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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.
  • 231027
    Miss Lace/Shy Ann/Pinky III/Honey Chile
    B-17F
    R
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 31 Aug 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 4 Sep 43. Grand Isle 7 Oct 43. 8th AF 6 Oct 43. Transferred to RAF 21 Jan 44.
  • 231199
    Rosie Wrecktum
    B-17G
    F
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 28 Sep 43. Denver Mod Center 10 Sep 43. Grand Isle 31 Oct 43. 8th AF 14 Nov 43. Crash landed on 23 May 44. Salvaged by 1st Strategic Air Depot.
  • 231651
    Decatur Deb
    B-17G
    G
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 27 Nov 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 30 Nov 43. Gowen Field 5 Dec 43. Salt Lake City 6 Dec 43. Rock Springs 7 Dec 43. Laramie 9 Dec 43. Cheyenne 12 Dec 43. Kearney 17 Dec 43. Romulus 6 Jan 44. Presque Isle 8 Jan 44. 8th AF 12 Jan 44. James Matney WIA 20 Apr 44 at La Glacerie. Louis G. Mathews, navigator on cre 70, slightly wounded at Le Culot, Frankce on 27 Apr 44. MIA Magdeburg 28 May 44. Shot down by fighters. Fire in cockpit and part of vertical stabilizer shot away. Wnet down in a spin and crashed near Magdeburg. Milenock, Bolton, Stoy POW, rest KIA.
  • 231913
    ETO-Itis/Shy Ann
    B-17G
    E
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 30 Dec 43. Cheyenne Mod Center 31 Dec 43. Kearney 13 Jan 44. Romulus 24 Jan 44. Grenier 25 Jan 44. 8th AF 28 Jan 44. MIA Berlin 8 May 44. Shot down by fighters. Crashed near Hadenstorf. Hammond, Hately, Israel, Merrill, Fields POW, rest KIA.
  • 231932
    Purdy Baby/Miss Cue/Sister Kate/Rick-O-Shay IV
    B-17G
    H
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 4 Jan 44. Cheyenne Mod Center 27 Jan 44. Billings 30 Jan 44. Grand Island 11 Feb 44. Grenier 23 Feb 44. 8th AF 23 Feb 44. John Ward WIA 20 Apr 44 at La Glacerie. To U.S. 6 Jul 45. To Kingman 18 Dec 45.
  • 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.
  • 239887
    Pickle Dropper IV
    B-17G
    J
    571st Bomb Squadron
    Accepted by USAAF 28 Sep 43. Long Beach Mod Center 29 Sep 43. Grand Island 17 Oct 43. 8th AF 1 Nov 43. Louis Matthews WIA 27 Apr 44 at Le Culot. Maurice Heaton, Howard Thomas WIA 7 May 44 at Berlin. MIA Boulogne 5 Jun 44. Hit by flak, caught fire and crashed in English Channel. Eigh bail out prior to crash. All KIA.
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