546th Bomb Squadron
Squadron![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.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/freeman/media-380079.jpg)
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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.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395078.jpg?itok=FwK1XwfN)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-399610
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Commander
Connections
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Squadron Historical Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
![Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/20111223081230-b60d3b39-me.jpg?itok=OMl99CU3)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-37955.jpeg?itok=GOekLx1l)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-928255
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
![Nose section of an airplane that has a plexiglass bubble on the front. On the side is a painting of a coin with the words "Silver Dollar" painted around the coin.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-7455.jpeg?itok=px2MIRju)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Silver Dollar
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-7457.jpeg?itok=BLRf7nW1)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sissy
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-30165.jpeg?itok=KOmWXBpP)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-7463.jpeg?itok=gK3sIyXC)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little America II
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Look Homeward Angel
- Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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)