42-31903 Hard Luck II

media-31973.jpeg UPL 31973 Crew of the "Hard Luck II"

War Records of Jerry Cassell

Object Number - UPL 31973 - Crew of the "Hard Luck II"

Delivered Denver 3/1/44; Kearney 30/1/44; Grenier 18/2/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-T] Thorpe Abbotts 23/2/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Eden Jones, Co-pilot: Bob Ries, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Eadie, Radio Operator: Leo Griffin, Ball turret gunner: Harry Prince (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Albert Fincher, Bombardier: Cordy Ramer, Waist gunner: Frank Moran, Tail gunner: Jerry Cassell (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wulfingerode, W of Nordhausen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7811. (npo) HARD LUCK II.

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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

People

Earl V Benham

Earl V Benham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Edward Charles Butchino

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31167562
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Jerry R Cassell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33737441
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Joseph V Clouthier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31082928
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

James Eadie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16136787
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Events

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Merseburg, Germany 29 July 1944

Crashed

Wülfingerode, 99759 Sollstedt, Germany 29 July 1944

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Marchese, Flying Fortress 1936 1945

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Personal effects of Jerry Cassell

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Personal Effects of Jerry Cassell

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War records of Jerry Cassell

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Military records of Jerry R. Cassell.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7811 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

42-31903: Gallery (14 items)

Object number: UPL 31973 - Crew of the "Hard Luck II"

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Object number: UPL 32149 - Bombsight Photo of Brussels.

Object number: UPL 32150 - Bombsight photo of the Kiel Canal. Bombs can be...

Object number: UPL 32151 - Bombsight photo of Leipzig.

Object number: UPL 32152 - Bombsight photo of Munich.