Bobby Black graduated from Alderson HS in 1941. In 1942 he found himself in the Army Air Force training to become a Radio Operator/Gunner. In 1943 he was assigned to Lt. Clarke Johnson's crew on a B-17 in the 349th Bomb Squadron in the 100th Bomb Group of the US 8th Army Air Force. Their first mission from Thorpe Abbotts airfield was to Berlin. After a savage attack from Luftwaffe fighters, their bomber went down before reaching the target. Sgt. Black and 2 other crew members made it out and parachuted to safety. Bobby spent the next 360 days as a kriegie in Dulag Luft, Stalag Luft IV, Stalag...
Bobby Black graduated from Alderson HS in 1941. In 1942 he found himself in the Army Air Force training to become a Radio Operator/Gunner. In 1943 he ...
