Description

The Hundredth Bomb Group (Heavy), was activated on June 1st, 1942, at the Orlando Army Air Base, Florida. Within weeks, several hundred men were drawn in from all walks of life. The Group arrived in England in late May of 1943. Heavy losses early in June through October 1943 earned them the sobriquet “The Bloody Hundredth”. No combat unit sustained such heavy losses as the Group’s original flight crews, only four of the original thirty-eight co-pilots completed their combat tour of twenty-five missions.