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

B-17 #42-30677

Delivered Dallas 10/7/43; Kearney 29/7/43; Gulfport 8/8/43; Topeka 12/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-K] Alconbury 30/8/43; Missing in Action Bremen 16/12/43 with Ed Walsh, Co-pilot: Herb Haycock, Navigator: Jerome Hanson, Bombardier: Dave Pinnelas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Cole,Tail gunner: Ralph Conley (6 Killed in Action), Radio Operator: Lee Folsom, Waist gunner: Bill Higbe (2 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Herman Morgan, Waist gunner: Loral Martin (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed probably in Ijsselmer, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1586. (?1556)

B-17 #42-102578 / We Promised

Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Hunter 8/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 30/4/44; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-D] Thurleigh 18/5/44; 532BS/381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 100+m, Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Recl Comp 7/6/46. WE PROMISED.

B-17 #42-3382

Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Presque Is 7/8/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG Molesworth 12/8/43; transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-S] Thurleigh 22/2/44; on training flight9/5/44 with Ralph Clark, Co-pilot: Capt John Kelly, Navigator: Ralph Zimmerman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cpl C.E. Flach, Radio Operator: L.L. Cannon, pass-Capt Wendell Hull, Lts R. Jones, L.J. Folkes, Don Giles and Lt Col Jarvis (UK Home Guard; fire broke out in #2, unable to reach bas crash landed Wilden, Bedfordshire, hit a tree and skidded a long way, but no injuries; (10 Returned to Duty); Tran (Oboe Mk I radar) 813BS/482BG [PC-I] Alconbury 10/5/44; Salvaged 9AAF Stansted /44.

B-17 #43-38913

Delivered Lincoln 9/10/44; Grenier 17/10/44; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-P] Thurleigh 21/10/44; transferred 532BS/381BS Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30153 / Worry Wart

B-17 #42-30153 / Worry Wart

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/43; Smoky Hill 24/4/43; Dow Fd 6/5/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG Andrews Fd 9/5/43 WORRY WART; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 532BS/381BG Ridgewell 16/7/43; Missing in Action {1m} Hamburg (Heide) 25/7/43 with Capt Joe Alexander, Co-pilot: Bill Crowley, Navigator: Jack Wemmer, Bombardier: Harry Hellman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Nance, Radio Operator: George Orin, Ball turret gunner: Pete Garvan, Waist gunner: Jim Heist, Waist gunner: Walt Ferens,Tail gunner: George Johnsen (10 Prisoner of War); flak damage too serious to attempt UK return, crashed Sudmoor, near Aurich, E of Emden Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 131.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5850

B-17 #42-5850

Delivered Long Beach 20/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Dow Fd 20/3/43; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43; MIA Hamburg 25/6/43 Pilot: Maj Seldon McMillin, Co-Pilot: Jim Smith, Navigator: Capt Jim Foister, Bombardier: Francis Meyers, Radio Operator: John Reichwein, Ball Turret Gunner: Lynn Jone, Waist Gunner: Dave Pratt, Waist Gunner: Stan McArthur, Tail Gunner: Art Nelson (9POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Robert Harrison Buckley (KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Smallbroek, SW of Beilen, Hol. MACR 16357.

B-17 #42-5717

Delivered Cheyenne 13-Sep-42; New Castle 11-Oct-42; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-F] Thurleigh 29-Nov-1942. The aircraft was attacked by German fighters on the way to bomb the U-Boat pens at St, Nazaire, France on 16-Feb-43. The aircraft crashed near Guillac, France. 7KIA, 1POW 2EVD. MACR 15472

B-17 #44-8671

Delivered Cheyenne 20/11/44; Hunter 12/12/44; Grenier 30/12/44; Assigned 390BG Framlingham 6/1/45; transferred 423BS/306BG [RD-W] Thurleigh 5/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 30/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31556

B-17 #42-31556

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gr Island 3/12/43; Kearney 8/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-D] Thurleigh 4/1/44; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Warren Lutz, Co-Pilot: Tom Johnson, Navigator: Ed O’Neill, Bombardier: Jim Knox, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Warren Adams, Radio Operator: Joe Reed, Ball Turret Gunner: Roy Ward & brother Waist Gunner: Ray Ward (8KIA); Waist Gunner: Alec Lazek, Tail Gunner: Chas Lux (2POW); flak hits damaged right wing and cut fuel lines, ship crashed two miles S of Hecklingen, near Stassfurt, 20 miles E of Halberstadt, Germany. MACR 4240.

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Jay Manderson am 05. März 2026 bei 44-8153

Wondering what plane my father-in-law flew out of England in daylight bombing runs over Germany? He said the only time he was nervous was when he had to turn the...

Dave Simon am 04. März 2026 bei 42-3371

My dad, Lt James G Simon, was the navigator on 3371.

b17flyingfortress.de am 04. März 2026 bei 42-30153 / Worry Wart

Thanks, I have updated his name.

b17flyingfortress.de am 04. März 2026 bei 42-5850

Jennifer Codding am 04. März 2026 bei 42-30153 / Worry Wart

My grandfather was the tail gunner on this plane. His name is spelled George Johnsen.

Sascha Brinkmann am 03. März 2026 bei 42-3363 / Punchy

Ja mein Onkel spricht auch englisch, zwar nicht so gut wie ich aber gut genug. Zudem kann er auch noch seinen Cousin fragen.

Chris Timmer am 02. März 2026 bei 42-5850

The name of Bob Buckley wrong, is official name is. Robert Harrison Buckley, he is buried on Margraten in J-18-12. I belong a photo of this plane on the crash...

Joseph Kailey am 02. März 2026 bei 42-102967 / The Diplomat

TT Gunner Evan Casper was my Uncle.

G.W.Kleisen am 01. März 2026 bei 41-24465 / Montana Power

Mijn vader, Gerrit Wiechert Kleisen heeft samen met een collega douanier, Reinier Dalhuisen de piloten de grens overgebracht . Ook de arts P.W. Koch en de Belgische douanier Oscar Gerard...

Padraic Coll am 28. Februar 2026 bei 42-3090 / T’aint A Bird

Hi All I just came across this while doing some research for a project I am doing. Our whiskey distillery is about 2 miles from the site where it crash...

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