42-5862 Duration Plus Six

Delivered Long Beach 31/3/43; Denver 2/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill Fd 13/5/43; Dow Fd 17/5/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-T] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/43; Missing in Action Keil/Warnemunde 25/7/43 with Capt Dick Carey, Co-pilot: Bill Styles, Waist gunner: Bob Lepper, Tail gunner: Maynard Parsons (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Calvin DeFevre, Bombardier: Bill Griffith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lester Berg, Radio Operator: Steve Koposewski, Ball turret gunner: Norman Eddy, Waist gunner: Chas Mayville (6 Killed in Action); flak, crashed North Sea, survivors two wia picked up by Danish fishing boat E 475 off Grad Dyb Berre; Missing Air Crew Report 117. DURATION PLUS SIX.

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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

Lester I Berg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36170576
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

Richard A Carey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1699495
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William Dwayne Desanders

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: at enlistment 18038917
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Norman C Eddy

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

Calvin H De Fevre

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

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Failed to Return (FTR)

25 July 1943

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 117 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database