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22, 1945.<br />

6952 (351st BG) returned to USA May 1945<br />

6961 (457th BG, 748th BS) returned to USA May<br />

6970 (457th BG) crashed on continent on<br />

mission to Munich Feb 25, 1945.<br />

6975 (381st BG, 535th BS, "Our Bridget")<br />

returned to USA May 20, 1945<br />

6977 (457th BG, *Better Do 'Er*) returned to<br />

USA Jun 9, 1945.<br />

6985 (447th BG, 710th BS, *Jersey Bounce<br />

III*) returned to USA Jul 5, 1945,<br />

arrived Kingman, AZ Dec 13, 1945. Sold<br />

for scrap Jul 1, 1946.<br />

6990 (482nd BG) was equipped with AN/APQ-7<br />

Eagal radar for use in trial operational<br />

sorties.<br />

44-8001/8100 Lockheed/Vega B-<strong>17</strong>G-45-VE Fortress<br />

c/n 7401/7500<br />

8001 (301st BG) lost Aug 7, 1944. MACR 7536<br />

8003 (483rd BG, 816th BS) lost Apr 1, 1945.<br />

MACR 13472<br />

8004 (97th BG, 414th BS) lost Oct 14, 1944.<br />

MACR 9592<br />

8008 (384th BG, 544th BS) MIA Mar 19, 1945<br />

on mission to Plauen, Germany. MACR 13566<br />

8011 (384th BG, 547th BS, *Misbehavin'*) MIA<br />

Sep <strong>17</strong>, 1944 on mission to Eindhoven, Netherlands. MACR 10197<br />

8014 (483rd BG, 815th BS) lost Oct 4, 1944.<br />

MACR 8974<br />

8015 (452nd BG, 731st BS, "Johnny Reb")<br />

battle damaged by flak at<br />

Ansbach and crahlanded at Pfafferhofen<br />

Feb 22, 1945. MACR 12657.<br />

7 KIA, 3 POW.<br />

80<strong>17</strong> (379th BG, 527th BS) lost Nov 30, 1944.<br />

MACR 11125.<br />

8032 (447th BG) hit by flak Sep 10, 1944 on<br />

mission to Gaggenau.<br />

Engineer went to rear to check on the<br />

damage and while there<br />

the signal to bail out was given and the<br />

pilot set the<br />

autopilot and he and the copilot,<br />

navigator, and bombardier

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