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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29850 / Gremlin’s Castle

42-29850 / Gremlin’s Castle

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque 8/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-G] Polebrook 22/4/43; {29m} Returned to the USA Tinker 15/7/44; Amarillo 17/7/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45. GREMLIN’S CASTLE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85582

44-85582

Delivered Louisville 24/3/45; Sth Plains 4/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85581

44-85581

Delivered Louisville 24/3/45; Sth Plains 2/4/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 5/10/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 29/10/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 7/12/45; 342 BU Smyrna 5/5/46; 554 BU Memphis 12/6/46; 4104 BU Rome 18/7/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 10 RES Ft Randall 1/1/48; 10 RES Davis 31/3/48; 10 RES Elmendorf, AK 1/10/49; 10 RES Davis Fd, Shemya, AK 12/11/48; C Flt/10 RCU Elmendorf, AK 7/7/50; with Bob Root ground looped on t/o at Davis Fd 23/10/50; Recl Comp Davis 14/11/50.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85580

44-85580

Delivered Louisville 27/3/45; Sth Plains 5/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

B-17 #42-29849 / Linda Ball

42-29849 / Linda Ball

Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-U] Polebrook 22/4/43; 34m Returned to the USA Homestead 11/6/44; Maxwell 20/6/44; Tinker 14/9/44; Patterson 18/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. LINDA BALL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97196 / Bobbie Anne

42-97196 / Bobbie Anne

Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/44; Hunter 15/2/44; Presque Is 10/3/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-M] Polebrook 24/3/44; Missing in Action {51m} Politz 7/10/44 with Vernon Evans, Co-pilot: Ed Holub, Navigator: Harry Margolia, Bombardier: John Cox, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Doug Gerard, Radio Operator: Joe Milani, Ball turret gunner: Bob Glynn, Waist gunner: Martin Mills,Tail gunner: Bill Bell (9INT); flak, force landed Kykoping-Skavsta, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 9368; left 23/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45. BOBBIE ANNE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6180

44-6180

Delivered Tulsa 24/5/44; Hunter 13/6/44; Morrison 21/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 4/7/44; Missing in Action Lechfeld 12/9/44 with Spotswood Allen, Co-pilot: Randall, Navigator: White, Bombardier: Bolch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Moore, Radio Operator: Head, Ball turret gunner: Lazenby, Waist gunner: Egyedi, Waist gunner: Adler,Tail gunner: Cabrara (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Karwendelhaus; Missing Air Crew Report 8623.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97195 / Miss Minneapolis

42-97195 / Miss Minneapolis

Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Slated 452BG, Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-Q] Snetterton 13/3/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 4/8/44 with Jim Wynne, Co-pilot: Jack Velie, Bombardier: John Collins, Radio Operator: John Wilkie, Ball turret gunner: Roy Miller,Tail gunner: Joe Pekar (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Gilden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Bonner, Waist gunner: Bill Knox (3 Prisoner of War); flak hit on bomb run and exploded, crashed Wittstadt, SW of Wesermunde, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7741. MISS MINNEAPOLIS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30113 / Wolfpack

42-30113 / Wolfpack

Delivered Cheyenne 13/4/43; Dow Fd 5/5/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS- ] Earls Colne 8/5/43; Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Bill Dauth, Co-pilot: Gordon Summers, Navigator: William Baker Ferguson, Bombardier: Dale Perkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Martin Wiseman died of pneumonia 8/1/44, Radio Operator: Sam Giordano, Ball turret gunner: Gordon Reese, Waist gunner: Joe Clark, Waist gunner: Paul Hayes,Tail gunner: Bill Swegle (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed near Renesburg, Ger; No MACR; WOLFPACK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30068 / Phartzac

42-30068 / Phartzac

Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Gore 10/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 13/5/43; Kearney 23/5/43; Dow Fd 27/5/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-P] Podington 29/5/43; Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; transferred 561BS/388BG Knettishall 6/43; Missing in Action Woensdrecht 19/8/43 with Bill Howe, Co-pilot: Paul Gruhn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Hiller, Radio Operator: Steve Toth, Ball turret gunner: Dale Butt, Waist gunner: George Connolly, Waist gunner: Bill Stamp,Tail gunner: Bill Ryan (8 Killed in Action), Navigator: Art Pilley, Bombardier: Joel Tutt (2 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #4, crashed in field between Haamstede & Renesse, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 3068. PHARTZAC.

