Glen E Seeber

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From the personal files of the Seeber family

Object Number - UPL 18753 - Glen Eldon Seeber

Shot down near Joigny, France on 10 September 1944 in B-17 'You Never Know' 42-32086 Killed in Action.

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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

People

Maurice A Diehl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36746299
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret gunner

Thomas V Farrell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32856644
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, and tie. There are silver wings and ribbons on the upper left-side of the jacket. A silver bar is on the shoulder lapel. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. Man is looking off into the distance and smiling

Andrew R Friesen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-769273
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Loren G Hampton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-750981
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Orville K Hocker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-761739
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Aircraft

42-102948

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

42-107034

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rampant Pansy
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

42-31706

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Slow But Sure
French civillians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-32086) nicknamed "You Never Know" of the 457th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10/9/44 France.'

42-32086

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: You Never Know
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
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

42-38113

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rene III
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron 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).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

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Died

10 September 1944

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https://457thbombgroupassoc.org/american-cemeteries-n-to-z/

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MACR 8904: https://www.fold3.com/image/28737186

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USAAF Loading lists

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Glen Seeber's Personal Papers

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Glen Seeber's personal papers

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MACR

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Personal Papers of Glen Seeber

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From service record

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1993 457th BGA Roster, Combat Chronology, p. 157 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Glen E Seeber: Gallery (5 items)

French civillians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-32086) nicknamed "You Never Know" of the 457th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10/9/44 France.'

Object number: FRE 1887 - French civillians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying...

Object number: UPL 18753 - Glen Eldon Seeber

Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and cap. Cap is tilted on his head. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling

Object number: UPL 60734 - Sgt. Glen E. Seeber, 749th BS, 457th BG