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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38711

B-17 #43-38711

Delivered Gt Falls 7/9/44; Hunter 28/9/44; Grenier 5/10/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-D] Thurleigh 17/10/44, then 423BS; landing accident with Will McDonald 6/3/45; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

B-17 #44-8578

B-17 #44-8578

Delivered Cheyenne 27/10/44; Hunter 24/11/44; Dow Fd 8/12/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-G] Podington 28/1/45; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 7/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.

B-17 #42-29553 / Arkie II

B-17 #42-29553 / Arkie II

Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Salina 9/1/43; Homestead 18/2/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-D] Chelveston 4/3/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Wright Gerke, Co-pilot: Tom Reade, Navigator: Joe Costa, Bombardier: Jack Little, Ball turret gunner: Ed Keesling, Waist gunner: Joe Rowlison, Waist gunner: Herb Kalwa,Tail gunner: Joe Hall (8 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Fullerton, Radio Operator: Jim Chalker (2 Prisoner of War); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed near Munchen-Gladbach, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 252. ARKIE II.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30633

B-17 #42-30633

Delivered Amarillo 1/7/43; Ephrata 18/7/43; Kingman 1/8/43; Love 3/8/43; 359BS HQ Alamogordo 30/3/44; 203 BU Jackson 31/1/45; with George Canavan crashed three miles NW base 11/4/45; Recl Comp 12/4/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30632

B-17 #42-30632

Delivered Amarillo 2/7/43; Cheyenne 25/7/43; Ephrata 1/8/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 29/8/44; 504BG Fairmont 3/9/44; 241 BU Fairmont 16/9/44; 235 BU Biggs 3/11/44; 4202 BU Syracuse 3/4/45; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38446

B-17 #43-38446

Delivered Cheyenne 3/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 4/9/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-F] Podington 5/9/44; 327BS; base landing accident with Earle Field 17/12/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 22/11/45; re-ass AF Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp 5/8/48.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29660

B-17 #42-29660

Delivered Denver 29/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 22/3/43; Missing in Action Antwerp 5/4/43 with Kelly Ross, Co-pilot: George Lewis, Navigator: Sid Miller, {no bomb’r} Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Hovekamp, Radio Operator: Doug Bowles, Ball turret gunner: Earl Benson, Waist gunner: Clyde Smith (7 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Arthur Byrd,Tail gunner: Arnold Hyman (2 Killed in Action); shot down by Hptm Galland, crashed Zandvliet, 12 miles N of Antwerp, Hol. No MACR.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29854 / Ole Flak Sack

B-17 #42-29854 / Ole Flak Sack

Delivered Denver 26/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Memphis 17/4/43; Presque 27/4/43; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 4/5/43; in landing accident at base Pilot: Leo Jarvis 7/8/43; MIA {1+m} Bremen 8/10/43 w/Art Sample, Navigator: Capt Norman Mackay, tog-Bob Moore, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Howard Ballou, Radio Operator: Warren Heintz, Ball Turret Gunner: Melvin Olson, Waist Gunner: Bill Grayson, Tail Gunner: George Johnston (8KIA), Co-Pilot: Ed Cytarzinski, Waist Gunner: Jim Forbes, (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Doerrieloh, 14 miles E of Diepholz, Germany. MACR 1395. ‚OLE FLAK SACK.‘

B-17 #42-5337 / Short Snorter III

B-17 #42-5337 / Short Snorter III

Delivered Tulsa 12/11/42; West Palm Beach 12/12/42; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-J] Bassingbourn 8/1/43; Missing in Action 10m Bremen 17/4/43 with Nathan Lindsey, Co-pilot: George Slivkoff, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Seb Scavello, Radio Operator: Larry Brandenburg, Ball turret gunner: Joe Rekas, Waist gunner: Vic Hamrick, Waist gunner: Alvin Schipping,Tail gunner: Anthony Roy (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Rocco Maiorca, Bombardier: Albert Dobsa (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea, 11 miles NW of Isle of Norderney, Ger. /15807. SHORT SNORTER III.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97307 / Flak Shak

B-17 #42-97307 / Flak Shak

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 3/5/44; no ops, transferred 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 4/5/44; battle damaged Bohlen 12/9/44 with Pilot: Charles Lundsberg, Co-pilot: J.M. Ellzey, Navigator: Bob Smallman, Bombardier: John Wise, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cosmo Robasco, Radio Operator: Forrest Sampson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Sizer, Waist gunner: Jack Walker,Tail gunner: Ed Morgan (9 Returned to Duty); force landed Brussels; Salvaged 3/1/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37594 / Strictly G.I.

B-17 #43-37594 / Strictly G.I.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/5/44; Hunter 15/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-O] Bassingbourn 10/6/44; Missing in Action 31m Ludwigshafen 9/9/44 with Neils Jensen, Co-pilot: Dale Burkehead, Navigator: Bob Hankey, Bombardier: Dick Klein (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herman Valentine, Radio Operator: Joe Kasperko, Ball turret gunner: Don Laird, Waist gunner: Stan Morris,Tail gunner: Rollin Wright (5 Killed in Action); flak hits caused #4 to explode, many instruments failed, crashed Lachen-Speyerdorf, SW of Ludwigshafen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8806. STRICTLY G.I.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29875

B-17 #42-29875

Delivered Cheyenne 28/2/43; Sioux City 16/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FO-L] Kimbolton 2/5/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 11/6/43 with Capt George Hamrick, Navigator: Hal Herrick, Bombardier: Walt Kozel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lother Nichols, Radio Operator: Tony Zarro, Ball turret gunner: Bill Fleck, Waist gunner: Warren Crane, Waist gunner: Jim Mitchell,Tail gunner: Jasper Gallegos (9 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Sam Gossen (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Grossheide, NW of Aurich, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1358.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-32104 / St. Francis

