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B-17 #43-38606 / Moonlight Mission

B-17 #43-38606 / Moonlight Mission

Delivered Cheyenne 23/8/44; Lincoln 4/9/44; Grenier 17/9/44; Assigned: 748BS/457BG [P] Glatton 18/9/44; MIA Oranienburg 10/4/45 Pilot: Tom Thompson, Navigator: Chas Keith, Radio Operator: Keith Shinault, Waist Gunner: Bill Peltoma, Tail Gunner: John Lewis (5POW); Co-Pilot: Max Felder, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Tom Smith, togg-Alf Waichunas, Ball Turret Gunner: Walt Basara (4KIA); jet Enemy aircraft, crashed Genthin, Germany. MACR 13912. MOONLIGHT MISSION.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8806

B-17 #44-8806

Delivered Cheyenne 1/1/45; Hunter 15/1/45; Grenier 31/1/45; Assigned 97BG PFF Amendola 18/2/45; Returned to the USA 4/10/45, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29879

B-17 #42-29879

Delivered Denver 28/2/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG Sioux City 18/3/43; force landed Kearney 8/4/43 with Ray Zucker; with Albert Bores force landed Smoky Hill 2/12/43; 499BG Smoky HIll 9/8/44; 247 BU Smoky Hill 19/9/44; 232 BU Dalhart 14/10/44; 273 BU Lincoln 29/11/44; 246 BU Pratt 10/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29880

B-17 #42-29880

Delivered Denver 3/3/43; Geiger 31/3/43; Minneapolis 17/4/43; Gt Falls 21/4/43; Gore 1/6/43; Ephrata 8/6/43; Rapid City 26/6/43; Orlando 8/7/43; Rapid City 2/8/43; Wall;a Walla 18/11/43; 499BG Gt Bend 6/6/44; 243 BU Gt Bend 10/6/44; 19BG Gt Bend 9/9/44; 232 BU Dalhart 7/10/44; 202 BU Galveston 11/10/44; 4121 BU Kelly 31/12/44; 224 BU Sioux City 23/2/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 24/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 22/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29881

B-17 #42-29881

Delivered Denver 3/3/43; Eglin 19/3/43; Patterson 2/5/43; Wright 7/5/43; Boca Raton 15/5/43; Eglin 27/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Boca Raton 14/6/43; Homestead 19/6/43; 398BG Rapid City 4/2/44; 225 BU Rapid City 29/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 20/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97452

B-17 #42-97452

Delivered: Denver 19/11/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Assigned: 751BS/457BG [L] Glatton 29/1/44; 750BS; MIA Cologne 28/5/44 Pilot: Emmanuel Hauf, Co-Pilot: Don Swain, Navigator: Bill Hawley, Bombardier: Bill Jaqua, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Willis Johnson, Radio Operator: Jim Kilroy, Ball Turret Gunner: Walt Furtta, Waist Gunner: Paul Moore, Tail Gunner: Oscar Gascon (9KIA); Enemy aircraft damaged wing which broke off on return, crashed Channel, 25 miles W of Ostende, Belgium. MACR 5296.

B-17 #42-29793 / Shelia B. Cummin

B-17 #42-29793 / Shelia B. Cummin

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/43; Salina 5/3/43; Tinker 19/3/43; Morrison 31/3/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-P] Thurleigh 20/4/43; {15m} transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 11/9/43; {5m} Frankfurt 4/10/43 with Earl Verrill, Co-pilot: Joe Rose, Navigator: Art Horning, Bombardier: John Lilley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Jackson, Radio Operator: Ross Repp, Ball turret gunner: Gil Taft, Waist gunner: Stan Lepkowski, Waist gunner: Paul Lorman,Tail gunner: Bob DeGhetto (10 Returned to Duty); forced to abort and crash landed beside RAF Woodbridge on return. 1 SAD Troston 4/10/43; Salvaged 8/10/43. Returned to the USA 28/4/44. SHEILA B. CUMMIN.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30426

B-17 #42-30426

Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/43; Gore 31/5/43; Dallas 11/6/43; Smoky Hill 14/6/43; Love 17/7/43; Moses Lake 20/7/43; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/9/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83401

B-17 #44-83401

Delivered Hunter 21/2/45; Grenier 10/3/46; Assigned 15AF 14/3/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/8/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85633

B-17 #44-85633

Delivered Dallas 11/4/45; Rome 26/5/45; Syracuse 12/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97842

B-17 #42-97842

Delivered Tulsa 13/3/44; slated 385BG, Lockbourn 9/4/44; St Louis 5/5/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 9/5/45; with Bob Sattler force landed Rapid City 29/6/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 24/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6270

B-17 #44-6270

Delivered Kearney 22/6/44; Presque Is 7/7/44; Assigned 414BS/97BG Amendola 13/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 16/7/44 with Milton Haase, Gray, Patterson, Darron, Sellers, Haviland, Pugh, Clair, Brown, Cooper, Letesto; flak, crashed Wiener Neustadt; Missing Air Crew Report 6961.

