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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 229962
    Dottie III/Green Banana
    B-17F
    J
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 17 Mar 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 18 Mar 43. Gore Field 19 Mar 43. Walla Walla 28 Mar 43. Selfridge 29 Apr 43. Presque Isle 4 May 43. 8th AF 7 May 43. Assigned to 96th BG. Name Rum Boogie II. Transferred to 390th BG. MIA Zeitz16 Aug 44. Hit by flak. Harms KIA, rest POW.
  • 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.
  • 231512
    Ice Cold Katie
    B-17G
    H
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 10 Nov 43. Denver Mod Center 11 Nov 43. Kearney 27 Nov 43. Manchester 23 Dec 43. Presque Isle 25 Dec 43. 8th AF 31 Dec 43. Hit a tree at Grundisburgh while being slow timed on 2 Jun 44. Salvaged 4 Jun 44. All KIA.
  • 231603
    Belle of the Brawl
    B-17G
    N
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 22 Nov 43. Denver Mod Center 23 Nov 43. Kearney 16 Nov 43. Wilimington 31 Dec 43. Manchester 1 Jan 44. MIA La Glacerie, France 8 May 44. Hit by flak, crashed near Breuville. Vlahos, Morris POW, rest KIA.
  • 297846
    Belle of the Brawl
    B-17G
    F
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 16 Mar 44. Denver Mod Center 16 Mar 44. Hunter Field 16 Mar 44. Love Field 21 Apr 44. Hunter Field 30 Apr 44. Dow Field 30 Apr 44. 8th AF 5 May 44. Robert R. Rice WIA 15 Oct 44 at Cologne. Howard Brooks, radio operator, and John Cullen, waist gunner, KIA 14 Feb 45. MIA Kaiserlautern 2 Jan 45. Right wing blown off by flak. All POW.
  • 2107010
    Gloria Ann II/Close Crop
    B-17G
    E
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 28 Jan 44. Tulsa Mod Center 27 Jan 44. Kearney 16 Feb 44. Presque Isle 29 Mar 44. 8th AF 2 Mar 44. Crashed at Parham one minute after takeoff on 27 Dec 44. Crew killed.
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