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B-17 Flying Fortress
B17G 43-38501, code BK-C, "Sweet Chariot" 546th BS was the last 384th Bomb Group aircraft to be lost in combat, shot down on the mission to the Pilsen/Skoda factory and Pilsen airfield. Hit by flak, pilot LT Andrew Gordon Lovett performed an energency landing at Pisaruv Vesec village, district Tachov on April 25, 1945, and survived the mission with all the crew.
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Page one of two pages of MACR 14317 listing 1LT John C. Henes, O-572001 as the Interrogating Officer.
Page two of two pages of MACR 14317 listing 1LT John C. Henes, O-572001 as the Interrogating Officer.
Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/44; Kearney 21/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 546th Bomb
Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, Squadron Code BK-C, Grafton Underwood on 23 September 1944; Missing in Action on a mission to Pilsen, Czecho. on 25 April 1945 with Andrew Gordon Lovett, Stanley Frank Kloss, Milton J. Haney (3 evaded capture); Donald John Unger, Conrad W. Brown, Louis V. Froelinger, Robert j. Blasé, Walter Arthur Carney (5 Prisoner of War); shot down by flak, crashed near Pilsen, CZ.
Missing Air Crew Report 14317. SWEET CHARIOT.
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #73 dated 4 April 1945, Andrew Gordon Lovett Crew, 3 combat missions.
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Military | Sergeant | Togglier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #73 dated 4 April 1945, Andrew Gordon Lovett Crew, 3 combat missions.
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Albersfeld on 25 Apr 45 in B-17 'Sweet Chariot' 43-38501
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #254 dated 23 December 1943, George K. Spangler Crew, 34 combat missions.
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Military | Sergeant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Albersfeld on 25 April 1945 in B-17 'Sweet Chariot' 43-38501. MACR 14317
The last B-17 lost by the 384th bombardment Group.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Evaded (EVD). Shot down on the last 8th AF bombing mission and crashed near Albersfeld on 25 Apr 45 in B-17 'Sweet Chariot' #43-38501. Missing Air crew Report #14317
Military | Major | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Earl McDaniel crew. 35 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | S-2 Intelligence Officer
1LT John C. Henes, O-572001, S-2 is listed as the Interrogating officer on page 4 of MACR #14317, B-17G 43-38501.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG 546th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #201 dated 11 October 1944, without crew. 27 combat missions.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #73 dated 4 April 1945, as crew pilot, three combat missions.
Evaded (EVD) crashed near Albersfeld on 25 April 45 in B-17 'Sweet Chariot' 43-38501.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #73 dated 4 April 1945, Andrew Gordon Lovett Crew, 3 combat missions.
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Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 25 April 1945 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 October 2018 11:10:04 | DylanHearn | Changes to mission associations |
| Sources | ||
384thBombGroup.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 February 2015 03:25:12 | bombercommand | Changes to media associations |
| Sources | ||
384thbombgroup.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 February 2015 03:10:48 | bombercommand | Changes to nicknames, markings, description, place associations, mission associations and media associations |
| Sources | ||
384thbombgroup.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:29 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 14317 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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