42-30734 Slightly Dangerous

Slightly Dangerous UPL 60394 UPL 60394 Slightly Dangerous

Crew Chief Joe Picard photo album

Object Number - UPL 60394 - Slightly Dangerous

Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Long Beach 8/8/43; Geiger 10/8/43; Walla Walla 12/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-G] Thorpe Abbotts 5/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Chas Thompson, Co-pilot: Ross McEuen, Bombardier: Bill Sprow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Derby, Radio Operator: Jack Stern, Ball turret gunner: Jesse Cook, Tail gunner: Don Leech, obs-John Hoerr (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Ed Jones, Waist gunner: Floyd Cahill, Waist gunner: Chas Nessel (3 Killed in Action); shot down by fighter, lost right wing and exploded, crashed Walingen, near Havixbeck, six miles W of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1023. SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS.

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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

Floyd M Cahall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33221147
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Jesse W Cook

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34038084
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Richard E Derby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15095664
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Edward R Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-683347
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Donald E Leech

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13153331
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

10 October 1943

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the words in the A/C "Nickname" field to aid readability.

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ContributorMasonandDixon
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Crew Chief S.Sgt Joe Picard photo album

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1023 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Slightly Dangerous

Object number: UPL 60394 - Slightly Dangerous