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A 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress ('Z', serial number 42-97131) flies near the photographer's aircraft; another B-17 is in the background. media-414385.jpg FRE 8368 A 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress ('Z', serial number 42-97131) flies near the photographer's aircraft; another B-17 is in the background. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 8368 - A 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress ('Z', serial number 42-97131) flies near the photographer's aircraft; another B-17 is in the background.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/44; Kearney 15/2/44; Presque Is 25/2/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG [Z] Glatton 8/3/44; Missing in Action Genshagen 6/8/44 with Vince Frost, Navigator: Bob Danaher, Bombardier: Earl Peronto, Ball turret gunner: Dan Rice, Waist gunner: Hubert Rempp (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Folson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sol Bernstein, Radio Operator: Chester Bartoszewicz, Waist gunner: Dan Taylor (4KIA- one man seen to fall without chute, snagged on wing); flak KO’d #2, crashed Michelsdorf, E of Brandenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7889. HOME JAMES.

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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

Chester F Bartoszewicz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Solomon H Bernstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Robert W Danaher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Deloyt crew portrait

Benjamin Hoyt DeLoach

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-808214
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John B Folson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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 6 August 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added nickname per desription.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7889 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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A 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress ('Z', serial number 42-97131) flies near the photographer's aircraft; another B-17 is in the background.

Object number: FRE 8368 - A 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress ('Z'...