42-31941 Big Stoop

Delivered Cheyenne 7/1/44; Gr Island 15/1/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-W] Thorpe Abbotts 3/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Lindley Williamson, Navigator: Barwick Barfield, Bombardier: Bill Carrillo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Sewell, Ball turret gunner: Jim Townsend, Waist gunner: Colbert Graham, Waist gunner: Walt Wisniewski, Tail gunner: Bob Anderson (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Jim Dennis, Radio Operator: Lloyd Kouns (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed and exploded at Buckwitzer, two miles SE of Wusterhausen, NW of Berlin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5167. (npo) BIG STOOP.

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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

Robert H Anderson

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

Barwick O Barfield

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

William Carrillo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

James G Dennis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Colbert W Graham

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

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

24 May 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.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5167 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database