John Wranesh

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Wetzleben on 9/28/44 in B-17 #4337834

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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

43-37834

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 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

Born

Hailsboro, New York, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 28 September 1944

Revisions

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Sources

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster MACR 9769 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9769 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database