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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 23333
    Purgatory Pete
    B-17F
    O
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 11 May 43. Denver Mod Center 12 May 43. Geiger Field 12 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 1 Jul 43. Dow Field 12 Jul 43. 8th AF 14 Jul 43. MIA Regensburg 17 Aug 43. Attacked by fighters, damaged, ditched 50 Miles off coast of North Africa. Crew rescued.
  • 230223
    Rick-O-Shay/Norma J
    B-17F
    S
    570th Bomb Squadron
    Original Aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 28 Apr 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 30 Apr 43. Gore Field 22 May 43. Spokane 24 May 43. Gore Field 11 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 29 Jun 43. Dow Field 11 July 43. 8th AF 12 Jul 43. MIA Emden 11 Dec 43. Attacked by fighters, part of horizontal and vertical stabilizer shot away. Crashed at Westeraccum. Weiss, Hulme POW, rest KIA.
  • 230455
    Schifless Skonk
    B-17F
    R
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 2 Jun 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 2 Jun 43. Kearney 14 Jun 43. Dalhart 27 Jun 43. Grand Isle 26 Jun 43. 8th AF 5 Aug 43. MIA on mission to Rjukan, Norway 16 Nov 43. Caught fire and crashed in North Sea. All KIA.
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