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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685

  • Date: 22 October 1944

683

  • Date: 19 October 1944
The flak damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 398th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '54600 AC- England- 1st lt Lawrence M De Lancey, Corvallis, Oregon, landed this B-17 safely after its nose was literally shot away by flak over Cologne, Germany. Please Credit: Official US Air Force Photo.' Printed caption on image: 'This B-17 landed safely after losing its nose to flak. US AAF Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-38172 of 398th BG.'

678

  • Date: 15 October 1944

677

  • Date: 14 October 1944

652

  • Date: 28 September 1944

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Born

Westerly, Rhode Island 6 December 1917

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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