned to the USA Homestead 12/7/44; 1 BU Wright 17/7/44; 328 BU Gulfport 26/1/45; with Alvin Cobb to 4119 BU Brookley (Al?) 31/3/45; Recl Comp 17/4/45. JUST-A-SNAPPIN'.

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Units served with

The wreckage of a B-24 Liberator (GO-K) of the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group that has crash landed. A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group is in the background.

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Everett Ernest Blakely

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot; Commanding Officer
Major John C. Egan, of the 100th Bomb Group, wearing a fez on his return from the Regensburg Shuttle mission. Associated News Story: '"Arabian Knights Return": Men Who Made Shuttle-Bombing Raid On Regensburg. Wearing red fezes and carrying Arabian knives, the first contingent of airmen who participated in the shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg returned from their temporary North African bases yesterday, August 22 - five days after the heavy attack on the Nazis' largest aircraft Messerschmidt factory. No b

John C Egan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-399510
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot, Pilot, Squadron Commander
A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 23 Aug 1943.' [stamp], '280029.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg. Associated Press Photo shows Back Row ,(left to right ) Second Lt August H Gaspar; S/Sgt James M Johnson; T/Sgt Leonard R Weeks; T/Sgt. Orlando E. Vincenti, of Carbondale, PA. S/Sgt Don Garrison of Eldorado, Ill; Second Lieut Glenn E Gr

Robert H Wolff

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735483
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Revisions

Date3 Oct 2014 01:07:09
Contributormpfaley
ChangesChanges to nicknames, description, unit associations, person associations and place associations
Sources

Michael P. Faley-100th Bomb Group Historian-www.100thbg.com

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:26
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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