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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8417

B-17 #44-8417

Delivered Patterson 7/9/44; Hunter 17/9/44; Grenier 25/9/44; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG-D] Gt Ashfield 28/9/44; MIA Dresden 2/3/45 Pilot: Ken Tipton, Ed Craig, Jack Waller, Glenn King, Roger Maul, Frank Mang, Glenn Childress, Chas Eckert (8POW); John Nostin (KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Fictenburg, Germany. MACR 12858.

B-17 #43-37800

B-17 #43-37800

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/44; Hunter 2/6/44; Grenier 11/6/44; Assigned: 401BG Deenethorpe 28/6/44; Transferred: 835BS/486BG [H8-S] Sudbury 29/6/44; 833BS [3R-R]; {64m} Returned to US: Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 9/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 8/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5093

B-17 #42-5093

Delivered Geiger 23/9/42; Blythe 13/12/42; Hobbs 11/5/43; 3701 BU Amarillo 10/8/43; Recl Comp 7/6/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37754

B-17 #43-37754

Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/44; Kearney 27/5/44; Grenier 4/6/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-R] Gt Ashfield 7/6/44; battle damage French Noball sites 8/7/44 Pilot: Benner; forced landing continent; Salvaged. 14/11/44. MICKEY II.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37528 / Lady Luck

B-17 #43-37528 / Lady Luck

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-B] Gt Ashfield 23/5/44; battle damage Marienfelde, Berlin 6/8/44 Pilot: Don Noe, Co-Pilot: Glen Soulk, Navigator: Danford Milligan, Bombardier: Bill Feuerstein, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Gomaz, Radio Operator: George Runge {wia}, Ball Turret Gunner: Jack Thomas {wia}, Waist Gunner: Bill Espoli {wia ‘ lost eye}, Tail Gunner: Tony Forchione (9 bailed & RTD); suffered severe flak damage and was set to fly out to sea but crashed Thelnetham, Nfk, UK; Salvaged. 9/8/44. LADY LUCK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5175

B-17 #42-5175

Delivered Denver 6/10/42; New Castle 4/11/42; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 16/11/42; MIA St Nazaire 16/2/43; Pilot: Joe Downing, Navigator: Howard Pratt, Bombardier: George Bryan, Radio Operator: Henry Jones, Ball Turret Gunner: Royal Green, Waist Gunner: George Green, Tail Gunner: Loras Elliott (7POW); Co-Pilot: Howard Kelly, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Allen Robinson (2EVD); Waist Gunner: Harvey Ross (KIA); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Les Sept Isles, NW of St Brieuc, Bay of Biscay. MACR 15471.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5971

B-17 #42-5971

Long Beach 4/6/43; Dalhart 3/7/43; Walla Walla 16/7/43; 327 BU Drew 8/6/43; 3701 BU Amarillo 17/6/43; 3708 BU Sheppard 20/7/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 8/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/10/45.

B-17 #42-31339 / Schifliss Skonk

B-17 #42-31339 / Schifliss Skonk

Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Gr Island 28/10/43; Wilmington 4/11/43; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-M] Framlingham 10/11/43; [23m] severe battle damage Frankfurt, 20/3/44 Pilot: ‘ ; forced landing Honington depot; Salvaged. 22/3/44. SHIFTLESS SKUNK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-107045

B-17 #42-107045

Delivered Tulsa 6/2/44; Grenier 28/2/44; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG-D] Gt Ashfield 3/3/44; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Len Sexton, Co-Pilot: Gene Koury, Navigator: Bob Pelletier, Bombardier: Sterling Rogers, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Earl Osborne, Radio Operator: Oral Moore, Ball Turret Gunner: Tom Fairchild, Waist Gunner: Henry Dunning, Waist Gunner: Bob Masten, Tail Gunner: John Frangadakis (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Schleibnitz, seven miles NW of Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 4460.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37842 / Lenora Linda

B-17 #43-37842 / Lenora Linda

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/44; Hunter 6/6/44; Dow Fd 17/6/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [XA-O] Gt Ashfield 1/7/44; Returned to US: Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 28/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 27/11/45. LENORA LINDA.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5128

B-17 #42-5128

Delivered Geiger 28/9/42; Cutbank 7/12/42; Gt Falls 3/2/43; Orlando 28/4/43; Gt Falls 7/7/43; with Warren McGinn crashed six miles east of Benton, MT 1/9/43; Written off 3/9/43.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37857 / Honey-Chile

B-17 #43-37857 / Honey-Chile

Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/44; Hunter 9/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 1/7/44; MIA Mannheim 21/1/45 Pilot: Capt John McErlane (KIA); Earl Hansen, Jim Pillsbury, Paul Manouvier, J.L. Pence, Bill Rambo, Mike Roppolo, Hunter Dunn, Bob Dennard (8POW); flak, crashed Joehlingen, Germany. MACR 11765. HONEY-CHILE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38143

B-17 #43-38143

Delivered Cheyenne 30/6/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 16/7/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-P] Gt Ashfield 17/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 12/7/45; Recl Comp 15/5/47. HUCKLEBERRY (JUICE) DUCK.

