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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85530

44-85530

Delivered Cheyenne 13/3/45; Hunter 25/3/45; Grenier 13/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85515

44-85515

Delivered Louisville 5/3/45; Hunter 12/3/45; Grenier 28/3/45; Assigned 8AF 29/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/2/46; 233 BU Forth Worth 19/2/46; 613 BU Phillips PG 29/4/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85514

44-85514

Delivered Louisville 6/3/45; Hunter 19/3/45; Grenier 30/3/45; Assigned 8AF 1/4/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 10/6/46; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/9/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4112 BU Olmstead 25/5/47; 5 Ph Recon Clark Fd 1/1/48; 13 ARE Clark 9/3/48; Returned to the USA 375 OT Shephard 15/11/49; 9 SRC Gp Fairfield 19/12/49; to USN, Recl Comp 5/1/50.

B-17 #42-30408 / Sharon Belle

42-30408 / Sharon Belle

Delivered Cheyenne 28/5/43; Gore 9/6/43; Dalhart 27/6/43; Tinker 7/7/43; Gr Isle 28/7/43; Presque Is 4/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-Q] Alconbury 14/8/43; detailed Solingen but blew up near RAF Silverstone, crashed Astwell Castle, Helmdon, Northamptonshire after recall 30/11/43 with Bill Holland, Co-pilot: Capt Dick Pugh327BS CO, Navigator: Leighton Patterson, Bombardier: Bill Munro, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Glaspell, Radio Operator: Bill Freeman, Ball turret gunner: Harry Scott, Waist gunner: Dean Landfear, Waist gunner: Chas Slayton,Tail gunner: Henry Brannan (10 Killed in Service). Missing Air Crew Report 688; Salvaged 13/12/43. SHARON BELLE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-6100

42-6100

Delivered Long Beach 22/7/43; Amarillo 24/7/43; Dallas 10/8/43; 497BG Pratt 8/8/44; 246 BU Pratt 6/9/44; 222 BU Ardmore 6/10/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29873

42-29873

Delivered Cheyenne 28/2/43; Denver 1/3/43; Colorado Springs 29/3/43; Patterson 1/4/43; Colorado Springs 15/4/43; Peterson 17/4/43; Assigned (F-9B) 1st Photo Gr Bolling 1/9/43; 19 Ph Sq/11PMG MacDill 2/8/44; 91 Ph Gp Buckley 22/11/44; Bolling 30/11/44; 91 Ph Gp Buckley 30/12/44; 234 BU Clovis 14/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31486

42-31486

Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Prestwick 6/12/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-Y] Deenethorpe 14/1/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with John Tannahill, Co-pilot: Harry Selby, Navigator: Ed Harris, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pat Powers, Radio Operator: Harry Roark, Ball turret gunner: Harley Kennemer, Waist gunner: Weldon Martin, Tail gunner: Larry Freeman (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Bill Frye (blown out when ship exploded), Waist gunner: Tom Brennan (2 Prisoner of War); Enemy aircraft, crashed Oberndorf, 18 miles N of Kaiserlautern, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 2272.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2584

41-2584

Delivered Barksdale 20/2/42; MacDill 13/3/42; with John Swanson coll with B-17 in taxi accident 27/3/42; Assigned 43BS/29BG Cheyenne 21/5/42; Boise 27/6/42; with Alex Carver force landed Gowen 30/7/42; with George Page crash landed Gowen 21/9/42. Salvaged.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-6095

42-6095

Delivered Long Beach 21/7/43; Cheyenne 23/7/43; with Bruce Whitfield force landed Walker Fd, Ks 29/12/43; 248 BU Walker 2/6/44; 4136 BU Tinker 28/6/44; 232 BU Dalhart 4/9/44; 241 BU Fairmont 21/10/44; 203 BU Jackson 21/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31553 / Myer’s Flaw

42-31553 / Myer’s Flaw

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Oklahoma City 24/12/43; New Castle 8/1/44; Presque Is 9/1/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-B] Ridgewell 19/2/44; Missing in Action 4m Berlin 6/3/44 with Ed Haushalter (chute failed, found in street), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Lee, Radio Operator: Rich Nisbet, Ball turret gunner: Ed Creevy (Rayburn Crewmember), Waist gunner: Everett Langston (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Herman Hensley, Navigator: Rich Schuit, Bombardier: John Herrick, Waist gunner: Ralph Alfaro, Tail gunner: Eldon Jones (5 Prisoner of War); Attacked by enemy aircraft, ‘Myer’s Flaw’ crashed Wernsdorf/Niederlehme, six miles SW of Erkner, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 3241. MYER’S FLAW.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31127

