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Delivered Cheyenne 16/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [J] Glatton 16/5/44; Missing in Action Politz 7/10/44 with Clarence Jennings, Co-pilot: Dick Garland, Navigator: Martin Schwartz, Bombardier: Hardy Bell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walter Marr, Radio Operator: Chas Spornik, Ball turret gunner: Bill Barth, Waist gunner: John Wood, Tail gunner: Stewart Jakku (9 INT); obs-Capt Floyd Cox Int off (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Jonkopping, Sweden. Missing Air Crew Report 9774.

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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

William H Barth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Hardy L Bell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. There are silver wings on the upper right-side jacket lapel, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. A single silver bar is on the shoulder. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling

Loyd Alfred Cox

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-559067
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot/Intelligence officer

Richard R Garland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Stuart W Jakku

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-756983
  • 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

Missions

669

  • Date: 7 October 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 7 October 1944

Revisions

Date23 Apr 2023 19:13:03
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

 

Date26 Oct 2018 10:35:22
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to mission associations
Sources

457th Bomb Group Association Newsletter.

Date22 Jul 2016 18:35:04
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to description
Sources

Corrected surname of flight engineer from Karr to Marr following correspondence with researcher Joseph Fink.

Date15 Dec 2014 17:57:39
Contributorlgornek
ChangesChanges to description
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http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/1956/edit

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:12
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9774 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database