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  • Serial
    Name
    Model
    A/C
    Squadron
    History
  • 46121
    B-17G
    N
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 6 May 44. Tulsa Mod Center 5 May 44. Hunter Field 17 May 44. Grenier 26 May 44 8th AF 28 May 44. Rex Von Bergen WIA 28 Oct 44 at Hamm. Wiliam McVIcar WIA 30 Nov 44 at Merseburg. James Carroll, Alan P. Hamlin WIA 31 Dec 44 at Hamburg. Cletus Wadlow WIA 31 Mar 45 at Zeitz. To U.S. 30 Jun 45. To Kingman 27 Nov 45.
  • 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.
  • 231321
    B-17G
    M
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 15 Oct 43. Vandalia 26 Oct 43. 8th AF 22 Dec 43. Landed in Kiev to refuel after mission to Ruhland on 21 Jun 44. On departing Poltava on 28 Jun 44, ran into weather and landed at Teheran. To Cairo on 29 Jun 44. Landed at Tripoli. Had five P-51 mechanics as passengers. To Casablanca 3 Jul 44. To England 9 Jul 44. Crash landed at Tolwyn, Wales. Hit an air raid shelter. Damaged beyond repair, salvaged. Crew safe.
  • 239926
    Yankee Doodle Dandy/Holey Joe/General Sherman/Quee
    B-17G
    B
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 9 Oct 43. Long Beach Mod Center 9 Oct 43. Grand Island 22 Oct 43. 8th AF 9 Nov 43. John Oliver, Francis MacKay, Stanley Davis, Von Schlegel WIA 11 Dec 43 at Emden. Thomas Parks WIA 4 Feb 44 at Frankfurt. To U.S. 9 Jul 45. To Kingman 18 Dec 45.
  • 297846
    Belle of the Brawl
    B-17G
    F
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 16 Mar 44. Denver Mod Center 16 Mar 44. Hunter Field 16 Mar 44. Love Field 21 Apr 44. Hunter Field 30 Apr 44. Dow Field 30 Apr 44. 8th AF 5 May 44. Robert R. Rice WIA 15 Oct 44 at Cologne. Howard Brooks, radio operator, and John Cullen, waist gunner, KIA 14 Feb 45. MIA Kaiserlautern 2 Jan 45. Right wing blown off by flak. All POW.
  • 337513
    Anna
    B-17G
    D
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 26 Apr 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 27 Apr 44. Hunter Field 4 May 44. Dayton 7 May 44. Hunter Field 17 May 44. 8th AF 18 May 44. Severe battle damage 15 Oct 44. Nr. 3 and 4 engines feathered. Right wing on fire. Francis WIA, Priest KIA, Rutkowski KIA after leaving aircraft. Francis, McLaughlin return, rest POW. Fire goes out, pilot lands at Trond A/D, Belgium. Salvaged 14 Nov 44.
  • 338274
    Gallopin Gremlin
    B-17G
    M
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 18 Jul 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 18 Jul 44. Kearney 25 Jul 44. Manchester 7 Aug 44. Assigned 8th AF 18 Aug 44. MIA Zellhausen 24 Dec 44. Hit by flak, went into flat spin and exploded. Crashed near Wiesbaden. Weishan, Clark, Carter , Samsel POW, rest KIA.
  • 2102967
    The Diplomat
    B-17G
    A
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 24 Apr 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 26 Apr 44. Kearney 7 May 44. Bangor 20 May 44. Dow Field 21 May 44. 8th AF 22 May 44. John D. Davis WIA 24 Dec 44 at Zellhausen. Severe battle damage at Chemnitz 6 Feb 45. Crew bailed out near Guert, returned. Plane crashed east of Les Combes in a wheat field. Salvaged 6 Feb 45.
  • 2107010
    Gloria Ann II/Close Crop
    B-17G
    E
    569th Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 28 Jan 44. Tulsa Mod Center 27 Jan 44. Kearney 16 Feb 44. Presque Isle 29 Mar 44. 8th AF 2 Mar 44. Crashed at Parham one minute after takeoff on 27 Dec 44. Crew killed.
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