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B-17 #42-102615 / Forbidden Fruit II

B-17 #42-102615 / Forbidden Fruit II

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned: 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 30/4/44; 729BS; forced landing RAF Woodbridge Pilot: John Clifford 18/12/44; caught in severe prop wash during assembly to Frankfurt 17/2/45 w/Joe Knoll, went out of control and crashed one mile SW Tibenham A/fd; 6 KIA/3 RTD; Salvaged. 23/2/45. FORBIDDEN FRUIT II.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38496

B-17 #43-38496

Delivered Cheyenne 9/8/44; Kearney 19/8/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 19/9/44; Missing in Action Vienna 21/2/45 with John Bandi, Co-pilot: Jim Crow, Navigator: Tom Higgins, Bombardier: Gustav Block, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sterling Nichols, Radio Operator: Tony Puglia, Ball turret gunner: Fred Ward, Waist gunner: Wendell Hamerl, Waist gunner: Frank Matthews,Tail gunner: Carl Kochol (10POW?); prop wash & coll, crashed Vienna; Missing Air Crew Report 12702.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6749

B-17 #44-6749

Delivered Lincoln 2/11/44; Grenier 16/11/44; Assigned 463BG Celone 5/12/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6740

B-17 #44-6740

Delivered Lincoln 30/10/44; Grenier 12/11/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 3/12/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 23/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6692

B-17 #44-6692

Delivered Nashville 14/10/44; Mobile 6/12/44; Hunter 19/2/45; Grenier 9/3/45; Assigned 15AF 17/3/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 7/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6690

B-17 #44-6690

Delivered Lincoln 14/10/44; Grenier 17/10/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 3/11/44; loaned to 2BG Amendola; Returned to the USA Morrison 28/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 13/12/45.

B-17 #44-8649 / Trail Blazer

B-17 #44-8649 / Trail Blazer

Delivered to Cheyenne 15/11/44; Hunter 9/12/44; Dow Fd 22/1/45; Assigned 546th BS/384th BG [BK-X], Station 106, Grafton Underwood, UK on 28 January 1945; transferred 305BG Chelveston 9/5/45; became instrument trainer, Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/4/46. TRAIL BLAZER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38074

B-17 #42-38074

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Presque Is 10/1/44; Prestwick, UK 14/1/44; ass 367BS/306BG [GY-Q] Thurleigh 16/1/44; MIA Schweinfurt 24/2/44 Pilot: Loren Page, Co-Pilot: Tom Kenny, Navigator: Joe Feeley, Bombardier: Henry Holt{not found till 20/3/44}, Ball Turret Gunner: George Morehead, Waist Gunner: Bennett Ball (6KIA); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Edgar Harbour, Radio Operator: Jim Merson, Waist Gunner: Ralph Whiteside, Tail Gunner: Ted Dixon (4POW); Enemy aircraft hit #1 & #2 and knocked of wing tip, crashed Herzlake, Meppen, Germany. MACR 2770.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31007

B-17 #42-31007

Delivered Cheyenne 3/9/43; Gr Isle 27/9/43; Assigned: 369BS/306BG [WW-F] Thurleigh 13/10/43; MIA Frankfurt 4/2/44 Pilot: Chas Berry, Co-Pilot: Norman Laux, Navigator: Paul Jones, Bombardier: Brian James, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Leo Wells, Radio Operator: Chas Zubov, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Simon (7KIA); Waist Gunner: George Kessel, Waist Gunner: Opal Hunter, Tail Gunner: Ray Sokolowski (3POW); direct flak hit on wing, rolled over and snapped in half at the ball turret, crashed Voiswinkel, near Bergisch Gladbach, ten miles NE of Cologne, Germany. MACR 2239.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5366

B-17 #42-5366

Delivered Tulsa 24/11/42; Wendover 14/12/42; Scotts Bluff 23/3/43; Casper 30/4/43; Tinker 28/6/43; Dalhart 35/7/43; Written off 25/9/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/10/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38030 / The Merry Widow

