Chowhound: 3rd AD Missions May 1-7, 1945
3rd Air Division Bomb Groups that Flew Chowhound Missions May 1-7, 1945 This is an 80 page PDF document. It will open in a new tab/window. Dear fellow 8th Air Force Historians and Museums, For the past two years Paul M. Andrews and I worked on putting together the most updated list of Aircraft […]
Chowhound: Operation Manna Missions
Crew of E-Z Goin’ after 7 Apr 45 mission to Buchen (left to right)Standing: Ralph E. Spada, Matthew Schipper, Alfred Collins, Paul GerlingJoe Carl Martin – Pilot, Antonio Piccone, Henry CervantesKneeling: William E. Dudecz, Norman Larsen I am one of the 100th Bomb Group pilots that flew three Operation Manna missions over The Netherlands. Following are my recollections of […]
Chowhound: George McLeod – 349th Pilot
George W. McLeod – 349th Pilot –E-Z Goin’ The following is a from a letter home after George’s first Chowhound mission, May 1, 1945. His crew participated in the three flights of May 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. They were very rewarding and memorable experiences for all the 100th.I took part in a mission today which […]
Chowhound: Mercy Mission to Holland
The Griswold Smith Crew (Left to Right)Standing: DeLome Cumbaa, John J. O’Leary, Earl J. Baugh, Stanley A. Szalwinski, Anthony R. RussoKneeling: Gris Smith, Robert Smith, Wilson P Turnipseed,Paul A. Wilkerson We flew three or four mercy missions to Holland carrying food. One of them was before the Germans surrendered. We had some kind of armistice with the […]
Chowhound: Missions Summary
100th Bomb Group Chowhound Missions While the sight of big four engine bombers with their bomb bay doors open had previously spread fear and destruction across Fortress Europe, starting May 1, 1945 it meant only manna from heaven was coming to the Dutch people. Facing starvation and in need of immediate assistance while the final details of the surrender […]