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 Four 100th B-17s over the Alps
Top "Cowboy"
Roane in LADEN MAIDEN, 2nd from top (smaller image) Henry Henington in
HORNY
Center Bob Wolff in WOLF PACK, lower "Bucky" Egan and "Crankshaft"
Cruikshank in MUGWUMP
100th BG Photo Archives
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CREW HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETELY IDENTIFIED..jb (BELOW IS
ALL THAT IS KNOWN CONCERNING THIS CREW AS OF 1993....pw) Below list the
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| 1st LT. HENRY M. HENINGTON |
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31-Dec-43 |
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| 2nd LT. HOMER A. TRIPP |
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CPT |
31-Dec-43 |
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| LT. J. WARD DALTON |
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KIA |
24-Sep-43 |
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EAC on Practice
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| 1st LT. HOWARD J. KELLY |
BOMB |
CPT |
20-Jan-44 |
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| T/SGT RUSSELL G.
GILBERT |
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KIA |
6-Mar-44 |
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| T/SGT JOSEPH W. RODRICX |
ROG |
NOC |
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| SGT. ANTHONY E. RUDA |
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6-Mar-44 |
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| S/SGT GEORGE P. GINEILIS |
RWG |
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5-Nov-43 |
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| S/SGT NATHAN F. HOLTON |
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22-Dec-43 |
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S/SGT CHARLES R. HANTUSCH |
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| WALLACE J. MEYER |
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SQDN.. (following from Jim Brown) "THIS CREW JOINED THE
100TH IN EARLY JULY 1943 AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THREE REPLACEMENT CREWS
(ROANE, JUSTICE, AND HENINGTON) TO JOIN THE GROUP. I HAVE FOUND NO
RECORD OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS CREW, BUT DALTON WAS KIA FLYING WITH
J.C. GOSSAGE. SEE S.O.C. p. 18/19 and 38. ALSO "BOWMAN'S DIARY (p. 27)
NOTES THIS CREW DITCHED ON 3 SEP 1943 (PARIS, BEAUMONT le ROGER, AF (S.T.))
BUT WERE RESCUED AND RETURNED TO THORPE ABBOTTS. THE AIRCRAFT THEY
USUALLY FLEW WAS #42-30611, "HORNY". I HAVE DETERMINED THAT LT A.
FAHLSTEDT WAS FLYING AS BOMBARDIER WHEN THE DITCHING OCCURRED AND SUFFERED
A SEVERE BACK INJURY.." jbA
point of interest; Henington had been missing from the 100th for over 55
years when he called Cowboy Roane in October 2000.The stunned Cowboy was
amazed, believing Henington long since dead. Their long conversation took
them both back over half a century. Henington had not heard of the 100th
Association until then. He has since joined and is anxiously awaited by
his old comrades at the 100th's 2001 reunion in Omaha, Nebraska..pw |
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