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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 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.
  • 230411
    Rose Marie/Hot Rocks II
    B-17F
    J
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 26 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 26 May 43. Kearney 9 Jun 43. Dalhart 27 Jun 43. Grand Isle 26 Jul 43. Presque Isle 2 Aug 43. 8th AF 5 Aug 43. MIA Emden 11 Dec 43. Hit by flak, crashed near Norden. Holder, Jones KIA, rest 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.
  • 231339
    Schifliss Skonk
    B-17G
    M
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 19 Oct 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 22 Oct 43. Grand Isle 28 Oct 43. 8th AF 9 Nov 43. Severe battle damage 6 Mar 44 (Cat-E). Salvaged 22 Mar 44.
  • 237818
    Pub Pete/Dinah Might
    B-17G
    D
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 7 Sep 43. Long Beach Mod Center 8 Sep 43. Grand Island 30 Sep 43. 8th AF 6 Oct 43. MIA Heuringham, France 21 Jan 44. Knocked out of formation by flak. Crashed at Heuringham. Baughar, Schwankl, Fabian, Marizzaldi KIA, rest POW.
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