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B-17 #43-38470 / Raincheck

B-17 #43-38470 / Raincheck

Delivered Cheyenne 7/8/44; Lincoln 15/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-K] Framlingham 5/9/44; transferred 570BS [DI-H]; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. RAIN CHECK.

B-17 #43-37791

B-17 #43-37791

Delivered Cheyenne 21/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Grenier 18/6/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-V] Ridgewell 28/6/44; battle damaged Cologne 18/12/44 with Pearce; force landed continent; Salvaged 5/1/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6782 / The Texan

B-17 #44-6782 / The Texan

Delivered Hunter 8/11/44; Grenier 22/11/44; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 11/12/44; Returned to the USA Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/1/46. THE TEXAN.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30359

B-17 #42-30359

Delivered Cheyenne 21/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 25/6/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-D] Snetterton 27/6/43; MIA Bremen 29/11/43 Pilot: Linwood Langley, Co-Pilot: Berline Cipresso, Bombardier: Don Curtis, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Walt Reed, Radio Operator: Sam Amatulli, Ball Turret Gunner: Wilbert Provost, Waist Gunner: Anderson King, Waist Gunner: Edmund Swedo (8KIA); Navigator: Jesse Orrison, Tail Gunner: Gene Moran{still in tail wreckage} (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed near Syke, 12 miles S of Bremen, Germany. MACR 1392.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38398

B-17 #43-38398

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Hunter 7//8/44; Dow Fd 1/9/44; Assigned: 322BS/91BG [LG-O] Bassingbourn 10/9/44; Salvaged. 25/10/44.

B-17 #42-97825 / Phyllis

B-17 #42-97825 / Phyllis

Delivered Denver 8/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Grenier 6/6/44; Assigned: 379BG Kimbolton 28/6/44; Returned to US: Bradley 29/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 5/9/45; Scrapped: Kingman 2/12/45. (Converted to B-17H Air Sea Rescue ship‘).

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37916

B-17 #42-37916

Delivered Long Beach 13/10/43; Las Vegas 27/10/43; 225 BU Rapid City 1/5/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38355

B-17 #43-38355

Delivered Cheyenne 24/7/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Grenier 12/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG [G6-F] Debach 13/8/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 12/9/44 with George Owen, Co-pilot: Edgar Blaydes, Radio Operator: Pete Trunzo,Tail gunner: Jim Gray (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Don Fahey, Bombardier: L.C. Tipton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Fiore, Ball turret gunner: Chas Gialloreto(wia), Waist gunner: Luther Jorg (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Ueplingen, W of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8871.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-106997 / Blondie

B-17 #42-106997 / Blondie

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 3/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 13/3/44; transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {33m} Blechhammer 7/7/44 with Hackney, Schneider, Ungar, Palmer, Portney, Grubb, Hanney, Mello, Carleton, D’Amborsi (10 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-32036, shearing off ‚997 tail, crashed near Manfredonia; BLONDIE.

B-17 #42-32036

B-17 #42-32036

Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 8/3/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Tortorella 11/3/44; transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; mid air coll with 42-106997 on 7/7/44; sheared tail off ‘997, landed Amendola (2BG); to depot 11/12/44; {74m} Returned to the USA 4100 BU Patterson 27/7/45; Recl comp 2/5/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30339

B-17 #42-30339

Delivered Cheyenne 17/5/43; Gore 19/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Tinker 13/6/43; Casper 28/6/43; Kearney 13/6/43; Eglin 4/7/43; Dow Fd 7/7/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Navarin 29/7/43; Oudna 4/8/43; transferred 340BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 21/6/44; 302 BU Hunter 29/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 1/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31782

B-17 #42-31782

Delivered Denver 18/12/43; Billings 19/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Presque Is 24/1/44; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-Z] Snetterton 2/2/44; MIA Rostock Pilot: Capt Clinton Firestone, Navigator: Bob Dominick, Bombardier: George Syme, Radio Operator: Howard Bochat, Waist Gunner: Tony Saccamanno, Tail Gunner: Joe Sporacio (6POW); Co-Pilot: Dean Secrest, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Albt Wojick, Ball Turret Gunner: Ken Hilliard, Waist Gunner: Dick Van Belgium. es (4KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Keisby Kappeln, Germany. MACR 3812.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8018 / Margie

