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

[@daviddavies2072]

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

[@paulbrennan3996]

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]

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]

@@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 🤝🙏