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

B-17 #42-97365 / Zamro

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Rapid City 8/3/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-Z] Thurleigh 2/6/44; Missing in Action Halle 16/8/44 with Young Newsom, Co-pilot: Irving Dudley, Navigator: Harry Pasvoll, Bombardier: Gordon Slocum, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jerry Myers, Ball turret gunner: Milton Bassett, Waist gunner: Orville Werts,Tail gunner: Floyd Owens (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Henry Kantor (KIA-on ground, two Luftwaffe soldiers from Rheine airfield nearby were tried and hung 5/9/47); flak, crashed Rotenkirchen, W of Bohlen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7901. ZAMRO.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31436

B-17 #42-31436

Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Kearney 16/11/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 1/1/44; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Henry Hammond, Co-Pilot: Bob Brown, Navigator: Fred Heubner, Bombardier: Lee McDonald, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Louis Koren, Radio Operator: John McMillan, Ball Turret Gunner: Noel Lamarche, Waist Gunner: Matt Kwasny, Tail Gunner: Thurlow Schultz (9POW); Waist Gunner: Frank Maxey (KIA); mid air coll w/42-31151 (96BG); crashed 12 km northeast of Montherme, 25 km north of Charleville-Mezieres, France. MACR 2378.

B-17 #41-24489 / Terry and the Pirates

Assigned 367BS/306BG Westover 17-Aug-42; Thurleigh 13-Oct-42; Missing in Action 20-Dec-42 on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed Melun, 40 km southeast of Paris, France. 3KIA 7POW. No MACR issued.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30859 / Skylark

B-17 #42-30859 / Skylark

Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/43; Gr Isle 31/8/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-O] Snetterton 5/9/43; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Lou Kandl, Co-Pilot: Branden Britt, Navigator: Bob Stanton, Bombardier: Albt Combs, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Knapp, Radio Operator: Bob Scanlon, Ball Turret Gunner: Theo Wagner, Waist Gunner: Aaron Shoop (8KIA); Waist Gunner: Theo Brown, Tail Gunner: Chas Harborough (2POW); mid air collision w/42-31151, crashed Gusenburg, 14 miles SE of Trier/Eifel, Germany. MACR 2377. SKYLARK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31151

B-17 #42-31151

Delivered Cheyenne 25/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Long Beach 13/10/43; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-S] Snetterton 15/10/43; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Darrell Sisler, Co-Pilot: Clarry Johnson, Navigator: Montidier Estes, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Lewis, Waist Gunner: Tom Price, Waist Gunner: Larry Rotholtz (6KIA); Bombardier: Jim Kelly, Radio Operator: Phil Rousse, Ball Turret Gunner: Art Brown, Tail Gunner: Walter Wilde (4POW); mid air coll w/42-30859 (96BG), disintegrated and crashed Hermeskeil (14 miles SE of Trier/Eifel), Germany. MACR 2381.

B-17 #42-30439 / Donna Lou II

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/43; Gore 2/6/43; Dow Fd 8/7/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-S] Rougham 9/7/43; considered war weary and sal 31/5/45. DONNA LOU II.

B-17 #42-31339 / Schifless Skonk

Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Gr Island 28/10/43; Wilmington 04/11/43; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-M] Framlingham 10/11/43; [23m] severe battle damage Berlin, 06/03/44. Pilot: Elbert R. Hoover; forced landing Honington depot; Salvaged. 22/3/44. SHIFLESS SKUNK.

B-17 #43-38856

Delivered Lincoln 30/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-M] Ridgewell 19/10/44; {7m} crashed Isle of Man, UK with Chas Ackerman, Edwin Hutcheson, plus passengers Lts Alfred Mata, Jim Hinkle, John Fedak, Martin Matyas and Larry McGhehey; NCOs Angelo Quagliariello, Jose Martinez, Herb Gupton, Harry Super, Edwin Ulman, Andy Piter, Joe Sullivan, Joe Gray, Ed Bailey, Ralph Gibbs, Andy Barbour, Wesley Hagen, Dave Lindon, Irvin Hargraves, Mike Kakos, Earl Ammermann, Les Maxwell, Tom Flaherty, Walt McCullough, Bill Geist, Merle Ramsowr, Wayne Manes. All 31 Killed in Service when aircraft hit North Barrule mountain en route Belfast on a furlough flight 23/4/45 and to attend President Roosevelt’s memorial service; Salvaged.

B-17 #42-39812 / Casey Jones

Delivered Long Beach 8/9/43; Gr Island 3/10/43; ass 332BS/94BG [XM-N] Rougham 8/10/43; MIA Munster 11/11/43 w/Dick Ralls, cp-Hugh Hardgrove, b-Theo Hathaway, ettg-Lester Mann, ro-Francis Markwell, btg-Lynnford Smith, wg-Bill Borman{body washed up Scharendijke, Schouwen Is, Holl 19/6/44}, wg-John Smith, tg-Alf Salsgiver (9KIA); n-John Thompson (POW); fighter, on fire going down, ditched North Sea, 30 km west of Westerschouwen, the Netherlands; MACR 1066. CASEY JONES.

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Jhazen am 04. November 2026 bei 42-97547

Lee Hazen is my grandfather. I know there have been some video interviews done with him (one I just stumbled upon on YouTube), also newspapers articles. I was fortunate enough...

Lee Hazen is my grandfather. I know there have been some video interviews done with him, also newspapers articles. I was fortunate enough to hear some of his stories

David Cupples am 03. November 2026 bei 44-83563

My father who was an A/2C, Clifford E. Cupples was the radio operator with the crew assigned to Brig Gen H.L. Grills in early 1955 for his use. Other crew...

Ken Carson am 02. November 2026 bei 41-24407 / The Goon

My dad; SSGT. Ivan Carson was the belly ball turret gunner on the Goon. He and the crew all completed 50 missions on this plane. Many times they came back...

Ben Davis am 02. November 2026 bei 44-83292

I have a picture of this B-17 that my grandfather was on

David Moyles am 01. November 2026 bei 43-38492 / Venus Ramey

The man in this photo is my father Mervyn Moyles. He flew this plane as Navigator from December 1944 through June 1945.

My father, Mervyn Moyles, is in this photo. He flew as Navigator on the Venus Ramey from December 1944 through June 1945.

b17flyingfortress.de am 31. Oktober 2026 bei 42-97365 / Zamro

Arkadiusz, thanks! Just watched it. Amazing!

Dave Dundon-Harris am 31. Oktober 2026 bei 42-31713 / Snake Hips

The pilot, John Bosko, was my grandfather! I have some of his memorabilia so if I can find out any additional information I'll be sure to follow up. Thank you...

Nancy (nee Pietsch) Souders am 31. Oktober 2026 bei 44-6929 / Evadin‘ Maiden

If you go to the Squadron Nostralgia website that is the "Evadin Maiden II that my brother John had commissioned, and it's particularly interesting that they chose to include our...

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