Target: RUHLAND – page 6
September 11, 1944 Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 Compiled by Paul West, Jan Zdiarsky, Mike Faley, and Jan Riddling Copyright © 2003 – All rights reserved. This page may not be reproduced in any form. “A” LEAD Lead # 1 # 3 # […]
Target: RUHLAND – page 5
September 11, 1944 Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 Compiled by Paul West, Jan Zdiarsky, Mike Faley, and Jan Riddling Copyright © 2003 – All rights reserved. This page may not be reproduced in any form. B-17G 44-3606 “A” Lead Unknown Returned B-17G 42-39867 “A” Lead […]
Target: RUHLAND – page 4
September 11, 1944 Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 Compiled by Paul West, Jan Zdiarsky, Mike Faley, and Jan Riddling Copyright © 2003 – All rights reserved. This page may not be reproduced in any form. B-17G 42-97806 “C” Low High # 2 MIA B-17G […]
Target: RUHLAND – page 3
September 11, 1944 Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 Compiled by Paul West, Jan Zdiarsky, Mike Faley, and Jan Riddling Copyright © 2003 – All rights reserved. This page may not be reproduced in any form. B-17G 42-31412 “B” High Low # 4 Returned B-17G […]
Target: RUHLAND – page 2
September 11, 1944 Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 Compiled by Paul West, Jan Zdiarsky, Mike Faley, and Jan Riddling Copyright © 2003 – All rights reserved. This page may not be reproduced in any form. B-17G 43-38381 “A” Lead Low # 1 Returned B-17G […]
Target: RUHLAND – Page 1
September 11, 1944 Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 Compiled by Paul West, Jan Zdiarsky, Mike Faley, and Jan Riddling Copyright © 2003 – All rights reserved. This page may not be reproduced in any form. B-17G 42-97961 PFF 95th Bomb Group Returned B-17G […]
Air Battle Over The Netherlands
by Ab. A. Jensen While we citizens of the German occupied Netherlands began a new day on the 11th of December 1943, 538 heavy bombers of the U.S. Army Air Force assembled over England. Individual planes, B-17s and B-24s, joined into elements, flights, squadrons and groups and then into wings before wheeling toward Emden, Germany. […]
Transfers From RCAF and RAF
courtesy of Wally Fydenchuk 100th Bomb Group Members who were in the RCAF/RAF RCAF information courtesy of Wally Fydenchuk. He would like to hear from anyone who has information/names of American citizens who enlisted in the RCAF prior to Pearl Harbor. His e-mail: wpf13@hotmail.com Lt Charlie W. “Hong Kong” Wilson Charles Winters Wilson RCAF Service Number: […]
USAFA B-17 Memorial

B-17 Memorial At The United States Air Force Academy Photos courtesy of the sculptor, Robert Henderson From the Academy Spirit, August 29, 1997: The Academy dedicated a three-ton B-17 Flying Fortress memorial on August 22. The 17-foot bronze model serves as a memorial to the veterans who flew in this plane during WW II. The […]
Deno Bonucchi Eulogy
Harry Crosby Eulogizes Deno Bonucchi (1993) At Thorpe Abbotts when we complained about the bread we were served, the baker told us he needed a brick oven to do his job better. Horace Varian went through the records and found that the 100th did have a brick layer, a corporal named Deno Bonucchi. From then […]