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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.
  • 48273
    Ole Blood and Guts
    B-17G
    U
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 28 Jul 44. Dallas Mod Center 18 Jul 44. Cheyenne 6 Aug 44. Manchester 2 Sep 44. Grenier 9 Sep 44. 8th AF 11 Sep 44. Assigned to 390th 11 Sept 44. Severe battle damage on Hamburg mission 31 Dec 44. Ran off end of runway on return. Plane salvaged.
  • 48323
    Blonde Bombshell
    B-17G
    N
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 11 Aug 44. Kearney 11 Aug 44. Palm Springs 12 Aug 44. Ogden 13 Aug 44. Bangor 20 Aug 44. Grenier 21 Aug 44. To 390th 5 Sept 44. MIA Morscheid Bridge, Germany 25 Dec 44. Flak hit in Nr. 4 engine, spun and crashed at Bitburg. Wrubleski, Lee, Steen, Roberts, Skindingsrude, DeOrsay KIA, rest POW.
  • 231275
    GI Wonder
    B-17G
    A
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 8 Oct 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 13 Oct 43. Grand Isle 25 Oct 43. 8th AF 9 Nov 43. Melvin R. Adams WIA 29 Jul 44 at Merseburg. To U.S. and Kingman 13 Nov 45.
  • 231974
    Bomboogie
    B-17G
    G
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 7 Jan 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 8 Jan 44. Great Falls 12 Jan 44. Memphis 23 Jan 44. Savannah 24 Jan 44. 8th AF 4 Feb 44. Returned to U.S. 3 Jul 45. Romulus 4 Jul 45. Love Field 5 Jul 45. South Plains 6 Jul 45. Declared excess 23 Oct 45. To Kingman 30 Nov 45.
  • 297130
    The Avenger
    B-17G
    Q
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 31 Jan 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 2 Feb 44. Great Falls 2 Feb 44. Alexandria 9 Feb 44. Tucson 20 Feb 44. Alexandria 20 Feb 44. Presque Isle 2 Mar 44. Grenier 4 Mar 44. 8th AF 6 Mar 44. Assigned to 452nd BG. Transferred to 390th BG. MIA Dusseldorf 9 Sep 44. Hit by flak, Nr. 3 engine caught fire, plane left the formation and exploded. Crashed near Luedenscheid. All POW.
  • 338470
    Raincheck
    B-17G
    K
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 9 Aug 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 9 Aug 44. Lincoln 15 Aug 44. Grenier 2 Sep 44. Assigned 11 Saep 44. John J. Ashodian WIA 30 Nov 44 at Merseburg. Also assigned to 570th BS (DI-H). To U.S. 3 Jul 45. To Kingman 14 Dec 45.
  • 338472
    Baby Buggy II
    B-17G
    F
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 9 Aug 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 10 Aug 44. Lincoln 18 Aug 44. Grenier 2 Sep 44. Assigned 11 Sep 44. To U.S. 3 Jul 45. To Kingman 26 Nov 45. Dave Klingensmmith found a panel from this plane at Kingman and donated it to the 390th Memorial Museum in 1995, where it is now on display.
  • 338521
    B-17G
    K
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 15 Aug 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 16 Aug 44. Hunter Field 22 Aug 44. Grenier 4 Sep 44. Assigned 11 Sep 44. Clyde Petre WIA 24 Dec 44 at Zellhausen. Collision with 337565 on Dresden mission 2 Mar 45. Returned to base. To U.S. 13 Jul 45. To Kingman 30 Dec 45.
  • 2102594
    B-17G
    F
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 18 Mar 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 20 Mar 44. Kearney 5 Apr 44. Bangor 13 Apr 44. Grenier 14 Apr 44. 8th AF 19 Apr 44. MIA Dusseldorf 9 Sep 44. Hit by flak, engine on fire, spun in. Yandell, Marshall, Hayes, Ballard, Kuscek POW, rest KIA.
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