43-37766 Dolores

Delivered Cheyenne 19/5/44; Hunter 2/6/44; Grenier 14/6/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG [H] Glatton 17/6/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Earl Morrow, Co-pilot: Bill Stemach, Navigator: George Schaffer, Bombardier: Sam Lisica, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cliff Upton, Waist gunner: Harry Panell (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Chas Lindquist, Ball turret gunner: Bob Koerner,Tail gunner: Joe Salerno (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Volkstedt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10318. DOLORES.

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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

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
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Silver wings are pinned above left-side jacket lapel, and an Air Force patch on arm. There is a WWII-era Air Force round enlisted man’s badge pinned in the center of the hat. Only the upper torso and head are visible

Robert K Koerner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35915113
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Charles E Lindquist

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37656278
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Samuel J Lisica

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Earl M Morrow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: 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 2 November 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorretireddeloach
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Sources

457BG records

Date
Contributorretireddeloach
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457th records

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10318 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database