Remembering Pearl Harbor – Part 3
Charles E. “Chuck” Harris History Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Becoming an Aviation Cadet Early in this story I mentioned that one of the requirements for entry into the Civilian Pilot Training Program was an agreement to volunteer for the Army Air Force in case of national emergency. Shortly after Pearl Harbor my application […]
Remembering Pearl Harbor – Part 2
Charles E. “Chuck” Harris History Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 At noon on Friday, December 5, I called John Rogers Airport to rent a plane on Sunday. Unfortunately the only time available was 7:30 AM. After few seconds of thought I decided that as too early for a Sunday morning, particularly in view of […]
Remembering Pearl Harbor – Part 1
Charles E. “Chuck” Harris History Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Colonel Charles E. Harris was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The following is his recall of that “Day of Infamy” and his personal experiences leading up to World War II. Was there another 100th veteran at Pearl Harbor – how many of us […]
Harry H. Crosby
Brady Crew Page | Blakely Crew Page MAJOR H. H. CROSBY Much beloved Group Navigator and Friend Harry Crosby was an original 100th Navigator. He went overseas with Lt John Brady’s crew (Crew # 32, Aircraft #42-30071 “Skipper”), and arrived in the ETO in June 1943. He became Group Navigator and was with the 100th until […]
William “Riley” Wilson – Page 2
Page 1 Page 2 Thomas Reilly Crew Page view image 001: Riley Wilson on the right. view image 002: Flak leave. Payne and Tillison (left to right) view image 003: Tommy Gribble in window. Others are unknown. view image 004: S/Sgt E. Good (TG), S/Sgt Tommy Gribble (BTG), S/Sgt William Ickes (WG), S/Sgt Charles Lottes […]
William “Riley” Wilson – Page 1
Page 1 Page 2 Thomas Reilly Crew Page view image 001: S/Sgt William H. Ickes (WG) Thomas J. Reilly Crew. 418th Bomb Squadron. view image 002: T/Sgt William R. (Riley) Wilson (TTE) Thomas J. Reilly Crew. 418th Bomb Squadron view image 003: 2nd Lt Thomas J. Reilly (P) “Reilly’s Racehorse“ view image 004: S/Sgt Tommy […]
24 Feb 1944
HEADQUARTERS ONE HUNDREDTH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H) Office of the Operations Officer APO #634 24th February, 1944 SUBJECT: Operations Officer’s report, Mission of 24th February, 1944 TO: Officer Commanding, 100th Bombardment group (H) General Narrative : The 100th “A” Group took off, assembled and flew the route in the same Combat Wing as the 100th “B” […]
Munster Mission – Bill DeBlasio
by William DeBlasi Letter sent to Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal on March 17, 2001 by Bill DeBlasio, tail gunner on Rosie’s Crew with his recollections of the MUNSTER mission October 10, 1943. Rosie, I did the best I could considering this fading memory of mine. Some parts of this mission stand out very clear to me, […]
Ode to the Bloody 100th
by Benjamin Rosser Name: Benjamin Rosser Comments: My grandfather is Maj. Frank Murphy; he was in the 100th BG, 418th Squadron. He’s been my guardian since I was 16 and now, a PFC in the US Army National Guard, at 20 years old, do I really understand what it means to be a soldier and […]
Diary of S/Sgt Calvin Dollar
Diary of S/Sgt Calvin Dollar – “My 35” Diary of S/Sgt Calvin Dollar (Top Turret Engineer) of the Lt Walter Bailey Crew Submitted by Pat Gallagher on behalf of Lt Linkas (Nav.) 1. Ludwigshafen, Germany-8/14/44 Flak-run out of oxygen over Germany, + had to let down to 10,000 Ft. Low on gas,standing by to ditch. […]