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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 231932
    Purdy Baby/Miss Cue/Sister Kate/Rick-O-Shay IV
    B-17G
    H
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 4 Jan 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 27 Jan 44. Billings 30 Jan 44. Grand Island 11 Feb 44. Grenier 23 Feb 44. 8th AF 23 Feb 44. John Ward WIA 20 Apr 44 at La Glacerie. To U.S. 6 Jul 45. To Kingman 18 Dec 45.
  • 297821
    Chaff Wagon
    B-17G
    M
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 8 Mar 44. Denver Mod Center 8 Mar 44. Hunter Field 16 Apr 44. Tulsa 24 Apr 44. Hunter Field 25 Apr 44. Grenier 5 May 44. 8th AF 7 May 44. MIA Mainz 8 Sep 44. Exploded four minutes after being hit by flak. Crashed at Idstein. Brown, Hadley POW, rest KIA.
  • 2102972
    Boston Blackie/Heavenly Cent
    B-17G
    F
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 25 Apr 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 26 Apr 44. Kearney 6 May 44. Bangor 20 May 44. Dow Field 21 May 44. 8th AF 22 May 44. MIA Seelze 14 Mar 45. Hit in tail assembly by 337831. Crashed at Bilhausen, 18 km North of Gottingen. All KIA.
  • 2107070
    North Star
    B-17G
    A
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 12 Feb 44. Tulsa Mod Center 12 Feb 44. Grand Island 23 Feb 44. Presque Isle 11 Mar 44. Grenier 13 Mar 44. 8th AF 16 Mar 44. MIA Merseburg 7 Jul 44. Prop wash caused collision over Zuider Zee with 297983. Crashed at Hoorn. Wicker, Matlock POW, rest KIA.
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