Glatton
Airfield
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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-662054
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37705760
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: American Eagle
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss cue
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
