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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38357

B-17 #43-38357

Delivered Cheyenne 25/7/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Mitchell 6/8/44; Lincoln 23/8/44; Grenier 8/9/44; Assigned 2BG Amendola 24/9/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 20/10/45; 593 BU Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

B-17 #42-3422 / Winnie The Pooh

B-17 #42-3422 / Winnie The Pooh

Delivered Denver 16/6/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-Y] Gt Ashfield 24/7/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Nelson Davis (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Clark, Navigator: Alf Braca, Bombardier: Harry Clew, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Murphy, Radio Operator: Jim Clinton, Ball turret gunner: Glen Turnbough, Waist gunner: Bob McGettiger, Waist gunner: Jim Hess,Tail gunner: Bill Shay (9 Prisoner of War); direct flak hit on #3, crashed Oberstraubling, near Kirchdorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2775. WINNIE THE POOH.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38820 / Roll Me Over

B-17 #43-38820 / Roll Me Over

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-R] Rougham 11/10/44; 333BS [TS-R]; transferred 34BG Mendlesham /44; Returned to the USA Bradley, Assigned to 3FG with Fred Goetz force landed Granby, MA 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. ROLL ME OVER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38821 / Girdle Gertie

B-17 #43-38821 / Girdle Gertie

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-O] Thorpe Abbotts 10/10/44; then 349BS [XR-O]; transferred 482BG Alconbury 20/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. GIRDLE GERTIE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6487

B-17 #44-6487

Delivered Lincoln 18/8/44; Grenier 6/9/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 13/9/44; Missing in Action Munich 22/11/44 with Capt David Joyce, Co-pilot: Frank Covey, Navigator: Bill Misic, Bombardier: Bill Hix, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clair Schmitt, Radio Operator: Ken Hoffman, Ball turret gunner: Bob Gayle, Waist gunner: Harry Brett, Waist gunner: Glen Machovec,Tail gunner: George Hill (10 Returned to Duty); ditched and attacked by Me 109s and German patrols boats which were driven off by RAF Spitfires; aircraft floated for 55 minutes before crew rescued by 2 RAF Walruses.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5815

B-17 #42-5815

Delivered Long Beach 25/2/43; Cheyenne 1/3/43; Gore Fd 14/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-Q] Polebrook 17/4/43; Missing in Action 1m Bremen 13/6/43 with Bob Jackson, Co-pilot: Chester Lott, Navigator: Herman Lindsey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Adams, Radio Operator: Wallis Patton, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Viles, Waist gunner: Bill Whittaker (7 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Charles Noetzel, Waist gunner: Roy Johnson,Tail gunner: Ed Berry (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft damaged three engines, crashed Oldenbrok NE Oldenburg, near Brake, NW of Bremen. No MACR.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3409

B-17 #42-3409

Delivered Long Beach 9/6/43; Hendricks 30/6/43; 2138 BU Tyndall 19/11/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 11/1/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

B-17 #42-3411 / JoMo

B-17 #42-3411 / JoMo

Delivered Dallas 1/6/43; Homestead 11/7/43; Assigned 8AF, force landed Prestwick with Peter Dustman 16/9/43 and ground looped; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-I] Ridgewell 21/9/43; {11+m} transferred AFSC 19/5/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 12/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 10/5/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6116

B-17 #44-6116

Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 28/6/44; Grenier 11/7/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 16/7/44; {64m} Returned to the USA to Dyersburg with John Melsterling 2/1/45; 1103 BU Morrison 18/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-24470 / Sons of Fury

B-17 #41-24470 / Sons of Fury

Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW- ] Westover 22-Aug-42; damaged in taxi accident Westover Fd 26-Aug-42; Thurleigh 2-Oct-42; Missing in Action St Nazaire 3-Jan-43. Severely hit by enemy aircraft, ditched into the English Channel off Brest peninsula. 10KIA MACR 16427.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3410

B-17 #42-3410

Delivered Long Beach 9/6/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 9/1/44; Sioux City 4/4/44; Hendricks 7/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3416

