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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8410 / Miss Glamor Pants

B-17 #44-8410 / Miss Glamor Pants

Delivered Patterson 5/9/44; Hunter 18/9/44; Grenier 30/9/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 1/10/44; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-A] Polebrook 7/10/44; {68m} Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 14/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. MISS GLAMOUR PANTS.

B-17 #42-31594 / Sweat’er Out

B-17 #42-31594 / Sweat’er Out

Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Assigned 751BS/457BG [G] Glatton 25/1/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Artie Whitlow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Isker (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Cunningham, n/b-Dan McLaughlin, Radio Operator: Paul Clark, Waist gunner: Lovel O’Masters, Waist gunner: Bob Towle,Tail gunner: Jim Ambrose (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Roe Woodis (evaded capture); enemy aircraft knocked off one third of wing, crashed in woods near Thannenkirch, NW of Bergheim, nine miles N of Colmar, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5299. SWEAT’ER OUT.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2657 / Old Faithful aka Caroline

B-17 #41-2657 / Old Faithful aka Caroline

Delivered Lowry 5/3/42; Assigned 30BS/19BG Hawaii 7/4/42; transferred /43BG 22/5/42; then transferred 54 Troop Carrier Wing and converted into armed transport at 4th Air Depot, Garbutt, Aus 11/43. Salvaged 21/6/45 in Manila, Phil.; OLD FAITHFUL aka CAROLINE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3487

B-17 #42-3487

Delivered Denver 10/7/43; Grenier 18/8/43; Assigned 812BS/482BG [MI-E] Alconbury 28/8/43 (H2-X); transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-F] Thorpe Abbotts /43; hit when parked by 43-37539; transferred 447BG Rattlesden Salvaged 25/6/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31859 / Lucy

B-17 #42-31859 / Lucy

Delivered Denver 28/12/43; Kansas City 12/1/44; Savannah 16/1/44; Morrison 26/1/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 27/1/44; Missing in Action Steyr, Aus. 24/2/44 with George Verbruggen, Co-pilot: Rich Bartel, Navigator: Jesse Hizenski, Bombardier: Bob Tiffany, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Benedict Tieniber, Radio Operator: Tom Gmitter, Ball turret gunner: Earl Hunt, Waist gunner: Paul Yanushis, Waist gunner: Joe Casano[wia],Tail gunner: Art Jobin[wia] (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wels, Aus; Missing Air Crew Report 2620. LUCY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29583 / 60-50

B-17 #42-29583 / 60-50

Delivered Denver 17/1/43; Cheyenne 26/1/43; Salina 31/1/43; Morrison 9/3/43; Assigned 429BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 19/3/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Missing in Action {33m} Messina 14/7/43 with Vince McIntyre, Navigator: Wayne Greathouse, Bombardier: Vernon Morrow, Waist gunner: Jacob Hauber, Waist gunner: Casimir Manka (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Rich Bentley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Otis Wharton, Radio Operator: Phil Zimmerman, Ball turret gunner: Jim Kingsland,Tail gunner: George Tucker (5 Prisoner of War); flak hit in radio room, nine chutes seen before crashing into sea. Missing Air Crew Report 210 & 968. nicknamed 60-50.

B-17 #44-6356

B-17 #44-6356

Delivered Kearney 14/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 353BS/301BG Lucera 29/7/44; depot 20/4/45; Salvaged 26/4/45.

B-17 #41-2656 / Chief Seattle aka Chief Seattle from the Pacific Northwest

B-17 #41-2656 / Chief Seattle aka Chief Seattle from the Pacific Northwest

Delivered Lowry 7/2/42; Assigned 7BG, then 435BS/19BG Hawaii 29/5/42; Missing in Action recon mission to Basmata, Rabaul 14/8/42 with Wilson Cook, Co-pilot: F/Sgt George Andrews {RAAF}, Navigator: Hubert Mobley, Bombardier: Joe Cunningham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elwyn Rahier, John Dunbar, Radio Operator: Irving Michael, Chas Hartman, Dave Beattie,Tail gunner: Dick Pastor; crashed ? , Missing Air Crew Report ? . CITY OF SEATTLE or “CHIEF SEATTLE” FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.(?MIA Buna, New Guinea 14/8/42).

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37964

B-17 #42-37964

Delivered Denver 29/10/43; Gr Island 11/11/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG Cerignola 5/12/44; Lucera 1/2/44; {76m} crashed on take off with Hall 11/6/44, blew a tyre, ran off runway and exploded, but crew safe.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29609

B-17 #42-29609

Delivered Cheyenne 17/1/43; Salina 28/1/43; Kearney 4/2/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 17/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Missing in Action {66m} Bolzano 10/11/43 with Ray Wika, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Martin McCloud (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Jerry Corcoron, Navigator: Leon McCully, Radio Operator: Jack Raznick, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Berlin, Waist gunner: Merle Canfield, Waist gunner: Luke Barga,Tail gunner: Mack Kidd (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Capt Jerry Corcoran, Bombardier: Wallace Baldwin (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, two chutes seen before ship went into spin and crashed near Brescia, It. Missing Air Crew Report 1120.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29608

