43-38501 Sweet Chariot
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Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/44; Kearney 21/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 546th Bomb
Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, Squadron Code BK-C, Grafton Underwood on 23 September 1944; Missing in Action on a mission to Pilsen, Czecho. on 25 April 1945 with Andrew Gordon Lovett, Stanley Frank Kloss, Milton J. Haney (3 evaded capture); Donald John Unger, Conrad W. Brown, Louis V. Froelinger, Robert j. Blasé, Walter Arthur Carney (5 Prisoner of War); shot down by flak, crashed near Pilsen, CZ.
Missing Air Crew Report 14317. SWEET CHARIOT.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19115783 / O-761936
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-572001
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: S-2 Intelligence Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11095537 / O-833765
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-818901
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2077531
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Missions
- Date: 10 April 1945
- Date: 9 April 1945
- Date: 7 April 1945
- Date: 5 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 25 April 1945 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 14317 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database