Headquarters (457th Bomb Group)

Headquarters

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Glatton

People

Larry D McDonald

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group Headquarters (457th Bomb Group)
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Group Photographic Interpreter
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. There is 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 double bar on the shoulder lapel. The subject is wearing wire rimmed spectacles. Subject is not looking directly at lens and is not smiling

Charles P Nelson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group Headquarters (457th Bomb Group)
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Group Intelligence Officer

Robert D Newcomb

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group Headquarters (457th Bomb Group)
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Group Navigation Officer

George P Overby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group Headquarters (457th Bomb Group)
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Carlos A Salinas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group Headquarters (457th Bomb Group)
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Group Dental Officer

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)