42-97178 Sweet Mama
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Object Number - UPL 27371 - Sweet Mama
Delivered Cheyenne 7/2/44; Gr Island 17/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 15/3/44; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-N] Grafton Underwood 16/3/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 19/7/44 with Gerald Heim, Co-pilot: Franklin Mueller, Navigator: Fred Pratt, Bombardier: Larry Warren, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Morris, Ball turret gunner: Buford Butcher,Tail gunner: Martin Seibert (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Bob Harbrecht, Waist gunner: Henry Bailey (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set #1 on fire, aircraft exploded, crashed bank of Isar River near Wolfratshausen, SW of Munich, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7279. SWEET MAMA.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33574325
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-758675
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Manchester Airport, New Hampshire
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cheyenne Airport : Jerry Olson Field
Missions
- Date: 19 July 1944
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 July 1944
- Date: 17 July 1944
- Date: 13 July 1944
- Date: 12 July 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 19 July 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7279 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
