42-31629

media-47736.jpeg UPL 47736 B-17G-20-BO 42-31629 457th BG
Crew
Note the enlarged call letter on tail.

Aircraft images conform to AAM synopsis, i.e. 457th BG "U" group code and RCN 231629 match 42-31629.

Object Number - UPL 47736 - B-17G-20-BO 42-31629 457th BG Crew Note the enlarged call letter on tail.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Presque Is 19/1/44; Assigned 749BS/457BG [J] Glatton 26/1/44; Missing in Action Warnemunde 9/4/44 with Dave Parks, Co-pilot: Floyd Grove, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Kesselmeyer, Radio Operator: Ruben Halverson, Ball turret gunner: Tony Nunes, Waist gunner: Cosmo Fazzio,Tail gunner: George Grebe (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Ellerbusch, Bombardier: Ed Quinn, Waist gunner: Chas Kerr (3 Prisoner of War); shot down by Fw190, crashed Hohnert-Steinfeld, five miles NE of Schleswig, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3664.

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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 Charles Ellerbusch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-757425
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Cosmo Joseph Fazzio

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18216334
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

George Henry Grebe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16109975
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Floyd Orville Grove

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-692961
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Ruben H Halverson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

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

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 9 April 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:39
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3664 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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