Richard J Faulkner

Military

B-17G #42-39830 'Berlin Playboy' collided with another B-17 on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 18 Mar 1944 and crashed WSW of Poix, FR. Listed as Prisoner of War (POW) but he successfully evaded the Germans and spent twenty-nine days with the French Underground. April 16, 1944 he was picked up by boat off the coast of Brest (with a P-47 pilot and a British Captain in the Intelligence) and returned to England. While at sea they were attacked by E-boats and one of the gunners was killed. As a result, Faulkner was asked to 'fill in as a gunner in the British navy'

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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

42-39830

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Berlin Playboy
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

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Born

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Prisoner of War (POW)

18 March 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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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.

 

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Sources

100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 3234, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3234 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database