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Highlights Ing for Its Base at RAF Glatton Near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Est. July 1971 u Bentonville, AR February 2013 u Vol. 43 Issue 78 Force (RAF) Portreath in Cornwall and was head- u Highlights ing for its base at RAF Glatton near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. It was from the 749th Squadron The Forgotten Fortress - of the 457th Bombardment Group. A Christmas Catastrophe On board the 812 was Aircraft Engineer & Top As told by Michael Rainsberry Turret Tech, Sgt. George H. Bruer (married) of St. Augustine, FL; Radio Operator Tech, Sgt. On December 23, 1944, the villagers of Great Robert H. Riedel of Cleveland, OH; Ball Turret Rollright, Oxfordshire experienced the most Gunner, Sgt. George B. Hawley of Pine Lawn, MO; devastating event of their entire war. At 6:15 in Waist Gunner, Staff Sgt. Edmund T. Fitzgerald of the evening, just before Christmas Eve, the peace Taunton, MA; Tail Gunner, Sgt. Clifford A. Heinrich of this tiny community was shattered by the sound of Chicago, IL; Pilot, 2nd Lt. Walter B. Graves of of an American bomber crashing just outside their Seymour, TN; Navigator, Flying Officer Joseph L. village. Earlier that day the aircraft, a B-17 G Flying Kilmer (married with daughter) of Mexico, NY; Fortress #43-38812, had taken off from Royal Air Bombardier & Chin Turret Gunner, Flying Officer David E. Williams of South Orange, NJ. A few days earlier, on December 19, the bomber had been diverted to RAF Portreath, due to bad weather at their home base, after a chaff-drop- ping mission to Gemund, Germany. The Germans were well aware that the forecast of heavy snowfall and freezing conditions in the Ardennes region would render allied air suprem- acy impotent. On December 16, they launched their major offensive, which came to be known as u The fatal crash path of the 812 which was the Battle of the Bulge. finally proved by the debris trail, broken perspex, live .50 cal ammunition and hundreds of pieces The Gemund raid of December 19 was the first of metal and aluminum found by our metal time the allies had been able to get any planes detectors. By 6.15 pm on December 23, 1944, in the air for four crucial days, during which time we know that the 812 was no longer heading for Glatton, thanks to the key revelation of the the Americans in particular were taking a beating This Issue: late Will Fluman, that their home base had in the Ardennes Forests. The December 19th raid been declared closed, yet again. The course of was important even though the Eighth Air Force u Book Review ...........................................2 the 812 was no longer on a bearing for Glatton, but rather an alternative airfield north of here. only managed to commit 350 bombers. After u Gooch Crew ............................................2 The height of Great Rollright is 738 ft above sea December 19 the Germans could no longer rely u State-side Reunion 2013 ........................3 level and I believe that the 812 was preparing to on surprise and zero air cover from the bomb- u land. It descended through thick hill fog in the The Forgotten Fortress (cont.).................4 dark before impact. Glatton Control would have ers, ground attack Thunderbolts and Mustangs. u Return to Glatton 2012 ...........................5 advised the 812 to land at a specific airbase that Gemund was an important railway centre and the u was clear of fog. The 812, with it’s rookie crew, In Memory ..............................................6 was the last of the 457th planes still airborne. u Events Calendar ......................................8 Mystery shrouds the airfield destination. continued on page 4 1 Visit the website today to be a crewmember on a B-17 Flying Fortress, u Highlights www.457thbombgroupassoc.org flying missions through flak, miles above the earth. The book is available in many museums, Carl Gooch Crew to be including The Smithsonian and The National Memorialized u Book Review Air Force Museum in Ohio. “Fear No Evil” is also available at Amazon, Barns & Noble and by going On September 15, 2012 citizens of the village of Fear No Evil to charlesdhamlin.com. Lisse, The Netherlands, unveiled a monument dedi- by Charles D. Hamlin, Hi Publishing cated to the Lt. Carl A. Gooch Crew. On September 150 pages, ISBN: 0615513654, 9780615513652 26, 1944, while returning from a mission to bomb the Osnabruck railroad marshalling yards near Mun- Charles D. Hamlin recently wrote “Fear No Evil”, ster, Germany, the crew encountered deadly flak a documentation of his combat experiences and was shot down over Lisse. The Association was with the US Army Eighth Air Corps during WWII. represented at the dedication by Bill Siler, James Hamlin was a Ball Turret Gunner, flying for the Hanley and Bill Henson. 