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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38263 / Dies Irae

43-38263 / Dies Irae

Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Hunter 22/7/44; Presque Is 31/7/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 2/8/44; crashed on take off for mission 20/1/45 with Ray Austin, Co-pilot: Ray Sorrell, Radio Operator: Ken Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Felix Williams, Ball turret gunner: Cecil Cobb (5 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Pete Sommers, tog-Bob Yates, Waist gunner: Jim Fisher, photos-Dick Rivett,Tail gunner: Tom Hickerson (5 Killed in Service); (MACR 11253?) crash landed base; 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 17/12/45. DIES IRAE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38257 / Tyson’s Tramps

43-38257 / Tyson’s Tramps

Delivered Cheyenne 13 July 1944; Kearney 21 July 1944; Grenier 7 August 1944; Assigned 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 10 August 1944. Among other pilots, 1st Lt Harold E. Dwyer flew on it on the 7 May 1945 Chowhound mission to drop food to the Dutch population. Returned to the USA Bradley, Connecticut 20 June 1945; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23 June 1945; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman, Arizona 1 December 1945.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8764

44-8764

Delivered Lincoln 15/12/44; Dow Fd 6/1/45; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-G] Podington 3/2/45; Green Project, secret mission 28/5/45, ret gp 29/5/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10HB Oberpfaffenhofen 1/1/48; Recl Comp 4/2/49.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29821 / Argonaut aka Vox Pop II

42-29821 / Argonaut aka Vox Pop II

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Wichita 20/3/43; Bangor 8/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-F] Polebrook 17/4/43; blew up en route Ludwigshafen 7/1/44 {21m} with Harvey Anderson, Navigator: Doug Webb, Bombardier: Bill Udick, Ball turret gunner: Frank McNamara, Waist gunner: Rich Allen,Tail gunner: Leon Edwards (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Ben Finnell(wia), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Reilly, Radio Operator: Donzanick Curcio, Waist gunner: Buddie Wolfe (4 Returned to Duty). Caught in another aircraft’s propwash and disintegrated in mid-air, crashed Sutton Bridge, Lincs. UK; Salvaged. ARGONAUT aka VOX POP II.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8045 / The Pathfinder

44-8045 / The Pathfinder

Delivered Tulsa 22/5/44; Dallas 4/6/44; Langley 6/7/44; Dow Fd 2/8/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-L] as H2S aircraft Polebrook 5/9/44; {54m} transferred 305BG Chelveston 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46. THE PATHFINDER.

B-17 #42-102447 / El’s Belles

42-102447 / El’s Belles

Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Horham 6/4/44; with L.J. Price, force landed 4/8/44 sal; with M.S. Roy force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44; with H. Rivet force landed France 20/2/45; with J.E. Galbraith force landed RAF Ludham UK 21/3/45, sal; 106m, 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 25/11/45. EL’S BELLES.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38177 / Shack Rabbits

42-38177 / Shack Rabbits

Delivered Cheyenne 6/1/44; Gr Island 10/1/44; Grenier 24/1/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG [ -H] Knettishall 14/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Gus Christiani, Navigator: Leon Levy, Bombardier: Ray Newark, Waist gunner: Bill Kline, Waist gunner: Bill Pope (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Clarry Farrington, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sal Ciaccio, Radio Operator: Bill Mayne, Ball turret gunner: Rupert Smith,Tail gunner: John Griscom (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed in swamp at Neu-Ringer, 14 miles N of Nordhorn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3091. SHACK RABBITS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38277

43-38277

Delivered Cheyenne 15/7/44; Hunter 16/7/44; Dow Fd 9/8/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-O] Polebrook 21/8/44; 509BS [RQ-O]; in base taxi accident with Ed Ashton 20/1/45; 59m Returned to the USA Bradley 12/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

B-17 #42-38144 / Jezebel

42-38144 / Jezebel

Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/43; El Paso 4/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-O] Bassingbourn 28/2/44; battle damaged on mission 14/2/45 and force landed continent where it was sal 13/3/45. JEZEBEL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39991 / Look Homward Angel

42-39991 / Look Homward Angel

Delivered Long Beach 28/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; ass 544BS/384BG [SU-V] Grafton Underwood 8/1/44; 546BS [BK-V]; MIA Bonn (Cologne) 4/3/44 Pilot: Walt Carpenter{died from injuries while in hospital}, Bombardier: Murray Altman (2KIA); Co-Pilot: John Kennedy, Navigator: Carl Hedin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dwight McCracken, Radio Operator: Wayne Fallesen, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed O’Leary, Waist Gunner: Don Girard (7POW); Waist Gunner: Bernie Zyglowicz, Tail Gunner: Clarry Leibring (2EVD); flak, crashed Blangemont, nine miles SW of St Pol, Fr; MACR 2741.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5061