B-17 #42-3416

Delivered Denver 10/6/43; 2126 BU Laredo 3/9/43; 1077 BU Bowman 7/7/44; Laredo 23/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/7/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3417

B-17 #42-3417

Delivered Denver 15/6/43; Chanute 16/8/43; crash landed Patterson 9/10/43 with Bob Barbee (Matthews?); Written off 22/10/43.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6164

B-17 #44-6164

Delivered Tulsa 19/5/44; Hunter 9/6/44; Morrison 18/6/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 29/6/44; transferred 353BS/301BG Lucera 18/11/44; battle damaged Blechhammer 17/4/45 with ?; to depot & Salvaged.

B-17 #43-38852 / Humpty Dumpty II

B-17 #43-38852 / Humpty Dumpty II

Delivered Lincoln 29/9/44; Bismark 2/10/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 17/10/44; 569BS/390BG [CC-A] Framlingham 18/10/44; transferred 351BS/100BG [EP-N] Thorpe Abbotts 30/3/45; hit by flak over Hanover 14/3/45 with Ed Aubuchon, killing Garland Miller {wg}, limped home to be repaired; 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 19/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3418

B-17 #42-3418

Delivered Long Beach 13/6/43; Chanute 16/8/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 22/7/44; 2140 BU Sioux City 23/10/44; Hendricks 25/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 13/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97351

B-17 #42-97351

Delivered Cheyenne 21/2/44; Hunter 5/3/44; Homestead 16/3/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 4/3/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 7/7/44 with Capt Harry Tomlinson, Co-pilot: Reece Burks(died in prison camp), Navigator: Frank Fleming[wia], Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Martin Cardone (4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Mike Miller, Radio Operator: Henry O’Neill, Ball turret gunner: Phil McQuade, Waist gunner: Henry Garnett, Waist gunner: Bob Wolfe,Tail gunner: Joe Cash (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Gyor, Hungary Pressburg; one chute seen; Missing Air Crew Report 6565.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3420

B-17 #42-3420

Delivered Denver 16/6/43; Hobbs 3/7/43; ATC HQ Hills 14/8/43; Inv Lst 30/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3421

B-17 #42-3421

Delivered Denver 4/6/43; Hobbs 3/7/43; crash landed five miles SE of base 19/10/43 with Virgil Comstock, fire on board. Written off. Pilot and one pass; severe injuries, three pass. minor injuries.

B-17 #42-5813 / Jackie Ellen

B-17 #42-5813 / Jackie Ellen

Delivered Long Beach 25/2/43; Cheyenne 1/3/43; Sioux City 18/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 306BG 22/4/43 JACKIE ELLEN; transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-S/Z] Kimbolton 2/5/43; battle damaged Kassel 30/7/43 with Bill Breiner, Co-pilot: Dick Jones, Navigator: Bob Anderson, Bombardier: Perry Fischer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Jacobsen, Radio Operator: Don Haynes, Ball turret gunner: Bob Wills, Waist gunner: Fred Brown, Waist gunner: Walt Hoffman,Tail gunner: Gerald Hansen (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed near Alconbury, Hunts. Salvaged.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6378

B-17 #44-6378

Delivered Hunter 20/7/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 5/10/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 18/6/45; Sth Plains 20/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5814

B-17 #42-5814

Delivered Long Beach 25/2/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-B] Polebrook 17/4/43; Missing in Action {1m} Bremen 13/6/43 with Willard Forrest + crew ? (* Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Roebuck, Radio Operator: Joe Hayes (2 Killed in Service); suffered engine problems and forced to return, but ditched North Sea where crew picked up by RAF Walrus.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8060

B-17 #44-8060

Delivered Pyote 27/5/44; Coolidge 29/5/44; 237 BU Pyote 8/6/44; 235 BU Biggs 16/8/44; HHR Minneapolis 11/12/44; 235 BU Biggs 19/12/44; 222 BU Ardmore 4/3/45; 332 BU Ardmore 1/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/12/45.