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B-17 #42-107026 / Hamtramack Mama

B-17 #42-107026 / Hamtramack Mama

Delivered Tulsa 1/2/44; Presque Is 21/2/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG [Y] Glatton 4/3/44; Missing in Action Zeitz 30/11/44 with John White, Rudolph Prokop, Jacob Landsman, Leon J. Zimmerman, Albert G. Williams, Gerald E. Whitman, Leonard G. Johnson, Howard Wilcox, Richard C. Seely; 9POW; crashed Moderwitz, 25km south of Jena, 28 km south-west of Gera, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 11150. HAMTRAMACK MAMA.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31355

B-17 #42-31355

Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Memphis 12/11/43; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-N] Gt Ashfield 21/11/43; MIA Frankfurt 4/2/44 Pilot: Bob McAdams, Co-Pilot: Tom Gose, Navigator: Francis Osborn, Bombardier: John Omonsky, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ernie Kelly, Radio Operator: Stan Easterbrook, Ball Turret Gunner: Harry Brumlee, Waist Gunner: Fred Salenmo, Waist Gunner: Harry Brown, Tail Gunner: Mort Siegmann (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Steinfeldestrasse, near Nettersheim/Eifel, Germany. MACR 2198.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8350

B-17 #44-8350

Delivered Dallas 15/8/44; Hunter 5/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 381BG Ridgewell 20/10/44; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 4/44; Salvaged 27/10/44.

B-17 #43-37602 / Lady Vivian

B-17 #43-37602 / Lady Vivian

Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/44; Hunter 17/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 602BS/401 BG [IW-O] Deenethorpe 10/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 24/11/45. LADY VIVIAN.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97331

B-17 #42-97331

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/44; Hunter 9/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned Soxo; with Henry Boshell, co-Monroe Almand, Navigator: Ken Branson, Bombardier: Bob Archambeau, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Melvin King, Radio Operator: Gerard Vander Leun, Ball turret gunner: Ken Seebold, Waist gunner: Paul Schilling, Waist gunner: Chas Martin,Tail gunner: Fred Walker (10 Killed in Service), crashed Atlantic en route UK 9/4/44; Missing Air Crew Report 3682.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97586

B-17 #42-97586

Delivered Denver 29/12/43; 1SAG Langley 21/1/44; Presque Is 24/2/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG Snetterton 2/2/44; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-D] Horham 3/3/44; 10m, taxi accident with Chas Crawford 7/6/45; Salvaged 8/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97251 / Snuffy

B-17 #42-97251 / Snuffy

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Gr Island 27/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-O] Grafton Underwood 24/3/44; battle damaged Aschaffenburg 21/1/45 with Ray Cook; crash landed two miles NW Old Weston, UK and exploded, 100+m, Salvaged.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38194 / Baboon McGoon

B-17 #42-38194 / Baboon McGoon

Delivered Denver 11/1/44; Presque Is 11/2/44; ass 533BS/381BG [VP-V] Ridgewell; {28m} MIA Berlin 21/6/44 Pilot: Art Bailey, Co-Pilot: Bob Irwin, Radio Operator: John Molloy, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas. Campbell, Ball Turret Gunner: Walden Forke, Waist Gunner: Coral Highsmith, Tail Gunner: Alfred Paoli (7INT); Navigator: Lloyd Peterson & Bombardier: Erwin Brown (2POW), baled out and came down Friedland, near Berlin and became guests at Stalag Luft #3 at Sagan, on 2 July; Enemy aircraft, forced landing Rinkaby, Sweden; MACR 5992. The aircraft was repaired eventually flown back to base; retUS Bradley 22/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45; Scrapped: Kingman 14/12/45. BABOON McGOON.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97379

B-17 #42-97379

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Gt Falls 27/2/44; Cheyenne 2/3/44; 222 BU Ardmore 20/8/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/9/45.

B-17 #42-97872 / Rosie’s Sweat Box

B-17 #42-97872 / Rosie’s Sweat Box

Delivered Tulsa 22/3/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Dow Fd 25/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-A] Deenethorpe 1/6/44; crashed on take off Dutch flak inst. 17/9/44 with Francis Cooke, Co-pilot: Paul Clark, Navigator: Chas Werner, Bombardier: Frank Jorgensen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilford Dahlin, Radio Operator: Bill Weston, Ball turret gunner: Joe Page, Waist gunner: John Browning,Tail gunner: Walt Ambrogetti (9KOM); hit the Weldon/Oundle Road, Northamptonshire, and exploded with full load of gas and bombs. Salvaged. ROSIE’S SWEAT BOX.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97863 / Shack Rat

B-17 #42-97863 / Shack Rat

Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 15/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-S] Framlingham 27/5/44; MIA Merseburg 29/7/44 Pilot: Chas Norby (KIA); Co-Pilot: Chas Allen, Navigator: Bob Hanrahan, Bombardier: John Christie, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Devine, Radio Operator: Vince Fugarazzo, Ball Turret Gunner: Dale Buffington, Waist Gunner: Sam Turetsky, Tail Gunner: Chas Hauskins (8POW); flak knocked out two engines, crashed Bad Bibra, Germany. MACR 7821. SHACK RAT.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29951

B-17 #42-29951

Delivered Denver 15/3/43; Patterson 27/3/43; Cheyenne 8/4/43; Tinker 24/4/43; Mines Fd 4/5/43; Hobbs 14/5/43; Wright Fd 29/5/43; Eglin 10/6/43; Wright 8/7/43; Zanesville 9/7/43; Eglin 15/7/43; Orlando 6/8/43; 610 BU Eglin 2/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/10/45.

