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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 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.
  • 231728
    Sweetheart of Pas de Calais
    B-17G
    B
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 7 Dec 43. Denver Mod Center 11 Dec 43. Kearney 30 Dec 43. 8th AF 11 Jan 44. To U.S. 3 Jul 45. To Kingman 9 Dec 45.
  • 231744
    Little Butch II
    B-17G
    A
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 9 Dec 43. Denver Mod Center 12 Dec 43. Kearney 30 Dec 43. 8th AF 6 Jan 44. First coded BI-W. Changed to BI-A when 231717 was lost. George R. Waite WIA 29 Jul 44 at Merseburg. MIA Derben 14 Jan 45. Crashed at Goerne. Wiegand, Bracht, Shipplett, Barker KIA, rest POW.
  • 237902
    Hells Belles/Sure Thing
    B-17G
    K
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 8 Oct 43. Denver Mod Center 8 Oct 43. Grand Island 27 Oct 43. 8th AF 17 Nov 43. MIA Oranienburg 18 Apr 44. Hit by flak. Bomb bay and Nr. 2 engine caught fire. Crashed at Berge. All POW.
  • 297160
    Southern Comfort
    B-17G
    M
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 3 Feb 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 4 Feb 44. Seattle 5 Feb 44. Great Falls 7 Feb 44. Kearney 9 Feb 44. Presque Isle 25 Feb 44. 8th AF 2 Mar 44. Armon Tuck WIA 18 Apr 44 at Oranienburg. MIA St. Jussy, France 2 Aug 44. Hit by flak, caught fire and exploded. Crashed at Roesselaere. Roberts evades, rest POW.
  • 2102533
    B-17G
    F
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 13 Mar 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 14 Mar 44. MacDill 29 Mar 44. Bangor 4 Apr 44. Dow Field 4 Apr 44. 8th AF 7 Apr 44. MIA Munich 13 Jul 44. Hit by flak in bomb bay, caught fire, crashed at Notzing. All POW.
  • 2102677
    Bob Tail Battler/Mississippi Mission
    B-17G
    R
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 25 Mar 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 28 Mar 44. Billings 3 May 44. Cheyenne 4 May 44. Kearney 12 May 44. Bangor 23 May 44. Grenier 24 May 44. 8th AF 26 May 44. Sterling Stamps WIA 13 Jul 44 at Munich. MIA Derben 14 Jan 45. Shot down by fighters. Crashed at Garlitz. Robinson, O'Neil, Lash, Hardy, Marshall POW, rest KIA.
  • 2107184
    Silver Meteor/The Walrus
    B-17G
    L
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 17 Mar 44. Tulsa Mod Center 17 Mar 44. MacDill 28 Mar 44. Kearney 29 Mar 44. Bangor 4 Apr 44. Dow Field 5 Apr 44. 8th AF 7 Apr 44. James A. Bennett WIA 13 Jul 44 at Munich. Woodrow Rulkka WIA 29 Jul 44 at Merseburg. Caught on fire 8 Mar 45. Salvaged 15 Mar 45.
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