546th Bomb Squadron

Squadron

media-380079.jpg FRE 1282 A B-17 Flying Fortress (BK-H, serial number 42-37781) nicknamed "Silver Dollar" of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group goes down after losing its tail. Image via Havelaar. Printed caption on reverse: 'Silver Dollar, a Flying Fortress operating from Grafton Underwood, has its complete tail severed during one of the first 8th Air Force raids on Berlin.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Berlin missile, BK-H, Fort goes down.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 1282 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (BK-H, serial number 42-37781) nicknamed "Silver Dollar" of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group goes down after losing...

Commanding Officers

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

George W Harris

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-399610
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Commander

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Unit stations

Station	Location	Date
Based	Grafton Underwood

People

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Seven men standing to the rear and three men sitting in front. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.

Albert W Connors

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Andrew Carr Conway

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-734430
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Anthony Frank Cucinotta

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12034633
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: MOS 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF

Alfred Alme David

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11091685
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Allen J Deen

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39042101
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: mos 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF

Aircraft

42-29636

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Vanishing Virgin | X-Virgin
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 364th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron

42-29688

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Kayo
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-29712

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Miss Carrie | Philly-Brooklyn
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron 326th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-29723

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Wolf Pack
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Smilin' Thru" of the 305th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'AS 305BG. - TA Harkin. via C Norman.'

42-29784

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Smilin-Thru
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 366th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date27 Apr 2019 15:00:20

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Date6 Jan 2017 02:01:08

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:50

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)