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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8523

B-17 #44-8523

Delivered Lincoln 5/10/44; Cooledge 12/10/44; Grenier 22/10/44; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-H] Rougham 25/10/44; transferred 836BS/487BG Lavenham 20/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; Independence 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97186

B-17 #42-97186

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Savannah 24/2/44; Morrison 4/3/44; Assigned 353BS/301BG Lucera 8/3/44, {3m}; with Chas Lovett crash landed Eknes Fd, Senegal 11/3/44; rep, detailed Budapest 14/6/44 with Bob Stone, (7RTD ?); exploded soon after take off; Cox, Rizzo, DeRaffaelo (3 Killed in Action).

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31772

B-17 #42-31772

Delivered Cheyenne 12/12/43; Gr Island 30/12/43; Grenier 28/1/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY- ] Podington 1/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 9/3/44 with Walter Payne(?) Bill Patrick, Gerald Quarter, Bill McDowell, Ed Jenkins, Vern Rawlings, Tom Bannow, Art Hallum, Emanuel Bromberg, Tom Farrell, Harvey Phipps (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Templin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2995.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31771

B-17 #42-31771

Delivered Cheyenne 12/12/43; Gr Island 23/12/43; Grenier 16/1/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-R] Podington 28/1/44; Missing in Action – shot down by enemy aircraft on the 24 August 1944 mission to Merseburg. Exploded and crashed near Lindenthal, NW of Leipzig, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 8213.

B-17 #42-107058 / White Angel

B-17 #42-107058 / White Angel

Delivered Tulsa 8/2/44; Gr Island 19/2/44; Grenier 29/2/44; force landed Gr Island with Rich Buttorff 8/3/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD- ] Grafton Underwood 24/4/44; 546BS [BK-C]; detailed Hannover 5/8/44 with Frank Mead, Co-pilot: Tom Daniel, Navigator: Jerry Bryson (3 Returned to Duty), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Joyce, Radio Operator: Alex Vennell, Ball turret gunner: John Treat, ng-Howard Dillon, Waist gunner: Harry Woods,Tail gunner: Vince Castiglione (6 Prisoner of War), they bailed out when hydraulic motor fire caused intense smoke in cockpit, rest in crew brought ship home; Missing in Action Eisenbach 11/9/44 with Jim Chadwick, Co-pilot: Edgar Grantham, Bombardier: Bob Verbryka, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Virgil Brown, Radio Operator: Dave Liebmann, Ball turret gunner: Henry Schoonover, Waist gunner: Louis Merfeld (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Leslie White,Tail gunner: Ken Klumpp (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Zechau, S of Liepzig, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8903. WHITE ANGEL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5801 / Flak Happy

B-17 #42-5801 / Flak Happy

Delivered Long Beach 10/2/43; Salina 27/2/43; Smoky Hill 31/3/43; Presque Is 14/4/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG Earls Colne 22/4/43; 333BS Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 327BS/92BG [UX-J] Alconbury 28/7/43; Missing in Action Bochum (T/O), Ger 12/8/43 with Paul Casey, Co-pilot: George Kearin, Navigator: Luther Baker, Radio Operator: Dave Penley, Ball turret gunner: Tom Perkins, Waist gunner: Joe Soper, Waist gunner: Audrey Berry,Tail gunner: Elmer Ripley (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Chas Mayo{bailed out too low}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Edwards (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Phillipine, four miles W of Ternuezen, Holl. Missing Air Crew Report 656. FLAK HAPPY.

