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

B-17 #44-8215 / Satan’s Lady

Delivered Dallas 12/7/44; Langley 10/8/44; Grenier 14/9/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-M] Podington 4/10/44; battle damaged Merseburg 2/11/44 with Maj Ernie Hardin, Lt Col Jim Wilson, Capt Erro Michelson {Wounded in Action}, Chas Few {Wounded in Action}, Monroe Goldstein, Bob Davidson, Lt Herb Palmer {wg}, Lt Frank Fabek [radio nav} (8 Returned to Duty); George Knoble {Ex nav}, Lt John Staples {tg} (2 Prisoner of War); Capt Stan Hall (MIA); crash landed RAF Woodbridge, Suf, UK; Salvaged 3/11/44. Missing Air Crew Report 10780. SATAN’S LADY II.

B-17 #42-102849 / Joanne

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/44; Hunter 27/4/44; Dow Fd 11/5/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 10/5/44; Missing in Action Odertal 18/12/44 with Arthur Dunn, Fite, Gonzales {Wounded in Action}, Eichenberg {Wounded in Action}, Radar {Wounded in Action}, Boone, Cruz, Belyea, McDonald, Kennedy (RTD 21/12/44, except Eichenberg – 1/45; enemy aircraft, crash landed Biograd, Yugo; JOANNE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31813

B-17 #42-31813

Delivered Cheyenne 25/12/43; Dallas 8/1/44; Lakeland 10/1/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 3/3/44; Missing in Action Vienna 8/7/44 with Freeland Dunker (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Lucas, Navigator: Leon Berkovsky, Bombardier: John Buckley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Bradley, Radio Operator: John Reed, Ball turret gunner: Morris LaDue, Waist gunner: John Thead, Waist gunner: Joe Guylas,Tail gunner: Jim Stefel (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Varazdin, Yugo; Missing Air Crew Report 6866.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97972

B-17 #42-97972

Delivered Dallas 19/4/44; Hunter 30/5/44; Grenier 15/6/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-N] Molesworth 6/7/44; Missing in Action Misburg 26/11/44 with Chet Jameson, Bob Blazey, Maurie McDade, Ferdinand Haevers, Glenn Hall, Howard Hole, Roland Bender, Gasper Pizzolato, Bill Hoots (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Bielefeld; Missing Air Crew Report 11200.

B-17 #42-102585 / The-Betty-L

Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-A] Ridgewell 24/4/44; Missing in Action 12m Tours 24/6/44 with Vic Romasco, Navigator: Jim Chandler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elbert Giddens,Tail gunner: Ernie Waldow (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Dick Kellum, Radio Operator: Paul Cosandier, Ball turret gunner: Grover Scoggins, Waist gunner: Harry Owens (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ray Stewart (evaded capture) flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-May, 12 miles SW of Tours, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 6534. THE BETTY L.

B-17 #44-8015 / Johnny Reb

Delivered Dallas 12/5/44; Langley 27/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 15/7/44; battle damaged Ansbach 22/2/45 with Bill Emmett, Co-pilot: Bill Hoffman, Navigator: Clinton Ewen, tog-Sgt Warren Holt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Mason, Radio Operator: George Benedict,Tail gunner: Dean Clementson (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Jim Moss, Waist gunner: Francis Adkins, radar op-Bill Lorig (3 Prisoner of War); flak hit and exploded in mid-air, crashed Oberpfaffenhofen, Ger. Sal; Missing Air Crew Report 12657. JOHNNY REB.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39464

B-17 #43-39464

Delivered Hunter 30/3/45; Assigned 8AF, transferred Sth Plains 15/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-24413 / Birmingham Blitzkrieg II

B-17 #41-24413 / Birmingham Blitzkrieg II

Assigned 92BG Bangor 14/7/42; transferred 414BS/97BG Polebrook 24/8/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; Biskra 25/12/42; Missing in Action Bizerte 26/12/42 with Tom Borders, Co-pilot: Fleming Goolsby, Navigator: Walsh, Bombardier: Hoden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sread, Eaton, Radio Operator: Elliott, Ball turret gunner: Tyler, Waist gunner: West, Waist gunner: Swedo,Tail gunner: DuPaul (10 Killed in Action); direct flak, exploded, no survivors; Missing Air Crew Report 16150. BIRMINGHAM BLITZKREIG.

B-17 #42-37894 / Pegasus IV

Delivered Denver 29/9/43; Gr Island 23/10/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-L] Horham 11/11/43; with C.E. Cyrik force landed RAF base, all OK 12/5/44; on return from mission, with engine out and other problems (42m) 10/6/44 with Vernon Sherwood, Co-pilot: Willis Homes, Navigator: Gerald Dubors, Bombardier: Dick Teeple, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Moore, Radio Operator: Carl Parks, Ball turret gunner: Ferdi Weaver, Waist gunner: Bill Ohl, Waist gunner: Socrates Troumpoles,Tail gunner: Larry Hereford (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Bovingdon AF, UK, off the end of runway, through an orchard and several hedges, but no injuries; salvaged 12/6/44. PEGASUS IV.

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Dave Shirley am 10. Februar 2026 bei 42-5724 / Thunderbird II

Hello, I believe that this plane was flown over from the US to England by the crew of "Virgin" and "X-Virgin" and then was transferred as soon as they landed...

Dave Shirley am 10. Februar 2026 bei 42-29636 / Vanishing Virgin aka X-Virgin

Hello, Okay, so in the early 1990's I was in an antique store in Wisconsin and I came upon a letter written by Mr. Tyler to the crew chief of...

Phil Flip Marchese am 10. Februar 2026 bei Modell 299 (XB-17) – NX13372

remove reference to US Air Force and correct to Air Corps.

Charles Sweet am 10. Februar 2026 bei 42-29636 / Vanishing Virgin aka X-Virgin

Dave Dad never talked much about his war times unless asked.. His later years more so. Dave told the story of flying across the Atlantic to North Africa, and navigating...

Dave Shirley am 08. Februar 2026 bei 42-29636 / Vanishing Virgin aka X-Virgin

Hello, Wow that is very interesting. When I talked with Mr. Tyler he did not even mention the belly landing. I learned about that later. They were part of the...

Ernst-Otto Dettmann am 08. Februar 2026 bei 43-39163 / Happy Warrior

Moin Mein Vater hat als 17 järiger im April 45 den Absturz eines 4motorigen Bombers im Raum Parchim gesehen und war später direkt am Absturzort und hat die geborgenen Toten...

Dave Saunders am 08. Februar 2026 bei 41-24608 / Yahoodi

My uncle was Frank A. Saunders. I love that the small community of Batz Sur Mer has put a monument up to the Yahoodi and its crew. When I was...

Helen Boehm Johnson am 06. Februar 2026 bei 42-31616 / The Spirit of Flak Wolf

Thank you! That would be wonderful. My email address is: hboehm705@gmail.com

Mark Terry am 06. Februar 2026 bei 42-31616 / The Spirit of Flak Wolf

Dear Helen, Just so you know, all I have is a transcription of Robert "Mike" Halligan's letter- not a copy of the original. I hope that is okay. After the...

Frederick McGuire II am 06. Februar 2026 bei 42-29649

B-17 42-29649 Crew The Ball Turret gunner's last name was Smith, "Maynard H. Smith" Great website keep up the good work!

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