42-38055

Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Grenier 2/1/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [K] Glatton 23/1/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Roger Birkman, Co-pilot: Alex Kucherenko, Bombardier: Jim Cochran, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Koch, Waist gunner: John Toney (5 evaded capture); Navigator: Mike Stanko, Radio Operator: Andy Kafka, Ball turret gunner: John Buechel, Waist gunner: Jim Jones,Tail gunner: Errol Bailey (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed mile NE of Overslag, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 5298.

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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

Errol Bailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Roger Winfred Birkman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38058532 at enlistment, then O-804591
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John Buechel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

James Madison Cochran

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-752653/O-752633
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

James Carey Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 27 May 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5298 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database