B-17 #42-29608

Delivered Cheyenne 17/1/43; Salina 28/1/43; Morrison 9/3/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 17/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; Missing in Action Udine 31/1/44 with Bob Kolstad, Co-pilot: Vic Brockman, Navigator: John Harrap, Bombardier: Jim Shea, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Archie Hartgrave, Waist gunner: Joe Gibson, Waist gunner: Bill Fleming (7EVD, aided by Italians partisans); Ball turret gunner: Wayne Speede,Tail gunner: Joe Habiff (2KIA, drowned); Radio Operator: Hilliard Parrish (Prisoner of War); flak hit, 10 chutes seen, ship ditched in Adriatic about 10 miles NE of Pola, It. Missing Air Crew Report 2063.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2655

B-17 #41-2655

Delivered Lowry 5/3/42; Assigned 30BS/19BG Hawaii 1/4/42; crashed on take off in mud flats off Horn Is. Aus. 13/7/42 with Paul M. Lindsey, Co-pilot: ?,Tail gunner: Vernon Elder (3 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Ed Budz, Houston Rice, Jim Houchins (3 Killed in Action), plus three unknown.

B-17 #41-2629

B-17 #41-2629

Delivered MacDill 7/3/42; Assigned 340BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42; transferred 305BG Grafton Underwood 5/11/42; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-M] ; Bovingdon 100BG Thorpe Abbotts as station hack & tow target /43; was parked at Thorpe Abbotts when damaged in taxi accident by 42-3472 (100BG) 24/4/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 5/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37867

B-17 #43-37867

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/44; Hunter 8/6/44; Grenier 26/6/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G- ] Lavenham 29/6/44; transferred 833BS/486BG [2N-C] Sudbury 11/44; with Lloyd Henry on 24/8/44 tg Walt Maximuk shot down an Me163 jet fighter; {53m} Returned to the USA Bradley 8/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37897

B-17 #43-37897

Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/44; Kearney 12/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG Lavenham 29/6/44; battle damaged Dresden 2/3/45 with ?; force landed Russia.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2654

B-17 #41-2654

Delivered Lowry 5/3/42; crashed Hamilton 24/3/42. Salvaged. (shown in Midway TV documentary as in PTO).

B-17 #42-102957 / Fearless Fosdick

B-17 #42-102957 / Fearless Fosdick

Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/44; Kearney 3/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG Molesworth 23/4/44; transferred 612BS/401BG [SC-F] Deenethorpe 1/6/44; detailed Merseberg 11/9/44 with Morris Mohler, rest unknown bailed our safely (9 Returned to Duty); crash landed Kings Norton near Leicester A/fd; Salvaged. FEARLESS FOSDICK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8302 / Vagabond Lady

B-17 #44-8302 / Vagabond Lady

Delivered Hunter 3/8/44; Long Beach 10/8/44; Hunter 15/8/44; Dow Fd 1/9/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 14/9/44; Missing in Action Saarbrucken 9/11/44 with Lou Panther, Carl Johnson, Ernie Baker, Bill Broad, Alonzo Sullivan, Tony Rosetano, Fred Abigt photos (7 Prisoner of War); Sid Sher, Martin Targonsky, Dave Blue (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Herne, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10351. VAGABOND LADY.

B-17 #43-38008

B-17 #43-38008

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 11/7/44; 838BS; Missing in Action Cologne 15/10/44 with Jim Warner, Stan Smith, Frank Bailey, Jim Regan, Les Hackbarth, Lowell Meek, Norris Reynolds, Tom Allen, Paul Smith (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Schwellenbach/Rieserhof, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 9492.

B-17 #44-85746

B-17 #44-85746

Converted to SB-17G. Detailed Air Sea Rescue in North Pacific crashed Tyler Peak, Wa 19/1/52 in poor weather conditions, three killed and five survived. Wreckage still there,

B-17 #42-31564

B-17 #42-31564

Delivered Denver 23/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Kearney 5/12/43; Presque Is 13/12/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-O] Podington 30/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 9/3/44 with Dick Floyd, Co-pilot: Grady Williams, Navigator: Chas Harbin, Bombardier: Merritt Wheeler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Dolan, Radio Operator: Paul Kishbaugh, Ball turret gunner: Henry Rodenbeck, Waist gunner: Francis Strodtman, Waist gunner: Lou Konisarek,Tail gunner: Ken Davidson (10INT); flak, force landed Bredakra, Swed; crew returned UK 16/4/45, Missing Air Crew Report 3064. Salvaged 29/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38572

B-17 #43-38572

Delivered Cheyenne 18/8/44; Hunter 27/8/44; Grenier 6/9/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-A] Molesworth 26/9/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Chas Railing, Co-pilot: Howard McCarl, Navigator: Meyer Liebovitz, Bombardier: Louis H. Willson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Mellon, Radio Operator: Bill Hanna, Ball turret gunner: Larry Burgeson, Waist gunner: Lorne Cole,Tail gunner: Ralph Barber (9 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft et right wing on fire, crashed Schladen, S of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9409.

B-17 #44-6471 / Elmer’s Tune

B-17 #44-6471 / Elmer’s Tune

Delivered Hunter 14/8/44; Dow Fd 3/9/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-M] Podington 24/9/44; Green Project, Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45. ELMER’S TUNE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38624

B-17 #43-38624

Delivered Cheyenne 25/8/44; Hunter 17/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-W] Podington 6/10/44; Green Project, (secret mission 1/6/45), ret 2/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.