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Delivered Cheyenne 17/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [H] Glatton 2/7/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Chas Schultz, Co-pilot: Alf Wilson, Bombardier: George McDermott, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Dickinson, Radio Operator: John Palladina, Ball turret gunner: C. J. Peppers, Waist gunner: Gus Hermann, Tail gunner: Calvin Carter (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Dick Houghten (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Hornburg, S of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9770.

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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

Calvin M Carter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37533892
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Richard L Dickinson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36460395
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Augustus W Herrmann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32729865
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Richard A Houghten

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-718186
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

George E MacDermott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-765702
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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 28 September 1944

Revisions

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Corrected a typo in the A/C "Description" - "Houghten" was misspelled.

 

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the A/C "Description".

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9770 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database