43-37782 Lady Katherine/Lady Margaret

media-36168.jpeg UPL 36168 B-17G-70-BO #43-37782 "Lady Margaret/Lady Katherine"
457 BG - 750 BS
Shot Down 22 November 1944

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Object Number - UPL 36168 - B-17G-70-BO #43-37782 "Lady Margaret/Lady Katherine" 457 BG - 750 BS Shot Down 22 November 1944

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [S] Glatton 16/8/44 LADY KATHERINE; Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Bill Murdock, Co-pilot: Albt Porta, Navigator: Bob Huels, Bombardier: Paul Richardson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Hunter, Ball turret gunner: Chas Martiny (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Ray Zirbel, Waist gunner: Ben Berg,Tail gunner: Edmund Caruso (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 and set fire to radio room, crashed Emseloh, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10319 (10156?). LADY MARGARET.

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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

Ben W Berg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17179967
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Edmund G Caruso

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12100120
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Robert J Huels

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-723087
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

William F Hunter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38476280
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Charles C Martiny

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36304711
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret 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

Delivered

Cheyenne, Wyoming 20 May 1944

Assigned

Glatton Airfield, UK 16 August 1944 457BG 750BS

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Emseloh, Germany 2 November 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

"The Boeing B-17 Story" = Roger Freeman

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10156 / MACR 10319 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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