42-31926 Lovell's Hovel

42-31926 lovells hovel 42-31926 lovells hovel UPL 60002 B-17 42-31926 'Lovells Hovel'

Object Number - UPL 60002 - B-17 42-31926 'Lovells Hovel'

Delivered Denver 6/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Homestead 27/1/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-G] Grafton Underwood 19/2/44; Missing in Action Watten V-site at Wizernes 19/3/44 with Jim Lovell, Co-pilot: Walt Brookings, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Calvin Fowlkes, Radio Operator: Minot Deftos, Ball turret gunner: Jim Johnson, Waist gunner: Doyle Blankenship (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Joe Lewis, Bombardier: Martin Bachicha, Waist gunner: Jesse Oldham, Tail gunner: Lou Kardos (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Wavrens, three miles N of St Pol, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3242. LOVELL'S HOVEL.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-667228
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane.  Six men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front.  A bundle of cold-weather flying gear is laying in front of kneeling men
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33213036
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751251
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

6 January 1944

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

19 March 1944 Crashed Wavrens 3 miles north of St Pol, France

Revisions

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Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3242 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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