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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3365

B-17 #42-3365

Delivered Denver 26/5/43; 244 BU Harvard 2/8/43; Sioux City 6/3/44; with John Cash force landed 136 BU Tinker 30/4/44; Harvard 7/5/44; 4160 BU Albuquerque 20/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 19/6/45.

B-17 #42-32028 / Mighty Mike

B-17 #42-32028 / Mighty Mike

Delivered Denver 18/1/44; MacDill 2/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella 13/3/44; transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {43m} Ploesti 22/7/44 with Sid Carr, Bell, Glenn, Lemingh, Strash, Neel, Nepil, Runyon (8 Prisoner of War); Flynn, Ahr (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Bucharest; Missing Air Crew Report 6948.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39230

B-17 #43-39230

Delivered Hunter 11/1/45; Grenier 24/1/45; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 3/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-32080 / Stinky

B-17 #42-32080 / Stinky

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 17/2/44; Presque Is 2/3/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 17/3/44; caught fire on training flight 2/5/45, Salvaged. STINKY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8143

B-17 #44-8143

Delivered Dallas 23/6/44; Langley 26/7/44; Dow Fd 13/8/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 15/8/44; transferred 548BS/385BG [HR-V] Gt Ashfield 19/8/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Capt Jack Batty, Capt Edwin Herron, Mike Galicia, Lou DiNicola, Lt Bill Daniels {mickey op}, Ellwood Maxam, Lt Edgar Griffith {tg}, (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed 3km south of Senzke, Germany [50km west of Berlin]; 7KIA 3POW; Missing Air Crew Report 9516.

B-17 #43-38534 / The Wolf Pack

B-17 #43-38534 / The Wolf Pack

Delivered Cheyenne 14/8/44; Lincoln 24/8/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 749BS/457BG [F] Glatton 19/9/44; 750BS; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. THE WOLF PACK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97083 / Flatbush Floogie

B-17 #42-97083 / Flatbush Floogie

Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Gr Island 20/2/44; Grenier 11/3/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green [9Z-Q] 16/3/44; Missing in Action Poznan 11/4/44 with Tom Gardner, Co-pilot: Carl West, Navigator: Jacob Brown, Bombardier: Jack Botham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leo Varner, Radio Operator: Lucius Birbeck, Ball turret gunner: Ray Stewart, Waist gunner: Henderson Head, Waist gunner: Alex Shewchuk,Tail gunner: Ray Cutshall (10 Prisoner of War); on return flak KOs two engines, crashed shallow water five miles W of Schillig, at mouth of River Jadebuesen, NW of Wilhelmshaven, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3932. FLATBUSH FLOOGIE.

B-17 #42-102918 / Idiot’s Delight

B-17 #42-102918 / Idiot’s Delight

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Hunter 29/4/44; Grenier 14/5/44; Assigned 342BS/97BG Amendola 26/5/44; first 15AF aircraft to land in Russia on shuttle mission after bombing Debrecen marshalling yards 2/6/44; Missing in Action Munich 19/7/44 with 1Lt Marion W Williams, 2lt Robert E Frost, 2lt Albert Lee Thomas, 2Lt Morris Brownstein, T/Sgt Angelo J Cirigliano, Sgt Kenneth H Smith, Sgt Frank J Compton, Sgt Charles Androski, S/Sgt Walter S Bond, Sgt Charles W Ranson, Sgt Herbert R Bauer; flak hit caused fire in bomb bay, aircraft went into a spin and tail broke off, crashed Ascheim; Missing Air Crew Report 6688; IDIOT’S DELIGHT.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3375

B-17 #42-3375

Delivered Denver 13/5/43; Dyersburg 16/7/43; 3010 BU Williams 6/4/44; 3020 BU La Junta 10/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Love Fd 31/7/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97525 / Invictus

B-17 #42-97525 / Invictus

Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Assigned: 96BG Snetterton 22/2/44; Transferred: 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 23/2/44; MIA Berlin 8/3/44 Pilot: Frank Stephens, Navigator: Irving Levin, Bombardier: Leon Kloepfer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ben Robertson, Radio Operator: Floyd Benjamin, Ball Turret Gunner: Earl Matthews, Waist Gunner: Bill Strayhorn, Waist Gunner: Jim Leonard, Tail Gunner: Joe Lafrance (9POW); Co-Pilot: Bill Mary (KIA); Enemy aircraft, ship broke up, crashed Rothensee, seven miles NE of Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 3195. INVICTUS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39916 / Eastward Hup

B-17 #42-39916 / Eastward Hup

Delivered Long Beach 7/10/43; Walla Walla 7/11/43; ass 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 31/12/43; landing accident Pilot: ‘ at #595 when landing gear failed; MIA Augsburg 16/3/44 w/George Callow, Co-Pilot: Jim Morris, Navigator: Alvin Kurzman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob May, Radio Operator: Tony Capriola, Ball Turret Gunner: Emerson Lee, Waist Gunner: Paul Chaffee, Tail Gunner: Bill Burchell (8POW); Bombardier: Rich Totaro (EVD); Waist Gunner: Bailey Pullen (KIA); Enemy aircraft KO’d engines on return flight, crash-landed St Quentin-la-Motte, four miles E of Le Treport, Fr. MACR 3194.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8325 / Boogie Baby

