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media-33482.jpeg UPL 33482 Lieutenant John Tadje, Navigator, 457th Bomb Group John W Tadje

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Object Number - UPL 33482 - Lieutenant John Tadje, Navigator, 457th Bomb Group

Delivered Cheyenne 14/8/44; Lincoln 24/8/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [M] Glatton 13/9/44; 751BS; Missing in Action Munster 30/9/44 with Bill Millea, Co-pilot: Lyman Plyer, Navigator: John Tadje, radar/nav-Terry Rice, Bombardier: Lee Mohn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Levy, Radio Operator: Alvert Young, Ball turret gunner: Ed Roos, Waist gunner: Curtis Harmon,Tail gunner: John Paisley (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Lunen, near Westfalen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9527/10320.

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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

Curtis E Harmon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36815593
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Albert Samuel Levy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and is not smiling

William Alfred Millea

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31056685 / O-751020
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Lee C Mohn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-886580
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Lee C Mohn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 30 September 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9527 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 33482 - Lieutenant John Tadje, Navigator, 457th Bomb Group