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Michael P. Faley-100th Bomb Group Historian, www.100thbg.com
Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-D] Thorpe Abbotts 16/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Sam Barrick, Co-pilot: Ira Munn, Navigator: Jim Guerrini, Bombardier: Jim Brady, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walfred Johnson, Radio Operator: Clifton Barton, Ball turret gunner: Ed Marlin, Waist gunner: Fred Thorpe, Waist gunner: Bill Dixon, Tail gunner: Hugh Fantone (10 INT - ret UK 9/44); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, one afire and prop eventually fell off after unable to be feathered, force landed Bulltofta, Sweden, escorted in by two Swedish AF fighters; Missing Air Crew Report 3031. Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 20/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 24/7/45; 237 BU Kirtland 16/12/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 7/1/46. SNORT STUFF.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
6 March 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Capitalized the words in the A/C "Nickname" field to aid readability.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3031 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database