Carl Hudson

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Flak Shack B-17 42-30305 crashed after take-off on practice mission . '

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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

Aircraft

42-30305

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Shack
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group

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Died

16 July 1943

Revisions

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Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.

Added an association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.

Added an association to the A/C #42-30305 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Century Bombers p. 14, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 184 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia