43-37882 Happy-Go-Lucky

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Kearney 16/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-U] Thorpe Abbotts 29/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Fred Reed, Ed Hesse, John Carmichael, Edmund Rohde, Ed Ankli, Bob Bennett, Bob Jackson, Joe Burghardt (8 Killed in Action); Roy Lomanno (Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #1 & #2, the wing caught fire and spun down near Spandau, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9509. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY

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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

Edward Vincent Ankli

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15109105
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

Robert H Bennett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17038951
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Joseph J Burghardt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16069588
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

John T Carmichael

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-127420
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Edward A Hesse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-823075
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

6 October 1944

Revisions

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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

Removed some Punctuation in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9509 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database