42-5061

Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/42; New Castle 12/10/42; Assigned 353BS/301BG Chelveston 1/11/42; Tarafaoui 26/11/42; Maison Blanche 5/12/42; Biskra 16/12/42; {71m} transferred 346BS/99BG Navarin 8/1/43; Gen Doolittle aboard mission to Kiarouan Afd 9/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Missing in Action Bolzano 10/11/43, with Jerry Wickcliffe, DeWitt, Ellsworth, Isert, Hogan, Arlinghaus, Chestnut, Auzniarek, Pinkard (9 Killed in Action); Prochaska (Prisoner of War); crashed Pavia; Missing Air Crew Report 1129.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31584

42-31584

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Spokane 26/11/43; Gt Falls 5/12/43; Cheyenne 11/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Memphis 29/12/43; Morrison 3/1/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 14/1/44; {12m} transferred depot 2/44; Salvaged 17/4/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5076

42-5076

Delivered Tulsa 15/9/42; W Palm Beach 7/1/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG Ain M’Lila 15/1/43; Missing in Action {1m} Gabes 4/2/43 with Bill Broderick, Co-pilot: McMillan, Navigator: Kinal, Bombardier: Hills, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Horton, Radio Operator: Magun, Ball turret gunner: Stokes, Waist gunner: Thofern, Waist gunner: McLaughlin, g-Conlon (10 Prisoner of War); shot down Gabes, Mor?. Missing Air Crew Report 15358.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97332

42-97332

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/44; Hunter 5/3/44; Homstead 12/3/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 2/4/44; {46m} battle damaged Munich 19/7/44 with ? ; crash landed base & collided with bulldozer; Salvaged.

B-17 #43-38450 / Lucky Partners

43-38450 / Lucky Partners

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned Soxo 4/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30357

42-30357

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 31/5/43; Morrison 9/6/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 18/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Missing in Action {46m} Piraeus 11/1/44 with Rich Williams, Shields, Elkin, DesRuissseau, Harkey, Day, Young (7 Killed in Action); Daley, Rappleye, Ogens (survive-3RTD?); mid air coll, crashed Poretson, Gr (?); Missing Air Crew Report 1831.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30344 / The Lady Evelyn

42-30344 / The Lady Evelyn

Delivered Cheyenne 19/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 31/5/43; Morrison 8/6/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG St Donat 20/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Missing in Action {13m} Capua, It. 4/9/43 with Wilbur Crouch, Co-pilot: Kinney, Navigator: Fleischauer, Bombardier: Kimber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Allen, Radio Operator: Goll, Ball turret gunner: Curtician, Waist gunner: Shripka,Tail gunner: Kulthua. Missing Air Crew Report 513. THE LADY EVELYN.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8605 / Happy Warrior aka Homesick Angel

44-8605 / Happy Warrior aka Homesick Angel

Delivered Lincoln 31/10/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 18BS/34BG Mendlesham 20/12/44. Battle damaged on Operation Varsity 24/3/45 with Lester Bennett, Co-pilot: Henry Karger, Navigator: Lou Bertino, tog – Ken Lewman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ocko Pickett, Radio Operator: Roger Dilley, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Verman, Waist gunner: Bill Johnson,Tail gunner: Chester Kordas (9 Killed in Action); a mid air collision resulted in c/l. Salvaged 25/3/45. HOMESICK ANGEL aka HAPPY WARRIOR.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8214

44-8214

Delivered Dallas 17/7/44; Langley 3/8/44; Grenier 16/9/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [N7-S] Nuthampstead 11/10/44; 603BS [N7-S]; re classified as HO aircraft at 1 SAD Troston 18/1/45; 306BG Thurleigh 27/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8363 / Polecat Too aka Goin’ home

44-8363 / Polecat Too aka Goin’ home

Delivered Dallas 20/8/44; Langley 27/9/44; Dow Fd 16/10/44; Assigned as SH aircraft 601BS/398BG Nuthampstead 5/11/44; 603BS [N7-V]; re-classified as HO aircraft after modification at 1 SAD Troston 23/1/45; transferred 833BS/486BG [2N-T] Sudbury 9/4/45; [3m} transferred 306BG Thurleigh 21/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45. POLECAT TOO aka GOIN’ HOME.