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B-17 #42-31037 / Pistol Packin‘ Mama

B-17 #42-31037 / Pistol Packin‘ Mama

Delivered Dallas 8/9/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-F] Deenethorpe 10/10/43; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/7/44 with Ken Murgatroyd, Jim Pennoyer, Jim Elderkin, Stan Lesser, Jerome Robertson, Howard Magnuson (6 Prisoner of War); Owen Jorgensen, John Spirodek, Don Schmidli (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Liebstedt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7545. PISTOL PACKIN‘ MAMA.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6120

B-17 #44-6120

Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 12/5/44; Dow Fd 23/5/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY- ] Podington 24/5/44; battle damaged Merseburg 13/9/44 with Frank Norris (Lt Batzer?); Co-pilot: ? Schoonmaker, Navigator: ? Keenan, Bombardier: ? Fitch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: ? Christian, Radio Operator: ? Melancon, Ball turret gunner: ? Molon, Waist gunner: ? Paveisch,Tail gunner: ? Mead (9 Returned to Duty); crash landed Nully, E of Troyes, France; Salvaged 14/11/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5951 / O Pissonya

B-17 #42-5951 / O Pissonya

Delivered Long Beach 30/5/43; Kearney 26/6/43; Dow Fd 14/7/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG Oudna 12/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; 17m transferred 341BS/97BG Depienne; l/Corsica 1/12/43 ex-Turin with four WIA; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 23/6/44 with 1Lt William C Symonds, 2Lt David R Kingsley (cp – awarded Medal of Honor), 2Lt Robert L Newson, 2Lt Edwin O Anderson, T/Sgt John J Meyer, S/Sgt Martin Hettinga Jr, T/Sgt Lloyd E Kane, S/Sgt Harold D James, S/Sgt Stanley J Kmiec, S/Sgt Michael J Sullivan; enemy aircraft, crashed Plovdiv; MACR 6406. O PISSONYA

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5874

B-17 #42-5874

Delivered Long Beach 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 20/4/43; Morrison 4/5/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 1/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {21m} Breslau 4/3/44 with Fordyce Chamberlin, Co-pilot: Andy Christensen, Navigator: Chas Ford, Bombardier: Henry Winston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Risan, Radio Operator: Ralph Wheatley, Ball turret gunner: Joe Beard, Waist gunner: Edwin Brindley, Waist gunner: Don Fisher,Tail gunner: Homer Ackelson (flew with 301BG); abort mech failure. Missing Air Crew Report 3523.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3170

B-17 #42-3170

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/43; Morrison 19/5/43; force landed with Cliff Erikson 23/5/43 at Sao Luiz, Brazil, en route 12th AF; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 21/5/43; Missing in Action {2m} Foggia 27/7/43 with Dennis Booker, Dix, Harrington, Eoshegar, Pearson, Fleming, Luke, Hurlburt (9 Killed in Action); Hayes survived (Returned to Duty); aircraft ditched. Missing Air Crew Report 339.

B-17 #44-6144 / The Lorrie Mae

B-17 #44-6144 / The Lorrie Mae

Delivered Tulsa 13/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Grenier 1/6/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 3/6/44; transferred 326BS/92BG [NV-V] Podington 12/6/44; Green Project, Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45. THE LORRIE MAE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3210

B-17 #42-3210

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Dow Fd 13/4/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG Bassingbourn 18/5/43; flare caught fire in nose while taxying for a practice mission 2/6/43 with Jerold Kethley, Co-pilot: Ennis Cox, Navigator: Bob Sternberg, Bombardier: Jim Cullen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Bragg, Radio Operator: Conrad Dussault, Ball turret gunner: Bob Danialson, Waist gunner: Harry Stokes, Waist gunner: John Burke,Tail gunner: Wilfred Bacon. (10 Returned to Duty). Salvaged 6/7/43.

B-17 #42-5857

B-17 #42-5857

Delivered Long Beach 27/3/43; Nashville 8/4/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-J] Bassingbourn 19/4/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 21/5/43 with John Miller, Co-pilot: Roscoe Black, Navigator: John Ragsdale, Radio Operator: Oscar Stuart, Waist gunner: Curtiss Pope, Waist gunner: Ron Taylor (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Dave Snow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Spofford, Ball turret gunner: Francis Trahan,Tail gunner: Newell Lane (4 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft crashed Schortens, seven miles W of Wilhelmshafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 16136.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39047

B-17 #43-39047

Delivered Lincoln 19/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 8AF 5/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/5/45; 613 BU Phillips 13/3/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30773

B-17 #42-30773

Delivered Cheyenne 27/7/43; Gore 7/8/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-B/J] Bassingbourn 26/9/43; to RAF [SR381]; 214 Sq BU-F Sculthorpe 19/1/44; Oulton, Nfk; on RCM mission damaged by Me210 then by JU88 31/7/44, crash landed Woodbridge, Sfk. 22/6/44, and collided with 61 Sq Lancaster. Crew: D. Peden, K. Bailey, S. Mather, J. Waters, A.Stanley (WIA), A. Lester, R. Hembrow, J. Phillips, J. Walker.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37515 / John Silver

B-17 #43-37515 / John Silver

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Hunter 4/5/44; Grenier 19/5/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-L] Polebrook 27/5/44; taxi accident on base with Ralph Mahnke 15/5/45; {95m} Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45. JOHN SILVER.

