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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.
  • 230325
    Miss Carry
    B-17F
    D
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Original aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 14 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 18 May 43. Gore Field 19 May 43. Cheyenne 20 May 43. Spokane 26 May 43. Portland 4 Jun 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 2 Jul 43. Dow Field 13 Jul 43. 8th AF 17 Jul 43. Paul W. Vance WIA 10 Oct 43 at Munster. 230334 collides with 230325 on mission to Frankfurt 29 Jan 44, damages props. 334 MIA, 325 returns to base. Robert J. Watson, copilot, KIA 12 Jun 44. Salvaged Greencastle, N. Ireland 2 May 45.
  • 230713
    Phyllis Marie
    B-17F
    E
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 14 Jul 43. Denver Mod Center 17 Jul 43. Scott Field 10 Aug 43. 8th AF 24 Aug 43. MIA Berlin 8 Mar 44. Landed intact at Werben, Germany. Assigned by Luftwaffe to KG200. All POW.
  • 238040
    Little Butch/El Lobo
    B-17G
    H
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 24 Nov 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 24 Nov 43. Kearney 2 Dec 43. Romulus 20 Dec 43. Detroit 21 Dec 43. Manchester 22 Dec 43. Presque Isle 23 Dec 43. Prestwick and 8th AF 3 Jan 44. Stanley Johnson, Murphy Soileau WIA 29 Apr 44 at Berlin. Severe battle damage at Giessen 21 Nov 44. Two engines out, landed near Brussels. Crew returns to base. Salvaged 28 Nov 44.
  • 239819
    Anoxia Queen
    B-17G
    F
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 8 Sep 43. Long Beach Mod Center 10 Sep 43. 8th AF 6 Oct 43. Robert T. Carlson, waist gunner, WIA, and James P. Mallos, waist gunner, KIA 7 Jan 44 at Ludwigshafen. Edward J. Quigley, radio operator WIA 16 Mar 44. All three assigned to crew 9. MIA Augsburg 13 Apr 44. Hit by flak. Crashed near Ostend. All KIA.
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