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Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44; Assigned 351BG Polebrook 11/2/44; transferred 7504BS/457BG [-- V] Glatton 1/3/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Lew Lennartson & rest RTD{back to base by midnight}, including Sgt Omer Fontaine{Wounded in Action}; damaged by fighters, ditched in Channel, but picked up by RAF ASR. MISS YU II.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Lewis W Lennartson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Clarence Edwin Schuchmann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17065626 / O-747333
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database