42-31127

Delivered Dallas 22/9/43; Harvard 8/10/43; Assigned 94BG Rougham 19/11/43; transferred 708BS/447BG [CQ-A] Rattlesden /44; on return from Brussels 28/4/44 with Chas Dowler, Co-pilot: Vernon Arnold, Navigator: Leonard Erickson, Bombardier: ? , Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sandy Conti, Radio Operator: Francis Brownson, Ball turret gunner: George King, Waist gunner: Larry Steinhafel, Waist gunner: Ken Shimp,Tail gunner: John Marabito (9 Returned to Duty); u/c collapsed halfway down runway on landing, a check by Gp Tech. Insp. found errors in settings. Salvaged 20/5/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3112

42-3112

Delivered Long Beach 13/2/43; Nashville 12/5/43; Assigned 352BS/301BG St Donat 5/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {32m} Returned to the USA Orlando 10/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85513

44-85513

Delivered Louisville 5/3/45; to Long Beach with Don Smith 9/3/45; Syracuse 7/6/45; Middletown 8/11/45; Morrison 3/1/46; 2621 BU Barksdale 21/12/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4117 BU Robins 4/3/48; Recl Comp 31/3/49.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83236

44-83236

Delivered Hunter 8/1/45; Dow Fd 31/1/45; Assigned 15AF 5/2/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 18/1/48; Recl Comp 7/1/49.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38292 / Conga Babe

43-38292 / Conga Babe

Delivered Cheyenne 18/7/44; Hunter 26/7/44; Dow Fd 7/8/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-D] Snetterton 7/8/44; transferred 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 8/8/44; Missing in Action Bad Kreuznach, Ger 2/1/45 with Roger Hoffman, Co-pilot: Warren Johnson, Navigator: Dick Reed, Bombardier: Herman Brown, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Reitman, Radio Operator: Jack Summers, m/op-Lt Ford Bachman, Ball turret gunner: Narvie Sumpter, Waist gunner: Mervin Unklesbee,Tail gunner: Perry Scott (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Eggenstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11566. CONGA BABE.

B-17 #42-5954 / Mister Yank II

42-5954 / Mister Yank II

Delivered Long Beach 30/5/43; Kearney 10/6/43; Dow Fd 7/7/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 11/7/43; Returned to the USA 30/3/44. Salvaged 4/1/46. MR YANK II.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31043 /  Elsie Mae

42-31043 / Elsie Mae

Delivered Cheyenne 10/9/43; Assigned 381BG Ridgewell 19/10/43; transferred 526BS/379BG [LF-L] Kimbolton 3/3/44; on cross country traing flight 12/9/44 with Capt John Martin, Co-pilot: Capt Bob Harsberger, Navigator: Wayne Kalers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Kiplinger, Radio Operator: Jim Bennett (5 Returned to Duty); landing gear collapsed 12/9/44; Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 14/9/44. ELSIE MAE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83486

44-83486

Delivered Hunter 15/3/45; Grenier 22/3/45; Assigned 8AF 30/3/45; RetUS, 4000 BU Patterson 4/6/46; 4104 BU Rome 26/6/46; 554 BU Memphis 27/6/46; 4104 BU Rome 13/8/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4104 BU Rome 1/6/47; 4112 BU Olmstead 27/10/47; BAL Columbus 27/11/47; 3203 MSU Gp Eglin 20/3/49; Recl Comp 1//3/50.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29874 / El Conquistador

42-29874 / El Conquistador

Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/43; Pueblo 14/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-J] Polebrook 16/4/43; battle damaged Bochum 8m 12/8/43 with Jose Garcia, Co-pilot: Groth, Navigator: Ben Schohan, Bombardier: Sheets; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Zibas, Radio Operator: Ralph Crane, Ball turret gunner: Tomas Romero, Waist gunner: Zeitler, Waist gunner: Bent (9RTD – 3wia);Tail gunner: Ed Henninger (Killed in Action); ?; crash landed Leiston a/fd, Sfk, UK; Salvaged 16/8/43. EL CONQUISTADOR.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29872 / Snow Ball

42-29872 / Snow Ball

Delivered Cheyenne 28/2/43; Pueblo 13/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-W] Polebrook 16/4/43; Missing in Action 6m T/Ops (Hannover) 17/7/43 with Bill Peters, Co-pilot: E. Eslund, Bombardier: P. Shanes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: E. Atwood, Radio Operator: R. Martin, Ball turret gunner: Tom Dye, Waist gunner: W. Hunter, Waist gunner: J. McGee,Tail gunner: A. Chacon (9 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Fred Wattles (Killed in Action); flak, ditched North Sea, and sunk in seconds. Crew picked up by RAF Walruses L2307 & L2238, which had to taxi back to Yarmouth as sea too rough to take off. SNOW BALL.