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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 23328
    Mis Fortune
    B-17F
    D
    568th Bomb Squadron
    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.
  • 23427
    Canadian Club/Six Nights in Telergma(Arabian Nuts)
    B-17F
    B
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 15 Jun 43. Denver Mod Center 16 Jun 43. Walla Walla 6 Jul 43. Kearney 10 Jul 43. 8th AF 24 Jul 43. Condemned 18 Aug 43. Repaired 28 Sep 43. First coded BI-B. Changed to BI-G after loss of 230017. Wallace Phillips WIA at Leipzig 12 Apr 44. Hit by flak on 21 Jan 44. Entire wing burning. Pelka, McLaughlin, Harms, Powell, Friuli, Wood bail out 3 miles south of Boulogne, France. Harms, Powell, Fruili evade, rest POW. Pilot maintains control after vertical dive puts out fire. Ball gunner salvoes bombs, acts as copilot, tail gunner mans radio position. Plane returns to base, repaired. Salvaged 22 Jun 45.
  • 23472
    Shoot A Pound/The Paper Doll/The Vulture
    B-17F
    G
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 1 Jul 43. Denver Mod Center 1 Jul 43. Amarillo 3 Jul 43. Denver 2 Aug 43. Gore Field 12 Aug 43. Scott Field 13 Aug 43. 8th AF 24 Aug 43. Gus H. DeLucia WIA 9 Sep 43 at Beaumont-sur Oise. To U.S. and Altus 29 Oct 45.
  • 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.
  • 231262
    Ole Smoke
    B-17G
    P
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 7 Oct 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 13 Oct 43. Grand Isle 26 Oct 43. 8th AF 10 Nov 43. William Byers WIA at Emden 11 Dec 43. Dean Swank WIA 25 Feb 44 at Regensburg. MIA Augsburg 16 Mar 44. Shot down by fighters, crashed at Himmlingen. Devore KIA, rest POW.
  • 237890
    Rovin Ramona II/Big Friend
    B-17G
    R
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 4 Oct 43. Denver Mod Center 4 Oct 43. Grand Island 24 Oct 43. 8th AF 17 Nov 43. MIA La Glacerie, France 20 Apr 44. Hit by flak, exploded. Crashed near Valognes. Roberts POW, rest KIA.
  • 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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