100th BG Reference Guide
Reference Books — Bibliography: 100th Bomb Group — File by James J. Sorenson Andrews, Paul M. – WE’RE POOR LITTLE LAMBS: THE LAST MISSION OF CREW 22 AND ‘PICCADILLY LILY’, The Foxhill Press, Inc., Springfield, VA, 1995. Bendiner, Elmer – THE FALL OF FORTRESSES, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, N Y., 1980. Bennett, John M. Jr. – […]
Group Commanders
Group Commanders of the 100th BG During World War II COL. DARR H. ALKIRE 14 NOV 1942 — 26 MAR 1943 COL. HOWARD TURNER 26 MAR 1943 — 08 MAY 1943 COL HOWARD HUGHLIN 08 MAY 1943 — 01 JULY 1943 COL. NEIL “CHICK” HARDING 01 JULY 1943 — 06 MAR 1944 (LT COL. JOHN […]
Atlantic Free Press Article
9 Aug 45 N0. 3 Published on board for Personnel Aboard. ATOM BOMB ERASED FOUR SQUARE MILES Via Short Wave Radio from the United States Aug. 8th, 1945 – More complete reconnaissance by US planes and statements from Tokyo radio yesterday reveal that the havoc caused by the Atom Bomb was even more complete than […]
Days Not Forgotten
Days Not Forgotten – Barwick O. Barfield by Marilee W. Barfield (As told by her husband, Barwick O. Barfiel) As is always the case, there are people to thank. James S. Featherston — a Pulitzer Prize winner — a friend of Barwick’s since boyhood — a long time member of the journalism department at Louisiana […]
Bloody Hundredth
“Bloody Hundredth” The Most Famous Heavy Bomb Group of World War II by Dewey Christopher The 100th Bombardment Group had Fort Worth as it’s 1995 Reunion target. They were not dropping bombs as they were some fifty years ago when assigned to the 8th Air Force. Hopefully Fort Worth found them as welcome as the […]
100th BG – Aircraft Markings
B-17F & G in olive and gray factory finish. Natural B-17G from March 1944 Squadron Codes: 349th = XR 350th = LN 351st = EP 418th = LD Squadron codes were located in gray on camouflage, forward of National Insignia, A/C identifying letter aft of National Insignia and not used in Radio Communications – often seen as the identifier on […]
Bill Ohl’s Battle Log
The WWII battle log of a B-17 waist gunner by Bill Ohl June 25, 1943 Mission Number 1 5 Hours We were awakened at 2:00am the morning of the twenty-fifth to go on our first mission over enemy territory. We had to turn back twenty minutes from the target, lost prop, and most of our […]
Story of Sgt. Robert Goodman
(As related by Earl Benham, Crew 13 to mpf 2/2002) I recall on May 7, 1944 when Bob was with Crew 13 when they went on that tragic trip to BERLIN when Lt Becker (Nav) was killed and Lt Torbett (Bom) was seriously wounded and Capt. Van Steenis brought them back on two engines. That was the […]
Ed Wolf Crew Diary
The crew was assembled at Alexandria, Louisiana. Time spent at Alexandria Louisiana was for combat crew training. 2/22/44 Departed Alexandria at night by troop train to Grand Island, Nebraska. Arrived on 2/24/44. Time spent there was for physical exam, re-issue of clothing and equipment check. Assigned a B-17G to ferry across to Scotland. 3/2/44 Departed […]
The Liberation of Moosburg
by Frank D. Murphy (February 7, 2002) Our lengthening hours of daylight, a brightening sun, and the warmer temperatures now arriving were finally enabling us to move about outside our squalid, miserable quarters for a breathe of fresh air without shivering uncontrollably and speaking in quivering voices through chattering teeth in sub-zero cold, or puddle-jumping […]