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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 231466
    Sitting Pretty
    B-17G
    A
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 3 Nov 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 4 Nov 43. Bangor 20 Nov 43. 8th AF 4 Jan 44. Severe flak damage over Brussels on return from mission to Augsburg 13 Apr 44. Vantries WIA at target. Nr. 3 engine windmilling and smoking. Nr 3 prop falls off engine over Channel. Tschudy had 3rd degree burns on hands while throwing out .50 cal gun. Ground looped after landing at RAF base. Crew returned to base next day. Plane later repaired and returned to duty. MIA Leipzig 29 May 44. Shot down by fighters. Nr. 4 engine feathered, right wing on fire and tail damaged. Turned over on its back and went down in spin. Crashed near Rochefort. All evade.
  • 231717
    Hells Bells
    B-17G
    A
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 6 Dec 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 9 Dec 43. Kearney 20 Dec 43. 8th AF 8 Jan 44. MIA Berlin 8 Mar 44. Shot down by fighters. Crashed near Koerbelitz. LeBaron KIA, rest POW.
  • 231732
    Paper Doll II
    B-17G
    D
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 8 Dec 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 11 Dec 43. Kearney 20 Dec 43. 8th AF 11 Jan 44. Martin Lewis WIA 27 May 44 at Strasbourg. MIA Paris 2 Jun 44. Hit by flak, Nr. 3 engine on fire, went into spin and exploded. Crashed at Maison La Fitte. Crouch, Ferguson, Tureman POW, rest KIA.
  • 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.
  • 237891
    Minnie-So-Tan
    B-17G
    Q
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 4 Oct 43. Denver Mod Center 4 Oct 43. Grand Island 22 Oct 43. 8th AF 10 Nov 43. Salvaged 4 Mar 44.
  • 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.
  • 297807
    Little Butch III
    B-17G
    O
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 3 Mar 44. Denver Mod Center 4 Mar 44. Grand Island 13 Apr 44. Bangor 27 Apr 44. Grenier 29 Apr 44. 8th AF 2 May 44. Assigned to 100th BG. Transferred to 390th BG. TO U.S. 5 Jul 45. To Kingman 13 Dec 45.
  • 297863
    Shack Rat
    B-17G
    S
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 20 Mar 44. Tulsa Mod Center 20 Mar 44. Kearney 13 May 44. Grenier 24 May 44. 8th AF 25 May 44. MIA Merseburg 29 Jul 44. Hit by flak, two engines out. Crashed at Bad Bibra. Norby KIA, 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.
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