William Howard Herron Sr

Military
Headshot for Flight Officer William Herron, USAAF UPL 60614 UPL 60614

Personal collection, my paternal grandfather.

Object Number - UPL 60614

Born 03 Aug 1920, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.  Married to Marguerite Elizabeth Kenney.  Two children, Judith Anne Herron and William Howard Herron Jr.  Served as a B-17 navigator with the USAAF, 457th Bomb Group (Heavy) at Glatton, England.  Died 26 Sep 1985, Yukon, Oklahoma, United States.

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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

William D Bowles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier; Navigator

Paul L Cardwell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

Martin Jacobs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. There are silver wings and medal ribbons on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. There is an aviation insignia pin and on the jacket lapel, and a single bar on the shoulder lapel. Subject is looking right in lens and is smiling

Albert Martin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major

Harold Stege

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group

Aircraft

43-38831

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Screaming Eagle
The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

43-39087

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Better, Quicker & Cheaper

43-39200

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rattlesnake Daddy
The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

44-8832

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Battle Baby

Missions

896

  • Date: 19 March 1945
  • Official Description:

892

  • Date: 17 March 1945

889

  • Date: 15 March 1945

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

3 August 1920

Died

26 September 1985

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Crew list, B17-G 43-39087 1945

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WD AGO Form 53-97, Herron, William Howard

DD 214, Herron, William Howard

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Hnames.html

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