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Aircraft of the 100th Bomb Group at Algerian airfield after a mission to Regensburg on 17 August 1943. (John E. Schwarz collection)
Maj. Gale W. ‘Buck’ Cleven, commander of the 350th
Bomb Squadron (Don Bradley collection)
Lt. Harry H. Crosby, crew navigator for Lt. John D.
Brady and later Lt. Everett E. Blakely, became later the
group’s lead navigator. (Russel W. Heckman collection)
Col. Neil B. ‘Chick’ Harding was commander of the
100th Bomb Group during its most difficult period, from
2 July 1943 to 6 March 1944. (Gale W. Cleven collection)
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Speciál B-17F / The Bloody Hundredth 1943
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