William J Diehl

Military
Black and white portrait of man wearing dark shirt and tie, with silver Air Force insignia on shirt collar. There is a wooden placard placed across the man's chest with numbers written across the front. The man has several days worth of stumble on his face, his eyes are cast down, and he wears a sorrowful expression UPL 60535 UPL 60535 William J Diehl, 748th BS, 457th BG

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Object Number - UPL 60535 - William J Diehl, 748th BS, 457th BG

B-17 #446831 crashed at Rauxel 16 February 1945. Prisoner of War (POW)

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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

Aircraft

44-6831

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

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

Born

Morrison, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 15 February 1945

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12437 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Black and white portrait of man wearing dark shirt and tie, with silver Air Force insignia on shirt collar. There is a wooden placard placed across the man's chest with numbers written across the front. The man has several days worth of stumble on his face, his eyes are cast down, and he wears a sorrowful expression

Object number: UPL 60535 - William J Diehl, 748th BS, 457th BG