“The best bomber which was ever built. She could handle extensive damage and still stay in the air.”
General Ira C. Eaker
Boeing B-17 #44-8428 / Mac’s Hack
Returned to the USA / (24 June 1945)
Boeing B-17 #42-30767
Crashed on take off / (05 January 1944)
Boeing B-17 #42-37886 / Blitzing Betsy
Mid-air collision / (06 March 1944)
Boeing B-17 #43-38368 / Daisy Mae
Lost by enemy aircraft / (19 March 1945)
Boeing B-17 #42-102513 / Swing Shift Baby
Crashlanding / Battle damaged / (25 September 1944)
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44-6513 / Boise Bell
Delivered Lincoln 26/8/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned 860BS/493BG Debach 13/9/44; base taxi accident with Milo Keltner 14/1/45; Missing in Action Munich 9/4/45 with John Silverman, John Julianelle, Stan Reisenburger, Dan Kurnick, Herb Walton, Bob Doine, Len Gokey, Bill Millan, Bernie Morrison tg, Frank O’Rourke rcm (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Munich, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13908. BOISE BELL.
44-83772
The Fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.
44-83771
Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/45; Hunter 6/7/45; 1377 BU Grenier 10/2/46; 1128 BU Grenier 6/3/46; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 21/10/47.
44-83770
Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/45; Hunter 10/7/45; Long Beach 22/7/45; re-ass 30/4/47; Salvaged Oahu (7AF) 13/5/47; Recl Comp 21/11/47.
43-38118 / Miss Fortune
Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/44; Hunter 15/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-K] Gt Ashfield 2/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/44; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/11/45. MISS FORTUNE.
42-30527
Delivered Cheyenne 16/6/43; Gore 19/6/43; Geiger 4/7/43; Bolling 15/7/43; New Castle 7/8/43; Geiger 9/8/43; 393BG Sioux City 1/12/43; with Chas Barrett crashed base 24/3/44; Written off 25/3/44.