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Source:
www.afcent.af.mil
Production-block:
B-17F-25-VE: 42-5805 to 42-5854
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 379th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 524th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: WA-O
MACR: 2868 / KSU/ME/KU: 949
History of
B-17 42-5828 / Sweater Girl
Delivered Long Beach 28/2/43; Sioux City 18/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned: 524BS/379BG [WA-O] Kimbolton 22/4/43; MIA Bunde 22/2/44 Pilot: John Morse{fell 20ft from roof of building, taken to hospital with back injury}, Co-Pilot: Bob Phillips, Navigator: Len Lovelace, Bombardier: Bob Daniels, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Sechrist{wia}, Radio Operator: Willard Clothier{wia}, Ball Turret Gunner: Homer Neill, Waist Gunner: Andy Allen, Waist Gunner: Chas Cox{wia}, Tail Gunner: Ed Pate (10POW); flak, crashed Auf der Kamp Farm, Oberbruch, Germany. MACR 2868. SWEATER GIRL.
Last updated: 10. August 2020
B-17 42-5828 / Sweater Girl Details
B-17 42-5828 / Sweater Girl Crew
| Position | Rank | Name | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1LT | John E. Morse | POW | - |
| CP | F/O | Robert J. Philips | POW | - |
| NAV | 2LT | Leonard P. Lovelace | POW | - |
| BOMB | 2LT | Robert Y. Daniels | POW | - |
| ENG/TT | S/SGT | Charles S. Sechrist | POW | - |
| RO | T/SGT | Willard H. Clothier | POW | - |
| BT | S/SGT | Homer L. Neill | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Andrew L. Allen | POW | - |
| WG | S/SGT | Charles E. Cox | POW | - |
| TG | SGT | Edward T. Pate | POW | - |
03. April 2020 access_time 23:24
Oberbruch is my hometown and i did a very detailed research about this B 17
03. April 2020 access_time 23:30
Hallo Herr Frenken,
Was haben Sie bei Ihrer Recherche herausgefunden?
Sie können es mir gern auch per Email schicken: info@b17flyingfortress.de
Viele Grüße
Jing
25. February 2024 access_time 13:43
Do you have any information on the first crew? My father-in-law flew 25 missions on this plane, and I have found pictures of him with his crew, but he had finished his missions and was not on the crew that crashed. I would like to find out what missions it flew in 1943.
02. May 2024 access_time 13:18
Hello, whats the Name of your father in Law ? Today i have 4 pictures of Crews who fly on B 17 – 42-5828. Are you interested in my report ? Please send me an E-Mail Adress.
“The Sweater Girl’s” precise type designation was Lockheed / Vega B-17F / 25VE Flying Fortress. Delivered to Long Beach Army Airfield, California, on February 28th, 1943, this aircraft was handed over on March 19th, 1943, to the Training and Modification Center at Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa. It was then deployed to Kearny Army Air Base, Nebraska, where it was prepared for its overseas missions. On April 15th, 1943, it was transferred for the last time within the United States, namely to Dow Army Airfield in Bangor, Maine, from where it was flown to Kimbolton in England
14. August 2022 access_time 12:16
I believe my Uncle, Charles Herbert Gibson, piloted this plane betnween 1944-45 and I would love any information or photos anyone has of him. Thank you so much.
03. November 2022 access_time 17:12
‘The Sweater Girl’ was my grandmother’s sister, Brenda. She would teach all the ‘Yanks’ as my grandmother calls them, to dance at the local dance hall.
17. December 2023 access_time 5:38
I believe my dad also was the pilot of ‘Sweater Girl’ at one time during WW2. His name was William Osborne.
17. February 2024 access_time 4:30
My art teacher was a gunner on this aircraft. His name was Alex Rule. His story is featured in the book Heros Among Us by Hal Terrell.
27. May 2024 access_time 17:54
Very proud of my Grandpa Alex Rule!
17. May 2024 access_time 2:45
The navigator and subsequent POW when The Sweater Girl” crashed was Leonard R. Lovelace, not Leonard P. Lovelace. (He was my father-in-law.)