44-8368

media-48880.jpeg UPL 48880 B-17 44-8368, 749BS, 457BG

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Object Number - UPL 48880 - B-17 44-8368, 749BS, 457BG

Delivered Dallas 22/8/44; Langley 20/9/44; Dow Fd 2/10/44; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 14/10/44; transferred 749BS/457BG [G] Glatton 19/11/44; Missing in Action Oranienburg 10/4/45 with Capt Melvin Fox, Co-pilot: Lt Col Rod Francis, Navigator: Beverley Robertson, Bombardier: Capt Chas Musgrove, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Adrian Belanger, Ball turret gunner: Alvin Prokup,Tail gunner: Capt Monroe Hotaling, mickey/op-Lt Gerald Zelikofsky, radar/nav-Lt Paul Bertinstein (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Lloyd Blood (Killed in Action); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Bernau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 13882.

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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

Adrien Alexander Belanger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31072000
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
Man wearing a uniform of jacket, shirt, tie, and hat with insignia. Only upper torso and head are visible. Man is posed at a slight angle and looking off into the distance. There is a WWII-era Air Force insignia on hat.

Lloyd John Blood

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32856964
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Melvin M Fox

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-822900
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Roderick Leland Francis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-438016
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Squadron Commander; Co-Pilot

Paul Lawrence Hertenstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15303632 / O-514856
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator Radar

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Dallas AAF, TX 22 August 1944 Delivered Dallas AAF 22-Aug-44.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Bernau, Germany 10 April 1945 - 10 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 44-8368 10-Apr-45; shot down by enemy jet, crashed Bernau, Germany MACR 13882

Assigned

Glatton, UK Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF.

Manufactured

Lockheed, Burbank, CA Built at Lockheed Vega.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/29433748
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/44-8368/

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13882 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 48880 - B-17 44-8368, 749BS, 457BG