43-38831 Screaming Eagle

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 749BS/457BG [W] Glatton 11/10/44; help operation ? 13/5/44 with ?; force landed Horsching, Austria, with Bill Litogot 12/5/45; Salvaged n/battle damaged 24/5/45. SCREAMING EAGLE.

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People

Headshot for Flight Officer William Herron, USAAF

William Howard Herron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: AO939940 / T-134564
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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

Revisions

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457th Bomb Group Association web site

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log