COMMENTS & NOTES
MEMO 1:
CREW
LT GLENN W. DYE
ORIGINAL 100TH PILOT
CREW #25 351st SQUADRON A/C #42-30089 "SUNNY"
1ST LT GLENN W. DYE P CPT 16 SEP 43 BORDEAUX
2ND LT JOHN H. LUCKADOO CP CPT 13 FEB 44 LIVOSSART (NO-BALL)
2ND LT TIMOTHY J. CAVANAUGH NAV CPT 16 SEP 43 BORDEAUX
2ND LT FRANCIS C. CHANEY BOM CPT 16 SEP 43 BORDEAUX
T/SGT VICTOR R. COMBS TTE CPT 16 SEP 43 BORDEAUX
S/SGT ELDER D. DICKERSON WG KIA 8 OCT 43 BREMEN (WITH CREW #22)
T/SGT GEORGE E. FLANAGAN ROG CPT 16 SEP 43 BORDEAUX
S/SGT RICHARD B. COOKE BTG CPT 16 SEP 43 BORDEAUX
S/SGT DONALD O. ELLIS WG CPT 16 SEP 43 BORDEAUX
S/SGT LEROY E. BAKER TG CPT 16 SEP 43 BORDEAUX
THIS WAS THE FIRST CREW OF THE 100TH TO FINISH A TOUR OF 25 MISSIONS.
TIMOTHY CAVANAUGH AND FRANCIS CHANEY WERE BOTH KILLED IN A B-29 TRAINING ACCIDENT SHORTLY AFTER RETURNING TO THE STATES. ELDER DICKERSON, APPARENTLY A MISSION OR TWO BEHIND HIS CREW WAS KIA ON HIS 25TH MISSION WITH CREW #22, CAPT. MURPHY AND THE PICCADILLY LILY.
JOHN LUCKADOO flew 21 missions with this crew then WENT ON TO BECOME THE OPERATIONS OFFICER OF TWO OF THE 100TH'S SQUADRONS; 351st and 350th.
Plane was named Sunny which was the nickname Lt Dye gave his son Glenn Dye Jr.
On the way overseas with the original cadre, Glenn Dye was sick and was given drugs. The crew had to stay in Gandor for 2 weeks while Lt Dye was getting better. It turns out, that after two weeks he was still weak from the drugs and John Luckadoo flew the crew to England.
Missions for Glenn Dye Crew
Date A/C # A/C Name Target
Jun 25, 1943 230051 Nevada Wildcat Bremen (Olli Turner flew as Command Pilot, Lucky did not fly mission)
Jun 26, 1943 23307 Skipper LeMans
Jun 28, 1943 23307 Skipper St Nazaire (Flak City)
Jun 29, 1943 23307 Skipper LeMans (Lead Crew mission
July 04, 1943 La Pallice
Jul 10, 1943 230089 Sunny LeBourget
Jul 14, 1943 230089 Sunny LeBourget
Jul 17, 1943 230089 Sunny Hamburg
Jul 24, 1943 25865 Janie Trondheim (Lead Crew, w/Olli Turner)
Jul 25, 1943 230089 Sunny Warnemunde
Jul 26, 1943 230089 Sunny Hanover (Lucky flew as Formation Officer
Jul 28, 1943 25865 Janie Oschersleben
Jul 29, 1943 25865 Janie Warnemunde
Jul 30, 1943 25865 Janie Kassel
Aug 12, 1943 230089 Sunny Wesseling
Aug 15, 1943 230089 Sunny Merville AF & Lille AF (Lead Crew)
Aug 19, 1943 230089 Sunny Woensdrecht
Aug 24, 1943 230089 Sunny Conches
Aug 27, 1943 230089 Sunny Watten
Aug 31, 1943 230089 Sunny Meulan Les Merueaux
Sept 03,1943 (Sunny Shot Down with Lt Richard King Crew)
Sept.06,1943 230796 Sunny II* Stuttgart, Conches, Evreux Airfield (ST)
Sept 07,1943 230796 Sunny II* Watten-V-Weapons
Sept 09,1943 230796 Sunny II* Arth, AF
Sept 15,1943 230796 Sunny II Paris, AC Factory (Renault)
Sept.16,1943 230796 Sunny II Bordeaux & LaPallice
*Plane flew on these missions but cannot confirm 100% it is the plane Glenn Dye Crew Flew on those missions.
MEMO 2:
PHOTOS:
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"SUNNY II" Crew; This is the Glen Dye Crew, the first 100th crew to complete a combat tour of 25 missions. This photo includes more than the regular crew. Some standing are ground crew. Kneeling are the 351st Squadron Commander, Ollen Turner, center, with Glen Dye to his left and John Luckadoo on the extreme right. Luckadoo was later to become the Operations Officer of the 351st and then the 350th. This is the only case of the same 100th airman serving as Ops Officer for two Squadron. Standing from left: George E. Flanagan - ROG, Elder D. Dickerson - WG (KIA 8 Oct 43 at Bremen), Richard B. Cooke - BTG, John Parmentier - Crew Chief, Victor R. Combs - TTE, Leroy E. Baker - TG & Donald O. Ellis - WG. Kneeling from left: Francis C. Chaney - BOM, timothy J. Cavanaugh - NAV, Ollen Turner - 351st Squadron Commander, Glen Dye - P & John H. Luckadoo - CP Detailed Information (100th Photo Archives) |
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The first group of 100th Bomb Group personnel to receive the Air Medal (from the collection of John Luckadoo). |
SERVED IN:
- DYE, Glenn W. - P
- LUCKADOO, John H. - CP/P
- CAVANAUGH, Timothy J. - NAV
- CHANEY, Francis C. - BOM
- COMBS, Victor R. - TTE
- FLANAGAN, George E. - ROG
- COOKE, Richard B. - BTG
- DICKERSON, Elder D. - WG
- ELLIS, Donald O. - WG
- BAKER, Leroy E. - TG