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

Anthony J Nunes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19064132
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt and tie. There are silver wings and medal ribbons on the upper left-side of the jacket, and an aviation insignia pin and on the jacket lapel. Subject is looking right in lens and is not smiling

Anthony A O'Brien

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

Bernard M Plaut

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 749th Bomb Squadron 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0-712905
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Lead Navigator

Albert Francis Porta

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-3081
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. There are aviation insignia pins on the jacket lapels, and a single bar on the shoulder lapel. Subject is looking right in lens and is not smiling

Americo Procopio

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

Aircraft

42-31568

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

42-31572

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: My Beloved Also, My Beloved Too
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

42-31587

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron

42-31588

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

42-31591

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Homesick Angel
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th 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)

Object number: UPL 47813 - Official Acceptance of Glatton Field by 457th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 47814 - Official Acceptance of Glatton Field by 457th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 47815 - Official Acceptance of Glatton Field by 457th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 47816 - Official Acceptance of Glatton Field by 457th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 50398 - DUDEK CREW, 457TH BG Richard J. Dudek, Russell M...

Object number: UPL 50403 - ANDERSON CREW, 457TH BG, 751ST BS. Kenneth L...

Man wearing a vintage Air Force uniform without cap. Only upper torso and head are visible. Man is looking directly at camera and slightly smiling. Ribbons, wings and insignia are pinned to uniform

Object number: UPL 50404 - Charles E. Barrier, Pilot, 749th BS, 457th BG

Object number: UPL 50405 - BARRY CREW, 749TH BS, 457TH BG Edward C. Wheaton...

Object number: UPL 50406 - BEJOT CREW, 457TH BG Clayton E. Bejot, Norman A...

Object number: UPL 50408 - Belcher Crew (Lead Crew 25 May 1944) 457th BG

Object number: UPL 50409 - Belcher Crew (Lead Crew 13 April 1944) 457th BG