Auxiliary Units
Colonel Neil "Chick" Harding the 100th's first combat Commanding Officer. Colonel Harding led the 100th during the "awful period" - 1943 and early 1944. He is held in the highest esteem by all who served with him. (100th Photo Archives)

Colonel Neil "Chick" Harding
From left: E. L. Johnson, "Red Bowman, John Bennett, and S. A. Clark - This is the Group S-2 Officers. Bennett may have been the Air Exec at the time of this photograph. (100th Photo Archives)

Group S-2 Officers
Colonel Neil Harding - Group Commanding Officer in his office at Thorpe Abbotts. (100th Photo Archives)

Colonel Neil Harding
Robert Flesher, Deputy Group Commander with a very special friend. (100th Photo Archives)

Robert Flesher
Colonel Neil Harding, Group Commanding Officer, presenting Maj John Bennett the Air Medal.

Colonel Neil Harding
Capt Robert Peel, early 100th Group Navigator. (100th Photo Archives)

Capt Robert Peel
Identified only as Griffith, left, and "Crusher" Smith. Thought to be from Group S-2. (100th Photo Archives)

Colonel John Bennett - Air Exec in flight gear. (100th Photo Archives)

Colonel John Bennett - Air Exec
John Bennett - Air Exec of the 100th. (100th Photo Archives)

John Bennett - Air Exec
General Spaatz, left, awarding the 100th's Sumner Reeder the DFC. (100th Photo Archives)

Spaatz & Reeder