Robert E Mattox

Military
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing WWII-era Air-Force flying gear of leather bomber jacket, white scarf, helmet and goggles. Goggles are on top of man’s head. Subject is looking right in lens and is smiling. UPL 61224 UPL 61224 Robert E. Mattox, 748th BS, 457th BG

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Object Number - UPL 61224 - Robert E. Mattox, 748th BS, 457th BG

Shot down near Joigny, France on 10 September 1944 in B-17 'You Never Know' 42-32086 Wounded in Action, treated in French hospital.

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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

Glen E Seeber

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17166374
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

French civillians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-32086) nicknamed "You Never Know" of the 457th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10/9/44 France.'

42-32086

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: You Never Know
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 749th 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

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://457thbombgroupassoc.org/officers-and-enlisted-men-portraits/

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ContributorLucy May
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MACR 8904: https://www.fold3.com/image/28737186

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Contributormseeber99
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Glen Seeber personal papers

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ContributorAAM
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1993 457th BGA Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Black and white posed headshot of man wearing WWII-era Air-Force flying gear of leather bomber jacket, white scarf, helmet and goggles. Goggles are on top of man’s head. Subject is looking right in lens and is smiling.

Object number: UPL 61224 - Robert E. Mattox, 748th BS, 457th BG