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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 230266
    Wild Children/Lucky Strike
    B-17F
    W
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Original aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 3 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 8 May 43. Gore Field 9 May 43. Moses Lake 22 May 43. Geiger Field 25 May 43. Great Falls 7 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 1 Jul 43. Dow Field 11 Jul 43. 8th AF 31 Jul 43. John R. Schoenig WIA 8 Oct 43 at Bremen. Crashed at Grove Farm 3 miles from base during practice mission 9 Jul 44. All KIA.
  • 230320
    Coy Decoy
    B-17F
    S
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Original aircraft. Accepted by USAAF 12 May 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 14 May 43. Gore Field 15 May 43. Cheyenne 20 May 43. Geiger Field 28 May 43. Great Falls 6 Jun 43. Langley 25 Jun 43. Cutbank, Montana 27 Jun 43. Smoky Hill 1 Jul 43. Dow Field 11 Jul 43. 8th AF 13 Jul 43. Severe battle damage 11 Dec 43 at Emden. Francis Brooks, John Durrett, Raymond Nagle, Robert C. Johnston bail out over enemy territory, POW. Gayle C. Gillenwater, KIA, rest of Parker crew return to base. MIA Kiel 4 Jan 44. Crashed near Ilusum, all POW. (MACR 2022 and 14404)
  • 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.
  • 230639
    Coy Decoy II
    B-17F
    U
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 30 Jun 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 3 Jul 43. Gore Field 4 Jul 43. Cheyenne 5 Jul 43. Dow Field 27 Jul 43. 8th AF 5 Aug 43. Severe 20mm damage on mission to Hanau 4 Oct 43. Transfer to RAF 21 Jan 44.
  • 230719
    Shatzi
    B-17F
    P
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 15 Jul 43. Denver Mod Center 17 Jul 43. Kearney 27 Jul 43. Scott Field 14 Aug 43. 8th AF 24 Aug 43. MIA Duren 20 Oct 43. Shot down by fighters. Broke in two, crashed near Hergonbosch. Gruntmier, Johnson KIA, Hurst evades, rest POW.
  • 237723
    Paydola/Johnny Walker
    B-17G
    U
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 10 Aug 43. Denver Mod Center 10 Aug 43. Redmond, Oregon 15 Aug 43. 8th AF 8 Sep 43. Andrew Wallner WIA 22 Mar 44 at Berlin. Returned to U.S. 10 Jul 45. South Plains 11 Jul 45. Declared excess 12 Jul 45. To Kingman 19 Nov 45.
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