Louis Black Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 26347 - 42-31035 "Hang the Expense" Crew
Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Frank Valesh crew on B-17 'Hang the Expense'. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
![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](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg.webp?itok=HBB0lqjl)
- 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 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17062813 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
![A B-17G Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-39867) of the 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "265-(44). WPU - 2.29.44. Eastchurch. B-17G - 42-39867. FA-FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse: '100th Bomb Group, 13th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division, E?-E.[EP-E]' On reverse: USAAF Photographic Section Station 595 [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407367.jpg.webp?itok=w_Ml4PfT)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hang the Expense II, Boeing Belle
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
La Paz, Baja, California Sur Mexico | 10 December 1923 | Son of Mercedes de la Toba and Louis Black Sr. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Rosecrans, CA | 30 October 1942 | Fort Rosecrans, California |
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Died |
National City, San Diego County, CA | 21 April 2018 | |
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Buried |
Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, CA | 24 April 2018 | Miramar National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California |
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Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the middle name field to the suffix field.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
