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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30846

B-17 #42-30846

Delivered Dallas 6/8/43; Gore 7/8/43; Dallas 10/8/43; Tinker 20/12/43; 3501 BU Boca Raton 16/7/43; 4006 BU Miami 19/8/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 24/8/44; 3539 BU Langley 7/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30845

B-17 #42-30845

Delivered Dallas 6/8/43; Gore 7/8/43; Dallas 10/8/43; 93BS/19BG Pyote 21/8/43; force landed base with Bob Brown 26/8/43; 4006 BU Miami 5/8/44; 4200 BU Chicago Mun 1/1/45; 236 BU Pyote 2/1/45; 4104 BU Rome 18/1/45; Written off Recl Comp 14/8/45.

B-17 #44-6555

B-17 #44-6555

Delivered Hunter 6/9/44; Grenier 21/9/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 11/10/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 15/3/45 with Walt Griffith, Co-pilot: Isles O’Malley, Navigator: John Fyfe, Bombardier: Dan Thomas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Darwin Bartow, Radio Operator: Gerald Moty, Ball turret gunner: Erwin Lange, Waist gunner: Paul Mitchell, Waist gunner: Richard Oberly,Tail gunner: Don Baker, ?-Emil Meersand (11POW?); flak, crashed Gorlitz; Missing Air Crew Report 12999.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37764 / Up ‚N Cider aka Boyd’s Bird

B-17 #43-37764 / Up ‚N Cider aka Boyd’s Bird

Delivered Cheyenne 19/5/44; Patterson 20/5/44; Kearney 26/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-B] Snetterton 8/7/44 – 7 UP ‚N CIDER; target was Osnabruck 21/11/44 Pilot: John Boyd, Co-Pilot: Bob Ashley, Navigator: Bill Carey, Bombardier: Lou Wallace, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ernie Moriarty, Radio Operator: Nick Corleto, Ball Turret Gunner: George Ritter, Waist Gunner: Phil Palazzo, Tail Gunner: Dale Parcher (9RTD-most suffered injuries); en route over Europe #1 engine played up, oil leaking, then #2 was feathered, crash-landed railway embankment at Bryants Bridge, Quidenham, Sfk., UK. Salvaged. 22/11/44. BOYD’S BOIDS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37729

B-17 #43-37729

Delivered 396BG Drew 16/5/44; Gt Falls 19/5/44; Drew 24/5/44; 328 BU Gulfport 31/3/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 17/5/45; 327 BU Drew 28/8/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 18/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6535

B-17 #44-6535

Delivered Hunter 31/8/44; Grenier 21/9/44; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 11/10/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 19/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37728

B-17 #43-37728

Delivered 396BG Drew 16/5/44; with Harry Smith to 327 BU Drew 14/2/45; Recl Comp 1/3/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37734

B-17 #43-37734

Delivered Cheyenne 16/5/44; Kearney 25/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-X] Snetterton 3/6/44; battle damaged Hamburg 4/8/44 with Lt Miles, Waist gunner: Sgt Levine(wia), rest unknown (9 Returned to Duty); flak KO’d #3 then #4 damaged, but limped home to crash landed Hardwick A/fd, UK; Salvaged 7/8/44.

B-17 #43-37720

B-17 #43-37720

Delivered 88BG MacDill 15/5/44; 575 BU Pittsburg 9/11/44; 326 BU MacDill 6/12/44; 335 BU Delivered Marbry 14/6/45; 326 BU MacDill 18/6/45; 4000 BU Patterson 9/8/46; 4000 BU Wright 14/8/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85655

B-17 #44-85655

Delivered Louisville 17/4/45; Sth Plains 19/4/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 8/11/45; 342 BU Smyrna 30/4/46; 613 BU Phillips 10/6/46; 594 BU Topeka 7/7/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97782

B-17 #42-97782

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; Kearney 4/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-E] Snetterton 22/4/44; MIA Berlin 8/5/44 Pilot: Harry Niswonger, Radio Operator: Bob Morrison, Tail Gunner: John Caum (3KIA); Co-Pilot: Roderick Steele, Navigator: Tom Thomas, Bombardier: Tom Fitzgerald, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Edwin Marsh, Ball Turret Gunner: Albt Crick, Waist Gunner: Bob Robinson, Waist Gunner: Dale Johnson (7POW); Enemy aircraft KOd #3, followed by mid air col w/FW109, crashed Daverden, four miles NW of Verden, Germany. MACR 4572.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97814

