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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 23427
    Canadian Club/Six Nights in Telergma(Arabian Nuts)
    B-17F
    B
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 15 Jun 43. Denver Mod Center 16 Jun 43. Walla Walla 6 Jul 43. Kearney 10 Jul 43. 8th AF 24 Jul 43. Condemned 18 Aug 43. Repaired 28 Sep 43. First coded BI-B. Changed to BI-G after loss of 230017. Wallace Phillips WIA at Leipzig 12 Apr 44. Hit by flak on 21 Jan 44. Entire wing burning. Pelka, McLaughlin, Harms, Powell, Friuli, Wood bail out 3 miles south of Boulogne, France. Harms, Powell, Fruili evade, rest POW. Pilot maintains control after vertical dive puts out fire. Ball gunner salvoes bombs, acts as copilot, tail gunner mans radio position. Plane returns to base, repaired. Salvaged 22 Jun 45.
  • 231262
    Ole Smoke
    B-17G
    P
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 7 Oct 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 13 Oct 43. Grand Isle 26 Oct 43. 8th AF 10 Nov 43. William Byers WIA at Emden 11 Dec 43. Dean Swank WIA 25 Feb 44 at Regensburg. MIA Augsburg 16 Mar 44. Shot down by fighters, crashed at Himmlingen. Devore KIA, rest POW.
  • 231339
    Schifliss Skonk
    B-17G
    M
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 19 Oct 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 22 Oct 43. Grand Isle 28 Oct 43. 8th AF 9 Nov 43. Severe battle damage 6 Mar 44 (Cat-E). Salvaged 22 Mar 44.
  • 231717
    Hells Bells
    B-17G
    A
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 6 Dec 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 9 Dec 43. Kearney 20 Dec 43. 8th AF 8 Jan 44. MIA Berlin 8 Mar 44. Shot down by fighters. Crashed near Koerbelitz. LeBaron KIA, rest POW.
  • 237891
    Minnie-So-Tan
    B-17G
    Q
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 4 Oct 43. Denver Mod Center 4 Oct 43. Grand Island 22 Oct 43. 8th AF 10 Nov 43. Salvaged 4 Mar 44.
  • 237902
    Hells Belles/Sure Thing
    B-17G
    K
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 8 Oct 43. Denver Mod Center 8 Oct 43. Grand Island 27 Oct 43. 8th AF 17 Nov 43. MIA Oranienburg 18 Apr 44. Hit by flak. Bomb bay and Nr. 2 engine caught fire. Crashed at Berge. All POW.
  • 239819
    Anoxia Queen
    B-17G
    F
    568th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 8 Sep 43. Long Beach Mod Center 10 Sep 43. 8th AF 6 Oct 43. Robert T. Carlson, waist gunner, WIA, and James P. Mallos, waist gunner, KIA 7 Jan 44 at Ludwigshafen. Edward J. Quigley, radio operator WIA 16 Mar 44. All three assigned to crew 9. MIA Augsburg 13 Apr 44. Hit by flak. Crashed near Ostend. All KIA.
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