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Posted by Alan Morton I notice you spell your last name Saulsberry and your Grandfather's last name is spelled Saulsburry. If you go to the Home Page and click on the button entitled "Roster" you'll find out "There are over 4636 names listed in this folder, each representing one airman who flew with the 457th Bomb Group." Additionally, the 457th Bomb Group (H) was activated as part of the 8th Air Force in early 1944 and flew it's last combat mission in May, 1945 (roughly a year and a half). Out of the 4,636 airmen, only a small portion of that number actually joined this 457th Bomb Group Association started away later after WWII was over and just a memory until 1971 when Homer Briggs ran into an old Air Force 457th BG buddy at a gas station ... 25 years after the fact. The byproduct was Homer started up a REUNION of old 457th BG buddies. Could be that your Grandfather Jay Saulsburry, when he was discharged, was preoccupied with work, college or marriage. The point is there are no records that show your Grandfather ever joined the Association. So actually Jason the ball is really in your court ... you actually know more than we do about Jay Saulsburry. So acknowledging the above fact ... we can help you a lot, but you've got to tell us about the crew he flew with in combat by name and position they flew aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress. When he was stationed at Glatton Air Field in England. Was he an Officer or an Enlisted man? If we have the above information we can run down the combat missions he flew from the Loading Lists. Waiting to hear from you Jason! Cheers, Alan Morton
on 5/4/2007, 7:18 pm, in reply to "750th Cheryl Ann"
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Hi Jason ...
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