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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 297160
    Southern Comfort
    B-17G
    M
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 3 Feb 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 4 Feb 44. Seattle 5 Feb 44. Great Falls 7 Feb 44. Kearney 9 Feb 44. Presque Isle 25 Feb 44. 8th AF 2 Mar 44. Armon Tuck WIA 18 Apr 44 at Oranienburg. MIA St. Jussy, France 2 Aug 44. Hit by flak, caught fire and exploded. Crashed at Roesselaere. Roberts evades, rest POW.
  • 297863
    Shack Rat
    B-17G
    S
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 20 Mar 44. Tulsa Mod Center 20 Mar 44. Kearney 13 May 44. Grenier 24 May 44. 8th AF 25 May 44. MIA Merseburg 29 Jul 44. Hit by flak, two engines out. Crashed at Bad Bibra. Norby KIA, rest POW.
  • 2102533
    B-17G
    F
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 13 Mar 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 14 Mar 44. MacDill 29 Mar 44. Bangor 4 Apr 44. Dow Field 4 Apr 44. 8th AF 7 Apr 44. MIA Munich 13 Jul 44. Hit by flak in bomb bay, caught fire, crashed at Notzing. All POW.
  • 2102677
    Bob Tail Battler/Mississippi Mission
    B-17G
    R
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 25 Mar 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 28 Mar 44. Billings 3 May 44. Cheyenne 4 May 44. Kearney 12 May 44. Bangor 23 May 44. Grenier 24 May 44. 8th AF 26 May 44. Sterling Stamps WIA 13 Jul 44 at Munich. MIA Derben 14 Jan 45. Shot down by fighters. Crashed at Garlitz. Robinson, O'Neil, Lash, Hardy, Marshall POW, rest KIA.
  • 2107176
    The Univited Missionaires
    B-17G
    C
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 15 Mar 44. Tulsa Mod Center 15 Mar 44. Kearneuy 2 Apr 44. Bangor 4 Apr 44. Grenier 6 Apr 44. 8th AF 9 Apr 44. Feathered one engine during assembly for mission to Mannheim 21 Jan 45. Ditched in English Channel. All KIA.
  • 2107184
    Silver Meteor/The Walrus
    B-17G
    L
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 17 Mar 44. Tulsa Mod Center 17 Mar 44. MacDill 28 Mar 44. Kearney 29 Mar 44. Bangor 4 Apr 44. Dow Field 5 Apr 44. 8th AF 7 Apr 44. James A. Bennett WIA 13 Jul 44 at Munich. Woodrow Rulkka WIA 29 Jul 44 at Merseburg. Caught on fire 8 Mar 45. Salvaged 15 Mar 45.
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