Curtis Dane Lovelace

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-18636.jpeg UPL 18636 Officers and crew of B-17G 42-97380

member number 'John4297380'

Object Number - UPL 18636 - Officers and crew of B-17G 42-97380

KIA Shot down by flak and crashed at Achen Kirchen in B-17 #42102599



Crew baled out on 8 July 1944 over the coast on return and A/C had flown on and came down at Chelsworth, in Suffolk. B-17G #42-97380. Mission to bomb V1 launch site at Fresnoy-Humieres to the east of Étaples.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-102599

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron

42-97380

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron

42-97880

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Miss Mischief
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 600th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

16 July 1944

Born

Dunsmir, California, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 16 July 1944

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
member John4297380: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/9342

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Member John4297380

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7564; Fortresses Over Nuthampstead, pg 35 / MACR 8917 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 18636 - Officers and crew of B-17G 42-97380

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