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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29758

B-17 #42-29758

Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Gore Fd 28/2/43; Patterson 2/3/43; Colorado Springs 29/3/43; Bolling 21/6/43; Gore Fd 25/6/43; Elmendorf 23/6/43; Returned to the USA 22/12/43; Gulfport 6/8/44; Brookley 9/8/43; MacDill 7/3/44; Newark 3/8/44; with Bill Donnell force landed Brookley Fd, Al 5/8/44; MacDill 31/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/43.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39091 / California’s Golden Bare

B-17 #43-39091 / California’s Golden Bare

Delivered Lincoln 29/11/44; Dow Fd 11/12/44; Assigned: 832BS/486BG [3R-D] Sudbury 19/12/44; {15m} Returned to US: Bradley 11/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 13/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 24/11/45. CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN BARE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6622 / Our Love

B-17 #44-6622 / Our Love

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 11/10/44; Returned to US: Bradley 28/6/45; Sth Plains 2/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 23/11/45. OUR LOVE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6597 / Supermouse

B-17 #44-6597 / Supermouse

Delivered Lincoln 18/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 12/10/44; Returned to US: Bradley 28/6/45; Sth Plains 1/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45. SUPERMOUSE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29757

B-17 #42-29757

Delivered Denver 17/4/43; Walla Walla 5/3/43; Madras 19/6/43; Walla Walla 17/7/43; 325 BU Avon Park 10/11/44; Written off 11/11/44.

B-17 #42-30230 / Homesick Angel

B-17 #42-30230 / Homesick Angel

Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Sioux City 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; following Regensburg shuttle mission suffered battle damage over Bordeaux on return trip to base 24/8/43, Pilot: Lloyd Humphries, Co-Pilot: Henry Rodgers, Navigator: Jerome Flohr, Bombardier: Seldon Smith, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Franklin, Radio Operator: Joe Hallam, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Pawlicki, Waist Gunner: Bill Sawyer, Waist Gunner: Kelley Hill, Tail Gunner: Jack Ford (10RTD); no gas, crash-landed a mile E of Stanton, near Hepworth, Sfk. Salvaged. 31/8/43. HOMESICK ANGEL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38623 / Easy Does It

B-17 #43-38623 / Easy Does It

Delivered Cheyenne 25/8/44; Patterson 7/9/44; Hunter 15/9/44; Grenier 23/9/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 20/10/44; taxi accident Pilot: ground crew at Stansted 2/12/44; MIA Frankfurt 17/2/45 w/Bob Taylor, Bob Mount, Bill Tallant, Tom Walsh, Warren Hammond, Carl Kindelt, Bill Hartley, Wayne Logan, Bryce Grant {tg}, Bill Olson {photos} (10KIA); flak, crashed Hanau, Germany. MACR 12432. EASY DOES IT.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38103

B-17 #43-38103

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/44; Hunter 15/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned: 848BS/490BG Eye 26/7/44; MIA Nurnberg 5/4/45 Pilot: Chas Bates, Ellis Smith, John Ewald (3POW); Alfredo Aulicino, Jack Hamilton, Ray Conroy, Chas Anderson, Chas Plotner, Jim Ireland [tg}, John Till [GN – ‚} (7KIA); flak, crashed Frisian Is, Hol. MACR 13855.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37904 / Princess Pat aka Hannah’s Children

B-17 #43-37904 / Princess Pat aka Hannah’s Children

Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/44; Hunter 13/6/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-L] Framlingham 29/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45. PRINCESS PAT aka HANNAH’S CHILDREN.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5375

B-17 #42-5375

Delivered Tulsa 25/11/42; Casper 14/1/43; Pyote 8/3/43; Sioux City 21/6/43; Casper 12/7/43; Kearney 3/8/43; 248 BU Patterson 2/9/44; 224 BU Sioux City 23/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 13/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5376 / Eager Eagle

B-17 #42-5376 / Eager Eagle

Delivered Tulsa 25/11/42; Salina 4/1/43; Morrison 6/2/43; Assigned: 422BS/305BG [JJ-X] Chelveston 1/3/43; coll Pilot: Beaufighter (V8715) 31/8/43, w/Floyd Truesdell, Co-Pilot: Allan McDaniel, Navigator: Bill Cullity, Bombardier: Bob Barrall, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Younge, Radio Operator: Joe Van Esley, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Awrajcewicz, Tail Gunner: George Simon, pass-Sq Ld E.M. Appleton (RAF) (8KIA); Waist Gunner: Carl Ruehl, Waist Gunner: John Breen (2RTD); crashed Church Farm, Foulsham, Nfk. EAGER EAGLE. WO.

