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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 231027
    Miss Lace/Shy Ann/Pinky III/Honey Chile
    B-17F
    R
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 31 Aug 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 4 Sep 43. Grand Isle 7 Oct 43. 8th AF 6 Oct 43. Transferred to RAF 21 Jan 44.
  • 231218
    ETO - I tis
    B-17G
    E
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 29 Sep 43. Grand Isle 16 Oct 43. 8th AF 14 Nov 43. MIA Brunswick 10 Feb 44. Shot down by fighters, crashed at Bloksijl. Harnish KIA, Burke, Lambert, Tarleton evade, rest POW.
  • 231691
    Lassie
    B-17G
    Q
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 2 Dec 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 3 Dec 43. Kearney 16 Dec 43. Great Falls 2 Jan 44. Presque Isle 3 Jan 44. 8th AF 5 Jan 44. MIA Augsburg 13 Apr 44. Hit by flak in fuel tank. Nr. 1 engine windmilling. Hit by Swiss flak over Winterhur. Crash landed at Oberglatt. Over 30 flak holes. Ship dismantled and stored at Kloten. Crew interned. Doolittle, Boyd, Embree, Rakes, Grogan, Robinette escape into France, return via French underground.
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