Seymour C Pliss

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Portrait of light-skinned, dark-haired man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt and tie . There is a WWII-era 8th Air Force patch on the sleeve. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling UPL 60728 UPL 60728 Sgt. Seymour C. Pliss, 750th BS, 457th BG.

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Object Number - UPL 60728 - Sgt. Seymour C. Pliss, 750th BS, 457th BG.

Damaged by fighters after bombs away on a mission to Lippstadt a/f, GR on 21 Feb 1944, B-17G #42-31588 returned to UK with No 3 engine out and the controls, oxygen, and radio systems damaged. Killed in Action (KIA).

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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

42-31588

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

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

21 February 1944

Buried

New York State

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1993 457th BGA Roster; Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Portrait of light-skinned, dark-haired man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt and tie . There is a WWII-era 8th Air Force patch on the sleeve. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling

Object number: UPL 60728 - Sgt. Seymour C. Pliss, 750th BS, 457th BG.