B-17 #43-38751

B-17 #43-38751

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Dow Fd 2/10/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 14/10/44; after Lutzkendorf mission crash landed accident on base with Don Sefton 9/2/45; Salvaged 10/2/45.

B-17 #42-31469

B-17 #42-31469

Delivered Cheyenne 4/11/43; Gt Falls 8/11/43; Gr Island 18/11/43; Romulus 26/11/43; Presque Is 27/11/43; Prestwick 1/12/43; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-K] Thurleigh 2/12/43; crash: takeoff for Brunswick with a leaflet drop 26/4/44, Pilot: Don Schaefer, Co-Pilot: Floyd Henry, Navigator: Willard Transeth, Bombardier: Roy McKinney, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Sheldon Kinberg, Radio Operator: Chas Weller, Ball Turret Gunner: John Byrd, Waist Gunner: Ron Minter, Waist Gunner: John Simons (9KIA); Tail Gunner: George Littlefield (RTD); #2 caused problems, ship banked steeply and crashed near base, at Bletsoe, Beds., UK. Salvaged.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8682

B-17 #44-8682

Delivered Lincoln 23/11/44; Grenier 12/12/44; Assigned 8AF 31/12/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 11/5/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8437

B-17 #44-8437

Delivered Lincoln 18/9/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 12/10/44; MIA Nurnberg 17/2/45 Pilot: Capt Bob Gladstone, Bob Murphy, John Gardner, Paul Ballard, Clayton Hamilton, Chas Goldstein, John Grady, Joe Prokop, Ken Hansladen {rcm} (9KIA); Bill Pitts {tg} (POW); flak, crashed Hanau, Germany. MACR 12414.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31336

B-17 #42-31336

Delivered Vandalia 26/10/43; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 14/12/43; MIA Frankfurt 10/2/44 Pilot: Bob Tolles, Co-Pilot: Ed Moerbe, Navigator: Bill Conway, Bombardier: Harry Wasserstom, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Cliff Raymond, Radio Operator: Vernon Klenk, Ball Turret Gunner: Larry Jacobson, Waist Gunner: Bob Barrington, Waist Gunner: Dick Evans, Tail Gunner: George Millar (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, probably crashed North Sea. MACR 2347.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37810

B-17 #42-37810

Delivered Long Beach 5/9/43; Gr Island 12/10/43; ass 560BS/388BG Knettishall 15/10/43; sal 1SAD 18/4/44; (‚Ret US, forced landing Newfoundland Pilot: Dave Schmidt 27/6/44‘);

B-17 #43-38285 / Bomb Bay of Blues

B-17 #43-38285 / Bomb Bay of Blues

Delivered Cheyenne 17/7/44; Kearney 26/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 860BS/493BG Debach 10/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. BOMBBAY OF BLUES.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8453

B-17 #44-8453

Delivered Dallas 17/9/44; Hunter 16/10/44; Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 833BS/486BG [4N-E] Sudbury 30/10/44; {31m} transferred 15AF 29/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 30/3/48.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38023

B-17 #43-38023

Delivered Cheyenne 16/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; crash landed Dow Fd 15/7/44, Written off.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-40013

B-17 #42-40013

Delivered Long Beach 2/11/43; Las Vegas 15/11/43; force landed Kingman 2/12/43 with Clarry Gabler; 4126 BU San Bernardino 8/1/45; 3018 BU Kingman 14/1/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 22/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6807 / Dear Mom

B-17 #44-6807 / Dear Mom

Delivered Hunter 17/11/44; Dow Fd 28/11/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 11/12/44; battle damaged Siegen 7/3/45 with Herb Cohn, crew OK, #1 hit and force landed back at base; Salvaged 14/3/45. DEAR MOM.

B-17 #43-38142 / Lil‘ Butch aka Rodney Rocks

B-17 #43-38142 / Lil‘ Butch aka Rodney Rocks

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 18/7/44; Assigned: 835BS/486BG [H8-P] Sudbury 19/7/44 RODNEY THE ROCKS; {69} MIA Hamburg 30/3/45 Pilot: Fred Veal, Otis Ruble, Bob Poole, Marion Hord, Jim Webb, Len Kwiatkowski, Phil Gialloreta (7KIA); Don Johns, Bob Herman (2KIA); flak, crashed Pinneberg, Germany. MACR 13550. LIL‘ BUTCH.

B-17 #42-97468 / Tujunga III

B-17 #42-97468 / Tujunga III

Delivered Cheyenne 24/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Assigned: 750BS/457BG [N] Glatton 27/1/44; battle damage Augsburg 25/2/44 Pilot: Bob Lane, rest ‚, Waist Gunner: Winfred Kincaid; flak hit on #3, needed salvo of loose equipment to get back to RAF base on South Coast, but crash-landed France. Salvaged. 10/8/44. TUJUNGA III.