B-17 #42-102396

B-17 #42-102396

Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/44; Gr Island 18/3/44; Presque Is 5/4/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-G ] Podington 14/4/44; Missing in Action Cologne 10/1/45 with George O’Halloran or Robert C. Hirsh?, rest?; force landed Sint-Hadelin-Olne, east of Liege, Bel.; Salvaged 23/1/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37845 / Wildfire

B-17 #42-37845 / Wildfire

Delivered Long Beach 19/9/43; Scott 26/9/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-F] Polebrook 25/11/43; Missing in Action {55m} St Nazaire 12/6/44 with Vernon Guthery, Co-pilot: Bob Seidell, Navigator: Ed Peters, Bombardier: Lew Humphrey, Ball turret gunner: Atison Roper, Waist gunner: Lamont Fisher,Tail gunner: Lloyd Babin (7RTD-rescued by ASR); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nobert Berendsen, Radio Operator: Leo Hamilton (2died of exposure and drowning- Killed in Action); flak, ditched Channel 25 miles off Dungeness, Kent, UK; No MACR. WILDFIRE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38567

B-17 #43-38567

Delivered Cheyenne 18/8/44; Lincoln 7/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-Q] Snetterton 25/9/44; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-G] Polebrook 6/10/44; battle damaged {24m} Koblenz 28/12/44 with ?; force landed Belgium; Salvaged 5/1/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8328

B-17 #44-8328

Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Ogden 13/8/44; Grenier 20/8/44; Assigned 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 22/8/44; 18BS; Missing in Action Merseburg 7/10/44 with Warren Kiley, Navigator: Harry Steiner, Bombardier: Ken Covington, Radio Operator: Leo Curtin, Waist gunner: Omer Mongeon, Ball turret gunner: Bill Barry (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Dave Bailey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Frick,Tail gunner: Fred Dyer (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Merseburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9341.

B-17 #42-30181 / Herky Jerky II aka LoverBoy

B-17 #42-30181 / Herky Jerky II aka LoverBoy

Delivered Cheyenne 24-Apr-43; Smoky Hill 5-May-43; Kearney 29-May-43; Atlanta 2-Jun-43; Dow Field 16-Jun-43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-X] Framlingham 19-Jun-43 HERKY JERKY II; Horham 15-Jun-43; with force landed Framlingham AF 10-Oct-43 with Pilot R.E. Snow, Radio Operator: Harry Van Arsdale WIA; credited with 23 missions, Missing in Action – Eschweiler 24-Jan-44 shot down by enemy aircraft, tailplane caught fire then broke off, crashed Wingene, 18 miles West of Ghent, Belgium. 4KIA 6POW. Missing Air Crew Report 2258. LOVER BOY.

B-17 #42-39839

B-17 #42-39839

Delivered Long Beach 16/9/43; Scott 18/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 14/10/43; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-D] Polebrook 18/11/43; {1m} battle damaged Bremen 26/11/43, with Clarry Lemley, crew ? (9 Returned to Duty), Ball turret gunner: Chas Foubert (Killed in Action) crash landed on approach to RAF Marham, Nfk, no gas. Salvaged 2 SAD Watton 28/11/43 for use by 8AF HQ; retUS 4104 BU Rome 30/3/47.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8614

B-17 #44-8614

Delivered Hunter 2/11/44; Grenier 17/11/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG Lavenham 8/12/44; battle damaged Darmstadt, Ger 24/12/44 with ?; flak, force landed continent; Missing Air Crew Report 12207. Salvaged 28/1/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8373

B-17 #44-8373

Delivered Dallas 23/8/44; Langley 19/9/44; Dow Fd 3/10/44; Assigned as SH aircraft 600BS/398BG [N8-K] Nuthampstead 5/11/44; re-classified as HO aircraft after modification at 21 SAD Troston 29/1/45; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 25/5/45; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 18/6/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29975 / Rum Boogie III

B-17 #42-29975 / Rum Boogie III

Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Memphis 12/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 21/4/43 RUM BOOGIE 3rd; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-F] Alconbury 23/7/43; when war weary transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 13/6/44; Returned to the USA Homestead 26/7/44; Tinker 6/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater 4/10/45. RUM BOOGIE III.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38369 / Checkerboard Fort

B-17 #43-38369 / Checkerboard Fort

Delivered Cheyenne 26/7/44; Kearney 4/8/44; Dow Fd 10/8/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-D] Podington 21/8/44; 325BS [NV-U]; Missing in Action Pilsen, Czecho. 25/4/45 with Lew Fisher, Rudy Kochevar, Bill Hesley, Warren Ives, Sam Schwartz, Chris Chrest (6 Killed in Action); Neal Modert, Jerome Weznerowicz (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Pilsen; Missing Air Crew Report 14222. CHECKERBOARD FORT.

