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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39980 / Just So

B-17 #42-39980 / Just So

Delivered Long Beach 26/10/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-C] Kimbolton 14/1/44; Missing in Action Poix, Fr 13/3/44 with Tom Soso, Alf Edes, Leo Chruby, Jim O’Connor, Jim Pearce, Tony Dalberto (6 Killed in Action); Sid Mogol, Julius Friedland, Sid Kirkpatrick, John Spencer (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Boulogne, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3240, JUST SO.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31135 / Susy Sag Tits

B-17 #42-31135 / Susy Sag Tits

Delivered Cheyenne 25/9/43; Gr Isle 8/10/43; Romulus 12/10/43; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 14/10/43; MIA Berlin 6/3/44 Pilot: Montgomery Givens, Co-Pilot: Harry Teat, Navigator: Ken Betts, Bombardier: Larry McMillan, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Kesanen, Radio Operator: Jim Germany. ghty, Ball Turret Gunner: Tom Foulds, Waist Gunner: Jack Karr, Tail Gunner: Dan Walstra (9POW); Waist Gunner: Willard McGee (KIA-chute failed); Enemy aircraft, crashed Oud Schoonebekerveld, alongside Dommerkanaal, near Emmen, Hol. MACR 3082. SUSIE-SAG-TITZ.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38824

B-17 #43-38824

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG Rougham 11/10/44; battle damaged Weisbaden 9/11/44 with Prigmore; force landed continent; Salvaged 10/11/44; ret UK re-ass 303BG Molesworth; transferred 457BG Glatton 23/5/45; Returned to the USA 4/6/45.

B-17 #43-38524 / Blonde Bomber II

B-17 #43-38524 / Blonde Bomber II

Delivered Cheyenne 12/8/44; Lincoln 22/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden, Sfk [IJ- ] 17/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45. BLONDE BOMBER II.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-107089

B-17 #42-107089

Delivered Tulsa 17/2/44; Gr Island 27/2/44; Grenier 6/3/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 13/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Boris Slanin, Waist gunner: Clarry Palmeter,Tail gunner: Fred Myron (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Lt Col Bob Tuttle, Navigator: Irving Mortin, Bombardier: Chas Prigmore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Goodwin{Wounded in Action}, Radio Operator: Bob Griffin{Wounded in Action}, Ball turret gunner: Gene McRay, Waist gunner: Rinaldo Giombetti{Wounded in Action} (7 Prisoner of War); shot down by FW 190 which KOd #3 and cockpit, crashed Budesheim, six miles NW of Hanau, near Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4780.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31136

B-17 #42-31136

Delivered Cheyenne 24/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Assigned: 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 19/10/43; battle damage Oschersleben 11/1/44 Pilot: Ken Dowell, Co-Pilot: Chas Young, Navigator: D.A. Sharkey, Bombardier: Jim Worth*, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Hugo Okokonem*, Radio Operator: John Mellynn*, Ball Turret Gunner: T.L. Overn, Waist Gunner: H. Yarnka, Waist Gunner: Jim Cannon*, Tail Gunner: E.B. Steinman; (*all were wia) (10RTD); Enemy aircraft, shot off #3 engine, crash-landed Andrews Fd, Braintree, Essex,UK. Salvaged. 2 SAD Lt Staughton 12/1/44.

B-17 #42-97133 / Pretty Baby

B-17 #42-97133 / Pretty Baby

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/44; Kearney 12/2/44; Presque Is 2/3/44; Assigned 367BS/306BG Thurleigh 26/3/44; transferred 91BG 30/5/45; 105m, Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. PRETTY BABY.

B-17 #42-102947 / D-Day Dottie

B-17 #42-102947 / D-Day Dottie

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-S] 27/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45. D-DAY DOTTIE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85617

B-17 #44-85617

Delivered Louisville 7/4/45; Sth Plains 13/4/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 25/10/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 31/1/46; 342 BU Smyrna 30/4/46; 4104 BU Rome 10/6/46; 4141 BU Pyote 30/6/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 1/1/48; Recl Comp 22/12/48.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85616

B-17 #44-85616

Delivered Louisville 6/4/45; Sth Plains 11/4/45; 2519 BU Ft Worth 18/10/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 31/1/46; 342 BU Smyrna 30/4/46; 613 BU Phillips 25/6/46.

B-17 #42-3325 / Paddy Gremlin

B-17 #42-3325 / Paddy Gremlin

Delivered Denver 7/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-Y] Kimbolton 1/6/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Ken Davis, Co-pilot: Chas Fowler, Navigator: Paul Clark, Bombardier: Stan Dolgin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Hansen{kia?}, Radio Operator: Francis Miller, Ball turret gunner: Tom Stapleton, Waist gunner: McCauley Price, Waist gunner: George Wall,Tail gunner: Joe Susickee (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 2867. PADDY GREMLIN.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38372 / Rainbow

B-17 #43-38372 / Rainbow

Delivered Cheyenne 27/7/44; Lincoln 5/8/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned: 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 15/8/44; Transferred: 96BG Snetterton 16/8/44; Returned to US: Bradley 22/6/45; 4168 Bu Sth Plains 24/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 9/12/45. RAINBOW.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-98034

