42-31505 Miss cue

Miss Cue UPL 79601 UPL 79601 B-17 42-31505 'Miss Cue'

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Object Number - UPL 79601 - B-17 42-31505 'Miss Cue'

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Denver 9/12/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Grenier 19/1/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG [D] Glatton 26/1/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Frechette, crew OK, except togg-Ward Price (Killed in Action); flak, crash landed France; Missing Air Crew Report 11150 (?1). MISS CUE.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
Joseph Frechette
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11103963 / O-825614
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-780306
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-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).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 30 November 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added the A/C nickname listed in the "Summary biography".

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11151 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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