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We'll Never Know//Patches
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Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 22 Mar 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 25 Mar 43. Dallas 2 Apr 43. Dow Field 12 Apr 43. Love Field 19 May 43. Geiger Field 16 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 29 Jun 43. Dow Field 11 Jul 43. 8th AF 14 Jul 43. MIA Schweinfurt 14 Oct 43. Attacked by fighters, two engines out, crashed near Karlsruhe. All POW.
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The Dull Tool/The Douche Bag
H
Original aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 6 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 9 May 43. Gore Field 18 May 43. Geiger Field 25 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 30 Jun 43. Dow Field 10 Jul 43. 8th AF 14 Jul 43. MIA Kiel 4 Jan 44. Flak knocked out 2 engines. Crashed near Svendborg, Den. Shanholtz, Oster, Gristak, Gott KIA, rest POW.
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Cincinnati Queen/Blues in the Night
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Accepted by USAAF 14 Jul 43. Denver Mod Center 17 Jul 43. Scott Field 10 Aug 43. 8th AF 24 Aug 43. Richard Bennett WIA, Heuringhem, FR 21 Jan 44. John Oliver and Bobby Orr WIA at Augsburg 13 Apr 44. Richard Caserio KIA by .50 cal fire from another plane prior to entering enemy territory on 11 May 44. Mechanical failure, ditched, pilot drowns, all others rescued.
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Rusty Lode/Buckshot Annie
F
Accepted by USAAF 11 May 43. Long Beach Mod Center 11 Jun 43. Cheyenne 14 Jun 43. Gore Field 7 Jul 43. Kearney 14 Jul 43. Dow Field 18 Jul 43. Severe battle damage at Munster 10 Oct 43. McGregor KIA, Cox, Tennant, Tolan bail out over Germany, POW. Rest of crew return to base. Plane transferred to 570th BS in Jan 44. O'Hara WIA 3 Feb 44. Returned to U.S. and Altus 9 Oct 45.
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Gung Ho
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ccepted by USAAF 21 Sep 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 24 Sep 43. Grand Isle 7 Oct 43. 8th AF 19 Oct 43. Billy Berry WIA 5 Nov 43 at Gelsenkirchen. Maurice Crosbie, Donald J. Wilson WIA 4 Feb 44 at Frankfurt. Stanley Havey, Rober J. Swinehart WIA 18 Apr 44 at Oranienburg. Charles Pease WIA 9 May 44 at Laon. MIA Nuremburg 10 Sep 44. Direct flak
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Stark's Ark
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Accepted by USAAF 4 Jan 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 7 Jan 44. Great Falls 8 Jan 44. Kearney 28 Jan 44. 8th AF 9 Feb 44. MIA Berlin 6 Mar 44. Shot down by fighters setting Nr. 2 engine and wing on fire. Crashed near Hemmelte. Starks, Stitzer, Collings KIA, rest POW.
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Stark's Ark
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Accepted by USAAF 3 Sep 43. Long Beach Mod Center 4 Sep 43. Grand Island 27 Sep 43. 8th AF 14 Oct 43. MIA Magdeburg 28 May 44. Shot down by fighters. Nr. 2 and 3 engines and left wing on fire. Last seen in vertical dive. Crashed at Walternienburg. Knight KIA, rest POW.
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Wild Children II/Angel in Di Skies/Angel in Disgui
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Accepted by USAAF 8 Oct 43. Denver Mod Center 8 Oct 43. Grand Island 24 Oct 43. 8th AF 10 Nov 43. Edwin McMichael, Rollin Desormeaux WIA 21 Jan 44 at Heuringham FR. David J. Anderson, Murell Reynolds WIA 28 May 44 at Magdeburg. MIA St. Jussy, France 2 Aug 44. Hit by flak, left wing burning. Runaway prop and another engine windmilling. Ditched in North Sea off Holland. All POW.
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Berlin Express/Hap's Hazard/Mairzey Doats
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Accepted by USAAF 26 Nov 43. Denver Mod Center 26 Nov 43. Kearney 12 Dec 43. Romulus 17 Dec 43. New Castle 18 Dec 43. Presque Isle 19 Dec 43. 8th AF 22 Dec 43. Original with 457th BG. Transferred to 390th BG. Peter Kopernik KIA 3 Feb 44 at Wilhelmshaven. John Tomasko WIA 2 Mar 44 at Chartes. Jim Ward WIA 16 Mar 44 at Augsburg. Emerson G. North, William Riordan WIA 18 Apr 44 at Oranienburg. MIA Boulogne 5 Jun 44. Direct flak hit in bomb bay. Crashed near Dargniers. Armstrong, Ortega KIA, rest POW.
