42-102464 What's Next?

Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Kearney 5/4/44; with David Steele force landed base 16/4/44; Dow Fd 6/5/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG Glatton [G] 7/5/44; Missing in Action Le Bouget A/fd 14/6/44 with Chas Blackwell, Co-pilot: Theo Baskette, Radio Operator: Ed Nabozny, Waist gunner: Francis McCall (4 evaded capture); Navigator: Irving Meyers, Bombardier: Verne Boon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Howard, Waist gunner: Tom Leahy, Tail gunner: Sylvester Kuraszkiewicz (5 Prisoner of War); flak hits KOd two engine, crashed Fluery-la-Faret, 25 miles W of Beauvais, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5805. WHAT’S NEXT?



Crash site photo - http://www.457thbombgroup.org/Fate/RLP070.HTML

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19092168 / O-755624
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17071717 / O-747374
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot ; Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19104394 / O-755071
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 750th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13186571 / O-819957
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17045077
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

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).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 14 June 1944

Revisions

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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.

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Removed a space in the nickname before the "?".

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5805 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database