A Great Buzz Job
A Great Buzz Job Or the Day We Bombed Minnesota by Jim Brown In the Spring of 1943, I was a navigator with the 100th Bombardment Group (later to be known as THE BLOODY HUNDREDTH) which, after six months of intensive combat training, was soon to fly to England as part of VIII Air Force. […]
“Champ” Champion Crew
2nd Lt. James A. Plough 2nd Lt. James A. Plough (CP) on the right and S/Sgt Howard E. Lodl (TTE) on the left. History of CAPT Ivan W.”Champ” Champion’s B-17 Crew. Assembled during June/July 1994 from a file of personal orders and a 201 Flight file used to match flights of > 5 hrs with […]
Black Thursday – 14 Oct 43
SECOND SCHWEINFURT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, INC. 8th United States Army Air Force Mission 115 14 October 1943 “Black Thursday” The participants: 1st Air Division 3rd Air Division 91st 94th 92nd 95th 303rd 96th 305th 100th 306th 385th 351st 388th 379th 390th 381st 384th October 14, 1943 dawned like many other English countryside mornings, cold, damp and […]
Thomas C. Hughes – Combat Diary
1st Lt. Thomas C. Hughes – Combat Diary Mission #22 – Hamburg – 31 Dec 44 Joe C. (Joseph R. Calistra – regular Navigator) is still in the hospital (he was replaced by Dan Shaffer) but Joe Dye flew with us for which I am very glad. We went to Hamburg to get an oil […]
S/Sgt Ivan F. Hunter – POW
S/Sgt Ivan F. Hunter – POW 10 Nov 44 A/C #42-106986 MACR #10356, MICROFICHE # 3816 1ST LT JOHN F. LUNDQUIST P POW 10 NOV 44 WIESBADEN & INGELHEIM TAPS 27 JUN 1987 1ST LT WILLIS C. DICKERMAN CP POW 10 NOV 44 WIESBADEN & INGELHEIM 1ST LT JAMES V. GOSS NAV KIA 10 NOV 44 […]
The “Duke” Gwin Crew
The Edward P. “Duke” Gwin Crew by Donald H. Reichel, Robert B. Landino, Joseph M. Griego, Norman D. Heilbuth Dedicated to the Memory of : Edward P. Gwin Pilot William C. Danielson, Jr. Radio Operator John W. Disher Spot Jammer Raymond R. Uhler Ball Turret Gunner The Original Crew We came together in Rapid City, South […]
Gerald Kane – HURRI-KANE
Recalling History – Wiser man pilots bomber on 35 World War II flights (Newspaper article) Gerald Kane of Wiser piloted a B-17 bomber on 35 missions over Germany during World War II. The memory of one mission remains vivid in his mind after 50 years. Date: Dec. 31, 1944. Target Hamburg, Germany. A total of […]
Breeding Dragonflies
Breeding Dragonflies Over the North Sea by Thresa K. Flatley Article by Thesa Flatley for publication in WORLD WAR II MAGAZINE Thresa K. Flatley “Breeding Dragonflies” Over The North Sea At dawn on Dec. 31, 1944, while the Battle of The Bulge raged, two young pilots took off from Thorpe Abbotts, England, and flew their B-17 […]
First Encounter with the ME-262
“Something I Will Never Forget” by Eugene T. Jensen Eugene T. Jensen of the 349th writes about the 100th’s first encounter with the Me-262, 8th Mar 1945. Article published in the Arizona Republic & The Phoenix Gazette on January 6th, 1997. In 1942, I surrendered my farm-based draft exemption and enlisted in the Army Air […]
Elmer F. Hooper in the E.T.O.
Hometown news releases S/Sgt Elmer F. Hooper Wins Air Medal S/Sgt Elmer F. (Tim) Hooper, son of Mr. & Mrs. E. F. Hooper of 422 Sunset Street, has been awarded the Air Medal, it was learned here this week. The Cherokean is a tail gunner on a B-17 serving with the Eighth Air Force and […]