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

B-17 #42-31796

Delivered Cheyenne 24/12/43; Scott Fd 6/1/44; Hunter 10/1/44; Lakeland 11/1/44; Morrison 13/2/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 15/2/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 5/5/44 with Bill Smith, Co-pilot: Gittis Gosdin, Navigator: Paul McCollum, Bombardier: Don Graham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert Bagy, Radio Operator: Glen Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Lyons, Waist gunner: Jim McKee, Waist gunner: Galen Strand,Tail gunner: Joe Stranmeier; 10 INT in Turkey. Crew returned to the US on 29 June, 1944. Flak, last seen near Ploesti, Romania; Missing Air Crew Report 4616.

B-17 #42-39951 / In The Mood aka Gremlin Buggy II

Delivered: Long Beach 18/10/43; Gr Island 10/11/43; ass 551BS/385BG [HR-M] (?), [HR-N] Gt Ashfield 27/11/43; damaged over Saarbrucken 23/5/44 Pilot/Crew: ?. (10RTD) ditched English Channel off Hove, Sussex, no MACR

B-17 #42-39763

Delivered Long Beach 25/8/43; Cheyenne 11/9/43; Mat. Com. Wright 2/6/44 as a propeller feathering test aircraft; 4100 BU Patterson 15/2/45; 234 BU Clovis 19/2/45; 400 BU Wright 4/3/45; 4145 BU Wendover 18/4/45; 4135 BH Hill Fd 4/6/46; 4145 BU Alamagordo 31/3/47; 4136 BU – 23/12/47; 4146 BU Holloman 29/4/48; 2754 AB Gp Holloman 5/4/49; 2753 AST Gp Pyote 13/4/49; Recl Comp Pyote 4/4/50.

B-17 #42-97731

Delivered Denver 10/2/44; 1SAG Langley 4/4/44; Morrison 28/4/44; Assigned (PFF) 49BS/2BG Amendola 6/5/44; transferred 97BG Cerignola 30/5/44; NBD, to depot and sal 20/7/44. YANKEE DOODLE II

B-17 #42-97641

Delivered Denver 13/1/44; 1SAG Langley 22/2/44; Morrison 22/3/44; Assigned (PFF) 49BS/2BG Amendola 23/3/44; transferred 414BS/97BG Amendola 4/44; 301BG Lucera /44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 25/2/45; 4100 BU Patterson 23/2/45; Recl Comp 2/5/46.

B-17 #42-39876 / Gloria Ann

Delivered Denver 27/9/43; Gr Island 15/10/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-E] Framlingham 21/10/43; severe battle damaged over Berlin 6/3/44 with J. Flottorp, crew ? (10 Returned to Duty); on return aircraft had over 700 holes and sal 8/3/44. GLORIA ANN.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31110 / Pacific’s Dream

B-17 #42-31110 / Pacific’s Dream

Delivered Dallas 20/9/43; Gr Island 12/10/43; Wilmington 15/10/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-M] Rougham 23/10/43; Missing in Action Cognac 31/12/43 with Ed Sullivan, Co-pilot: Cliff Robinson, Bombardier: Rueben Fier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Shue (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Harvey Barr, Radio Operator: Chas Hoyes, Ball turret gunner: Stan Dymek, Waist gunner: John McLaughlin, Waist gunner: Alvin Sanderson,Tail gunner: Kenneth Carson (6 evaded capture); flak damaged three engines, crashed Cognac, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1672. PACIFIC’S DREAM.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39130

B-17 #43-39130

Delivered Lincoln 10/12/44; Dow Fd 17/12/44; Assigned 848BS/490BG Eye 19/12/44; Missing in Action Plauen 21/3/45 with Bill Audette, Ray Ankeny, Bob Neuenschwander, Ted Chapin, Roy McGhee tg, Virgil Dupler rcm (6 Killed in Action); Lew Harvard, George Gilbert, Chas Johnston, Bill Shipp (4 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft, crashed south of Oberfrauendorf, near Dippoldiswalde, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 13555.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30329

B-17 #42-30329

Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/43; Gore 17/5/43; Cheyenne 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/5/43; Morrison 7/6/43; Assigned 352BS/301BG St Donat 9/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {60m} Regensburg with John Van Nortwick, Power, Thompson, Baronas, Martyniak, Moye, Ballard, Wiand, Murray, Sbaschnig (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed 2,5 km north of Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer, Austria; Missing Air Crew Report 2595.

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Roger Vanderveen am 04. Oktober 2026 bei 43-37673 / That’s All Jack

Hi Edith, I think you are the Edie who was a friend of my Aunt Helen's in Ripon, am I right? I remember me and my brothers pestering you older...

Edith Van Dyken Bajema am 03. Oktober 2026 bei 43-37673 / That’s All Jack

Roger, Henry Bouma dated my mother, Clarice Pasma VanDyken, during their high school years. He corresponded with her after he went into the military, and she kept those letters in...

Andreas am 03. Oktober 2026 bei 42-37783 / Dodie aka Call Her Savage

I have a Photo of the Crash-Site but in poor quality

Hallo Dieter, ich komme aus Siegen und würde die Absturzstelle gerne mal sehen. Ich habe nur ein schwarzweißbild der Absturzstelle aber kann nicht genau lokalisieren wo diese ist Gruß

Margaret Steinmetz am 03. Oktober 2026 bei 42-30029 / „Chap’s“ Flying Circus

Hello Julia, my brother Ken and I have been researching info about Ed and Francis Meyers. Our grandmother, Betty Meyers Lightkep was their sister. So that would make us relatives....

Ellen Friar am 02. Oktober 2026 bei 42-30189 / La Chiquita

My uncle was Jim Bob Gunn. I have been researching his WWII service.

Rasheed Lichtenstern am 02. Oktober 2026 bei 42-97859 / Any Gum Chum

Rebecca, I’d be happy to hear about their last mission, as well as what Bill had to say about it. You can contact me by my email from the previous...

Jess J Clark am 02. Oktober 2026 bei 43-38588 / Eileen’s Kindergarten

Hello Mark, I'm the eldest grandson of Homer's co-pilot James M. McKay. I just found this image and some info on my grandpa and your dad. My grandfather is without...

Phil Flip Marchese am 01. Oktober 2026 bei 42-5991

The Aero B-17 places 42-5991 at several locations/centers and eventually at Cheyenne circa 16 Jun, 1943, which is while gun training program was in progress. That conforms with the photo...

regarding 42-5991 , a photo exist of this plane in flying with the modified Bendix chin turret added as crew gunnery trainer. documentation states these were done at Cheyenne. However...

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