B-17 #44-8046

B-17 #44-8046

Delivered Tulsa 22/5/44; Dallas 10/6/44; Langley 6/7/44; Dow Fd 2/8/44; Assigned 351BG Polebrook 22/8/44; transferred 750BS/457BG [N] Glatton 24/8/44; Missing in Action Politz 7/10/44 with Capt Alf Fischer, Bombardier: Capt Henry Loades, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Koehler, Radio Operator: Ancil Sheperd, pass-Maj Gordon Haggard,Tail gunner: Lt Ed McNeal (6 Killed in Action); Col Jim Luper, Maj Norman Kriehn, Lt Bill Morrow Ex nav, John Derling, radar/nav-Lt Fred Asbell (5 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d two engines, dropped out and disintegrated on way down to crash in Stettin Bay, Politz; Missing Air Crew Report 9767.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39063 / Morale

B-17 #43-39063 / Morale

Delivered Lincoln 22/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-J] Podington 2/1/45; battle damaged with Reg Hammond, crew all OK 11/4/45; Salvaged. MORALE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6156 / Little Chapel

B-17 #44-6156 / Little Chapel

Delivered Tulsa 18/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned: 509BS/351BG [RQ-R] Polebrook 28/6/44; {89m} Returned to US: Bradley 30/5/45; Sth Plains 1/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 15/12/45. LITTLE CHAPEL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6565

B-17 #44-6565

Delivered Lincoln 8/9/44; Dow Fd 24/10/44; 1379 BU Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Q] Polebrook 9/2/45; 510BS [TU-Q]; 28m Returned to the USA Bradley 23/5/45; Sth Plains 26/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6566

B-17 #44-6566

Delivered Lincoln 8/9/44; Grenier 24/9/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-F] Polebrook 11/10/44; involved in base taxi accident with Bill Day 23/4/45; 63m Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/45; Sth Plains 17/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 2/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39106 / Pop’s Flop Shop

B-17 #43-39106 / Pop’s Flop Shop

Delivered Hunter 7/12/44; Dow Fd 17/12/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-D] Podington 4/3/45; 407BG; Green Project mission to Port Lyautey, Morr 12/6/45; ret 13/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45. POP’S FLOP SHOP.

B-17 #43-38317 / Flak Evader

B-17 #43-38317 / Flak Evader

Delivered Cheyenne 20/7/44; Hunter 2/8/44; Kearney 20/9/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-K] Horham 12/8/44; with J.H. Corbin force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44; 89m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; Ypsilanti 23/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45. FLAK EVADER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6610 / Feed ‚em

B-17 #44-6610 / Feed ‚em

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-B] Polebrook 7/12/44; {52m} Returned to the USA Bradley 1/6/45; Sth Plains 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. FEED ‘EM.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39848 / Archi-Ball

B-17 #42-39848 / Archi-Ball

Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Scott 22/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 4/11/43; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-C] Polebrook 18/11/43; {27m} transferred 838BS/487BG Lavenham 16/7/44; was severly damaged when taxying 42-39760 ran into it while parked on hardstand; sal 27/7/44. ARCHIBALD.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38287

B-17 #43-38287

Delivered Cheyenne 17/7/44; Kearney 27/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-V] Thurleigh 22/8/44; transferred 327BS/92BG (UX- ) Podington 9/5/45; Green project special mission Port Lyautey, Mor. 20/6/45; force landed Istres, Fr 25/6/45; Salvaged 9AF 31/10/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39849

B-17 #42-39849

Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Scott 19/10/43 ass 401BG Deenethorpe 27/10/43; Transferred: 508BS/351BG [YB-K] Polebrook 18/11/43; MIA {24m} Berlin 22/3/44 Pilot: Wyman Slosson{kept ship going so crew could bale out}, Tail Gunner: Warren Beahr (2KIA); Co-Pilot: Dave Smithline, Navigator: Joe Daugherty, Bombardier: Jim Higgins, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Green, Radio Operator: Ed DeMatteo, Ball Turret Gunner: Don Power, Waist Gunner: Verlyn Brown, Waist Gunner: Emette Highland (8POW); flak, crashed Altlandsberg, Oberbarnim, , due E of Berlin, Germany. MACR 3314.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31560

B-17 #42-31560

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gr Island 10/12/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-A] Polebrook 25/2/44; {61m} Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 8/9/44 with George Shera, Co-pilot: Leroy Swetnam, Navigator: Steve Loverds, Bombardier: Dick Mason, Waist gunner: Bob Hagans (5 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dewey Cooper, Radio Operator: Wallace Van Wirt, Ball turret gunner: Ed Jansak (3 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Don Freeman (EVD-ret base 11/9/44); flak KO’d an engine near Saarbrucken,Ger., then two more in trouble, aircraft crashed Beuvange-sous-St Michel, W of Thionville, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 10534.

B-17 #43-37993 / Mah Ideel

B-17 #43-37993 / Mah Ideel

Delivered Cheyenne 13/6/44; Kearney 23/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-U] Bassingbourn 23/7/44; 324BS [DF-N]; several times ship sustained battle damage but survived 72m Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. MAH IDEEL.