Andrew Gordon Lovett

Military
media-13377.jpeg UPL 13377 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.

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Object Number - UPL 13377 - 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...

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.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert J Blase

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15122521
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Conrad W Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36683324
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Togglier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner

Walter Arthur Carney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13187746
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Sherwood E Esplen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16189708
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flexible Gunner

Louis V Froeliger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16125307
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

43-38501

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweet Chariot
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

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Evaded

Germany 25 April 1945 Three engines knocked out by flak ten minutes away from allied territory; crashed near German-Czech border. 3 evaded, 5 POW. MACR 14317

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14317 / MACR 14317, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Andrew Gordon Lovett: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 13375 - Page one of two pages of MACR 14317 listing 1LT...

Object number: UPL 13376 - Page two of two pages of MACR 14317 listing 1LT...

Object number: UPL 13377 - B17G 43-38501, code BK-C, "Sweet Chariot" 546th BS...