42-3452

Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Z] Thorpe Abbotts 20/8/43; Missing in Action Paris 15/9/43 with Arthur Vetter, Co-pilot: Don Smith, Bombardier: Jim Bormuth, Radio Operator: John Wagner, Ball turret gunner: Ed Fontaine, Waist gunner: Hobart Trigg, Waist gunner: Ed Daly,Tail gunner: Warren Lush (8 evaded capture); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Orval Parsons{Wounded in Action} (Prisoner of War); Navigator: Wendell McConnaha{died of exposure after fall in Pyrenees 10/12/43-Killed in Service }; flak hit in #2, crashed St Just, ten miles NE of Clermont Oise, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 645.

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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

James G Bormuth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: : O-676542
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Edward M Daly

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

Edward W Fontaine

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

Warren G Lush

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

Wendell K McConnaha

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734944 and 17042048 on enlisting
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

France 15 September 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 645 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database