Maurice E Walbridge

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 6 February 1945

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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

William Clarkson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group

Oscar R Kempf

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group

Roy E Kerr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-862185
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Squadron Engineering Officer
Black and white, sepia-toned, headshot of man wearing a coat and heavy scarf. He is looking intently into the lens and not smiling

William J Murdock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-764075
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Ero Edward Salo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 750th Bomb Squadron 457th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 16082609 / O-755760
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-37782

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Katherine/Lady Margaret
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron

44-8720

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th 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

Event Location Date Description

Born

Michigan, USA 5 January 1918

Enlisted

19 April 1943

Other

457th BG Combat Tour

Glatton Airfield, UK 27 August 1944 - 6 February 1945

Died

Glatton Airfield, UK 6 February 1945 KIS when his aircraft 44-8720 crashed on a test flight

Buried

Troy, Michigan White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery Troy, Oakland County, Michigan, USA

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http://www.457thbombgroup.org/

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187096791/maurice-e-walbridge

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