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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85752

B-17 #44-85752

Delivered Dallas 24/5/45; Syracuse 23/6/45; Garden City 27/9/45; San Antonio 5/2/46; 4121 BU Kelly 18/2/46; 15 TSK Clovis 25/3/46; 4136 BU Tinker 3/4/46; 1503 BU Hamilton 16/8/46; 556 BU Long Beach 9/10/46; Assigned 509th Comp Gp Roswell for A-Bomb tests Drone in Pacific; 1 EG Eglin 28/2/47; re-ass 31/3/47; 605 BU Eglin 10/2/48; 4141 BU Pyote 7/3/48; Recl Comp 18/4/50.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31358

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 Cainchute failed,Tail gunner: Chas Wright (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Goddula, 15 miles SW of Liepzig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5229. BIG NOISE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97549 / Round Tripper

B-17 #42-97549 / Round Tripper

Delivered Cheyenne 17/12/43; Gr Island 16/1/44; Grenier 24/2/44; Assigned: 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 15/2/44; mechanical problems 8/3/44 Pilot: Vasco Guilino (RTD plus five others; Bombardier: Lt Roger McGuire (KIA); Navigator: Fred Heckman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Clyde Jellison, Radio Operator: Max Halladay (3POW); MIA Leipzig 29/5/44 w/Frank Brogan, n-Erwin Thompson, Waist Gunner: Ray Wilhelm, Tail Gunner: Nels Westin (4POW); Co-Pilot: Bill Weatherwax, b-John Faris{wia}, ettg-Bob Corbett, ro-Otto Havins, Ball Turret Gunner: George Sorensen, Waist Gunner: Bob Adams{broke leg on landing} (6EVD); flak, crashed a mile S of Rocquigny, 22 miles SW of Charleville, Fr. MACR 5228. THE ROUND TRIPPER.

B-17 #42-107146 / Mairzy Doats

B-17 #42-107146 / Mairzy Doats

Delivered Tulsa 6/3/44; Gr Island 12/3/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-G] Kimbolton 11/4/44; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 26/8/44 with Edwin Spencer, Co-pilot: Mervyn Richards, Navigator: Gerard Gallagher, Bombardier: Warren Boone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Chaffin, Radio Operator: George Lively, Waist gunner: Dick Kriederman (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Don Stover,Tail gunner: Chas Marlatt (2RTD-rescued by ASR); en route to target #2 engine fell apart, ditched North Sea, W of Haarlem, Holl; Missing Air Crew Report 8465. MAIRZY DOATS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85751

B-17 #44-85751

Delivered Dallas 24/5/45; Syracuse 21/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37941 / Lucky Lady II

B-17 #42-37941 / Lucky Lady II

Delivered Denver 22/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 16/11/43; Missing in Action Warnemunde 9/4/44 with Norman Bodet, Co-pilot: Gordon Anderson, Bombardier: Bob Boerner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sebe Taylor, Radio Operator: Bill Pavillard, Waist gunner: Frank Forcella,Tail gunner: John Keiser (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Perry Novelli, Ball turret gunner: Bob Saleda, Waist gunner: John Kramer (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Linnau, nine miles SW of Flensburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3784. LUCKY LADY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37899

B-17 #42-37899

Delivered Denver 7/10/43; Las Vegas 27/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 8/10/44; 4134 BU Spokane 16/9/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 31/1/45; 3021 BU Las Vegas 3/2/45; 2126 BU Laredo 24/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

B-17 #42-107091 / Forbidden Fruit

B-17 #42-107091 / Forbidden Fruit

Delivered Tulsa 17/2/44; Grenier 7/3/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green [9Z-D] 12/3/44; battle damaged Leige & Brussels 20/5/44 with Capt Ed Skurka, Co-pilot: H.S. Kronowski, Navigator: D.E. Newton, Bombardier: H.F. Martin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Norman Burton, Radio Operator: Dave Bittner, Ball turret gunner: Norman Hess, Waist gunner: Chas Hickman, Waist gunner: John Choprias (9 Returned to Duty);Tail gunner: John Tinker (Killed in Action); flak burst took of part of tail plane, aircraft limped home to land at Rattlesden US base, Sfk, but with controls damaged ran on into a meadow, with no injuries; however it clipped a crash truck fatally injury a member; Salvaged. FORBIDDEN FRUIT.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37898

B-17 #42-37898

Delivered Denver 7/10/43; Las Vegas 24/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 8/10/43; with Harrison Dukes force landed base 5/9/44; 2126 BU Laredo 31/3/45; 4136 BU Tinker 26/8/45; 2126 BU Laredo 1/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30239

B-17 #42-30239

Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Moses Lake 20/5/43; Walla Walla 30/5/43; Dow Fd 31/5/43; Hill Fd 3/6/43; Tinker 4/6/43; Orlando 6/6/43; Brooksville 21/6/43; Rapid City 3/7/43; Harvard 2/8/43; collided with 42-3309 while on a training mission, crashed base 28/8/43 with Bob Twitchell, (6 off & 8 EM Killed in Service); Written off 30/8/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 1/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3309

B-17 #42-3309

Delivered Cheyenne 12/5/43; Orland 1/6/43; Rapid City 3/7/43; Harvard 2/8/43; collided with 42-30239 on a training mission, crashed base 28/8/43 with John Gumperling, (6 off & 8 EM Killed in Service); W/O 29/8/43.

