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2_01_1.jpg (42524 bytes) 351st Frank E. "Big Frank" Valesh Crew. One of the legendary crews of the 100th.   Detailed Information   Les Lautman Collection 
2_02_1.jpg (31430 bytes) "HANG the EXPENSE"  (All of Big Franks aircraft were named Hang the Expense I, II, III etc.) with both her Flight and Ground Crews. Standing from left: John (NMI) Mytko, John R. (Dick) Johnson, Frank E. Valesh, Maurice G. Zetlan, John E. Booth, Paul J. Carbone and Sherman M. Nelson: Kneeling from left: Nels O. Davidson, Lloyd M. Holland, Louis (NMI) Black, Jr., Roy (NMI) Urich, Herschel H. Broyles, J. Sambrailo, Ernest M. Jordan and Harold C, Wildrick (The Crew Chief)    Detailed Information    Les Lautman Collection  
2_03_1.jpg (37009 bytes) "HANG the EXPENSE IV"    (100th Photo Archives)
2_05_1.jpg (38079 bytes) "HANG the EXPENSE"  short of the runway at Thorpe Abbotts. There were no injuries.   Les Lautman Collection 
2_05_2.jpg (29562 bytes) "HANG the EXPENSE"  short of the runway at Thorpe Abbotts. There were no injuries.    Les Lautman Collection 
2_05_3.jpg (34033 bytes) View of "HANG the EXPENSE"  landing accident at Thorpe Abbotts - note one of her main gear in the center of the photograph.    Les Lautman Collection 
2_06_3.jpg (16201 bytes) 351st Quarters at Thorpe Abbotts.    (100th Photo Archives)
2_07_1.jpg (18891 bytes) William A. Carleton's and his 351st maintenance personnel prepare to get "HANG the EXPENSE"  out of the mud at Thorpe Abbotts.  Bill Carleton was the 351st and later Group Engineering Officer and is one of the 100th's most popular veterans.   Dick Johnson Collection
2_07_2.jpg (19928 bytes) Getting "HANG the EXPENSE"  out of the mud and on the tarmac.    Dick Johnson Collection
2_08_2.jpg (50551 bytes) This is one of the 100th's greatest photographs. "HANG the EXPENSE"  is back in England, the East Church fighter base. This was the Jan 24, 1944 Frankfurt mission in which Roy Urich was blown out of "HANG the EXPENSE"  tail section. Urich, to everyone's surprise survived and became a POW. Legend has it the 100th crews saw Roy hurling through the formation still in his seat and his guns still firing.   Dick Johnson Collection
2_11_1.jpg (23681 bytes) From left; Arthur E. Dehn, Albert Franklin, John E. Booth and Frank E. Valesh outside their quarters at Thorpe Abbotts.  Detailed Information     (100th Photo Archives)  
2_11_2.jpg (20115 bytes) From left: Steven M. Szekely, H. H. "Bud" Broyles, E. M. "Lucky" Jordan, and Paul J. Carbone of the Big Frank Valesh Crew.   Detailed Information    (100th Photo Archives) 
2_12_2.jpg (19911 bytes) John R. "Dick" Johnson - the well known Navigator of the Frank E. Valesh Crew.    Detailed Information  (100th Photo Archives)   
2_13_2.jpg (42635 bytes) Maurice G. Zetlan - BOM with the Frank E. Valesh Crew. Maurice Zetlan was killed in a take-off accident while flying with another crew.    Detailed Information    (100th Photo Archives)
2_14_1.jpg (14882 bytes) John E. Booth - CP with the Frank E. Valesh Crew.  Detailed Information      (100th Photo Archives) 
2_15_1.jpg (37220 bytes) Jack S. Neal - 351st NAV on the Russell J. Flack crew.  Detailed Information    (Official USAAF Photograph)   (100th Photo Archives) 
2_15_2.jpg (41804 bytes) Louis Black, Jr. - 351st BTG on the Frank E. Valesh crew.   Detailed Information     (Official USAAF Photograph)   (100th Photo Archives) 
