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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 230334
    Virgin Sturgeon/Eight Ball
    B-17F
    E
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Original aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 14 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 16 May 43. Gore Field 17 May 43. Cheyenne 20 May 43. Geiger Field 28 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Chanute 22 Jun 43. Lewiston 23 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 2 Jul 43. Dow Field 13 Jul 43. 8th AF 14 Jul 43. MIA Frankfurt 29 Jan 44. Collided with 230325, part of right wing broke off, crashed into Lake Constance. All POW.
  • 230337
    8 Ball/Flak Hack
    B-17F
    B
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Original aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 14 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 18 May 43. Gore Field 20 May 43. Geiger field 28 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 2 Jul 43. Dow Field 13 May 43. 8th AF 17 Jul 43. Noel H. Howard, ROG on crew 27, KIA 26 Sept 43. MIA Brunswick 10 Feb 44. Shot down by fighters, crashed at Striepe. Beard, Hodgson, Gillen POW, rest KIA.
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