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Aircraft

Miss Sweetness

Aircraft Serial #: 44-8717

Miss Sweetness and Col Sutterlin

(left to right) M/Sgt Dick Wildrick (crew chief), Col. Frederick J. Sutterlin, Cpl. Jake Sambrailo (armorer), Sgt. Pappy Shelton (A.M.)

Names: Miss Sweetness

Squadron: 418th | Squadron Marking: LD | Tail Marking: T

Pilot: 1LT PAUL DEWEERDT

MACR: 13142

Notes

Aircraft name: "Miss Sweetness" --- Aircraft name: Pathfinder was not an actual name - used for data retrieval purposes only.

Crew Information

1 KIA, 9 POW

History

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DateEvent
December 3, 1944Cheyenne
December 6, 1944Accepted into Inventory
December 23, 1944Hunter
January 10, 1945Grenier
January 21, 1945Assigned to UK
March 18, 1945FTR - Jet Fighter - Kremmen, Germany
March 18, 1945FTR - Jet Fighters - Kremmen, Germany

Media Articles

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Media ItemTypePageVolume/IssueBroadcast SourceTimeDescriptionFile
Sutterlin, Wildrick, Sambraile, Shelton mechanicsPrintThe Capital Journal 12:00 am

Comments

Capt Roger L. Swain was the Command Pilot on the 18-Mar-45 mission and was POW