Marvin Kravet
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Transferred to 15th AF.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Claus Norman Gustafson
Military
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Claus Norman Gustafson. Photo taken on his return from overseas service, June 1945. He is 23 years old.
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Marvin Kravet crew, 547BS, 384BG, 8AF. Rear L-R: Marvin Kravet(P), Neil E. Walling (N), Floyd R. Pederson (B), Greely Gay, (CP). Front L-R: Kenneth D. Gray (RO), Claus N. Gustafson (FG), John S. Cox (BT), Kenneth W. Swift (TT), Urban W. Westrick (TT).
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S/Sgt Claus N. Gustafson :- Air medal award card. 384BG.
Entered Army/Air Force in September 1942, discharged in November 1945.
Arrived in England in November 1943 when attached to 384th BG at Grafton Underwood, as a Waist Gunner on a B-17. Made 17 missions when shot down over Oberpfoffenhofen, Germany on 24 April 1944 in B-17 42-38158.
Lost 8 of crew when plane exploded. Radio/Gunner and I parachuted, were captured and ended up Prisoner of War (POW)s at Stalag 17-B in Krems, Austria. Liberated at war's end on 8 May 1945, following 300 mile march to German border.
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ POW/ ETO w/ battle star/ GC/ PUC
Service
People
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William MacKichan
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down over Oberpfoffenhofen, Germany on 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-38158. Killed in Action (KIA). PH
Units served with
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384th Bomb Group
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by... -
547th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-3441 PATCHES II aka THE SPOTTED COW
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered to Denver 14/6/43; Kearney 19/7/43; Assigned to the 547th BS, squadron code SO-E, 384th BG, Station 106, Grafton Underwood, UK on 9/8/43; when war weary the ship was used as an assembly ship, painted white with sky blue polka dots; Returned... -
42-37788 HELL'S MESSENGER
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 28/8/43; Scott 16/9/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG Grafton Underwood 7/11/43; transferred 547BS [SO-N]; transferred to 364FG Leiston, Sfk, UK. 11/43; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance... -
42-37801
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 2/9/43; Gr Island 1/10/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-G] Grafton Underwood 25/11/43; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 16/3/44 with Edwin Ledbetter, Co-pilot: Tom Miles, Navigator: Elvin Noxon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gordon... -
42-38158 Jean
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 1/1/44; Gr Island 13/1/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-L] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 with Bill McKichan, Co-pilot: Bill Hautz, Navigator: Neil Walling, Bombardier: John Lynch, Flight engineer/top... -
42-97150 'SILVER QUEEN'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Presque Is 26/2/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-F] Grafton Underwood 12/3/44; 544BS [SU-F]; force landed continent 10/1/45; Salvaged. SILVER QUEEN.
Associated Place
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Grafton Underwood
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for... -
Stalag XVII-B
Other location
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Dulag Luft 12
Other location
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Plainfield, New Jersey | 22 February 1922 |
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Son of Claus A and Hulda Gustafson. |
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| Enlisted | New York City, NY | September 1942 |
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New York City, New York |
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| Based | Grafton Underwood | November 1943 – 24 April 1944 |
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Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out POW | Oberpfoffenhofen, Germany | 24 April 1944 |
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Shot down over Oberpfoffenhofen, Germany on 24-Apr-44 in B-17 42-38158. POW MACR 4352 |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Krems an der Donau, Austria | 24 April 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
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| Discharged USAAF | November 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | Fanwood, New Jersey | 7 February 2022 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 March 2022 10:28:44 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/675831498 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 March 2022 01:51:15 | bombercommand | Changes to events |
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https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/23960097/c-norman-gustafson?fb... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 August 2020 19:03:47 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/675831498 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 25 May 2020 00:03:47 | Sean Humpage | Changes to awards |
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384th Bomb Group Website |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:06:23 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, MACR 4352 |
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