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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.
  • 231041
    Cabin in the Sky
    B-17G
    B
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 7 Sep 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 9 Sep 43. 8th AF 28 Sep 43. William McConnell, Sam Weinstein WIA 19 May 44 at Berlin. George S. Lomden, KLD 22 Jun 44. Salvaged 30 Jan 44.
  • 231292
    Dolly
    B-17G
    F
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 12 Oct 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 16 Oct 43. 8th AF 10 Nov 43. MIA Frankfurt 4 Feb 44. Hit by flak, crashed at Lekkerkerk. All POW.
  • 239852
    Shatzi II - We Aim to Please
    B-17G
    Z
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 18 Sep 43. Long Beach Mod Center 20 Sep 43. Scott Field 7 Oct 43. 8th AF 9 Oct 43. Jack Roth WIA 13 Apr 44 at Augsburg. To U.S. 4 Jul 45. To Kingman 16 Nov 45.
  • 239876
    Gloria Ann
    B-17G
    E
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 25 Sep 43. Denver Mod Center 27 Sep 43. Grand Island 19 Oct 43. 8th AF 20 Oct 43. Sever damage from enemy 20mm cannon fire on Berlin mission 6 Mar 44. Salvaged. Plane had over 700 holes.
  • 239953
    Flying Coffin/Dutch Cleaner/Yankee Doodle Dandy
    B-17G
    J
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 15 Oct 43. Long Beach Mod Center 15 Oct 43. Grand Island 1 Nov 43. 8th AF 17 Nov 43. Aircraft christened Yankee Doodle Dandy by Jimmy Cagney 15 Mar 44. MIA Leipzig 29 May 44. Shot down by fighters. Nr. 1 engine on fire, left aileron and wing damaged. Crashed near Leipzig. Nesbitt, Larson, Dyer, Meyer KIA, rest POW.
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