42-97571
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 1898 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97571) of the 457th Bomb Group lands at Glatton. Handwritten caption on reverse: '571 lost on the mission to...
Delivered Cheyenne 23/12/43; Salt Lake City 29/12/43; Kearney 18/1/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [H] Glatton 24/2/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with Winfred Pugh, tog-Cliff Page, Waist gunner: Joe Wheatley,Tail gunner: Howard Martin (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Art Richards, Navigator: Julius Drummond, Radio Operator: Jim Woodgate, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Szumierz, Ball turret gunner: John Poshefko (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, exploded and crashed Hartmannsdorf, E of Weimar,Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8201.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-122885
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31265004
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36102445
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 24 August 1944 |