43-39200 Rattlesnake Daddy

media-35296.jpeg UPL 35296 457th BG Rattlesnake Daddy on The Continent.

Jesse E. Castanias piloted this plane.

Object Number - UPL 35296 - 457th BG Rattlesnake Daddy on The Continent.

Delivered Hunter 3/1/45; Grenier 15/1/45; Assigned 749BS/457BG [O/A] Glatton 18/2/45; landed on continent three times; Returned to the USA Bradley 22/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 24/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45. RATTLESNAKE DADDY.

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People

Jesse Eustace Castanias

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Headshot for Flight Officer William Herron, USAAF

William Howard Herron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: AO939940 / T-134564
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a shirt, tie and cap. Cap is tilted on his head. There is a "wings and prop" pinned in the center of the hat. Man is looking off into the distance and not smiling

Kenneth R Wall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-132528
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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

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43-39200: Gallery (2 items)

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

Object number: FRE 1902 - The status board of the 457th Bomb Group at...

Object number: UPL 35296 - 457th BG Rattlesnake Daddy on The Continent.