A Collection of Information on B17s of the 457th BG
457th Bomb Group		457th Bomb Group
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Serial Number Order           (457th Home) (1) =2= (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)           Last Update 11/13/2000, 10:08:15
Serial No	Name	Sqdn	Type	Tail	Fate	Date	Location
42-31635			G		Transferred to -	03/11/1944	92nd BG
42-31636			G		Transferred to -	03/12/1944	91st BG
42-31656		749	G	R	Failed to Return - Flak	06/21/1944	Berlin
42-31706	Slow But Sure	749	G	M	Transferred to -	03/24/1945	1st SAD
42-31923	Prop Wash	750	G	D	Failed to Return -	11/02/1944	Merseberg
42-32051	Lady Luck	749	G	W	Transferred to -	11/02/1944	56th FG
42-32079	Jayhawk / Delayed Lady II	749	G	B	Failed to Return - Flak	09/26/1944	Osnabruck
42-32084	Li'l Satan	750	G	Q	Salvaged -	06/24/1944	Tail used for"Arf & Arf"
42-32086	You Never Know	749	G	N	Failed to Return -	09/10/1944	Gaggenau - Cr in France
42-32095			G		Transferred to -	03/16/1944	91st BG
42-32098	G I Virgin II	750	G	Y	Failed to Return -	10/02/1944	Kassel - Cr in Belgium
42-32099	Fightin' Carbarn Hammerslaw		G		Transferred to -	03/12/1944	306th BG
42-32101	El Lobo II	748	G	F	Failed to Return - Salvaged -	03/14/1945	Lohne - Cr in France
42-32116			G		Transferred to -	03/16/1944	91st BG
42-37840			G		Transferred to -	03/12/1944	306th BG
42-38021	Mission Maid	748	G	K	Transferred to - -Returned to -	03/24/1945	ASR
42-38053			G		Transferred to -	01/21/1944	100th BG
42-38055		748	G	K	Failed to Return - Fighter	05/27/1944	Ludwigshaven
42-38056	Queen Bea	751	G	M	Landing Accident -	06/02/1944	Collision with 42-31620
42-38057			G		Transferred to -	03/18/1944	379th BG
42-38058			G		Transferred to -	03/18/1944	379th BG
42-38060		750	G	K	Failed to Return - Flak	02/24/1944	Schweinfurt
42-38063	G I Virgin	749	G	S	Ditched at Sea -	07/12/1944	Ditched in Channel
42-38064	Arf & Arf	749	G	Q/G	Mid-Air Collision -	11/08/1944	Merseberg, Collided / 44-8418
42-38073	Luck of Judith Ann	750	G	F	Salvaged -	08/16/1944	1st SAD
42-38102			G		Transferred to -	03/11/1944	381st BG
42-38103			G		Transferred to -	03/11/1944	381st BG
42-38104			G		Transferred to -	03/11/1944	92nd BG
42-38110			G	H	Transferred to -	03/11/1944	92nd BG
42-38113	Rene III	749	G	A	Failed to Return - Flak	03/21/1945	Hopsten
42-39885		750	G	Q	Transferred to -	05/29/1945	351st BG
42-97059			G		Transferred to -	03/15/1944	391st BG
42-97060	Calamity Jane II	749	G	Z	Ditched at Sea -	08/05/1944	Nienberg - Ditched
42-97061			G		Transferred to -	03/16/1944	91st BG
42-97062		748	G	J	Failed to Return - Flak	06/14/1944	Le Bourget/Melun
Serial No	Name	Sqdn	Type	Tail	Fate	Date	Location
Serial Number Order           (457th Home) (1) =2= (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)           Last Update 11/13/2000, 10:08:15

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