B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies

B-17 #42-32037

Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; Gr Island 20/1/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-F] Molesworth 28/2/44; mission to Hamm 23/3/44 with Ray Hoffman, Co-pilot: Calvin Brothers, Navigator: Herb Levy, Bombardier: Arnold Spatt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Blakeney, Radio Operator: Seymour Herman, Ball turret gunner: Ollie Crenshaw, Waist gunner: Dave Miller, Bernard Hendon (9 Returned to Duty);Tail gunner: Jim Williams (KIA-entire turret shot off); Missing in Action Berlin (38m) 21/6/44 with Henry Way, Co-pilot: Warren Raese, Bombardier: Julian Bell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vince Paolino, Waist gunner: Stan Lynam (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Elden Sigurdson, Radio Operator: Jim May, Ball turret gunner: Garland Meredith,Tail gunner: Bob Parks (4 Prisoner of War); flak hits quickly followed by explosion, crashed near Schulzendorf rail station, Berlin, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 6540.

B-17 #42-29674

Delivered Cheyenne 31/1/43; Gt Falls 14/2/43; Gowen 19/2/43; Sioux City 25/2/43; Watertown 3/3/43; Sioux City 6/3/43; Walla Walla 12/4/43; 325 BU Avon Park 5/7/44; 4104 BU Rome 2/11/44; Wright Air. Corp, Caldwell, NJ 30/3/45; Patterson 28/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/10/45. CINCINNATI QUEEN.

B-17 #42-5960

Delivered Long Beach 31/5/43; Pyote 1/7/43; Kearney 19/7/43; Spokane 24/7/43; 328 BU Gulfport 11/7/44; 327 BU Drew 9/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

B-17 #42-97534 / Pee Wee aka Patches

Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Newark 11/1/44; Langley 12/1/44; Assigned 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 25/1/44; transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-A] Snetterton 25/1/44 PEE WEE; 728BS/452BG (9Z- ] Deopham Green 26/1/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 25/11/44 with Irving Cohen, Co-pilot: Dick Washburn, Navigator: Cecil Vandervort, Bombardier: Jim Hartman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lyall Ehret, Ball turret gunner: Ervin Roesch,Tail gunner: Don Yee (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Gene Krachenfels{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Albt Mitchell (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Harren, N of Aachen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11049. PATCHES.

B-17 #42-97967 / Hun Runner

Delivered Dallas 17/4/44; Hunter 30/5/44; Grenier 12/6/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 15/7/44; battle damaged Ingolstadt, Germany 15/1/45 with Warren B. McAlllister; force landed continent, 12 km east of Roye, between Ercheu and Libermont, France; Salvaged 6/3/45. HUN RUNNER.

B-17 #42-31590

Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Gt Falls 30/11/43; Kearney 21/12/43; Oklahoma City 4/1/44; Lincoln 12/1/44; Kearney 16/1/44; Memphis 18/1/44; MacDill 21/1/44; Homestead 23/1/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 25/2/44; {29m}; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 20/2/45; 4100 BU Patterson 27/7/45; Recl Comp 24/5/46.

B-17 #42-31726 / Duration Plus

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-O] Thurleigh 10/2/44; MIA Germany. an oil insts 13/9/44 Pilot: Clayton Nattier, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gerald Bump, Radio Operator: Edwin Block, Ball Turret Gunner: Cecil Richardson, Waist Gunner: Max Kimmel, Tail Gunner: Dick Edwards (6POW); Co-Pilot: Gerald Johnson, Navigator: Bernie Weinstein, Bombardier: Bill Gregory (3KIA); flak, crashed Ammendorf, Ger; MACR 8829. DURATION-PLUS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31115 / Hell’s Bells

B-17 #42-31115 / Hell’s Bells

Delivered Cheyenne 21/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 25/10/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Jim Feeney{not found till 25/2/44}, Radio Operator: Norman Kajut, Waist gunner: Marion Forbis,Tail gunner: Lou LeFevre (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Sam Gundy, Navigator: Sam Simon, Bombardier: John Drickson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Ball, Ball turret gunner: Walt Lennons, Waist gunner: Joe Smith, foto-Oscar Land (7 Prisoner of War); flak, on return crashed 3 km south-east of Heemskerk, Netherlands . Missing Air Crew Report 2348. HELL’S BELLS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-40046

B-17 #42-40046

Delivered Long Beach 11/11/43; Gr Island 24/11/43; Presque Is 30/11/43; Prestwick, Scotland, UK 6/12/43; ass 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 14/12/43; MIA Kiel 4/1/44 Pilot: Ashley Bean, Co-Pilot: Floyd Whiteley, Navigator: Carl Flagstad, Bombardier: Bruce Barclay, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Carl Alexander, Radio Operator: Larry Andrews, Ball Turret Gunner: Gene Bergen, Waist Gunner: Don Farrington, Waist Gunner: Rex Kerwin, Tail Gunner: Chas Briska (10POW); mech fault & two engines out, then shot down by fighters. Crashed Luetjenhorn, five miles north-east of Leck [or 22 km west of Flensburg], Schleswig/Holstein, Germany. MACR 1897.

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Desmond am 16. Juni 2026 bei 44-8959

This B-17 appears to have been a VIP transport for Lt Gen George E. Stratemeyer around 1945. He was the commander of the USAAF forces in China. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/204999898

Linda Sue Damon Jamieson am 16. Juni 2026 bei 42-107206 / Old Black Magic

Hi Jon, Malcolm F. Damon, the pilot on the last flight of Old Black Magic, was my father. One of the stories about the crew on that final flight was...

Justin Holmes am 16. Juni 2026 bei 42-3437 / Excaliburs Revenge

Hello everyone! My great grandmother took a photo of a B17 that crashed in or near Le Pecq and my family still has it. I’m almost positive that the photo...

Anthony Engeloch am 16. Juni 2026 bei 42-5812 / Cannon Ball

I was wondering if anyone could send me more information on the crew and or plane, specifically the RO. P.Gallipeo…. Part of my God Family but might as well be...

Richard Willis am 15. Juni 2026 bei 42-31373 / Flakstop

My father was 2nd Lt. Al Willis, the co-pilot of Flakstop, shot down on the first daylight raid on Berlin, 3/6/44. Dad was the last man to jump. 4 crewmen...

Jeb Bishop am 15. Juni 2026 bei 44-6143 / Miss Behavin

Any photos of airplane or crew? My dad was ssgt Jack Bishop, ball turret

Neal Sexton am 15. Juni 2026 bei 44-6146 / Little Cheezer

My dad, Sexton, was the Engineer. I was lucky to have met: Cooper Ellis D'Agostini Sexton Sherrill Lawrence !

My dad, Sexton, was the Engineer. I'm lucky that I got to meet: Cooper Ellis D'Agostini Sexton Sherrill Lawrence !

James Minard am 15. Juni 2026 bei 42-32109 / Mizpah

My wife's grandfather's brother was the Bombardier, Kenneth Dudley. I would appreciate a crew photo we could add to our family stuff. Kenneth's brother, Allan, was a P47 pilot and...

Bobby Silliman am 13. Juni 2026 bei 41-24498

I can share some information regarding this combat crew's bombardier, 2nd Lt Gordon R. Grant. He earned his bombardier wings at the Victorville Army Air Fueld and graduated with the...

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