349th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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Alden P Madsen
Military
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Staff Sergeant John A Miller and Alden "Pat" Madsen of the 100th Bomb Group. John A Miller has handwritten on reverse: 'July 1944, 349th BS-100th BG. Lt: John A Miller, Rt: Alden "Pat" Madsen. Taken after I returned from Bury St Edmonds where I received the DFC.'
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Personnel of the 100th Bomb Group, including John A Miller, enjoy a drink outside a Nissen hut. John A Miller, A veteran waist gunner of the 100th Bomb Group has handwritten on reverse: 'July 1944 349th BS- 100th BG. Lt to RT Standing: Pat Madsen(TT), John A Miller (WG), Al Bridges (WG). Front: George McCleary (TG).'
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Personnel, including John A Miller, of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group outside a Nissen hut. John A Miller, A veteran waist gunner of the 100th Bomb Group has handwritten on reverse: 'July 1944, 349th BS- 100th BG. Lt to Rt Rear: Al Bridges (WG), Pat Madsen (TT), George McCleary (TG). Front: Larry Pratt (E), Marcena "Dottie" Dottoviano (TG) (KIA 7-29-44) Congratulating John A Miller (WG) on receiving DFC.'
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Personnel, including John A Miller, of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group outside a Nissen hut. John A Miller, A veteran waist gunner of the 100th Bomb Group has handwritten on reverse: 'July 1944, 349th BS- 100th BG. Lt to Rt, standing: AL Bridges (WG), John A Miller (WG), Pat Madsen (TT), George McCleary (TG). Kneeling: Larry Pratt (eng), Marcena Dottoviano (TG)
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Staff Sergeant John A Miller and Alden "Pat" Madsen of the 100th Bomb Group. John A Miller has handwritten on reverse: 'July 1944, 349th BS-100th BG. Alden "Pat" Madsen & John A Miller (with Jacket).'
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The Ralph W Wright Crew, 100th Bomb Group, 349th Squadron Standing, L-R: Bernard Palmquist; Robert Montonado; Pat Madsen; Jack Willburn; George McCleary. Kneeling, L-R: Ralph Wright; Jack Raper; Carl Herrmann; Richard Curran
Badly wounded by fire in AC#42-38053 'Cap'n Crow' in a form up accident over the base. on 7 May 1944. Target was Berlin. The plane had flares stored in the top turret and for some reason they exploded and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out The pilot Wright and Raper were possibly overcome by fumes and passed out. The rest of the crew bailed out, in all 5 of the crew were killed.
Service
Units served with
Aircraft
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42-38053 Cap'n Crow
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 20/12/43; Assigned 457BG Glatton 10/2/44; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-G] Thorpe Abbotts 21/1/44; soon after t/off to Berlin 7/5/44 with Ralph Wright, Co-pilot: Jack Raper, Navigator: Rich Curran, Bombardier: Carl...
Associated Place
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Thorpe Abbotts
Military site : airfield
Home of the 'Bloody Hundredth’, a Bomb Group with a reputation for high casualty rates, Thorpe Abbotts was under USAAF control from June 1943 to the end of the war. Some of the airfield survives today, and the control tower houses the 100th Bomb Group...
Events
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Revisions
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| 27 September 2014 18:03:13 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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100th BG Casualty Report / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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