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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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102659

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard Seventeen, Hard Luck
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-31863

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss B Haven
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Mary Alice" of the 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '401. Unknown. C2. '

42-31983

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mary Alice
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

42-32012

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shark Tooth
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-97478

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shade Ruff #2
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Missions

847

  • Date: 25 February 1945

843

  • Date: 23 February 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Westerly, Rhode Island 6 December 1917

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0277

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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