Thorpe Abbotts Flyover 1997 - Home to the 100th Bombardment Group

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

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  • @daviddavies2072
    @daviddavies2072 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for this video, the airfield is nearly all gone , but the memory is kept alive god bless America 👍🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸

  • @paulbrennan3996
    @paulbrennan3996 10 месяцев назад +2

    Pleased they have a long lasting memorial to the Bloody 100th bomb group even the 100ths mascot got killed wasn't it a Donkey 🐴 if memory serves me right it's a long time ago when I read about the Bloody 100th unluckyest Bomb group in the 8th airforce R.I.P to all that was lost in the 100th bomb 💣 group 🤝🫶👏🤲

    • @century_bombers
      @century_bombers  10 месяцев назад +2

      The 100th didn't have the largest loss rate in the 8th Air Force ( I think that was the 91st BG ), but the 100th did have several single missions, with particularly heavy loss rates.

    • @paulbrennan3996
      @paulbrennan3996 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@century_bombers I didn't realise that I know the 8th airforce bomber group had terrible heavy losses across all of there groups especially before long range fighter escorts thank you 🤝🙏