100th Bomb Group
Group
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 3778 - The wreckage of a B-24 Liberator (GO-K) of the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group that has crash landed. A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb...
"The Bloody Hundredth", so-called because of a reputation for losing a high number aircraft and crews, flew B-17s from Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk. Their losses were not the highest of any Eighth Air Force Group but on several occasions the Group lost many aircraft during a single mission. Both Distinguished Unit Citations awarded to the Group were awarded for missions when the Group, as well as successfully bombing the target, also lost a number of crews. In the case of the mission to Regensburg on 17 August 1943 the Group lost nine bombers and on a mission to Berlin in early March 1944, the Group lost fifteen bombers. The Group also received the French Croix de Guerre with Palm for attacking heavily defended installations in Germany and for dropping supplies to French Forces of the Interior between June and December 1944.
Visit the 100th Bomb Group Foundation website for more information and photos of the group.
The 100th Bomb Group is comprised of 349th, 350th 351st and 418th Bomb Squadrons
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 449th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron 717th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-016639
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group Headquarters (100th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-21633
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 13th Combat Bomb Wing 95th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: General
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Bomb Division
- Service Numbers: O-15721
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Commanding General
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Headquarters (100th Bomb Group)
- Highest Rank: Major
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-17318
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-16930
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
Connections
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Based |
Podington | 2 June 1943 - 8 June 1943 |
|
Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | 9 June 1943 - 11 December 1945 |
Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Depot
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Supply
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group Headquarters (100th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: 36061379
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Instructor
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 412th Air Service Group
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ground crew
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tech Supply
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 838th Air Engineering Squadron 1776th Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Auto Maintenance and Repair
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Luck
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Times a-wastin
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Super Rabbit
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Boss Lady
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Varga Venus
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 24 December 1944
- Date: 18 September 1944
- Official Description:
- Date: 15 August 1944
- Date: 5 August 1944
- Date: 14 July 1944
Revisions
People associations have become detached from this record.
Associated people with '100th Bomb Group' in their biographies
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II
James W Brice, son of
MAJ William R Brice, Bombardier
418th Bombardment Squadron
100th Bomb Group
13th Combat Bombardment Wing
3rd Air Division
Eighth Air Force: The American Bomber Crews in Britain. Donald L. Miller.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983). / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)
![Sergeant Walter Charles Buazisz, of the 303rd Bomb Group, checks his rifle in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5177) nicknamed "Fast Woman (Fast Worker II)". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942. [stamp] and ‘238803.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '"Now send me a Hun" said Sgt. Walter Charles Buazisz, of 3510, McLeen Avenue, Chicago. Sgt Budzisz likes England all right but he wishes "he could get some](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378887.jpg.webp?itok=ngkj_-7C)
![A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Groupis attacked by a Nazi fighter aircraft during a mission. Handwritten caption on reverse of print: '14/10/43.' Printed caption on reverse: '62641 USAF - Nazi fighter plane attacking a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th Bomb Group [sic], 3d Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408509.jpg.webp?itok=cqvKv0oQ)