42-106998 Paper Doll

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 29/1/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 28/2/44; transferred 751BS/457BG [V] Glatton 2/3/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Graeme Bow, Navigator: George McGee, Bombardier: Dick Hibschman, Ball turret gunner: Bob Robinson, Waist gunner: Chester Spurrier (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Don Allen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chester Hall, Radio Operator: John Bruggeman,Tail gunner: Joe Navarro (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Annarode, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10322. PAPER DOLL.

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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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-761549
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Black and white portrait of man, wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat.  There is a WWII-era badge of silver wings pinned in the center of the hat.  The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
Deloyt crew portrait
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-808214
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 2 November 1944

Revisions

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Sources

457th BG Web Page

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10322 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database