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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37792

43-37792

Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/44; Kearney 30/5/44; Grenier 7/6/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-N] Snetterton 11/6/44; MIA Osnabruck 21/11/44 Pilot: Henry Chrismon, Co-Pilot: Bob Potter, Navigator: Paul Deary, Bombardier: Chas Dhonau, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Bryan, Radio Operator: Albt Horecky, Ball Turret Gunner: Rod McCourtie, Waist Gunner: Lowell Myrell, Tail Gunner: Van Callaway (9KIA); flak, crashed Poye, near Osnabruck, Germany. MACR 10417.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37779

43-37779

Delivered Yuma 20/5/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 4/6/45; 3701 BU Amarillo 7/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37778

43-37778

Delivered Yuma 20/5/44; r/l with George Thomas 25/5; 3017 BU Hobbs 4/6/45; 425 BU Gowen 13/8/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 1/9/45; 3701 BU Amarillo 14/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37776 / Heavenly Body

43-37776 / Heavenly Body

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/44; Kearney 31/5/44; Grenier 7/6/44; Assigned 849BS/490BG Eye [W8- ] 11/6/44; on routine navigation night flight 27/9/44 with Mike Primus, Co-pilot: Louis Deputy, Navigator: Rich Herman, Bombardier: Bob Simmons, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Griswould, Radio Operator: Claude Keele, Ball turret gunner: Harry Stoever, Waist gunner: Larry Richter,Tail gunner: Americo Virgili, 3 pass of No. 1 Mobile Traing Unit; S/Sgts John Barry, Ralph Franke, Ed Shively (12 Killed in Service); crashed Elmside Farm, Nailstone, Leicesterhire. Salvaged 3/10/44.

B-17 #43-37773 / The Uninvited

43-37773 / The Uninvited

Delivered Cheyenne 19/5/44; Hunter 2/6/44; Grenier 12/6/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-W] Rougham 16/6/44; battle damaged Wetzlar 21/11/44 with Ullrey; force landed Antwerp A/fd, Bel; Salvaged 22/12/44. THE UNINVITED.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37772

43-37772

Delivered Las Vegas 19/5/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 2/6/44; 3022 BU Indian Springs 16/6/44; 4126 BU San Bernardino 23/12/44; 3022 BU Indian Springs 2/1/45; 3021 BU Las Vegas 19/3/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 14/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/11/45.

B-17 #43-37816

43-37816

Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/44; Kearney 4/6/44; Grenier 16/6/44; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-H] Chelveston 28/6/44; battle damaged Montbartier, Fr fuel dumps 7/8/44 with S.R. Graves, crew unknown; (9 Returned to Duty); crash landed Bourigny (horse racetrack), SE of St Lo, France.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37771

43-37771

Delivered Las Vegas 19/5/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 2/6/44; 3022 BU Indian Springs 16/6/44; 4126 BU San Bernardino 13/12/45; 3022 BU Indian Springs 20/12/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 15/3/45; 3006 BU Las Vegas 3/4/45; 3000 BU Orange 28/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6969

44-6969

Delivered Hunter 2/1/45; Grenier 13/1/45; Assigned 493BG Debach 3/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 17/6/45; Sth Plains 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6967

44-6967

Delivered Hunter 3/1/45; Grenier 15/1/45; Assigned 8AF 25/1/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6962

44-6962

Das Schicksal dieser B-17 Fliegenden Festung ist nicht bekannt.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6959

44-6959

Delivered Lincoln 1/1/45; Dow Fd 6/2/45; Assigned 8AF 14/2/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 18/1/48; Recl Comp 7/1/49.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6958

44-6958

Delivered Lincoln 1/1/45; Grenier 25/1/45; Assigned 8AF 5/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; Sth Plains 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6956

44-6956

Delivered Hunter 31/12/44; Dow Fd 18/1/45; Assigned 8AF 5/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37833 / The Uninvited II

43-37833 / The Uninvited II

Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/44; Kearney 4/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 28/6/44; Missing in Action Saarbrucken 9/11/44 with Ken Bickford, Navigator: Robert S. (Bob) Marquis, Bombardier: Bill Fannon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Van Loozencord, Radio Operator: Max Srodawa, Ball turret gunner: Chas Turner, Waist gunner: Bob Williams,Tail gunner: Phil Caldwell (8 men became Prisoners of War); Co-pilot: John Reilly (evaded capture); flak KOD #3, crashed Korscheid, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10347. THE UNINVITED II.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37829

43-37829

Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/44; Kearney 7/6/44; Grenier 29/6/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG [M3-D] Deopham Green 28/6/44; battle damaged Merseburg 28/9/44 with Ken Bickford, Co-pilot: Lt Waite, Navigator: Lee Lynch(wia), Bombardier: Bill Fannon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Van Loozenoord, Radio Operator: Bill Crawford, Ball turret gunner: Chas Turner, Waist gunner: Bob Williams,Tail gunner: Phil Caldwell (9 Returned to Duty); flak KO’d #1 & #2, force landed continent, Salvaged 19/12/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37824

43-37824

Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/44; Hunter 5/6/44; Grenier 15/6/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 19/6/44; 729BS; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 5/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37814 / Richter’s Wreckers

43-37814 / Richter’s Wreckers

Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/44; Hunter 3/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 20/6/44; returning from Nurnberg with Alvin Ziemke nosed over on landing 5/4/45; Salvaged 6/4/45. RICHTER’S WRECKERS.

B-17 #43-37813 / Scooterini

43-37813 / Scooterini

Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/44; Hunter 3/6/44; Grenier 15/6/44; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ- ] Chelveston 28/6/44; Missing in Action Mannheim 9/9/44 with Oliver Keeney, Co-pilot: Joe Alles, Navigator: Chas Erichsen, Bombardier: Bob Platt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Glen Rolf, Radio Operator: Dick McWalters, Ball turret gunner: Pat McGuire, Waist gunner: Bob Dinelli,Tail gunner: Ed Alves (9 Killed in Action); flak KO’d nose and #2, no chutes seen, crashed Viernheim, NE of Mannheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8598. SCOOTERINI.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37810

43-37810

Delivered Cheyenne 24/5/44; Hunter 3/6/44; Grenier 14/6/44; 41204 BU Rome 17/9/44; 1308 BU Presque Is 9/11/44; 4104 BU Rome 5/12/44; 3704 BU Keesler 8/1/45; 1377 BU Grenier 20/1/45; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 16/6/44; detailed RAF Valley, Wales, with David Schmidt, Co-pilot: Edgerton Poulson, Navigator: Calvin Jenkins, Bombardier: Harry Eustica, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Watson, Radio Operator: Dick Hyatt, Ball turret gunner: Jim Ward, Waist gunner: Don Wilcox, Waist gunner: Ernie Grochow,Tail gunner: Jim Kelly (10 Returned to Duty); en route UK, due to rough runway crash landed Grenier, Nfd 1/8/44; Salvaged 1377 BU Grenier 31/8/44. (?with John Harper force landed Meeks Fd, 12/6/45?)