42-37834 Miserable Bitch / Miserable Witch in the media
Del Long Beach 17/9/43; Scott 28/9/43; Assigned 8AF 7/10/43; sal 31/10/45 with 9AF in Germany
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ContributorNanci Silver Boice
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from news articles in Oklahoma City newspapers when pilot, Lt.Col Samuel Brooks Shirley received oak leaf. Also, conversations with my step father, Lt. Col Samuel Brooks Shirley, Jr. He said that the Miserable Bitch I was taken out by a different crew and went down in Schweinfurt. The crew named another plane Miserable Bitch II. Media reported plan as Miserable Witch.