B-17 #42-97814

Delivered Denver 6/3/44; 88BG Avon Park 21/4/44; Atlanta 30/4/44; from Avon Park with John O’Neil 29/1/45; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30858

B-17 #42-30858

Delivered Cheyenne 9/8/43; Love 10/8/43; Cheyenne 11/8/43; 19BG Pyote 9/11/43; 4100 BU Patterson 12/6/44; 268 BU Peterson 6/9/44; Minneapolis 4/12/44; 268 BU Peterson 8/12/44; 4108 BU Newark 10/7/45; 268 BU Peterson 26/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/10/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30854 / Black Heart III

B-17 #42-30854 / Black Heart III

Delivered Cheyenne 7/8/43; Dalhart 17/8/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-E] Snetterton 4/9/43; MIA Bremen 26/11/43 Pilot: John Phelps, Co-Pilot: Ed Kragerud, Navigator: Leon Hamernick, Bombardier: Chas McKnight, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Carroll, Radio Operator: Bob Quish, Ball Turret Gunner: Leo Patszalek, Waist Gunner: Frank Wheeler, Waist Gunner: Zanas Talbert, Tail Gunner: George Kendrick (10KIA); flak hit knocked off left stabilizer, crashed into North Sea on return; MACR 1389. BLACK HEART III.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30445

B-17 #42-30445

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; with Rob Owens in mid air explosion 25 miles south of Rapid City 20/6/43, aircraft disintegrated when falling; 10KIS, one chute failed. Salvaged.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29667

B-17 #42-29667

Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/43; Gowen 13/2/43; Assigned 593BS/396BG Moses Lake 15/6/43; with Chris Frey in mid-air collision with 42-30445 near Rapid City, SD 20/6/43; Written off 11/7/43.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30920

B-17 #42-30920

Delivered Cheyenne 19/8/43; Tinker 13/12/43; with Archie Fox crash landed Buckingham Fd, FL 20/12/43; Written off 29/12/43.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30921

B-17 #42-30921

Delivered Wright Fd 19/8/43; Mat Spl Tonopah 9/6/44; 4127 BU McClellan 28/7/44; Tonopah 16/8/44; 4127 BU McClellan 6/10/44; 216 BU Wendover 7/11/44; 4135 BU Hill Fd 2/4/45; 216 BU Wendover 20/4/45; 554 BU Memphis 7/5/45; 4145 BU Wendover 30/4/46; 594 BU Minneapolis 31/5/46; 554 BU Memphis 31/5/46; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) 31/5/46. To Bolivia as CP-71 & CP-571; destroyed Jan/1962.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38032

B-17 #43-38032

Delivered Cheyenne 17/6/44; Hunter 18/7/44; Dow Fd 25/7/44; Assigned 849BS/490BG Eye 28/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 2/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30862

B-17 #42-30862

Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/43; 248 BU Walker 4/6/44; 4136 BU Tinker 13/7/44; 4100 BU Patterson 11/1/45; 6 BU Winston Salem 20/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/2/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30861

B-17 #42-30861

Delivered Cheyenne 9/8/43; Gore 10/8/43; Cheyenne 11/8/43; to Victoria, KS with Karl Stalnaker force landed Walker base 13/10/43; 248 BU Walker 11/6/44; 225 BU Rapid City 14/8/44; Written off 15/8/44; Recl Comp 2/8/46.

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/Me109, crashed Gusenburg, 14 miloes SE of Trier/Eifel, Germany. MACR 2377. SKYLARK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85656

B-17 #44-85656

Delivered Louisville 23/4/45; Sth Plains 27/4/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 8/11/45; 342 BU Smyrna 30/4/46; 613 BU Phillips 18/6/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37725

B-17 #43-37725

Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/44; Fairfield 28/5/44; Kearney 26/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-K] Snetterton 12/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45.