B-17 #44-6512

B-17 #44-6512

Delivered Lincoln 29/8/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned: 544BS/384BG [SU-K] Grafton Underwood 1/11/44; battle damage Eschweiler 16/11/44 Pilot: ‘; mid air coll, crash-landed Belgium. ium; Salvaged. MACR 10448.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5127

B-17 #42-5127

Delivered Geiger 28/9/42; Glasgow 7/12/42; Gt Falls 3/2/43; Rapid City 17/7/43; 504BG Fairmont 5/8/43; 271 BU Kearney 2/9/43; 242 BU Grand Isle 10/12/43; 202 BU Galveston 15/2/44; 554 BU Memphis 2/3/44; 902 BU Orlando 5/6/44; 3020 BU La Junta 30/6/43; 242 BU Grand Isle 9/9/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/10/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6521

B-17 #44-6521

Delivered Hunter 30/8/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned: 385BG [ -L] Gt Ashfield 20/9/44; Returned to US: Bradley 24/6/45; Sth Plains 27/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 28/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6527 / Always Available

B-17 #44-6527 / Always Available

Delivered Hunter 30/8/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned: 305BG Chelveston 16/9/44; Transferred: 548BS/385BG [XA-L] Gt Ashfield 17/9/44; MIA Neuburg, Germany. 9/4/45 Pilot: Theo Williams, Harry McCallister, Whitney Crum, Jerome Mangen {togg}, Rudi Manzenberger, Joe Dreher, Carl Wilk, Carl Malanowski, Walt Kowalczyk (9POW); flak, crashed Neuburg, Ger. MACR 13872.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6562

B-17 #44-6562

Delivered Lincoln 9/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG-B] Gt Ashfield 20/9/44; Pilot: Quick crash-landed, Salvaged. 30/10/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5126

B-17 #42-5126

Delivered Geiger 28/9/42; Gt Falls 15/12/42; 505BG Harvard 22/7/43; 244 BU Harvard 26/1/44; 558 BU Nashville 24/2/44; 244 BU 7/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/10/45.

B-17 #44-8720

B-17 #44-8720

Delivered Cheyenne 5/12/44; Hunter 19/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned: 457BG Glatton 4/2/45; crashed on test flight 6/2/45 Pilot: Capt Roy Kerr, Co-Pilot: Capt Bill Doherty, Bombardier: Maurice Walbridge, Radio Operator: Bob Stevenson (4KIA), rest’, and ship never flew a mission. Salvaged. 7/2/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97643 / Katie’s Revenge

B-17 #42-97643 / Katie’s Revenge

Delivered Denver 14/1/44; 1SAG Langley 11/2/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR-R] Gt Ashfield 24/3/44; taxi accident at base Pilot: Bernie Ledoux 2/1/45; base landing accident w/Gene Vaadl 28/1/45; Returned to US: Bradley 25/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 27/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 8/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31746

B-17 #42-31746

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Ellensburg 14/12/43; Gt Falls 20/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 14/1/44; Assigned: 385BG [ -P] Gt Ashfield 17/1/44; crash-landed Honington A/fd 24/2/43; Salvaged. n/battle damage 21/3/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31380

B-17 #42-31380

Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/43; Gr Island 9/11/43; Nashville 11/11/43; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 21/11/43; MIA Frankfurt 8/2/44 Pilot: Francis Pabich, Co-Pilot: Phil Capo, Navigator: Ed Carey, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Gorrano, Radio Operator: George Solomon, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Fulgham, Waist Gunner: Emmett Bone, Tail Gunner: Don Hoilman (7EVD); Bombardier: Daver Flores, btg-Jim Fulgham, Waist Gunner: Frances Graves (3POW); no gas, crashed Pont-Audemer, near Le Havre, Fr. MACR 2498.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38488

B-17 #43-38488

Delivered Cheyenne 8/8/44; Lincoln 19/8/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 12/9/44; Missing in Action Linz 25/2/45 with Don Bissonette, Co-pilot: Ralph Bender, Navigator: Phil Kaut, togg-John Sneddon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rich Crowley, Radio Operator: Israel Phillips, Ball turret gunner: Leon Strong, Waist gunner: Furman Guinn,Tail gunner: Rueben Johnson; mech fault, crashed Tettning; Missing Air Crew Report 12468.