Glatton

Airfield
The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).' media-380708.jpg FRE 1902 The status board of the 457th Bomb Group at Glatton, after the end of combat operations May 1945.

Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).' Roger Freeman Collection

Associated aircraft based on serial numbers depicted in image

Object Number - FRE 1902 - The status board of the 457th Bomb Group at Glatton, after the end of combat operations May 1945. Official caption printed on image:...

Glatton, which lay mostly in the parish of Conington, was built by the 809th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) of the U.S. Army in the last months of 1942. Unusually, the base's three runways surrounded Rose Court Farm, which remained a working farm despite its proximity to the take-offs and landings of four-engined B-17 Flying Fortresses. The 457th Bomb Group lost 83 aircraft in action. The Group has a memorial to the men who died serving from Glatton air base in the Conington church graveyard.

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People

Alexander W Bennett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31254702
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Armorer / Gunner

Ben W Berg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17179967
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Benny Joe Bigley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-781510
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Archie F Bower

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and cap. Cap is tilted on his head. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket, and Air-Force silver Captain bars at the center of hat. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling slightly

Arnold C Brunner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain

Aircraft

42-102905

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

42-102948

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

42-102949

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Connected aircraft records that have 'Glatton' in their biography fields.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Eighth Then And Now (London, 1978)

Glatton: Gallery (94 items)

Two 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses take off very close togther from Glatton airbase.

Object number: FRE 8359 - Two 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses take...

Object number: UPL 12912 - B-17F-BO* ROSE OLIVE and her crew. * below block F...

Object number: UPL 12913 - Dad was pilot on 2 missions on this plane.

Object number: UPL 12915 - 457TH 750TH Squadron

Object number: UPL 12916 - Dad flew 3 missions as pilot in this plane.

Object number: UPL 12917 - Dad was awarded the Silver Star for a mission...

Object number: UPL 12918 - Dad flew 3 missions as pilot of this plane.

Object number: UPL 12919 - Dad flew 5 combat missions as pilot in this plane.

Object number: UPL 12920 - Dad flew 2 combat missions as pilot of this plane.