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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-6137

B-17 #42-6137

Delivered Long Beach 3/8/43; Denver 5/8/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 6/9/44; 235 BU Biggs 7/10/44; 233 BU Davis Monthan 28/3/45; with Rich Henkel force landed 27 miles NE Tiellico Plains, Tx 8/4/45; 283 BU Galveston 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 31/10/45.

B-17 #42-6135

B-17 #42-6135

Delivered Long Beach 3/8/43; Assigned (F-9B) 3705 BU Lowry /44; Recl Comp 18/9/47.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8163

B-17 #44-8163

Delivered Dallas 27/6/44; Hunter 28/7/44; Dow Fd 8/8/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 15/8/44; Missing in Action Vienna 13/2/45 with Phil Whitman, Co-pilot: Leon Drake, Navigator: Ferdinand Theil, Bombardier: Bob Stricker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Driver, Radio Operator: Jim Sanders, Ball turret gunner: Jim McPadden, Waist gunner: Chas McDonald,Tail gunner: Bob Anderson (9POW?); Waist gunner: Lester Smith (Killed in Action); hit by bombs, crashed Schuetzen; Missing Air Crew Report 12109.

B-17 #43-37592

B-17 #43-37592

Delivered Cheyenne 2/5/44; Kearney 12/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 29/5/44; transferred 562BS/388BG Knettishall 30/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Lt Beatty 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30412 / Mischief-Maker II

B-17 #42-30412 / Mischief-Maker II

Delivered Cheyenne 28/5/43; Roswell 9/6/43; Kearney 10/6/43; Dow Fd 2/7/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-B] Snetterton 3/7/43; MIA {15m} Berlin 4/3/44 Pilot: Paul Herring, Co-Pilot: Chas Beard, Navigator: John Wilson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Goetz, Tail Gunner: Glenn Bronneke, foto-Howard Sakaris (6EVD); Bombardier: Bill Wood, Radio Operator: Bob Doherty, Ball Turret Gunner: Walter Rich, Waist Gunner: Everett Johnson, Waist Gunner: Luigi LaCovelli (5POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Glabais, 15 miles SE of Brussels, Belgium. MACR 3425. MISCHIEF-MAKER II.

B-17 #42-6134

B-17 #42-6134

Delivered Long Beach 3/8/43; Denver 4/8/43; (F-9B) Assigned Min Map Asia 1/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/10/45.

B-17 #42-37846 / Lucky 13

B-17 #42-37846 / Lucky 13

Delivered Denver 20/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; ass 331BS/94BG [QE-S] Rougham 9/10/43; sal 2/6/45. LUCKY 13.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-6133

B-17 #42-6133

Delivered Long Beach 1/8/43; Denver 3/8/43; 19BG Pyote 9/11/43; 2519 BU Fort Worth 19/9/44; 236 BU Pyote 4/10/44; 3704 BU Keesler 12/1/45; 235 BU Biggs 3/4/45; 4117 BU Robins 11/4/45; Recl Comp 20/4/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-6132

B-17 #42-6132

Delivered Long Beach 30/7/43; Dallas 8/8/43; 247 BU Smoky Hill 12/7/44; 4119 BU Brookley 2/2/45; 247 BU Smoky Hill 14/3/45; Recl Comp 20/11/45.

B-17 #42-97832 / Fairman Willie

B-17 #42-97832 / Fairman Willie

Delivered Denver 9/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG [W] Knettishall 1/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft on ground Poltava, Russia with Lt Brunk 21/6/44, Salvaged. FAIRMAN WILLIE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37844

B-17 #42-37844

Delivered Long Beach 19/9/43; Scott 26/9/43; ass 561BS/388BG [E] Knettishall 10/10/43; on training flight Hethel, 24/11/43 Pilot: Riley Bissonette, Co-Pilot: Clarry Willingham, Navigator: Tom Toolin, (3RTD) pilot failed to extend landing gear; repaired but eventually destroyed on ground by Luftwaffe at Poltava, Russia w/Lt Ramsey 21/7/44; sal.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-6131

B-17 #42-6131

Delivered Long Beach 30/7/43; Denver 16/8/43; 221 BU Alexandria, Written off 24/9/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30682

B-17 #42-30682

Delivered Dallas 10/7/43; Love 1/8/43; Las Vegas 3/8/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 30/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/9/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30679

B-17 #42-30679

Delivered Dallas 10/7/43; Las Vegas 3/8/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 23/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/9/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5186

B-17 #42-5186

Delivered Cheyenne 7/10/42; Geiger 18/12/42; Biggs 3/1/43; Redmond 18/6/43; Ephrata 8/8/43; 232 BU Dalhart 9/6/44; 4104 BU Rome 10/12/44; 4117 BU Robins 14/6/45; Recl Comp 2/3/46.

B-17 #44-6400

B-17 #44-6400

Delivered Kearney 25/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 347BS/99BG Tortorella 17/8/44; {25m} crashed on take off for Vienna 13/10/44 with Wileman, Kingery, Acree, Herbernick, Massey, Drier, Huy, Chanody, Sheehy, Hughes, Blount; #4 prop broke off ko’d #3 engine, crash landed with bomb load; Salvaged.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30686

B-17 #42-30686

Delivered Cheyenne 12/7/43; Assigned 503BS/346BG Dyersburg 27/7/43; with Ralph Adams crash landed base, u/c collapsed 31/7/43; rep; Written off 25/9/43.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30680

B-17 #42-30680

Delivered Cheyenne 12/7/43; Moses Lake 29/7/43; 4100 BU Patterson 19/2/45; 327 BU Drew 22/4/45; 301 BU Drew 23/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31736

B-17 #42-31736

Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/43; Gr Island 24/12/43; Detroit 25/1/44; Presque Is 30/1/44; Assigned 652BS/25BG Watton 325Photo Wing 5/2/44; crashed on take off for weather recon to Azores 6/6/44 with Clarry Stephenson, Co-pilot: Joe Ward, Navigator: Gene Swiatnicki, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Westerholm, Ball turret gunner: Leon Licurse (5 Killed in Service); Radio Operator: Joe Minery,Tail gunner: Keith Clinton, ET-Lt Marvin Rogers (3RTD with minor injuries); Salvaged 8/9/44.

B-17 #44-6592 / Stardust

B-17 #44-6592 / Stardust

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-S] Grafton Underwood 28/10/44; MIA Berlin 3/2/45 Pilot: George Ruckman, Fiorino Cinquanta, John Beeby, Jack Rivall, John Young, Jack Garstak, Albt Horan, Alonzo Rice, Fred Sorenson (9 RTD); flak, force landed in Russian territory; repaired plane and returned via Italy to Grafton Underwood; MACR 12154; trans with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged. 9AF Germany 10/12/45. STARDUST.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6892

B-17 #44-6892

Delivered Lincoln 9/12/44; Grenier 20/12/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 10/1/45; transferred with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45.

B-17 #43-39203 / Globe Trotter

B-17 #43-39203 / Globe Trotter

Delivered Hunter 3/1/45; Dow Fd 13/1/45; Assigned: 546BS/384BG [BK-L] Grafton Underwood 20/2/45; trans with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged. 9AF Germany. any 18/9/46; re-ass 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp 19/11/47.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-40034

B-17 #42-40034

Delivered Long Beach 9/11/43; Denver 15/11/43; 3018 BU Kingman, force landed Yucca Aux Fd with Chris Sulzbach, Written off 9/10/44; Recl. Comp. 2/11/44.