B-17 #44-8325 / Boogie Baby

Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Long Beach 13/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 493BG Debach 4/9/44; transferred 570BS/390BG [DI-T] Framlingham 6/9/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Albt Harris, Bill Jordan, Wayne Wright, Chas Curtis, Horace Feezil, Henry Rhodes, Dick Jones, Randell Powell, Chas Porter (9 Prisoner of War); flak hits, two engines smoking, #3 quits, crashed Rittersheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11132. BOOGIE BABY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3376

B-17 #42-3376

Delivered Denver 1/5/43; Assigned 594BS/396BG Moses Lake 16/7/43; force landed base 4/8/43 with Walter Galloway; 3701 BU Amarillo 26/1/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/10/45.

B-17 #42-38071 / Magnetic Maggie

B-17 #42-38071 / Magnetic Maggie

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/43; Savannah 21/12/43; Assigned 414BS/97BG Cerignola 10/1/44; to Amendola 16/1/44; completed 100 missions on 19/1/45, to Brod, Yugo with ?; sal 2/8/45. MAGNETIC MAGGIE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5130 / Sweet Pea

B-17 #42-5130 / Sweet Pea

Delivered Denver 29/9/42; Presque Is 20/11/42; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 25/11/42; MIA Lorient 6/3/43 Pilot: Major John Ryan{wia} (EVD, picked up by RAF Lysander back to UK 17/4/43); Co-Pilot: Germany. ld Simmons (KIS-shot by German guard when failed to halt); Navigator: Bob Hermann, Bombardier: Jim Laine, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Perry, Radio Operator: Glen Blakemore, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Forrester, Waist Gunner: John Chapman, Waist Gunner: Jim Green, Tail Gunner: Bob Mumaw (8POW); flak, crashed Bretagne, near Quimper, Fr. MACR 15568. SWEET PEA.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29772

B-17 #42-29772

Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Sioux City 14/3/43; Kearney 9/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-R] Kimbolton 2/5/43; AFSC 7/4/44; Returned to the USA Rome 1/9/44; Williams 20/3/45; La Junta 29/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 4/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38742

B-17 #43-38742

Delivered Lincoln 14/9/44; Dow Fd 6/10/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG Bassingbourn 4/11/44; 322BG; Missing in Action Zeitz 30/11/44 with Ralph Stolz, Bernie Goldstein, Tom McDonough, John Harper, Howard Hagan, Don McPherson, Albt Waldmiller, Leland Herron (8 Killed in Action); George Minich (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Zeitz; Missing Air Crew Report 11044.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-107128

B-17 #42-107128

Delivered Tulsa 1/3/44; Dalhart 10/3/44; 221 BU Alexandra, W/O 20/7/44.

B-17 #42-107068 / Powerful Katrinka

B-17 #42-107068 / Powerful Katrinka

Delivered Tulsa 10/2/44; Gr Island 15/2/44; Grenier 5/3/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [WA-O] Kimbolton 11/4/44; Missing in Action Toulouse 25/6/44 with Tom Butcher, Co-pilot: Joe Wells, Navigator: Franklin Vita, Bombardier: Dick Daniels, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Reid, Radio Operator: Rollin Bonham, Ball turret gunner: Ben Burseth, Waist gunner: Rudi Supper,Tail gunner: Ralph Crawford (9INT); flak damage, crashed Espinal-Mezquiriz, Navarra, Spain; Missing Air Crew Report 6737. POWERFUL KATRINKA.

B-17 #44-8164

B-17 #44-8164

Delivered Dallas 27/6/44; Hunter 28/7/44; Dow Fd 9/8/44; Assigned 348BS/99BG Tortorella 29/8/44; {47m} RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39153

B-17 #43-39153

Delivered Hunter 22/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-H] Bassingbourn 5/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 1/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39840 / The Lopin Lobo

B-17 #42-39840 / The Lopin Lobo

Delivered Long Beach 17/9/43; Scott 3/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-A] Deenethoprpe 13/10/43; transferred AFSC 6/6/44 as development and test aircraft and designated XB-17G; Returned to the USA, used by US Navy from 20/11/45; 4148 BU Bedford 30/1/46; 4136 BU Tinker 24/7/46; 4104 BU Rome 30/1/47; re-assigned 31/3/47. THE LOPIN’ LOBO.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38725

B-17 #43-38725

Delivered Lincoln 12/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 28/9/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Ray Buthe, Chas Norris, Marvin Brawer, Tony DeMarco, Chas Agantovich, Ralph Corning (6 Killed in Action); Curtis Chapman, John Flynn, John Lafferty (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Zeitz, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 11149.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38849

B-17 #43-38849

Delivered Lincoln 28/9/44; Bismark 2/10/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 17/10/44; Missing in Action Oranienburg 15/3/45 with Lloyd Karst, Sam Courtney, Ray Corr, Bill O’Connor, Cecil Hannah, Clyde Dove, Bernie Huschka (7 Prisoner of War); Frank Wiseman, Jim Isham (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Salzwedel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13030.