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, 10:08:16
Serial No Name Sqdn Type Tail Fate Date Location
42-97466     G   Transferred to - 03/29/1944 305th BG
42-97467   748 G   Transferred to - 03/11/1944 91st BG
42-97468 Tujunga III 750 G N Salvaged - 08/10/1944 Brest. Crash landed in France
42-97469     G   Transferred to - 03/18/1944 379th BG
42-97470 Oh Kay! 748 G R Failed to Return - Fighter 09/28/1944 Magdeburg
42-97471     G N Transferred to - 03/11/1944 381st BG
42-97473     G   Transferred to - 12/23/1943 390th BG
42-97477     G   Transferred to - 01/26/1944 384th BG
42-97478   748 G   Salvaged - Transferred to - 03/11/1944 Schweinfurt - 401st BG
42-97481 Liberty Run 751 G Q Failed to Return - Fighter 05/19/1944 Berlin
42-97488     G   Transferred to - 02/19/1944 384st BG
42-97535 Bouncing Betty II 750 G R Returned to 05/28/1945 USA
42-97537   749 G U Failed to Return - Fighter 04/09/1944 Gdynia
42-97546     G   Transferred to - 03/13/1944 303rd BG
42-97552     G   Transferred to - 03/11/1944 303rd BG
42-97558 Tis Me Sugar 748 G V Failed to Return - Flak 08/24/1944 Weimar
42-97562 Evenin' Folks How Y'all   G   Transferred to - 02/27/1944 91st BG
42-97563     G   Transferred to - 03/16/1944 91st BG
42-97571   750 G H Failed to Return - 08/24/1944 Weimar
42-97572     G   Transferred to - 06/23/1944 447th BG
42-97579 Local Mission 749 G   Failed to Return - Flak 06/14/1944 Le Bourget
42-97585     G   Transferred to - 02/03/1944 2nd BG
42-97587 Disciplinary Action 751 G J/T Returned to - 05/08/1945 USA
42-97588     G   Transferred to - 03/12/1944 306th BG
42-97590 Virgin Mary   G   Transferred to - 03/13/1944 303rd BG
42-97591   748 G W Salvaged - 02/16/1945 Collided with 42-38064.
42-97592     G   Transferred to - 05/23/1945 395th BG
42-97601   751 G   Failed to Return - Fighter 07/19/1944 Augsburg
42-97622     G   Transferred to - 02/23/1944 303rd BG
42-97633     G   Returned to - 01/07/1946 306th BG
42-97638 Follow Me 749 G Z Failed to Return - Flak 10/07/1944 Politz
42-97649 Paper Warrior 748 G M Transferred to - 05/23/1945 305th BG
42-97662   748 G X Salvaged - 01/23/1945  
42-97663     G   Transferred to - 03/12/1944 306th BG
42-97827 My Mary Myrtle 751 G B Returned to - 06/08/1945 USA
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, 10:08:16
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