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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 231027
    Miss Lace/Shy Ann/Pinky III/Honey Chile
    B-17F
    R
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 31 Aug 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 4 Sep 43. Grand Isle 7 Oct 43. 8th AF 6 Oct 43. Transferred to RAF 21 Jan 44.
  • 231218
    ETO - I tis
    B-17G
    E
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 29 Sep 43. Grand Isle 16 Oct 43. 8th AF 14 Nov 43. MIA Brunswick 10 Feb 44. Shot down by fighters, crashed at Bloksijl. Harnish KIA, Burke, Lambert, Tarleton evade, rest POW.
  • 231691
    Lassie
    B-17G
    Q
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 2 Dec 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 3 Dec 43. Kearney 16 Dec 43. Great Falls 2 Jan 44. Presque Isle 3 Jan 44. 8th AF 5 Jan 44. MIA Augsburg 13 Apr 44. Hit by flak in fuel tank. Nr. 1 engine windmilling. Hit by Swiss flak over Winterhur. Crash landed at Oberglatt. Over 30 flak holes. Ship dismantled and stored at Kloten. Crew interned. Doolittle, Boyd, Embree, Rakes, Grogan, Robinette escape into France, return via French underground.
  • 231913
    ETO-Itis/Shy Ann
    B-17G
    E
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 30 Dec 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 31 Dec 43. Kearney 13 Jan 44. Romulus 24 Jan 44. Grenier 25 Jan 44. 8th AF 28 Jan 44. MIA Berlin 8 May 44. Shot down by fighters. Crashed near Hadenstorf. Hammond, Hately, Israel, Merrill, Fields POW, rest KIA.
  • 239887
    Pickle Dropper IV
    B-17G
    J
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 28 Sep 43. Long Beach Mod Center 29 Sep 43. Grand Island 17 Oct 43. 8th AF 1 Nov 43. Louis Matthews WIA 27 Apr 44 at Le Culot. Maurice Heaton, Howard Thomas WIA 7 May 44 at Berlin. MIA Boulogne 5 Jun 44. Hit by flak, caught fire and crashed in English Channel. Eigh bail out prior to crash. All KIA.
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