B-17 #42-97320 / Hot Rock

B-17 #42-97320 / Hot Rock

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/44; Gr Island 6/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-G] Grafton Underwood 7/4/44; FTR with J. S. Hoppen, enemy aircraft, force landed Belgium 10/1/45; Salvaged.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85622

B-17 #44-85622

Delivered Louisville 10/4/45; Rome 2/5/45; Middletown 3/11/45; Morrison 6/12/45; West Palm Beach 9/1/46; re-ass 31/3/45; 2621 BU Barksdale 1/1/48; 4117 BU Robins 4/3/48; Recl Comp 2/3/49.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30281

B-17 #42-30281

Delivered: Denver 8/5/43; Gore 9/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Dow Field 15/6/43; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-E] Gt Ashfield 16/6/43; MIA Wesermunde 26/7/43 Pilot: Glenn Duncan, Co-Pilot: Bill Lehr, Navigator: Bill Henderson, Bombardier: Roy Martinez, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ben Purdy, Radio Operator: Jim Soward, Ball Turret Gunner: John Towle, Waist Gunner: Chas Propst, Waist Gunner: Frank Ramsey, Tail Gunner: Jim Brophy (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, set on fire & ditched North Sea; MACR 191A.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30279 / Black Jacker

B-17 #42-30279 / Black Jacker

Delivered: Denver 8/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 13/6/43; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-F] Gt Ashfield 14/6/43; Transferred: 551BS [HR-F]; MIA Wesermunde 26/7/43 Pilot: Jack Daniel, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Edwin Buck, Radio Operator: Wayne Pringey (3POW); Co-Pilot: Harry Cornwell, Navigator: Bob McCallum, Bombardier: John McCarthy, Ball Turret Gunner: Paul Keefer{body found 15/8/43), Waist Gunner: Felix Sanchez, Waist Gunner: Jim Sims, Tail Gunner: Warren Brown (7KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, near Wangerooge, Hol; MACR 191C. BLACK JACKER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30270 / The Old Shillelagh

B-17 #42-30270 / The Old Shillelagh

Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/43; Denver 8/5/43; Gore 12/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 19/6/43; Missing in Action Warnemunde with Grodi 29/7/43, ditched North Sea; THE OLD SHILLELAGH.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85660

B-17 #44-85660

Delivered Louisville 21/4/45; Sth Plains 25/4/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 8/11/45; 342 BU Smyrna 30/4/46; 594 BU Topeka 26/6/46.

B-17 #42-31174 / Spirit of Chicago

B-17 #42-31174 / Spirit of Chicago

Delivered Dallas 27/9/43; Gr Island 19/10/43; Long Beach 28/11/43; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR-Y] Gt Ashfield 5/12/43; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Francis Hart, Co-Pilot: Carl Connell, Navigator: Jim Hastings, Bombardier: Bob Hunt, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Leonard, Radio Operator: Anatole Briant, Ball Turret Gunner: Lowell Birdwell, Waist Gunner: Roy Modglin, Waist Gunner: Bill Jackson (9POW); Tail Gunner: John Neely (KIA-died in hospital 4/5/44 probably from gun shots in the attack), crashed Hartz Mountains at Eckertal, near Bad Harzburg, Germany. MACR 4454. SPIRIT OF CHICAGO.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37513 / Anna

B-17 #43-37513 / Anna

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Hunter 4/5/44; Dow Fd 17/5/44; Assigned: 569BS/390BG [CC-D] Framlingham 19/5/44; severe battle damage Cologne left #3 & #4 engines feathered 15/10/44 Pilot: Doug Johnson, Sam Rudman, Willard Katz, Ed Cowan, Alphonse Pennick (5POW); Vic Rutkowski, Chas Priest (2KIA); Phil Francis, Chas McLaughlin (2RTD); forced landing St Trond A/fd, Belgium. Salvaged. 14/11/44. ANNA.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31850

B-17 #42-31850

Delivered Cheyenne 25/12/43; Hobbs 20/1/44; with John Rich force landed base 20/4/44; with Ken Bickett force landed base 31/5/44; 3018 BU Kingman 18/9/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-24636

B-17 #41-24636

Delivered Geiger 3/9/42; Casper 29/10/42; Walla Walla 24/11/42; Ephrata 3/12/42; Tinker 3/2/43; Rapid City 13/4/43; Geiger 10/5/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 14/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31858

B-17 #42-31858

Delivered Denver 28/12/43; Gr Island 10/1/44; Scott 11/1/44; Savannah 13/1/44; Morrison 24/1/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 26/1/44; Missing in Action {4m} Regensburg 25/2/44 with Dale Tomlin, McCutchen, Smallwood, DuPuy, Humbel, Cederberg, Gratt, Leatherbury, Dugger, Wolf; enemy aircraft, crashed Straubing, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2706.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37708

B-17 #43-37708

Delivered 88BG MacDill 13/5/44; 326 BU MacDill 23/5/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 9/2/45; 326 BU MacDill 20/2/45; 4210 BU Lambert 6/4/45; 326 BU MacDill 10/4/45; 575 BU Pittsburg 27/7/45; 326 BU MacDill 19/9/45; 554 BU Memphis 31/5/46; 4000 BU Patterson 5/6/46; 554 BU Memphis 6/6/46; 4000 BU Wright 24/6/46.