UPL 12912

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B-17F-BO* ROSE OLIVE and her crew. * below block F- 95-BO ( This is not the B-17G 42-31607.) John Akers (Bottom Left) is her Pilot for this mission and her last

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Units

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John Akers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0811302
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot - Flying Fortress
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. There are silver wings and medal ribbons on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Subject is looking right in lens and is not smiling

Edward R Stevens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-764034
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot Bomber

Aircraft

42-31607

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

Locations

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

Revisions

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ContributorOliver Akers
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updated missions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Removed associations not depicted in the image. Associations made in the AIRCRAFT record.

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Contributorphil marchese
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FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945; MARCHESE,
Series/ block identification features.

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ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations
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Dad flew 1 mission in this plane.