Fools Rush In
by R. L. “Red” McDaniel (RWG – Pete Greiner Crew) She’s battle scarred from nose to stern, At times her props too tired to turn; The guns are worn that’re in the chin, Fighting the life of “Fools Rush In.” The glass is scratched and not intact, From the overpounding, Smoky Flak; Cutting the metal […]
A Young Boy and the Good War
A Young Boy and the “Good War” © Edouard RENIÈRE With my heartfelt thanks to Paul GRISSO for fine-editing the text. Published on 100thBG.com with the permission of the author (21 May 02) I was born in March 1938, in Brussels, Belgium. Toward the end of 1942, my parents, my brother, 4 years older than […]
T/Sgt Horace E. Barnum- Missions
Mission Log of T/Sgt Horace E. Barnum 2ND LT ROBERT L. HUGHES P CPT 04 MAR 44 – BERLIN 2ND LT DONALD S. DAVIS, JR CP CPT 13 FEB 44 – LIVOSSART & BOIS REMPRE (NOBALL) 2ND LT LEONARD A. WICKENS NAV CPT 13 FEB 44 – LIVOSSART & BOIS REMPRE (NOBALL) 2ND LT RICHARD […]
Henry Henington’s Story
by Henry M. Henington Henry M. Henington 100th BG Photo Archives (Official USAF Photo) This has to be far more than anyone would want to know about the author. I was born 25 Dec 1921 in Mexia, TX during the oil boom. My father Bud Henry Henington, a graduate of Curtis Wright Technical Institute prior […]
Satcha Lass
SATCHA LASS Memorialized in German History by Cindy Goodman A cold, bright February 4, 1944 found the 100th Bomb Group (H) headed for Frankfurt, Germany. Carrying loads of incendiaries and high explosives, the bombers flew a path straight through the heart of the German Flak positions known to the young flyers as “Flak Happy Valley.” The […]
Outside Looking In
Outside Looking In: The 100th BG Reunion by Michael Faley As I boarded a plane for Fort Worth, Texas, I pondered whether I had made a big mistake. It was one thing to have a historical interest in the “Bloody Hundredth”, it was another to meet them face-to-face. Thirty years separate our generations, would an […]
Piggy Back – Paul Zak
Piggy Back As Reported By Paul Zak 3542-22nd Avenue Kenosha, WI. 53140 Oct 16, 91 I’m writing to provide you with my knowledge of December 31. 1944 air raid over Hamburg. I flew on Harold Bucklew’s crew, on the Silver Dollar, in the ball turret. My first sighting of an enemy aircraft occurred, I believe, […]
T/Sgt Robert Black – POW
compiled by Mike Faley 5/1/2001 T/Sgt Robert Black (2nd Lt Clarke T. Johnson Crew) Story of first and only mission (mpf) “I was radio/gunner on Clarke Johnson’s crew that went down on May 24, 1944, BERLIN! That morning our Group had difficulty in forming and we were behind the others as we crossed the Channel […]
Original 100th Group Navigators
by Jim Brown Jim Brown was the 100th’s revered Historian, until his death and amassed most of the 100th data we have today. He is mourned but not forgotten by the 100th….pw 349TH SQDN. NAVIGATOR CREW PILOT REMARKS BY JIM BROWN Edward N. Jones Oren Petrich KIA 25 Jun 43 Bremen Nicholas Demchak Alonzo P. […]
100th BG Internee Report
by Col H. F. Cruver Commander, 100th Bombardment Group (H) SQDN LAST NAME INITIALS RANK POS 349TH BUCHANAN R. J. S/SG TTG 349TH CRAVEN J. L. S/SGT NG 349TH FIKE N. A. T/SGT TTE 349TH FULLER N. D. S/SGT BTG 349TH HARDING C. S. LT P 349TH HENDERSON L. J. S/SGT RWG 349TH HUNT T. […]