B-17 #42-32082 / The Passionate Witch II

B-17 #42-32082 / The Passionate Witch II

Delivered Cheyenne 22/1/44; Billings 25/1/44; Cheyenne 30/1/44; Kearney 11/2/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 3/3/43; with Bob Cook, force landed English base 20/3/44 (10 Returned to Duty); Missing in Action Berlin 28/3/44 with Bob Cook, Radio Operator: George Silva,Tail gunner: John McLaughlin (severely wia, died in hospital next day) (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Ron Casey, Navigator: John Osswalt, Bombardier: John Rowland, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald Poplett, Ball turret gunner: Carl Blichmann, Waist gunner: Fremont Granade, Waist gunner: Dick Thayer (7 Killed in Action); flak hit #4 gas tank, the right wing broke off and it spun in to crashed near Chateaudun A/fd, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3488. PASSIONATE WITCH II.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31371 / Lucky 13

B-17 #42-31371 / Lucky 13

Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG [9Z- ] Deopham Green 4/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with Roy Stephens, Ray Hines, Lloyd Maidment, John Kuipers, Bill Griffith, Camiel Parisen (6 Killed in Action); Bob McLain, Dick Keller, Chas Parkhill, Jim Saucedo (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Varenesch, near Goldenstedt, six miloes E of Vechta, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3342. HAIRLESS JOE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97869 /  Hula Girl aka Maid to Order

B-17 #42-97869 / Hula Girl aka Maid to Order

Delivered Tulsa 21/3/44; 88BG Hunter 19/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-H] Deenethorpe 8/6/44 MAID TO ORDER; 615BS [IY-A]; Missing in Action Munster 16/2/45 with Ernie Hansen, Joe Chuderewicz, Morton Greenberg, Jim Morrison, Ray Miller, Alonzo Karcher, Leroy McKnight (7 Prisoner of War); Joe Del Torto, Wade Brunson (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Hardenborg, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 12444. HULA GIRL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6624

B-17 #44-6624

Delivered Lincoln 28/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 463BG Celone 17/10/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 3/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97953

B-17 #42-97953

Delivered: Denver 15/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 26/5/44; Assigned: 385BG Gt Ashfield 30/5/44; Transferred: 615BS/401BG [IY-N] Deenethorpe 5/6/44; MIA Munich 13/7/44 Pilot: Walter Otton, Bill Ballenger, Ernie Bockstanz, Jerome Harley, Ray Westberg, Dick Fingleton, Russ Martin, Ambrose Hussey (8POW); Bob Martin (EVD); Enemy aircraft, crashed Benfeld, Fr; MACR 7499.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30265 / Pinky

B-17 #42-30265 / Pinky

Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Gore 21/5/43; Geiger 22/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Gore 11/6/43; Smoky Hill 10/7/43; Dow Fd 14/7/43; Assigned: 571BS/390BG [FC-V] Framlingham 18/7/43; MIA (7m) Munster 10/10/43 Pilot: Frank Ward, Co-Pilot: Lloyd McGrady, Navigator: Harry Wolosin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Elmer Leonard, Radio Operator: Willis Roy, Ball Turret Gunner: Milton Schwedmer, Waist Gunner: John Cleary, Waist Gunner: Arthur Judd (8POW); Bombardier: Lester Look (KIA-broke neck on landing); Tail Gunner: Theo Converse (EVD); Enemy aircraft, crashed De Haaremolen, near Buurse, Hol; MACR 865. PINKY.

B-17 #42-31197 / Shack Rabbit

B-17 #42-31197 / Shack Rabbit

Delivered Denver 30/9/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Romulus 6/11/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-Q] Ridgewell 13/1/44; {28m} Returned to the USA Homestead 12/7/44; 4136 BU Tinker 6/8/44; 4100 BU Patterson 5/2/45; 4210 BU Lambert 16/4/45; 4000 BU Wright Fd 26/6/45; 611 BU Eglin 2/4/46; 4117 BU Robins 27/12/46; Re-ass AMCWR 31/3/47; Recl Comp 14/9/48. SHACK RABBIT.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6623

B-17 #44-6623

Delivered Lincoln 28/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned: 324BS/91BG [DF-B] Bassingbourn 24/10/44; Returned to US: Bradley 31/5/45; Sth Plains 5/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 14/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8426

B-17 #44-8426

Delivered Lincoln 11/9/44; Hunter 15/9/44; Grenier 19/9/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-G] Framlingham 21/9/44; Missing in Action Derben 14/1/45 with Alvin Norman, Floyd Velve, Bob Hehr, Leon Cousineau (4 Killed in Action); Jack Simon, Bob Springborn, Marion Manfredini, Sam Barton (4 Prisoner of War); Jim Stieg (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Wachow, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11719.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30350

B-17 #42-30350

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/43; Spokane 21/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 27/6/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 5/12/43 with Bob Moyer, Co-pilot: Don Kaegi, Navigator: Joe Condon, Bombardier: Claude Camuzzi, O.A. Erickson, Jack Murrell, Bill Tomasek, Waist gunner: Bernie Berg, Waist gunner: Howard Knowles,Tail gunner: George Wilson (10 Returned to Duty); battle damaged, no gas and darkness on return ditched off Cornwall, all rescued. No MACR.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30640

B-17 #42-30640

Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 9/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 20/8/43; on return from mission 31/12/43 with Barclay Beeby, rest unknown (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed St Mary on the Marsh, near Romney, Kent, UK; Salvaged n/battle damaged 3/1/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38081

B-17 #43-38081

Delivered Wright Fd 23/6/44; Cheyenne 13/7/44; Grenier 16/7/44; Assigned APH/388BG Castor control mothership Knettishall 17/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/1/46.

B-17 #43-38116 / Classy Chassis

B-17 #43-38116 / Classy Chassis

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/44; Hunter 16/7/44; Grenier 23/7/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-Q] Polebrook 15/8/44; 50m battle damaged Chemnitz 2/3/45 with ?; crash landed base, Salvaged 4/3/45. CLASSY CHASSIS.