B-17 #43-39068

B-17 #43-39068

Delivered Lincoln 20/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG [2C-C] Lavenham 6/12/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 8/1/45 with ?; crash landed St Margaret’s, UK; crew OK, Salvaged 11/1/45.

B-17 #42-31411 / Wilder-N-Hell

B-17 #42-31411 / Wilder-N-Hell

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Gr Island 11/11/43; Nashville 18/11/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-R] Podington 2/12/43; Missing in Action Achmer 21/2/44 with Jim McEvoy, Co-pilot: Gene Piburn, Navigator: Vic Barnett, Bombardier: Bob Bottoref, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim McNutt, Ball turret gunner: George Lenar, Waist gunner: Lewis Bispham, Waist gunner: Clifford Shutts (8 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Delbert Miller,Tail gunner: Orvin Miller (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Bad Driburg, ten miles E of Paderborn, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2757. WILDER-N-HELL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97870

B-17 #42-97870

Delivered Tulsa 21/3/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 27/5/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-Y] Podington 2/6/44; on return from Darmstadt, Ger, ran out of gas, crashed near Rougham A/fd, Suffolk, UK, with Don Lathram, Bob Berry, Will Burrows, Wiltran Stanteen, Jim Bryan, Angelo Greco, Myron Goodman, Jack Isbel (8 Killed in Action); Ike Harder (wia Returned to Duty); Salvaged 24/12/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-107163

B-17 #42-107163

Delivered Tulsa 9/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY- ] Podington 4/5/44; Missing in Action Bretigny Afd, Fr 14/6/44 with Marvin Long, Navigator: George McKewin, Waist gunner: John Hewitt (3 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Norman Stifel, Bombardier: Rollo Budde, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Van Daley, Radio Operator: Bob Ferguson, Ball turret gunner: Gene McNeil,Tail gunner: Emile Ambrose (6 Prisoner of War); flak hit in rihght wing, KOd #3, crashed Villiers-sur-Orge, 12 miles S of Paris, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5793.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6609

B-17 #44-6609

Delivered Lincoln 22/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 487BG Lavenham 11/10/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 17/2/45 with ?; flak, crashed ? ; Salvaged 5 SAD.

B-17 #42-97681 / The Big Wheel

B-17 #42-97681 / The Big Wheel

Delivered Denver 27/1/44; 1SAG Langley 12/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 7/4/44; 331BS [XM-T]; landing accident with Claud Watts 6/3/45; battle damaged Frankfurt 9/3/45, Salvaged (rear half used on 44-6890); THE BIG WHEEL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6890

B-17 #44-6890

Delivered Lincoln 9/12/44; Grenier 22/12/44; Assigned 94BG Rougham 23/12/44; battle damaged Ruhland 7/3/45 with Knox McKee; crash landed base and repaired with rear half of 42-97681; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; Sth Plains 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38596

B-17 #43-38596

Delivered Cheyenne 22/8/44; Lincoln 8/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 837BS/487BG Lavenham 6/10/44; 836BS [2G-G]; Missing in Action Nurnberg 20/2/45 with Floyd McCullough, Paul Elam, Don Lehmkuhl, Kay Taft, Gilbert Hyatt (5 Prisoner of War); Tom Whyte, Wayne Brotherton, Bob Mitchell, Hiran Dunham, Bill Raffel (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Rosthenbach, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12550.