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Source:
photos.384thbombgroup.com
Production-block:
B-17G-15-VE: 42-97436 to 42-97535
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 384th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 547th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: SO-B
MACR: 7261
Missions: 39
History of
B-17 42-97449 / Sweetheart
Delivered Denver 18/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-B] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; MIA Augsburg 19/7/44 Pilot: Jim Bodker, George Brandon, Albt Steindam, Carlyle Telford, Cyrus Gullekson, Max Hostetler, Henry Chandler, Joda Evans, Warren Robinson (9POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Mils Inntal, Germany. ; MACR 7261. CHALLENGER aka SWEETHEART.
Last updated: 19. October 2018
09. June 2022 access_time 4:48
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Hello, just wondering if there is any information about the crew of SWEETHEART that were taken POW? Where were they taken? Did they survive being prisoners? Thank You Cy White USMC 1675132
11. February 2024 access_time 10:56
Yes, their fate is known: https://www.bullock.at/story-mils.html. Location was Mils bei Imst, Tyrol, Austria.