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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 23558
    Shy Ann
    B-17F
    T
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 30 Jul 43. Tulsa Mod Center 30 Jul 43. Scott Field 28 Sep 43. 8th AF 27 Aug 43. Salvaged 15 Jul 45.
  • 297821
    Chaff Wagon
    B-17G
    M
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 8 Mar 44. Denver Mod Center 8 Mar 44. Hunter Field 16 Apr 44. Tulsa 24 Apr 44. Hunter Field 25 Apr 44. Grenier 5 May 44. 8th AF 7 May 44. MIA Mainz 8 Sep 44. Exploded four minutes after being hit by flak. Crashed at Idstein. Brown, Hadley POW, rest KIA.
  • 337519
    De Joker
    B-17G
    J
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 26 Apr 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 28 Apr 44. Great Falls 28 Apr 44. Cheyenne 30 Apr 44. Kearney 9 May 44. Bangor 20 May 44. Dow Field 21 May 44. 8th AF 24 May 44. Battle damage on 4 Aug 44 FRANTIC mission. Nr. 3 engine shot out. Repaired and returned to base via Cairo and Benghazi 28 Aug 44. Also assigned to 568th BS. MIA Merseburg 30 Nov 44. Hit by flak and exploded. Crashed at Zwickau. Booth, Davidson, Jackson, Walsh KIA, rest POW.
  • 337555
    The Jeannie Bee
    B-17G
    G
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 1 May 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 2 May 44. Kearney 10 May 44. Bangor 24 May 44. Grenier 25 May 44. 8th AF 27 May 44. George Coker WIA 10 Nov 44 at Wiesbaden. Battle damage at Frankfurt on 5 Jan 45. Crash landed at Stanay, France in a cabbage field. John E. Mitchell crew. Salvaged 11 Jan 45.
  • 337565
    Songoon
    B-17G
    N
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 1 May 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 2 May 44. Kearney 10 May 44. Bangor 24 May 44. Grenier 24 May 44. 8th AF 26 May 44. Battle damage at Warsaw 18 Sep 44. Left in Russia. Recovered. Collision with 338521 on Dresden mission 2 Mar 45. Returned to base. George A. Lockhart WIA. To U.S. 5 Jul 45. To Kingman 18 Dec 45.
  • 337895
    Take it Easy
    B-17G
    R
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 5 Jun 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 6 Jun 44. Kearney 12 Jun 44. Manchester 29 Jun 44. Grenier 30 Jan 44. 8th AF 2 Jul 44. Crash landed at base after mission to Nurnberg 5 Apr 45. Salvaged 5 Apr 45.
  • 2102972
    Boston Blackie/Heavenly Cent
    B-17G
    F
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 25 Apr 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 26 Apr 44. Kearney 6 May 44. Bangor 20 May 44. Dow Field 21 May 44. 8th AF 22 May 44. MIA Seelze 14 Mar 45. Hit in tail assembly by 337831. Crashed at Bilhausen, 18 km North of Gottingen. All KIA.
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