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* ''[[All American (aircraft)|All American]]'' – This B-17F survived having its tail almost cut off in a mid-air collision with a [[Messerschmitt Bf 109|Bf 109]] over Tunisia but returned safely to base in Algeria.[{{cite web |title=WWII's B-17 ''All American:'' Separating Fact and Fiction |url=http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/wwiis-b-17-all-american-separating-fact-fiction.html |website=Warbirds News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405014119/http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/wwiis-b-17-all-american-separating-fact-fiction.html |archive-date=5 April 2016 |date=27 June 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 August 2016 }}] |
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* ''[[All American (aircraft)|All American]]'' – This B-17F survived having its tail almost cut off in a mid-air collision with a [[Messerschmitt Bf 109|Bf 109]] over Tunisia but returned safely to base in Algeria.[{{cite web |title=WWII's B-17 ''All American:'' Separating Fact and Fiction |url=http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/wwiis-b-17-all-american-separating-fact-fiction.html |website=Warbirds News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405014119/http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/wwiis-b-17-all-american-separating-fact-fiction.html |archive-date=5 April 2016 |date=27 June 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 August 2016 }}] |
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* ''Snap! Crackle! Pop!'' – B-17F-27-BO, 41-24620, part of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, was on a daylight bombing run over Saint-Nazaire, France when downed by flak. The ball turret gunner, [[Alan Magee]], his parachute damaged and unusable, free fell from 22,000 feet, survived and became a POW.[{{cite web |title=41-24620 Snap! Crackle! Pop! |url=https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/41-24620 |website=American Air Museum in Britain |publisher=Imperial War Museums |access-date=30 November 2024}}][{{cite web |last1=Susskind |first1=Hal |title=20,000 Feet - Without a Chute The Alan Magee Story |url=http://www.303rdbg.com/magee.html |website=Hell's Angels Newsletter |publisher=via: 303rd Bomb Group (H) |access-date=30 November 2024 |date=February 1996}}] |
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* ''Snap! Crackle! Pop!'' – B-17F-27-BO, 41-24620, part of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, was on a daylight bombing run over Saint-Nazaire, France when downed by flak. The ball turret gunner, [[Alan Magee]], his parachute damaged and unusable, free fell from 22,000 feet, survived and became a POW.[{{cite web |title=41-24620 Snap! Crackle! Pop! |url=https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/41-24620 |website=American Air Museum in Britain |publisher=Imperial War Museums |access-date=30 November 2024}}][{{cite web |last1=Susskind |first1=Hal |title=20,000 Feet - Without a Chute The Alan Magee Story |url=http://www.303rdbg.com/magee.html |website=Hell's Angels Newsletter |publisher=via: 303rd Bomb Group (H) |access-date=30 November 2024 |date=February 1996}}] |
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* ''Chief Seattle'' – sponsored by the city of Seattle, she disappeared (MIA) on 14 August 1942[Nose art [http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/usaaf/chiefofseattle.htm photos] clearly shows "Chief Seattle", but often incorrectly reported as "Chief of Seattle"] flying a recon mission for the 19th BG, 435th BS[B-17E SN# 41-2656 at [http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-2656.html PacificWrecks.com] or MACR report at Fold3.org] and the crew declared dead on 7 December 1945. |
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* ''Chief Seattle'' – B-17E , 41-2656, sponsored by the city of Seattle, she disappeared (MIA) on 14 August 1942[Nose art [http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/usaaf/chiefofseattle.htm photos] clearly shows "Chief Seattle", but often incorrectly reported as "Chief of Seattle"] flying a recon mission for the 19th BG, 435th BS[B-17E SN# 41-2656 at [http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-2656.html PacificWrecks.com] or MACR report at Fold3.org] and the crew declared dead on 7 December 1945. |
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* ''Hell's Kitchen'' – B-17F 41-24392 was one of only three early B-17F's in 414th BS to complete more than 100 combat missions.[{{cite web] |
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* ''Hell's Kitchen'' – B-17F 41-24392 was one of only three early B-17F's in 414th BS to complete more than 100 combat missions.[{{cite web] |
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