44-6831

Delivered Hunter 23/11/44; Grenier 6/12/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG Glatton 5/1/45; Missing in Action Nordstern 16/3/45 with Roland Brazier, Alvin Hazlett, Bill Diehl, Stan Murray (4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Bill Freeman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Klimoff, Ball turret gunner: Bill Conner, Waist gunner: Dan Hockberg,Tail gunner: Stan Swanson, roCM-Dick Trapp (6 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Rauxel, Ger?; Missing Air Crew Report 12437.(?5)

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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

Roland H Brazier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William J Conner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Black and white portrait of man wearing dark shirt and tie, with silver Air Force insignia on shirt collar. There is a wooden placard placed across the man's chest with numbers written across the front. The man has several days worth of stumble on his face, his eyes are cast down, and he wears a sorrowful expression

William J Diehl

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

William Forbes Freeman

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

Alvin G Hazlett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th 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 15 February 1945

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12437 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database