Stanley Frank Kloss

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 BG 546th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #201 dated 11 October 1944, without crew. 27 combat missions.

Evaded (EVD) crashed near Albersfeld on 25 April 45 in B-17 'Sweet Chariot' 43-38501. 1-Jan-45 B-17 42-102500 A/C left formation over friendly territory and crash-landed near Okegem, Belgium, with battle damage. Seven crew members had bailed out, but pilot and co-pilot landed the aircraft in a field. RTD

Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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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

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

Milton J Haney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36642712
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-102500

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

42-38013

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

43-38501

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

43-38994

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

44-6476

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 544th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Thomaston, CT 1 January 1923 Son of Anthony and Mary Kloss.

Enlisted

Hartford, CT 21 September 1942 Hartford, Connecticut

Based

Grafton Underwood 11 October 1944 Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

25 October 1991

Other

Evaded

Germany 25 April 1945 An Escape and Evasion Report has not been located in the National Archives on-line Data Base.

Revisions

Date19 Jun 2022 13:58:03
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography and awards
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/606378071
https://www.fold3.com/image/213999131
https://www.fold3.com/record/4807678-stanley-f-kloss
https://www.fold3.com/record/83425031-stanley-f-kloss

Date23 Aug 2020 17:24:58
Contributorbombercommand
ChangesChanges to media associations
Sources

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=2129

Date22 Aug 2020 17:49:45
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations and aircraft associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/606378071
https://www.fold3.com/image/213999131
https://www.fold3.com/record/4807678-stanley-f-kloss
https://www.fold3.com/record/83425031-stanley-f-kloss

Date27 Feb 2015 17:50:28
Contributorbombercommand
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, events, person associations, place associations, mission associations and media associations
Sources

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:25:19
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

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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