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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 23526
    B-17F
    N
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 20 Jul 43. Denver Mod Center 22 Jul 43. Long Beach 23 Jul 43. Denver 24 Jul 43. Long Beach 4 Aug 43. Ephrata 6 Aug 43. Rapid City 10 Aug 43. 8th AF 9 Sep 43. Engine failure, abandoned during assembly for Schweinfurt mission 14 Oct 43. Crashed at Icklesham, Suffolk. Crew assigned to 570th Squadron.
  • 230266
    Wild Children/Lucky Strike
    B-17F
    W
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Original aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 3 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 8 May 43. Gore Field 9 May 43. Moses Lake 22 May 43. Geiger Field 25 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 1 Jul 43. Dow Field 11 Jul 43. 8th AF 31 Jul 43. John R. Schoenig WIA 8 Oct 43 at Bremen. Crashed at Grove Farm 3 miles from base during practice mission 9 Jul 44. All KIA.
  • 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.
  • 230713
    Phyllis Marie
    B-17F
    E
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 14 Jul 43. Denver Mod Center 17 Jul 43. Scott Field 10 Aug 43. 8th AF 24 Aug 43. MIA Berlin 8 Mar 44. Landed intact at Werben, Germany. Assigned by Luftwaffe to KG200. All POW.
  • 237818
    Pub Pete/Dinah Might
    B-17G
    D
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 7 Sep 43. Long Beach Mod Center 8 Sep 43. Grand Island 30 Sep 43. 8th AF 6 Oct 43. MIA Heuringham, France 21 Jan 44. Knocked out of formation by flak. Crashed at Heuringham. Baughar, Schwankl, Fabian, Marizzaldi KIA, rest POW.
  • 239819
    Anoxia Queen
    B-17G
    F
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 8 Sep 43. Long Beach Mod Center 10 Sep 43. 8th AF 6 Oct 43. Robert T. Carlson, waist gunner, WIA, and James P. Mallos, waist gunner, KIA 7 Jan 44 at Ludwigshafen. Edward J. Quigley, radio operator WIA 16 Mar 44. All three assigned to crew 9. MIA Augsburg 13 Apr 44. Hit by flak. Crashed near Ostend. All KIA.
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