B-17 #42-5086 / Wahoo II

42-5086 / Wahoo II

Delivered Tulsa 17/9/42; Presque Is 17/11/42; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-J] Thurleigh 25/11/42; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-B] Grafton Underwood 5/9/43; battle damaged Munster 10/10/43 with Bill Wilson, Co-pilot: Carlos Rabby, Navigator: Bob Belk, Bombardier: Rich Crown, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lerster Birnbaum, Radio Operator: Jim Compton, Ball turret gunner: David Heintzelman, Waist gunner: Murray Stamm, Waist gunner: F.O. Miller,Tail gunner: Frank Greene (10 Returned to Duty), crash landed on bank of River Dove, Eye, Sfk, crew bailed over Ipswich; Salvaged. WAHOO II.

B-17 #43-38999 / Emma

43-38999 / Emma

Delivered Lincoln 1/11/44; Grenier 12/11/44; Assigned 493BG Debach 14/11/44; transferred 358BS/303BG [VK-F] Molesworth 17/12/44; 457BG Glatton 22/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45. EMMA.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97623

42-97623

Delivered Denver 9/1/44; 1SAG Langley 4/2/44; Grenier 16/3/44; Assigned (H2X) 482BG Alconbury 23/3/44, first used over Holland 20/4/43; transferred 413BS/96BG Snetterton 24/3/44; Micro-H tests over Fuel dump at Bois-de-la-Houssire, France 4/8/44; transferred 418BS/100BG Thorpe Abbottts 20/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 28/3/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39766

42-39766

Delivered Long Beach 25/8/43; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 8/18/43; transferred (H2X) 422NLS/305BG [JJ- ] Chelveston 23/3/44; ret 482BG Alconbury 6/7/44; taxi accident at base with Norman Haines 5/12/44; sal 6/12/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5842 / Lethal Lady III

42-5842 / Lethal Lady III

Delivered Long Beach 16/3/43; Morrison 27/4/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Navarin 3/6/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; 463BG Celone 9/44; Salvaged 23/6/45. LETHAL LADY III.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38691

43-38691

Delivered Patterson 5/9/44; Hunter 20/9/44; Grenier 28/9/44; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 1/10/44; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-B] Polebrook 9/10/44; 509BS [RQ-M]; {29m} Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.

B-17 #42-29779 / Bab’s Best

42-29779 / Bab’s Best

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/43; Salina 8/3/43; Romulus 10/4/43; Wayne Co 13/4/43; Presque Is 27/4/43; Assigned 19FS/3FG at Meeks Fd, Iceland, o/s runway with P.H. Best 30/4/43; Repaired 1/5/43, New York PE 20/5/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-A] Thurleigh 4/6/43; Missing in Action Kassel 28/7/43 with Jack Harris, Radio Operator: Jim Connally, Ball turret gunner: Bill Isaacson, Waist gunner: Ralph Burgio, Waist gunner: Larry Sullivan, Tail gunner: Frank Bradley (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Russ Maxwell, Navigator: Ken Fultz, Bombardier: Bill Neary, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Irwin Aaesby (4 Prisoner of War); Flak, crashed near Wolften, eight miles E of Osnabruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 124. BAB’S BEST.

B-17 #44-6877

44-6877

Delivered Lincoln 9/12/44; Grenier 22/12/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 23/1/45; Missing in Action Fortezza 20/4/45 with Clarry Keen, Kirkland, Mackey, Kosinski, Moore, Hajjar, Dobbie, Zimpfer (8 Prisoner of War); Wilson, Glynn (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Maris Eland; Missing Air Crew Report 13819.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6752

44-6752

Delivered Lincoln 1/11/44; Grenier 16/11/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 3/12/44; Missing in Action Maribor 1/4/45 with Merle Adams, Co-pilot: John Baumgartner, Navigator: John Wilson, togg-Jack Aven (4 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Norwood, Radio Operator: Elvis Andrews, Ball turret gunner: Bill Franklin, Waist gunner: Jim Kendall, Waist gunner: Ed Gosney,Tail gunner: John Cunningham, ?-Richard Neff (7POW?); flak, crashed Maribor; Missing Air Crew Report 13378.

B-17 #43-39020 / War Hawk

43-39020 / War Hawk

Delivered Lincoln 9/11/44; Grenier 24/11/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-C] Polebrook 20/2/45; {40m} Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45. WAR HAWK.