B-17 #44-8018 / Margie

Delivered Dallas 14/5/44; Langley 26/6/44; Dow Fd 15/7/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG PFF Sterparone 4/8/44; crash landed base with Chas Schweigman 9/2/45; MARGlE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31017

B-17 #42-31017

Delivered Dallas 3/9/43; Las Vegas 27/9/43; Tinker 14/12/43; 3030 BU Roswell 21/9/43; 3010 BU Williams 16/11/44; 3020 BU La Junta 26/3/456; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 1/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31439

B-17 #42-31439

Delivered Cheyenne 3/11/43; Assigned 52FS/6FG 8/12/43 via Goose Bay and RAF Valley to Soxo; with Capt George Bush, Co-pilot: Orrin Burt, Navigator: Don Cunningham, Radio Operator: Steve Szady, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Rimel, plus five pass: Lts Vic Doorley, Bob Nimberger, Sgts-John Brighton, Virgil Godlove & Virgil Reynolds (10 Killed in Service). Missing Air Crew Report 1190.

B-17 #42-102634 / Mary Jane aka Mis’ter Completely

B-17 #42-102634 / Mary Jane aka Mis’ter Completely

Delivered Cheyenne 20/3/44; Gr Island 12/4/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-B] Framlingham 3/5/44 MARY JANE; mechanical problems and battle damage, plus # 3 & 4 smoking Saarbrucken 9/11/44 Pilot: ‚; crash-landed continent; crew bailed NE St Quentin, but no credit sortie; Salvaged. 29/11/44. MAIRZEY DOATS aka MIS’TER COMPLETELY..

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102491 / Janie

B-17 #42-102491 / Janie

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Hunter 21/3/44; Homestead 15/4/44; Assigned 817BS/4783BG Sterparone 19/4/44; {92m} Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/44; 4185 BU Independence 15/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45. JANIE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37926

B-17 #42-37926

Delivered Ogden 15/10/43; Tooele 1/11/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 9/10/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 22/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6260

B-17 #44-6260

Delivered Hunter 18/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 414BS/97BG Amendola 3/7/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 22/7/44 with George Call, Dallas, McCallum, Titus, Basquill, Baker, Garland, Aiello, Owen, Liwge; flak, exploded crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 7094.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39808

B-17 #42-39808

Delivered Long Beach 7/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; ass 534BS/381BG [GD-F] Ridgewell 19/10/43; {4+m} MIA Leverkusen 1/12/43 Pilot: Harold Hytinen, Co-Pilot: Bill Cronin, Navigator: Rich Maustead{all 3 wia}, rest ‚ (10RTD); battle damage crash-landed Allhallows, Kent, UK, 3WIA; sal 2 SAD Watton, Nfk 2/12/43.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31794 / Betsy

B-17 #42-31794 / Betsy

Delivered Cheyenne 22/12/43; Kearney 18/1/44; Assigned 365BS/305BG Chelveston 22/2/44; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 20/5/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 7/6/45; Tulsa 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. BETSY.

B-17 #42-30715 / Cincinnati Queen aka Blues in the Night

B-17 #42-30715 / Cincinnati Queen aka Blues in the Night

Delivered Denver 17/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Walla Walla 28/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned: 569BS/390BG [CC-Y] Framlingham 12/9/43 CINCINNATI QUEEN; while on mission 11/5/44 S/Sgt Rich Caserio was killed by friendly fire when ships were testing guns; MIA Berlin 21/6/44 Pilot: Malcolm Dinsmore (KIA); crew ‚ (9RTD), mech failure, and ditched, pilot drowned rest of crew saved. BLUES IN THE NIGHT.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38393

B-17 #43-38393

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Hunter 8/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-V] Framlingham 2/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31791

B-17 #42-31791

Delivered Cheyenne 22/12/43; Dallas 5/1/44; Lakeland 11/1/44; Morrison 16/2/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 19/2/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 18/5/44 with Leo Bollei, Co-pilot: Syd Fisher, Navigator: Bill Karlovitz, Bombardier: Keith Winder, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilburn Seal, Radio Operator: Ed Buffington, Ball turret gunner: Leslie Jensen, Waist gunner: Ray Crouch, Waist gunner: Joe Cutrone,Tail gunner: Jack Haney; enemy aircraft, crashed Gaeti, Rom; Missing Air Crew Report 5834.