B-17 #44-8349

B-17 #44-8349

Delivered Dallas 14/8/44; Langley 5/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-G] Ridgewell 2/11/44; transferred 305BG Chelveston 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97871 / Bundles of Trouble

B-17 #42-97871 / Bundles of Trouble

Delivered Tulsa 21/3/44; Hunter 12/5/44; Dow Fd 26/5/44; Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-P] Framlingham 27/5/44; MIA Dusseldorf 9/9/44 Pilot: Melvin Hobbie, Wilbur Collins, Calvin Straney, George Sempepes, Howard Liederbach, Jesus Porras, Henry Talbot, Bill Zeimerowski, Robert L. Schimdt (9KIA); flak hit in bomb bay, ship exploded, crashed Hubbelrath, Germany. MACR 8915. BUNDLES OF TROUBLE.

B-17 #42-102968 / Via Panola Express

B-17 #42-102968 / Via Panola Express

Delivered Cheyenne 23/4/44; Hunter 4/5/44; Grenier 18/5/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-N] Ridgewell 27/5/44; {60m} battle damaged Cologne 10/11/44 with Schilling; force landed Brussels; Salvaged & re-ass 67 Tac Rec Gp; VIA PANOLA EXPRESS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102927 / Bunky

B-17 #42-102927 / Bunky

Delivered Cheyenne 19/4/44; Hunter 27/4/44; Grenier 11/5/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 17/5/44; Missing in Action Memmingen, Ger 18/7/44 with Bill Vandendries, Wanstrom, Wojciechowski, Rosoff, Hancock, Barlow (6 Prisoner of War); Fuhrman, Bell, Solomon, Allard (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ravensburg; Missing Air Crew Report 6980. BUNKY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29950 / Forget Me Not

B-17 #42-29950 / Forget Me Not

Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Pueblo 30/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-N] Ridgewell 29/5/43 Pilot: Chas Dowell, Fred Evans, John Lander, Clarry Watkins, Chas Dodge, Herb Kern, Walt Wessler, Chas Miller, Stuart Doll, Ken Hackett; MIA {12m} Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 w/Fred Evans, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Dodge, Radio Operator: Herb Kern{body never found}, Ball Turret Gunner: Walt Messler, Waist Gunner: Chas Miller (5KIA); Co-Pilot: Joe Robbins, Navigator: John Lander, Bombardier: Clarry Watkins, Waist Gunner: Stuart Doll, Tail Gunner: Ken Hackett (5POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Rheurdt, SW of Lintfort, Germany. MACR 385. FORGET ME NOT.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8520

B-17 #44-8520

Delivered Lincoln 9/10/44; Grenier 17/10/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG Ridgewell 1/45; Returned to the USA 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 43-39178 / King Kong

B-17 #43-39178 / King Kong

Delivered Lincoln 23/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 8AF 6/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39077

B-17 #43-39077

Delivered Hunter 25/11/44; Grenier 4/12/44; Assigned 8AF 7/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/7/45; 613 BU Phillips 24/3/46.

B-17 #43-37540 / Ramblin‘ Rebel

B-17 #43-37540 / Ramblin‘ Rebel

Delivered Cheyenne 27/4/44; Kearney 13/5/44; Grenier 24/5/44; Assigned: 323BS/91BG [OR-B/Z] Bassingbourn 2/6/44; {100+m took part in POW return trips}; t/o accident Pilot: Forrest Hunt at Merville, France 14/5/45; Returned to US: Bradley 11/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 12/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 16/12/45. RAMBLIN‘ REBEL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38456

B-17 #43-38456

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/44; Hunter 13/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-T] Framlingham 5/9/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Alan Philip, Randolph Martin, Ray Clark, George Hellyer, Gaylon Chapman, Ray Meyers, Elwood McEntire, Dan Knight, John Mercer (9 Killed in Action); flak hit, caught fire, spun in and exploded, crashed Zeitz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11135.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30107 / Black Magic

B-17 #42-30107 / Black Magic

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/43; Pendleton 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned: 526BS/379BG [LF-D] Kimbolton 20/6/43; MIA Wangerooge Is 25/6/43 Pilot: Weldon Homes, Co-Pilot: Bill Griffith, Navigator: Leo Gladin, Bombardier: Bob Andrews, Radio Operator: Milton Bailey, Waist Gunner: Marshall Sanford, Waist Gunner: Verne Shovan, Tail Gunner: Roy Dillbeck (8POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Winston Tinker, Ball Turret Gunner: Wilbur Koleon (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Wieste, near Quakenbruck, Germany. MACR 1366. BLACK MAGIC.