2_15_3.jpg (29596 bytes) Paul J. Carbone - 351st BTG with the Frank E. Valesh Crew.   Detailed Information    (Official USAAF Photograph)   (100th Photo Archives) 
1_41_2.jpg (42018 bytes) Leo A. Miller - ROG with the Glenn W. Rake crew.  Detailed Information    (100th Photo Archives) 
2_15_4.jpg (36757 bytes) Russell J. "Pinky" Flack - 351st Pilot.  Detailed Information    (Official USAAF Photograph)     (100th Photo Archives) 
2_16_1.jpg (41088 bytes) Maurice G. Zetland - 351st NAV with the Frank E. Valesh Crew.  Detailed Information    (Official USAAF Photograph)    (100th Photo Archives) 
2_16_2.jpg (35662 bytes) Original 100th, Arch J. "Four Mile" Drummond - 351st Pilot. The widely popular Four Mile Drummond came over with the Jack Swartout Crew.   Detailed Information    (USAAF Official Photograph)    (100th Photo Archives) 
2_16_3.jpg (37350 bytes) Andrew H. Campion - 351st NAV with the Russell J. "Pinky" Flack Crew.    Detailed Information   (Official USAAF Photograph)   (100th Photo Archives) 
2_16_4.jpg (42356 bytes) "HANG the EXPENSE"  poster autographed by her Navigator Dick Johnson. This depicts the famous Draper's Barn Crash with Big Frank Valesh, Pinky Flack, Andy Campion and the two Red Cross Girls. This incident is a great part of the 100th mystic. Please see the Site Search Engine on this web site for more information on Draper's Barn and the 351st "extra" supplies stored there by William Carleton their Engineering Officer.   Dick Johnson Collection
2_17_1.jpg (10370 bytes) The 100th in what Dick Johnson calls a "loose" formation.   Dick Johnson Collection
2_17_2.jpg (8086 bytes) "Coming Home" to Thorpe Abbotts. These aircraft are entering the traffic pattern at Thorpe Abbotts. Dick Johnson Collection
2_18_1.jpg (9816 bytes) "Coming Home" to Thorpe Abbotts. These aircraft are entering the traffic pattern at Thorpe Abbotts. (Dick Johnson Collection)
2_18_2.jpg (10389 bytes) The 100th descends through the undercast on their way home to Thorpe Abbotts. Dick Johnson Collection
2_19_2.jpg (26350 bytes) "HIGH LIFE"  and her Donald K. Oakes crew at Wendover, Utah - May 1943. This is an Original 100th Crew. Standing from left: Nolan D. Stevens, George W. Elder, Howard G. Ball, Joseph C. Harper and Donald K. Oakes the Pilot: Kneeling from left: Leslie D. Nadeau, James P. Scott, Vincent E. McGrath and Leonard P. Goyer.    Detailed Information    (100th Photo Archives)
2_19_3.jpg (24951 bytes) The Donald K. Oakes Crews at a crew reunion in June 1983. They are identified by last name, please see previous photo for crew's full names. Of note is that Vincent E. McGrath the TG, though deceased remains with the crew.    Detailed Information   (100th Photo Archives).
2_20_1.jpg (31172 bytes) Original 100th - James P. Scott - ROG with the Donald K. Oakes 351st Crew. This scan from an original photograph taken in 1942.   Detailed Information    (100th Photo Archives) 
turner2.jpg (39485 bytes) Sam R. Turner crew   Detailed Information    (100th Photo Archives)
7_30_4.jpg (18809 bytes) S/Sgt. Arthur Karnis, Member of Ed Wolf's crew taken by the  "Boeing Belle"    Detailed Information   (100th Photo Archives) 
7_31_1.jpg (16689 bytes) T/ Sgt. Paul Sattle, Member of Ed Wolf's crew taken by the  "Boeing Belle"    Detailed Information    (100th Photo Archives)
wallish1.jpg (44435 bytes) The Donald J. Wallish crew    Detailed Information    (100th Photo Archives)