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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 48013
    Chug-A-Lug
    B-17G
    P
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 11 May 44. To Dallas Mod Center 12 May 44. To Langley for PFF conversion 24 Jun 44. To 8th AF 15 Jul 44. To U.S. 5 Jul 45. To Kingman 23 Nov 45.
  • 48225
    Hard To Get
    B-17G
    L
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 14 Jul 44. Dallas Mod Center 16 Jul 44. To Langley for PFF conversion 12 Aug 44. To Hunter Field 4 Sep 44. To Dow 10 Sep 44. 8th AF 12 Sep 44. Melbourne Tucker, waist gunner on crew 18, KIA on 20 Nov 45. MIA Neumunster 7 Apr 45. Shot down by Me-262. Crashed near Celle. All POW.
  • 229962
    Dottie III/Green Banana
    B-17F
    J
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 17 Mar 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 18 Mar 43. Gore Field 19 Mar 43. Walla Walla 28 Mar 43. Selfridge 29 Apr 43. Presque Isle 4 May 43. 8th AF 7 May 43. Assigned to 96th BG. Name Rum Boogie II. Transferred to 390th BG. MIA Zeitz16 Aug 44. Hit by flak. Harms KIA, rest POW.
  • 231649
    Old Soldier/Shatzi III
    B-17G
    C
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Aceepted by USAAF 27 Nov 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 30 Nov 43. Kearney 13 Dec 43. Grenier 26 Jan 44. 8th AF 28 Han 44. Arthur Harman WIA 23 Mar 44 at Brunswick. Took off on weather mission on 24 May 44. Mechanical difficulty, probably fire, force crew to bail out. Plane crashed in the Willows, a wood south of base. Percy Stressing crew. Salvaged 27 May 44.
  • 231728
    Sweetheart of Pas de Calais
    B-17G
    B
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 7 Dec 43. Denver Mod Center 11 Dec 43. Kearney 30 Dec 43. 8th AF 11 Jan 44. To U.S. 3 Jul 45. To Kingman 9 Dec 45.
  • 239953
    Flying Coffin/Dutch Cleaner/Yankee Doodle Dandy
    B-17G
    J
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 15 Oct 43. Long Beach Mod Center 15 Oct 43. Grand Island 1 Nov 43. 8th AF 17 Nov 43. Aircraft christened Yankee Doodle Dandy by Jimmy Cagney 15 Mar 44. MIA Leipzig 29 May 44. Shot down by fighters. Nr. 1 engine on fire, left aileron and wing damaged. Crashed near Leipzig. Nesbitt, Larson, Dyer, Meyer KIA, rest POW.
  • 297577
    B-17G
    C
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 28 Dec 43. To Denver Mod Center. Langley 24 Jan 44. Modified for PFF. 8th AF 8 Feb 44. Assigned to 96th BG. Transferred to 390th BG. MIA Nuremberg 10 Sep 44. Exploded after flak hit in right wing. Gilbert, Hall POW, rest KIA.
  • 297945
    Problem Child
    B-17G
    B
    568th Bomb Squadron
    PFF aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 12 Apr 44. Denver Mod Center 12 Apr 44. Langley 18 May 44. Dow Field 9 Jun 44. 8th AF 10 Jun 44. Assigned to 95th BG. Transferred to 390th BG 10 Sep 44. Radar equipment removed, converted back to B-17G Jan 45. To U.S. and Bradley Field 2 Jul 45. South Plains 4 Jul 45. To Kingman 18 Nov 45.
  • 337866
    Blues in the Night
    B-17G
    B
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 2 Jun 44. Cheyenne Mod Cente r2 Jun 44. Hunter Field 8 Jun 44. Grenier 23 Jun 44. Dow Field 24 Jun 44. 8th AF 28 Jun 44. MIA Stuttgart 5 Sep 44. Hit by flak, Nr. 1 and 4 engines out. Landed Dubendorf, Switzerland. Interned. Gallagher, Estes, Foley, Jaspers, Underwood escape, return Jan 45.
  • 338328
    B-17G
    J
    569th Bomb Squadron
    PFF aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 24 Jul 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 25 Jul 44. Kearney 31 Jul 44. Manchester 9 Aug 44. Grenier 9 Aug 44. 8th AF 11 Aug 44. To 390th 14 Sep 44. Marshall Haugen WIA 31 Dec 44 at Hamburg. To U.S. 3 Jul 45. To Kingman 17 Dec 45.
  • 2107010
    Gloria Ann II/Close Crop
    B-17G
    E
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 28 Jan 44. Tulsa Mod Center 27 Jan 44. Kearney 16 Feb 44. Presque Isle 29 Mar 44. 8th AF 2 Mar 44. Crashed at Parham one minute after takeoff on 27 Dec 44. Crew killed.
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