Omer Fontaine

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Attacked by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 29 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31531 exploded and crashed NE of the target after most of the crew baled out. Killed in Action (KIA).



AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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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

42-31531

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

29 March 1944

Born

Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 29 March 1944

Revisions

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Changes
Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 3487, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3487 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database