Robert J Blase

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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, Andrew Gordon Lovett Crew, 3 combat missions.

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Albersfeld on 25 Apr 1945 in B-17 'Sweet Chariot' 43-38501. MACR 14317

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The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Ronald Keith Hodges

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39473227
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Flexible Gunner

Andrew Gordon Lovett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-818901
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Alfred J Rose

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39054199
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Thurman G Sanders

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-784566
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Donald John Unger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2077531
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Enlisted

Indiana, USA 2 August 1944 RESIDENCE: Lucas County, Ohio PLACE of ENLISTMENT: Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Born

Ohio, USA

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 25 April 1945 POW Camp: Not identified in National Archives POW database.

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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

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