B-17 #42-38030 / The Merry Widow

Delivered Cheyenne 18/11/43; Kearney 3/12/43; ass 337BS/96BG [AW- ] Snetterton 6/12/43; MIA Frankfurt 4/2/44 Pilot: George Fabian, Co-Pilot: Tom Scanlon, Navigator: Jeroy Clark, Bombardier: Bob Hughes, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Tomko, Radio Operator: Bill Shields, Ball Turret Gunner: John Euhas, Waist Gunner: Mike Mondo, Waist Gunner: Frank Alioto, Tail Gunner: Jay Epright (10POW); flak, crashed Schaesberg, near Limburg, Holl. MACR 2195. THE MERRY WIDOW.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6660

B-17 #44-6660

Delivered Hunter 5/10/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 347BS/99BG Tortorella 13/12/44; to depot 18/12/44; {49m} Returned to the USA Morrison 21/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6744

B-17 #44-6744

Delivered Lincoln 3/11/44; Grenier 12/11/44; Assigned 15AF 3/12/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 3/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5365

B-17 #42-5365

Delivered Tulsa 24/11/42; Biggs 3/1/43; Pueblo 31/3/43; Ephrata 28/4/43; Rapid City 29/7/43; Orlando 8/8/43; Westover 17/12/43; Wendover 9/1/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 17/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater 24/9/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6701

B-17 #44-6701

Delivered Lincoln 19/10/44; Dow Fd 27/10/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 28/12/44; battle damaged Sopron, Hung 4/3/45 with ?; #3 & 4 out, landed Zara; {31m} Returned to the USA Morrison 22/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-6116

B-17 #42-6116

Delivered Long Beach 28/7/43; Dallas 31/7/43; 4119 BU Brookley 23/10/44; 223 BU Dyersburg 9/12/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; 325 BU Avon Park 21/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/8/45.

B-17 #43-38384

B-17 #43-38384

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Hunter 8/8/44; Grenier 20/8/44; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-G] Thurleigh 21/9/44; battle damage Mannheim 20/1/45 Pilot: Ned W. McKinney; 9 RTD; belly landed 3 miles west of A-93 [former name of airfield at Liege, Belgium]; Salvaged. 14/2/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38371

B-17 #43-38371

Delivered Cheyenne 26/7/44; Kearney 4/8/44; Dow Fd 15/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG Debach 13/8/44; crash landed with Cornelius Glock at Lord’s Ground Farm, Bodd, ? 19/1/45; Salvaged 20/1/45.

B-17 #42-98008 / American Beauty

B-17 #42-98008 / American Beauty

Delivered Dallas 30/4/44; Kearney 14/6/44; Presque Is 5/7/44; Assigned PFF 834BS/486BG [2S-G] Sudbury 7/7/44; 61m transferred 92BG Podington 7/7/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45. AMERICAN BEAUTY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6739

B-17 #44-6739

Delivered Lincoln 28/10/44; Grenier 7/11/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 3/12/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/9/46; Recl Comp 19/11/47.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37991

B-17 #42-37991

Delivered Denver 7/11/43; Orlando 21/11/43; 225 BU Rapid City 1/6/44; 211 BU Lockbourn 22/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30588

B-17 #42-30588

Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/43; Walla Walla 7/7/43; Madras 15/7/43; Redmond 17/7/43; with Bill Kelley crash landed base 18/7/43; Written off 20/7/43.

B-17 #43-38148

B-17 #43-38148

Delivered Cheyenne 30/6/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 1/8/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-W] Gt Ashfield 3/8/44; MIA Dresden 2/3/45 Pilot: Leon Tripp, Ed Gildea, Dan Machiewicz, Leon Deziel, Francis Wiemerslage, Bob McCaulay, Henrt Koshemina (7KIA); Elmer Batz, Dick Walters (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Jueledorf, Germany. MACR 12856.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30593

B-17 #42-30593

Delivered Cheyenne 25/6/43; Gore 7/7/43; Dalhart 9/7/43; 468BG Dalhart 10/10/43; 4100 BU Patterson 28/6/44; 497BG Pratt 29/6/44; 247 BU Smoky Hill 19/7/44; 246 BU Pratt 25/7/44; 247 BU Smoky Hill 2/8/44; ATC 1103 BU Morrison 21/2/45; 902 BU TAC Orlando 15/4/45; 247 BU Smoky Hill 1/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.