Leo J Chermack

Military
Portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. There is a WWII-era Air Force round enlisted man’s badge pinned in the center of the hat. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling UPL 60511 UPL 60511 Leo J. Chermack, 749th BS, 457th BG

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Object Number - UPL 60511 - Leo J. Chermack, 749th BS, 457th BG

Crashed near Haarlem on 9/26/44 in B-17 'Jayhawk' #42-32079, Prisoner of War (POW).

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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

Aircraft

42-32079

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jayhawk
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

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

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Born

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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https://457thbombgroupassoc.org/officers-and-enlisted-men-portraits/

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https://www.fold3.com/image/1/28703466

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ContributorAAM
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1993 457th BGA Roster MACR 9419 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. There is a WWII-era Air Force round enlisted man’s badge pinned in the center of the hat. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling

Object number: UPL 60511 - Leo J. Chermack, 749th BS, 457th BG