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

B-17 #42-102648 / BTO of ETO

Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Grenier 28/4/44; Slated 447BG, Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-L] Thorpe Abbotts 21/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Bob Roeder, Co-pilot: Paul Lammers, Navigator: Claud Robison, Bombardier: Milton Grabel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wade Eason, Radio Operator: Frank Goldstein (6 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Natham McElroy{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Fred Cebalo{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Bill Poklemba{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: Tony Lombardi (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Suelfeld, near Kaltenkirchen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5172. BTO of ETO.

B-17 #43-38085 / Towering Titan

Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/44; Hunter 17/6/44; Dow Fd 23/7/44; Assigned: 366BS/305BG [KY-L] (?), 365BS [XK-L] Chelveston 11/8/44; MIA Dresden 17/4/45 Pilot: Brainard Harris, Earl Boyd, Herman Spurrier, Earl Losse, Louie Daybrook, Walt McClellan, Sam Williams, Ed Ganschow (8KIA); mid air coll w/jet aircraft, crashed Babisnau, 10 km south of Dresden, Germany; MACR 14172. TOWERING TITAN.

B-17 #43-38014 / The Naughty Virgin

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned: 422BS/305BG [JJ-P] Chelveston 12/7/44; battle damage Berlin 18/3/45 Pilot: Roy McCaldin, Navigator: Lyman Clark, togg-Bill King, Radio Operator: John Powers, Ball Turret Gunner: Union Melton, Tail Gunner: Jim Murphy, sj-Andy Kester (7RTD, picked up by Russians); Co-Pilot: Emil Sobol, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Alex Archibald (2POW); flak, crashed Berlin; MACR 13146. Salvaged. 4/4/45. THE NAUGHTY VIRGIN.

B-17 #42-31501 / ‚Ole‘ Miss Destry aka Son of a Blitz

Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/43; Billings 15/11/43; Kearney 28/11/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-R] Chelveston 12/12/43 `OLE‘ MISS DESTRY; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 20/5/45; 138m, Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. SON OF A BLITZ.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29594 / Little Butch

B-17 #42-29594 / Little Butch

Delivered Cheyenne 13/1/43; Salina 29/1/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Brookley 15/3/43; Assigned 429BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 13/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Missing in Action {29m} Naples 4/8/43 with Capt Bill Mayer, Bombardier: Elmo McClain,Tail gunner: Albt Nash (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Paul Wernich, Navigator: Aldo Angiolini, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Samora, Radio Operator: Bill Doebele, Ball turret gunner: Clifton Wade, Waist gunner: Ed Lamont, Waist gunner: Harry Lavine (7 Killed in Action); flak, seven chutes seen. crashed in the water at Naples/Nisida, just off the town of Pozzguali, Italy. Missing Air Crew Report 371. LITTLE BUTCH.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5893 / Sad Sack

B-17 #42-5893 / Sad Sack

Delivered Long Beach 24/4/43; Smoky Hill 29/4/43; Tinker 13/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-M] Bassingbourn 24/5/43; transferred 336BS/95BG [ET-F] Horham 16/6/43; 8m, Missing in Action Hannover 26/7/43 with Oliver Robichaud, Co-pilot: Martin Heathcote, Navigator: Capt Roy Deadman, Bombardier: Bob Katz, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bloxom, Waist gunner: Joe Mutz broke arm in bale out (6 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Clarry Borchardt,Tail gunner: George Kosturko (2 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Cothran shot dead by SS on march from POW camp, Radio Operator: Graham Smith (2 Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrieloh, 12 miles E of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 197. SAD SACK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30304 / She’s My Gal

B-17 #42-30304 / She’s My Gal

Delivered Cheyenne 10/5/43; Gore 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-B] Horham 15/6/43; 5m, Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Henry Quirk, Co-pilot: Joe Cisar, Bombardier: Ambrose Angle, Radio Operator: Herb Suess, Waist gunner: John McNeil, Waist gunner: Elwood Bell (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Nathan Datlow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Medford, Ball turret gunner: Tom McArthur,Tail gunner: Milton Huffstuttler (4 Prisoner of War); fighter, crashed Lauenstein, near Hameln, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 196.

B-17 #44-6179 / Firecracker

Delivered Tulsa 24/5/44; Hunter 15/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 2/7/44; crash landed base 18/4/45 with Austin Cragg, co-pilot: Vernon M. Neff; radio operator: Charles R. Hill; returning from mission to bomb troops in Charlie area; burned out.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5395

B-17 #42-5395

Delivered Tulsa 30/11/42; New Castle 17/12/42; Assigned 353BS/301BG Biskra 3/1/43; Ain M’Lila 17/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Missing in Action {43m} San Giovanni 16/7/43, with Pearson, Dix, Harrington, Turansky, Hayes, Roshrgar, Pearson, Fleming, Luke; flak hit; Missing Air Crew Report 209 [wrong].

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Sheila Byrne am 30. Juli 2026 bei 42-97143 / You’ve Had It

Hi, I'm crying typing this ...I am the niece of S/Sgt Mike Walsh. My mom was his sister. Uncle Mike was and still to this day is always spoken of...

Daniel Parro am 29. Juli 2026 bei 42-3137

My Father: Donald F. Parro was assigned B-17F tail #42-3134 on June 6th 1943, He was assigned to 301st Bombardment Group, 419th Bomber Sq. He and his crew flew 50...

Antonio J Siciliano am 29. Juli 2026 bei 42-3552 / The Flyin‘ Ginny

Great comments I haven't been on this site in years time flies.Im always astonished how these airmen survived my uncle Art was a very lucky guy to survive his fellow...

Dean Roberson am 28. Juli 2026 bei 42-5882 / Spook III

Waist Gunner Harry Lofton (real name Harold) was my great uncle and brother to my grandmother. He was from Eckerty, Indiana in the county of Crawford. His family nickname was...

Phil Flip Marchese am 28. Juli 2026 bei 42-29467 / Flack Dodger

Note the image shows a "flack" spelling as does the header while your synopsis and that at AAMB list this F-55-BO as Flak Dodger , the later without an update...

Carol Evenhouse am 27. Juli 2026 bei 42-102579 / Stinker

Stinker was not shot down. Before leaving Nuthamstead, oil lines were crimped, #3 engine failed, pilot turned around and #1 engine began to fail. Plane turned around and began losing...

Phil Flip Marchese am 27. Juli 2026 bei 41-24440 / I Got Spurs

Does the record card or other official sources show this as an F-9?

Val C am 27. Juli 2026 bei 43-38699

My uncle Fred H. Horton was ball turret gunner on this mission, KIA. Burial in Epinal.

Marty Bridge am 27. Juli 2026 bei 42-3075 / Longhorn

hello Robert, my great uncle is Arlie R Bridge ,he served with your uncle.

George Hooker am 25. Juli 2026 bei 42-39890 / Return Ticket

There was another B17 called Return Ticket assigned to the 100th Bomb Group. The one in this photo was assigned to the 381st.

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