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The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, located in the original control tower and other remaining buildings of the RAF Thorpe Abbotts airfield east of Diss in Norfolk is named after the 100th Bomb Group and is dedicated to the American soldiers and members of the US 8th Air Force [1] who fought with the Allies in Norfolk in World War II.
John Clarence "Bucky" Egan (September 8, 1915 – April 16, 1961) was an American pilot who served with the 100th Bomb Group of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and later with the United States Air Force in the Korean War.
Rosenthal’s tour with the 100th BG was documented in Lt. Col Harry Crosby’s 1993 memoir of the 100th BG, “Wing and a Prayer.” [17] Rosenthal's wartime experiences with the 100th Bomb Group were featured in the book Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany (2007) by historian Donald L. Miller.
Cervantes persisted against racism to join the military as a pilot, surviving a tour with the 'Bloody 100th' Bomb Group during World War II. Henry Cervantes, Mexican American farmworker turned ...
Between 25 June 1943 and 20 April 1945, the 100th Bomb Group took part in just over 300 missions, and it is eight of those that accounted for nearly half of their losses. On average, a crew ...
No military unit rests on the shoulders of two people, and the Eighth Air Force’s 100th Bomb Group was no different in World War II. Historically known as the Bloody 100th for the tremendous ...
In November 1943, Crosby was promoted to lead navigator of the 100th Bomb Group [3] He would go on to lead missions of as many as 2,000 heavy bombers. By war’s end, he had flown 32 combat missions. [citation needed] Asked to list the outstanding people who served under him, Major General Curtis LeMay named 19 officers from the 3rd Air ...
Based on Donald L. Miller’s 2007 novel of the same name, Masters of the Air follows the true story of the American pilots of the Eighth Air Force’s 100th Bomb Group, who form a bond during ...