B-17 #42-32104 / St. Francis

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Billings 29/1/44; Dallas 6/2/44; Orlando 13/2/44, modified for Azon bombing; Morrison 28/3/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 19/4/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 17/12/44 with Mike Kearns, Fitzsimmons, Dyga, Tinley, Chapman, Hughes, Janlak, Mohollen (8 Prisoner of War); Ellen (Killed in Action); Jones (evaded capture & ret); Missing Air Crew Report 10670. ST FRANCIS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-32103

B-17 #42-32103

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Billings 28/1/44; Gr Island 3/2/44; Orlando 8/2/44, modified for Azon bombing; Morrison 28/3/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 19/4/44; Missing in Action Szolnok, Hung. 2/7/44 with Phil Olivarri, Haldeman, Thompson,. Sawyer, Binninger, Calvert, Walker, Floyd (8 Returned to Duty); Houston (Killed in Action); aircraft ditched, crew rescued.

B-17 #42-97309 / Kathleen Lady of Victory

B-17 #42-97309 / Kathleen Lady of Victory

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-C] Grafton Underwood 6/4/44; transferred with group for mapping duties at Istres; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/10/45. KATHLEEN, LADY OF VICTORY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5984 / Rusty Lode aka Buckshot Annie

B-17 #42-5984 / Rusty Lode aka Buckshot Annie

Delivered Long Beach 11/6/43; Gore Fd 7/7/43; Dow Fd 18/7/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-F] Framlingham 20/7/43 RUSTY LODE; severe battle damaged over Munster 10/10/43, McGregor KIA; Cox, Tolan, Tennant bailed out and POW; aircraft and rest of crew returned to base; transferred to 570BS/390BG [DI- ] in 1/44; re-named BUCKSHOT ANNIE; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. BUCKSHOT BLUES.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37890 / Fearless Fosdick

B-17 #43-37890 / Fearless Fosdick

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Hunter 10/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF- ] Bassingbourn 29/6/44; Missing in Action {43m} Merseburg 21/11/44 with Chas Whitesell, Co-pilot: Bill New, Navigator: Andy Caswell, Bombardier: Jim Patton,Tail gunner: Bob Matthes {blown out when ship exploded in mid-air} (5 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Darrell Riley, Ball turret gunner: Don Hitzemann, Waist gunner: Earl Kerch, Radio Operator: John Courtney (4 Killed in Action); flak hit #3 engine, exploded and crashed Dobitschen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10420. FEARLESS FOSDICK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9086

B-17 #41-9086

Delivered Boise 303BG 7/4/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Sebring 6/9/42; Yuma 31/10/42; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 12/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38953

B-17 #43-38953

Delivered Lincoln 21/10/44; Grenier 27/10/44; Assigned 18BS/34BG Mendlesham 1/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45.

B-17 #44-8830 / The South Boston Shillelagh

B-17 #44-8830 / The South Boston Shillelagh

Delivered Cheyenne 8/1/45; Hunter 22/1/45; Grenier 3/2/45; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-S] Ridgewell 12/3/45; {4+m} transferred 306BG Thurleigh 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/8/46. SOUTH BOSTON SHILLELAGH.

B-17 #43-38814 / Cadet Nurse the 2nd aka No No Nanette

B-17 #43-38814 / Cadet Nurse the 2nd aka No No Nanette

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-S] Horham 11/10/44 NO NO NANNETTE; battle damaged Ludwigshafen 5/11/44 with Richard H. Wright, Jr., Bombardier: Irving H. Levin [2RTD]; Navigator: William L. Olson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vincent J. Riccio, Radio Operator: Harry A. Kolb, Ball turret gunner: Roscoe C. Hayes; Weist gunner: Sidney V. Manders; Tail gunner: Merlin H. Dyvig [6POW]; Co-pilot: Stanford G. Wolfson (Killed in Action); (MACR 10308); flak, force landed Miracourt, Fr; 39m, Missing in Action Kiel 4/4/45 with John Tuss, Co-pilot: George Washeteck, Navigator: Sol Simon, Bombardier: Alviah Kelly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Pelzar, Radio Operator: Cecil Phillips, Ball turret gunner: John Meadows, Waist gunner: Bill Johnson,Tail gunner: Dan Waines (9INT); flak, force landed Bulltofta, Sweden. Missing Air Crew Report 13848; ret group in UK 27/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 26/7/45; 3030 BU Roswell 8/10/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. CADET NURSE THE 2ND.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9087

B-17 #41-9087

Delivered Boise 303BG 10/4/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Wendover 27/7/42; Walla Walla 18/8/42; force landed Burns, OR 21/8/42 with Don Garrett; Written off 4/1/43. (Joe Baugher – Found intact in British Columbia, Canada?)

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38693

B-17 #43-38693

Delivered Patterson 4/9/44; Hunter 15/9/44; Grenier 23/9/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-C] Bassingbourn 4/11/44; Missing in Action Berlin 5/12/44 with Howard Mitchell, Gene Routier, Trennie Lee, Gil Elliott (4 Killed in Action); Irving Miller, Tom Rieker, George Caudell, Ralph Fugatt, Frank Schnuerstein (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Talge-Wilsten, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11333.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38519

B-17 #43-38519

Delivered Cheyenne 13/8/44; Lincoln 22/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 4/10/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 8/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.