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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 23310
    Blood, Guts, & Rust
    B-17F
    F
    568th Bomb Squadron
    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.
  • 230330
    Blood, Guts & Rust II
    B-17F
    A
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 13 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 15 May 43. Gore Field 17 May 43. Dyersburg 27 Jun 43. Grand Isle 22 Jul 43. Presque Isle 2 Aug 43. 8th AF 5 Aug 43. First coded BI-L. Changed to BI-A when 230308 was lost. MIA Bremen 8 Oct 43. Nr. 2 and 3 engines knocked out by flak, one burning. Grubb, Kohler, Mateyak, Redding KIA, rest POW.
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