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B-17 #44-6123 / Girl of My Dreams

44-6123 / Girl of My Dreams

Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 13/5/44; Dow Fd 22/5/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 28/5/44; MIA Delitzsch, Germany. 16/8/44 Pilot: Sarten; mid air coll w/42-97328; crashed Wurzen, Ger; 2KIA 8MIA; MACR 8433.

B-17 #43-37836 / Merry Max

43-37836 / Merry Max

Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/44; Kearney 26/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-J] Framlingham 20/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45. MERRY MAX.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5198

42-5198

Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/42; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; Hobbs 6/5/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/43; 4124 BU Long Beach 10/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 22/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5199

42-5199

Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/42; Biggs 31/1/43; Tinker 29/7/43; 504BG Fairmont 4/6/44; 4209 BU Des Moines 30/6/44; 241 BU Fairmont 9/8/44; 232 BU Dalhart 26/10/44; 273 BU Lincoln 29/11/44; 223 BU Dyersburg 14/2/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 9/4/45; 1098 BU Reading 21/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater 28/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6906 / Constipated Lady

44-6906 / Constipated Lady

Delivered Hunter 14/12/44; Grenier 29/12/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-I] Framlingham 21/1/45; transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-J] Kimbolton 20/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; Sth Plains 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. CONSTIPATED LADY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5196

42-5196

Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/42; Assigned 332BS/94BG Pueblo with Arthur Allen who had taxi accident 13/1/43; Pyote 6/2/43; Tinker 10/8/43; with Larry Murchan force landed 20 miles W of Ardmore 2/12/43; with Osborn Stone force landed two miles N of base 21/12/43; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 14/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5185

42-5185

Delivered Cheyenne 7/10/42; Pyote 12/1/43; Dalhart 6/5/43; Tinker 28/7/43; 504BG Fairmont 12/7/44; 241 BU Fairmont 9/8/44; 232 BU Dalhart 21/10/44; 273 BU Lincoln 21/11/44; 224 BU Sioux City 9/1/45; 235 BU Biggs 12/5/45; 233 BU Davis Monthan 21/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/10/45.

B-17 #42-31138 / Winged Fury

42-31138 / Winged Fury

Delivered Cheyenne 24/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Romulus 10/10/43; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 15/10/43; MIA Augsburg 13/4/44 Pilot: Art Nelson, Co-Pilot: Art Livermore, Navigator: Maurice White, Bombardier: Bill Matuszewski, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Mont, Radio Operator: Roger Blanchard, Ball Turret Gunner: Marion Jones, Waist Gunner: Allen Garrison, Waist Gunner: Heino Harala (9POW); Tail Gunner: Hubert Bonnet (KIA- when tail severely damaged in attack); Enemy aircraft, crashed near Neustadt Afd, nr Speyerdorf, Germany. MACR 3773. WINGED FURY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39064 / Sky Queen

43-39064 / Sky Queen

Delivered Lincoln 19/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned: 569BS/390BG [CC-E] Framlingham 6/12/44; Returned to US: Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 6/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 8/12/45. SKY QUEEN.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5209

42-5209

Delivered Cheyenne 9/10/42; Morrison 7/3/43; Hobbs 24/4/43; Kelly 22/7/43; 4136 BU Tinker 21/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 29/7/44; Written off 19/8/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5205

42-5205

Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/42; Hobbs 2/12/42; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; Hobbs 6/5/43; with W.E. Hendrickson force landed 4136 BU Tinker 21/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 12/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5195

42-5195

Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/42; Tucson 15/1/43; Pyote 10/3/43; Tinker 9/8/43; with Tom Eursia (?Thomas?) crashed 30 miles NNE Sioux City Fd 4/3/44; Written off 6/3/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8130 / Lady V II

44-8130 / Lady V II

Delivered Dallas 15/6/44; Langley 11/7/44; Dow Fd 9/8/44; Assigned PFF 833BS/486BG [2N-K] Sudbury 11/8/44; 13m battle damaged Berlin 3/2/44 with ?; crash landed Rolozno, Pol; Salvaged 14/2/45. BLUE STREAK aka LADY V II.

B-17 #42-97941 / Marion

42-97941 / Marion

Delivered Denver 11/4/44; Hunter 5/5/44; Dow Fd 24/5/44; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-D] Grafton Underwood 4/6/44; taxi accident 17/11/44; Salvaged. AFSC 18/11/44. MARION

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85537

44-85537

Delivered Louisville 16/3/45; Hunter 24/3/45; Grenier 3/4/45; Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 8/6/45; 247 BU Smoky Hill 17/2/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4112 BU Olmstead 29/4/47; 5 PRR Clark Fd 1/4/48; 9 SRGp Fairmont 1/11/49; to USN, Recl Comp 5/1/50.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85536

44-85536

Delivered Louisville 15/3/45; Syracuse 27/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/11/45.

B-17 #42-29781

42-29781

Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Gore 28/2/43; Patterson 2/3/43; Colorado Springs 30/3/43; Romulus 10/4/43; Esler 7/5/43; Peterson 11/5/43; Assigned 1st Photo Gp, Bolling 1/9/43; 499BG Smoky Hill 8/6/44; 11 Ph Gp MacDill 15/6/44; 19 Ph Gp MacDill 2/8/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 10/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-6081

42-6081

Delivered Long Beach 16/7/43; Cheyenne 20/7/43; Ft Myers 14/11/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 23/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-6084

42-6084

Delivered Long Beach 16/7/43; Cheyenne 19/7/43; Tinker 2/12/43; 3501 BU Boca Raton 16/7/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 17/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/1/46.

B-17 #42-31214 / Return Engagement

42-31214 / Return Engagement

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 16/10/43; Wilmington 19/10/43; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 26/10/43; MIA Bremen 8/3/44 Pilot: Homer Pou, Co-Pilot: Bob Laubach, Bombardier: John Mulligan, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Stan Jones, Radio Operator: Vernon Kramer, Waist Gunner: Chester Kmak, Waist Gunner: Bill Hoffman, Tail Gunner: Lou Sarap (8POW); Navigator: Errol Lugenbill, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Becker{baled out but never seen again, however remains were found by a farmer on Siedner Moor, near Sulingen 1/5/79} (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, left formation on return flight & crashed Feldmark Maasen, nr Borstel, two miles S of Sulingen road, Germany. MACR 3085. RETURN ENGAGEMENT.