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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.
  • 23558
    Shy Ann
    B-17F
    T
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 30 Jul 43. Tulsa Mod Center 30 Jul 43. Scott Field 28 Sep 43. 8th AF 27 Aug 43. Salvaged 15 Jul 45.
  • 230338
    Cabin in the Sky/Rough Group/Dorothy Dee
    B-17F
    P
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Original aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 14 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 21 May 43. Gore Field 19 May 43. Cheyenne 21 May 43. Geiger Field 28 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Gore Field 12 Jun 43. Dow Field 10 Jul 43. 8th AF 13 Jul 43. John F. Tierney WIA 7 May 44 at Berlin. To U.S 4 Jul 45. To Altus 14 Aug 45.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 238048
    Bomb Bay Ann/Dorothy Dee
    B-17G
    D
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 26 Nov 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 26 Nov 43. Palm Springs 27 Nov 43. Kearney 6 Dec 43. Des Moines 17 Dec 43. Syracuse 18 Dec 43. Presque Isle 20 Dec 43. 8th AF 30 Dec 43. Edward J. Colangelo, waist gunner on crew 88, KIA 16 Aug 44. Laverne J. Dillow, tail gunner on crew 88, KIA 25 Sep 44. To U.S. 3 Jul 45. To Kingman 18 Dec 45.
  • 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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