42-97571

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97571) of the 457th Bomb Group lands at Glatton. Handwritten caption on reverse: '571 lost on the mission to Weimar, Germany 24 Aug 1944. Pilot Lt Winfred Pugh. Landing at Glatton, Rose Court Farm in background.' media-380704.jpg FRE 1898 A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97571) of the 457th Bomb Group lands at Glatton. Handwritten caption on reverse: '571 lost on the mission to Weimar, Germany 24 Aug 1944. Pilot Lt Winfred Pugh. Landing at Glatton, Rose Court Farm in background.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1898 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97571) of the 457th Bomb Group lands at Glatton. Handwritten caption on reverse: '571 lost on the mission to...

Delivered Cheyenne 23/12/43; Salt Lake City 29/12/43; Kearney 18/1/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [H] Glatton 24/2/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with Winfred Pugh, tog-Cliff Page, Waist gunner: Joe Wheatley,Tail gunner: Howard Martin (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Art Richards, Navigator: Julius Drummond, Radio Operator: Jim Woodgate, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Szumierz, Ball turret gunner: John Poshefko (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, exploded and crashed Hartmannsdorf, E of Weimar,Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8201.

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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

Julius H Drummond

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-749762
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Howard H Martin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Clifford E Page

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John T Poshefko

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33112429
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. There are aviation insignia pins on the jacket lapels. Subject is looking right in lens and is not smiling

Winfred L Pugh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-806134
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: 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 24 August 1944

Revisions

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Sources

MACR

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8201 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97571) of the 457th Bomb Group lands at Glatton. Handwritten caption on reverse: '571 lost on the mission to Weimar, Germany 24 Aug 1944. Pilot Lt Winfred Pugh. Landing at Glatton, Rose Court Farm in background.'

Object number: FRE 1898 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97571) of...