Charles W Utter

Military

31 missions, mission #7 (28 Sep 44) crash-landed in Belgium, all survived and returned to complete tour. Entire crew returned to USA in March '45



DFC w/Oak Leaf Cluster; Air Medal w/5Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Aircraft

43-38565

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Gee Eyewanna Go Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

43-38607

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Jane II
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

44-6464

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Prop Wash Hare's Breath
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

44-8033

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

44-8258

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Missions

766

  • Date: 28 December 1944

750

  • Date: 15 December 1944

741

  • Date: 6 December 1944

738

  • Date: 5 December 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Westerly, Rhode Island 6 December 1917

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0277

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000/ self, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=277