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Del Cheyenne 12/1/45. Hunter Field 12/2/45. Grenier 25/2/45. Assigned 571BS/390BG Framlingham 27/2/45. Landing Accident 12/4/45. Repaired and sent to 15AF 29/5/45. Returned USA 29/9/45. RFC Walnut Ridge14/12/45.
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The Bad Penny
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Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 28 Apr 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 1 May 43. Gieger Field 25 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 29 Jun 43. Dow Field 10 Jul 43. 8th AF 12 Jul 43. MIA Bordeaux 5 Dec 43. Out of fuel. Ditched in North Sea off Abbotsbury. Crew rescued.
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Q
Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 28 Apr 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 2 May 43. Geiger Field 25 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 29 Jun 43. Dow Field 10 Jul 43. 8th AF 12 Jul 43. Crash landing at Framlingham on 12 Aug 43 after mission to Bonn. William W. Smith crew, salvaged 16 Aug 43.
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Rick-O-Shay
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Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 29 Apr 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 1 May 43. Geiger Field 26 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Manchester 26 Jun 43. Great Falls 28 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 29 Jun 43. Dow Field 10 Jul 43. 8th AF 11 Jul 43. Harvey Ingersoll WIA Regensburg 17 Aug 43. MIA 10 Oct 43 Munster. Out of fuel, ditched in North Sea. All POW.
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Princess Pat/Fertile Myrtle
E
Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 1 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 3 May 43. Geiger Field 25 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 30 Jun 43. Dow Field 10 Jul 43. 8th AF 11 Jul 43. MIA 17 Aug 43. Forced landing 20km east of Toulon after mission to Regensburg. All POW.
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Phoenix
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Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 1 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 3 May 43. Geiger Field 25 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 1 Jul 43. Dow Field 11 Jul 43. 8th AF 13 Jul 43. MIA 15 Aug 43 Vitry-En-Artios, France. Collision with 230320 over France. Crashed near Calais. Lawrence POW. Middledort, Sentowski, Harkins, Birdwell evade, rest KIA.
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Blood, Guts, & Rust
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Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 3 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 4 May 43. Geiger Field 25 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 30 Jun 43. Down Field 11 Jul 43. 8th AF 13 Jul 43. MIA 17 Aug 43. Damaged by flak, ditched 60 miles off coast of North Africa. Crew rescued.
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Sequatchiee
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Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 8 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 6 May 43. Geiger Field 25 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 2 Jul 43. Dow Field 13 Jul 43. 8th AF 12 Jul 43. Corbin, Geerlings, Cobb, Daniels bail out near Duren 20 Oct 43, all KIA. Plane returns. MIA Paris 22 Jun 44. Hit by flak, one engine out, crashed at Dreux, Kelley KIA, rest POW.
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Tet-T'Mote
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Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 8 May 43. Denver Mod Center 10 May 43. Moses Lake 22 May 43. Geiger Field 25 May 43. Presque Isle 6 Jun 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 1 Jul 43. Dow Field 11 Jul 43. 8th AF 19 Jul 43. Crash landing 21 Oct 43. Salvaged.
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Mis Fortune
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Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 8 May 43. Denver Mod Center 10 May 43. Geiger Field 22 May 43. Great Falls 30 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 20 Jun 43. Dow Field 11 Jul 43. 8th AF 17 Jul 43. MIA Munster 10 Oct 43. Hit by rocket and collided with 23415. Tail came off and plane broke in two. Wenckens, Danielson, Spirito, Payne POW, rest KIA.
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Skippy
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Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 10 May 43. Denver Mod Center 11 May 43. Gore Field 22 May 43. Geiger Field 25 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Chanute 25 Jun 43. Lewiston 28 Jun 43. Dow field 29 Jun 43. 8th AF 14 Jul 43. Abandoned during assembly 5 Feb 44. Crashed at Salehurst, Sussex, England. Salvaged 9 Feb 44.