42-30305 | American Air Museum

42-30305 Flak Shack

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Gore 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; Presque Is 3/6/43; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 24/6/43; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-D] Thorpe Abbotts 30/6/43; crashed on take off for practice mission 16/7/43 with Woodrow Barnhill, Co-pilot: Carl Hudson, Navigator: Bill Carr, Bombardier: Winfred Rucker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pete Contos, Radio Operator: Ed Johnson, Waist gunner: Newton Harris {died next day} (7 Killed in Service); Ball turret gunner: Frank Opala, Waist gunner: Vince Noel, Tail gunner: Pete Russell (3 Returned to Duty); crashed north east of base at the Rectory, Dickleburgh, Nfk, UK; Salvaged 16/7/43. FLAK SHACK.

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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

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Featuring Mickey Mouse.

349th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Woodrow Baine Barnhill

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-663463
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

William H Carr

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Peter Contos

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Newton E Harris

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Carl Hudson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

Presque Isle Army Airfield

Site type: Airfield
Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is

The control tower at Thorpe Abbotts, home of the 100th Bomb Group, 1952. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1952, 100 BG.'

Thorpe Abbotts

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date11 Feb 2024 22:29:35

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

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Added associations to the 349th BS & 305th BG as listed in the A/C description.

Date11 Feb 2024 22:22:09

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:28

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

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