385th between 1943 and 1944. A complete article of personal accounts “Fear No Evil; True Stories of the Mighty Eighth” will be represented in the next Fireball gives a first-hand account of what it was like newsletter. - Stay tuned! 457th Bomb Group Association: Membership Dues & Subscription Form u Dues Annual Dues: $25 per person (2 years) Name Nickname Spouse Life Dues: - Age Cost Address City State Zip (+4) under 60 $110 61 - 65 $90 Phone email 60 - 70 $75 Are you a (check one): 71 + $60 ¨ Fireballer ¨ Relative of Fireballer ¨ Other: u Mail form, check payable to: Lori Barnett, Treasurer If you are a relative: 457th Bomb Group Association 304 Old West Point Road, Starkville, MS 39759 Name of Veteran Relationship to you check applicable: ¨ New membership Birth Date of Veteran Squadron # Rank ¨ Renewal ¨ Address Change Dates Assigned Duties u Travel Fund Plane Name Plane # Pilot’s Name English Travel Fund Our sincerest appreciation to those who Plane Name Plane # Pilot’s Name have contributed to the English Travel Fund in the past. Your current contribution POW? / Evadee? Captured Date: Escape/Release Date: will help the Association cover a portion of our Retired Military? Rank: English Historians’ expenses as they join us in Dayton, Ohio. Contributions should be marked Comments: “English Travel Fund” and mailed to Lori Barnett, Treasurer. 2 u 2013 Dayton, Ohio 457th Bomb Group Associaton State-side Reunion State-side Reunion June 19 - 24, 2013 Dayton, Ohio Click here for a panoramic view of the Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Hope Hotel & Conference Center For Room Reservations: Wright Patterson Air Force Base Hope Hotel & Conference Center Agenda: 937-879-2695 Wednesday: June 19th Make reservations directly with the hotel via phone. The guaran- Early Registration at Hotel teed rate of 87.00/night (includes breakfast and parking) will not be Thursday: June 20th honored if reservations are made via the website. Registration Board Meeting Reservations must be Reception made no later than May 19th, 2013. Friday: June 21st Visit to National Museum of U.S. Air Force Events Reservations: (Lunch on your own at museum café) All-inclusive registration fee Saturday: June 22nd Visit to Champaign County Airport $150.00 per person Aviation Museum Complete the insert registration (Lunch included) form. Include each member in your party. Sunday: June 23rd Please make checks Memorial Service payable to: General Meeting 457th BGA Reunion 2013 Board Meeting Mail to: Closing Banquet Lori Barnett Monday: June 24th 304 Old West Point Road Breakfast and Farewells Starkville, MS 39759 3 u 2013 Dayton, Ohio 457th Bomb Group Associaton Events Registration State-side Reunion June 19 - 24, 2013 Dayton, Ohio All-inclusive events registration fee $150.00 per person Complete this form. Include each member in your party. Total Enclosed: Please make checks payable to: 457th BGA Reunion 2013 Check Number: Mail to: Lori Barnett 304 Old West Point Road, Starkville, MS 39759 Copy Registration Form as needed. Registration Form: First Name Last Name Squadron check applicable: ¨ Veteran ¨ Relative/Friend of: Address City State Zip + 4 Phone # email address First Name Last Name Squadron check applicable: ¨ Veteran ¨ Relative/Friend of: Address City State Zip + 4 Phone # email address (continued from page 1) The Forgotten Fortress means by which the German offensive main- tained supplies and reinforcements. At Lands End You asked about the narrative for the December 19 After the raid, all Eighth Air Force planes had 457th Bomb Group - Dec. 19-26, 1944 mission to Gemond. The only one that I’m aware of to navigate back to airbases all over southwest is that published in James Bass ‘Fait Accompli’. You England because their home bases in East Anglia by Willmore Fluman have likely already seen this. The 16 planes you and Cambridgeshire were frozen in and closed. mention being at Portreath matches the numbers Veteran Will Fluman of the 457th, also on his You asked if I could share some information in ‘Fait Accompli’. 36 planes were committed to first mission, described how B-17’s descended about the time we spent at Lands End waiting the mission, 14 failed to take off and, on return, 6 on RAF Portreath in Cornwall where planes were for the weather to clear. Before I comment on my were able to land at Glatton. This would validate parked and crammed into every available space. recollections of that time, let me review some 16 planes at Portreath. The only other related info I The Operations Record Book for RAF Portreath of the circumstances relating to flying a typical have is from my personal notes. We were later told mentions hundreds of B-17s coming in to land. combat mission. Each crew member was briefed that the Eighth Air Force was only able to get 350 US airmen took every seat in the mess, drank and equipped to carry out his assignment for that B-17’s in the air that day and we had no fighter gallons of tea, ate tons of food, and cleaned out specific day.
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