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

B-17 #42-30303 / Raider II

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned: 333BS/94BG [TS-M2] Rougham 13/6/43; MIA Duren 20/10/43 Pilot: George Loblein, Co-Pilot: Bob Snyder, Navigator: Bill Troutman, Bombardier: Francis Courtney, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Rae, Radio Operator: Lloyd Caubble, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Owens, Waist Gunner: George Carney, Waist Gunner: Alf Canavan, Tail Gunner: Laverne Pliler (10KIA); mech problem, crashed North Sea; MACR 903. RAIDER II.

B-17 #42-31358

Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 729BS/452BG [M3- ] Deopham Green 3/1/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 29/5/44 with Shirley Parvin, Co-pilot: Bill Reid, Navigator: Clarry Thurman, Bombardier: Arnold Bergert, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Lampe, Radio Operator: Bill Ruth, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bennett, Waist gunner: John Baker (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Frank Cain, chute failed,Tail gunner: Chas Wright (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Goddula, 15 miles SW of Leipzig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5229. BIG NOISE.

B-17 #42-39971 / Little Chum

Delivered Long Beach 23/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; ass 729BS/452BG [M3-E] Deopham Green 18/11/43; detailed mission to Hamm but later recalled 21/4/44, Pilot: Dixon Wands, Co-Pilot: John Gatrell, Bombardier: Chas Lovewell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Leroy George, Radio Operator: Dave Boyd, Ball Turret Gunner: Warren Hickey (6KIA); Navigator: Bill Wroblewski, Waist Gunner: Chas Anderson, Waist Gunner: Ralph Goschey, Tail Gunner: Ken Seibert (4RTD but all inj); suffered from turbulence from another B-17 in foggy conditions which caused mechanical problems; crash-landed Abbey Farm, Hoxne, near Horham A/Fd, Sfk, UK. Salvaged. 24/4/44. LITTLE CHUM.

B-17 #42-30393 / Lucky Lady

Delivered Cheyenne 28/5/43; Gore 7/6/43; Tinker 8/6/43; Memphis 24/6/43; Presque Is 2/7/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Navarin 11/7/43; Oudna 4/8/43; transferred 340BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; crashed base (?) 31/12/43; Salvaged. LUCKY LADY.

B-17 #42-97365 / Zamro

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Rapid City 8/3/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-Z] Thurleigh 2/6/44; Missing in Action Halle 16/8/44 with Young Newsom, Co-pilot: Irving Dudley, Navigator: Harry Pasvoll, Bombardier: Gordon Slocum, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jerry Myers, Ball turret gunner: Milton Bassett, Waist gunner: Orville Werts,Tail gunner: Floyd Owens (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Henry Kantor (KIA-on ground, two Luftwaffe soldiers from Rheine airfield nearby were tried and hung 5/9/47); flak, crashed Rotenkirchen, W of Bohlen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7901. ZAMRO.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31436

B-17 #42-31436

Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Kearney 16/11/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 1/1/44; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Henry Hammond, Co-Pilot: Bob Brown, Navigator: Fred Heubner, Bombardier: Lee McDonald, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Louis Koren, Radio Operator: John McMillan, Ball Turret Gunner: Noel Lamarche, Waist Gunner: Matt Kwasny, Tail Gunner: Thurlow Schultz (9POW); Waist Gunner: Frank Maxey (KIA); mid air coll w/42-31151 (96BG); crashed 12 km northeast of Montherme, 25 km north of Charleville-Mezieres, France. MACR 2378.

B-17 #41-24489 / Terry and the Pirates

Assigned 367BS/306BG Westover 17-Aug-42; Thurleigh 13-Oct-42; Missing in Action 20-Dec-42 on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed Melun, 40 km southeast of Paris, France. 3KIA 7POW. No MACR issued.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30859 / Skylark

B-17 #42-30859 / Skylark

Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/43; Gr Isle 31/8/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-O] Snetterton 5/9/43; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Lou Kandl, Co-Pilot: Branden Britt, Navigator: Bob Stanton, Bombardier: Albt Combs, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Knapp, Radio Operator: Bob Scanlon, Ball Turret Gunner: Theo Wagner, Waist Gunner: Aaron Shoop (8KIA); Waist Gunner: Theo Brown, Tail Gunner: Chas Harborough (2POW); mid air collision w/42-31151, crashed Gusenburg, 14 miles SE of Trier/Eifel, Germany. MACR 2377. SKYLARK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31151

B-17 #42-31151

Delivered Cheyenne 25/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Long Beach 13/10/43; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-S] Snetterton 15/10/43; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Darrell Sisler, Co-Pilot: Clarry Johnson, Navigator: Montidier Estes, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Lewis, Waist Gunner: Tom Price, Waist Gunner: Larry Rotholtz (6KIA); Bombardier: Jim Kelly, Radio Operator: Phil Rousse, Ball Turret Gunner: Art Brown, Tail Gunner: Walter Wilde (4POW); mid air coll w/42-30859 (96BG), disintegrated and crashed Hermeskeil (14 miles SE of Trier/Eifel), Germany. MACR 2381.

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