Ernest De Los Santos

Military

Ernest De Los Santos was Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on pilot Charles L. Duncan's "Judy E" - 42-30050, shot down by fighters over Dieppe, France 10 July 1943. Captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW).

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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

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Oliver Matthew Chiesl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16058854 at enlistment, then O-731267
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles Lawson Duncan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11033723 at enlistment, then O-791081
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William H Forbes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 00026405 at enlistment, then O-727093
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Gene Francis Frank

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37292132
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Assistant Radio Operator

Bernard I Hanover

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20345534
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Assistant Engineer/Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-30050

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

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

28 April 1912 Eastland, Eastland County, Texas, the son of Ernesto (1877-1939) and Angelita (Guajardo) De Los Santos (1887-1981)

Enlisted

2 September 1941 as a Private in the Air Corps, in Dallas, Texas

Other

Bailed out

10 July 1943 of B-17 42-30050 over NW France, south of Dieppe

Other

Prisoner of War

10 July 1943 Captured after landing in parachute in Normandy. Interned at Stalag XVIIB in Braunau, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW database : "Returned to Military Control 30 May 1945."

Born

Eastland, Eastland County, Texas

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
Changes
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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.

 

 

Date
ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 268
US Census 1930
SSDI Death Index

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 268 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database