B-17 #42-98034

Delivered Denver 7/5/44; Dorval 6/6/44; Assigned RAF [HB804], but transferred USAAF, Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-Y] Kimbolton 4/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; Romulus Fd, Mi 29/6/45; with Bill Pike force landed base 29/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39148

B-17 #43-39148

Delivered Lincoln 21/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IY-Q] Deenethorpe 21/3/45; damaged in taxi accident on base with Bob Nowlin 8/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102486

B-17 #42-102486

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Kearney 27/3/44; Grenier 20/4/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-O] Gt Ashfield 22/4/44; force landed continent 2/1/45; Salvaged 18/1/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-32105 / Wolf Shack

B-17 #42-32105 / Wolf Shack

Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/44; Orlando 8/2/44, modified for Azon bombing; Morrison 30/3/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 19/4/44; Salvaged 2/8/45.

B-17 #42-40006 / Liberty Lady

B-17 #42-40006 / Liberty Lady

Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-H] Thurleigh 18/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Chas Smith, Co-pilot: Merle Brown, Navigator: Stan Buck, Bombardier: Herman Allen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Heuser, Radio Operator: Vic Marcotte, Ball turret gunner: Tom Stillson, Waist gunner: Joe Paul, Waist gunner: Don Courson,Tail gunner: R.B. Trumble (10INT); flak KO’d two engines, & set on fire by crew after crash landing Hemse, on Gotland Island, Sweden; eventually some parts were used as spares for others; Missing Air Crew Report 2735. LIBERTY LADY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97769

B-17 #42-97769

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; 1SAG Langley 3/6/44; Grenier 27/6/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 19/5/44; transferred 333BS/94BG [TS-Q] Rougham 1/7/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31394

B-17 #42-31394

Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-D] Kimbolton 20/1/44; transferred AFSC with Azon/Aphrodite (388BG) Knettishall 7/6/44; Missing in Action v-sites Watten, Fr; 6/8/44 with Lt J. Sollars & T/Sgt H. Graves (2 Returned to Duty); lost control and crashed off Suffolk coast. ‚Mother‘ ship B-24J 44-40066.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30165

B-17 #42-30165

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 28/4/43; Smoky Hill 4/5/43; Lowry 6/5/43; Walla Walla 15/5/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 5/6/43; transferred 524BS/379BG [WA- ] Kimbolton 21/6/43; Missing in Action {1m} Wangerooge 25/6/43 with Paul Hartman, Co-pilot: Chas Howe, Navigator: Jim Gore, Bombardier: John Francis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Gullace, Ball turret gunner: Clyde Slagowski, Waist gunner: Bob Greeley,Tail gunner: Bryant Fannin (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jim Blick, Waist gunner: Harry Schrader (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Wiestel, near Sogel, Aschendorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1356.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31582 / Ol‘ Scrapiron

B-17 #42-31582 / Ol‘ Scrapiron

Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Paine Fd 28/11/43; Toledo 1/12/43; Felts Fd 4/12/43; Gt falls 5/12/43; Cheyenne 7/12/43; Kearney 19/12/43; Detroit 8/1/44; Montreal 10/1/44; Presque 12/1/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 23/1/44; Missing in Action Holzwickede 23/3/45 with Chas Bruckman, Ivan Gerwig, John Gorman, Ed Blattner, Tom Iveans, John Collette, Carlton Highley (8 Killed in Action); Edmund Shibble, Byron Schlag (2 Returned to Duty); force landed continent. Missing Air Crew Report 13617; Salvaged 8/4/45. OL‘ SCRAPIRON.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38971

B-17 #43-38971

Delivered Hunter 24/10/44; Dow Fd 9/11/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 10/11/44; 18BS; Missing in Action Ahlhorn, Ger 23/3/45 with Myron Bolser, Co-pilot: Roger Maillard, Navigator: Homer Lancaster, tog-Jay Esholman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Jerris, Radio Operator: John Heckman, Ball turret gunner: Don Stamos, Waist gunner: Russell Frost, Tail gunner: Albert Pegg (9 Killed in Action); crash landed continent; Salvaged 23/3/45; Missing Air Crew Report 13598.

B-17 #42-97851 / Qualified Quail

B-17 #42-97851 / Qualified Quail

Delivered Tulsa 15/3/44; Kearney 4/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned: 401BS/91BG [LL-K] Bassingbourn 3/6/44; {72m} battle damage Cologne 14/1/45 Pilot: Wilbur Seller; forced landing Denain Afd, Fr; Salvaged. 28/1/45. QUALIFIED QUAIL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37612 / Old Iron Gut

B-17 #43-37612 / Old Iron Gut

Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/44; Hunter 17/5/44; Grenier 31/5/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP- ] Ridgewell 18/6/44; Missing in Action {1+m} Hamburg 20/6/44 with Mark Dunkel, Co-pilot: Ken Roehr, Navigator: Frank Kelly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Aaron Kochel, Radio Operator: Bill Stoll, Ball turret gunner: John Pillotti (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Cliff Evans, Waist gunner: Theo Schmidt,Tail gunner: Roger Beaman (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Eastern streets of Hamburg; Missing Air Crew Report 5991. OLD IRON GUT.