James Rhea Luper

Military
media-47817.jpeg UPL 47817 Col. James R. Luper, 457th Bomb Group.

Photo from David Torreggiani.

Object Number - UPL 47817 - Col. James R. Luper, 457th Bomb Group.

Shot down 7 October 1944 in B-17 #44-8046. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Dark-colored B-17 bomber airplane parked on tarmac.  The numbers 1000 are painted in white behind the cockpit.  Under the cockpit are the words "From the Employees of the B-17 Project, Douglas, Long Beach". There is a large industrial looking building in the background
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rene III
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
  • 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).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

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Died

6 May 1905

Born

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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Entry on page 7 of Parker Finney's POW diary

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1993 457th BGA Roster; MACR 9767 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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