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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5965

B-17 #42-5965

Delivered Long Beach 2/6/43; Walla Walla 5/7/43; Hammer Fd 1/8/43; 3705 BU Lowry 12/6/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 23/7/44; 3706 BU Sheppard 2/5/45; 3701 BU Amarillo 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/10/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85834

B-17 #44-85834

Delivered Dallas 21/7/45; Sth Plains 30/8/45; Rome 25/2/46; NAAF Mustin Fd 4/46 [82856]; United States Coast Guard San Diego 25/8/46; Elizabeth City 8/8/47; NAS Weeksville, NC 10/6/48; NAS Norfolk for salvage, scrapped 1/50 for spares.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85833

B-17 #44-85833

Delivered Dallas 20/7/45; Sth Plains 8/45; damaged in taxi accident with 44-85835 in 2/46 in preparation for USN, then United States Coast Guard; repairs uneconomical, scrapped 7/6/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85832

B-17 #44-85832

Delivered Dallas 19/7/45; Sth Plains 2/1/46; United States Coast Guard Elizabeth City 5/47, probably serialled 85832 instead of Assigned USN 84000; one of four aircraft transferred USN 25/8/48 to NAS Weeksville, NC, then NAS Mustin Fd; NAS Norfolk, scrapped for spares, when conversions proved uneconomical.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5964

B-17 #42-5964

Delivered Long Beach 31/5/43; Cheyenne 3/6/43; Pyote 2/7/43; Walla Walla 23/7/43; 4117 BU Robins 3/8/44; 326 BU MacDill 26/9/44; 327 BU Drew 29/4/45; 575 BU Pitts burg 2/7/45; 327 BU Drew 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

B-17 #44-8498 / Wheel Wagon

B-17 #44-8498 / Wheel Wagon

Delivered Dallas 21/9/44; Hunter 30/10/44; Dow Fd 10/11/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola PFF 14/11/44; transferred 772BS/463BG Celone 28/12/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/3/45 with Bill Hatcher, Co-pilot: Lt Col Harry Robb, Navigator: Leroy Swindlehurst, Bombardier: Ernie Roberson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Truman Day, Radio Operator: Wesley Dugan, Ball turret gunner: Jack Maupin, Waist gunner: Gus Koulgianes, Waist gunner: Lloyd Siler,Tail gunner: Lt Don Gaard (10 Returned to Duty); flak, crashed Breslau; Missing Air Crew Report 13258.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38210

B-17 #42-38210

Delivered Denver 16/1/44; MacDill 6/2/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella 30/3/44; transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {6m} Missing in Action Fischamend Markt, Aus. 12/4/44 with Adam Hrostowsky, Lawinski, Robison, Colino, Geraghty, Flinht, Thompson (6 Killed in Action); Callmeyer, Perlmeyer, Reynolds, Cabrera (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Zwolfaxing, Ger?; Missing Air Crew Report 3955.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38184

B-17 #42-38184

Delivered Denver 9/1/44; Las Vegas 17/1/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 16/3/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 22/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37803

B-17 #42-37803

Delivered Denver 3/9/43; Gr Island 20/9/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG Framlingham 3/10/43; detailed pick up bombardier from hospital at RAF Hucknall 22/10/43, with Albert Root, Co-pilot: Winifred Alfred, Navigator: Carl Fannin, Bombardier: George Rankin, Radio Operator: Bill Holland, pass-Warren Weisert, Bill Ellett (7 Returned to Duty); skidded on wet field and badly damaged, Salvaged 30/10/43.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102691

B-17 #42-102691

Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG [9Z- ] Deopham Green 3/5/44; damaged by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Joe Antol 21/6/44; repaired & re-ass 15AF Italy 29/9/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 11/12/44; 18m to depot 4/45; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 28/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

B-17 #42-102679 / Mississippi Miss

B-17 #42-102679 / Mississippi Miss

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/44; Hunter 10/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-M] Gt Ashfield 3/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 11/9/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45. MISSISSIPPI MISS.

B-17 #42-29480 / Cotton Eyed Joe

B-17 #42-29480 / Cotton Eyed Joe

Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/42; Salina 3/1/43; DeRidder 31/1/43; Morrison 2/2/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Navarin 20/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; ret 99BG Tortorella 17/5/44; Salvaged 28/9/45. COTTON EYED JOE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85601

B-17 #44-85601

Delivered Cheyenne 4/4/45; Sth Plains 26/4/45; re-ass 31/3/47; 343 RVM MacDill 14/5/47; 343 RVM Topeka 28/7/48; 55 MSU Topeka 23/3/49; 3902 ABGp Offutt 17/5/49; Recl Comp 2/3/50.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102567 / Sarah Gray

B-17 #42-102567 / Sarah Gray

Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; force landed base with Clark Graham 19/4/44; Dow Fd 24/4/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 3/5/44; crashed on take off with Jesse Sills 1/1/45, Salvaged.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6146 / Little Cheezer

B-17 #44-6146 / Little Cheezer

Delivered Tulsa 14/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-R] Deenethorpe 10/6/44; 613BS [IN-R]; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; Sth Plains 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. LITTLE CHEEZER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6313 / Budd’s Dudds

B-17 #44-6313 / Budd’s Dudds

Delivered Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-F] Deenethorpe 23/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. BUDD’S DUDDS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29933

B-17 #42-29933

Delivered Cheyenne 14/3/43; Gore 31/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned: 338BS/96BG 17/4/43 GREEN FURY II; re-named LUCKY LADY; Transferred: 524BS/379BG [WA-M] Kimbolton 12/7/43; battle damage Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 Pilot: Capt Lloyd Mason, Co-Pilot: Arvid Dahl, Navigator: Constant Anszpoger, Bombardier: Tom McMorran, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John McCullen, Radio Operator: Jim Carroll{wia}, Ball Turret Gunner: John Hagen, Waist Gunner: Bob Fegan{wia}, Waist Gunner: John Carey, Tail Gunner: Patrick Romano (10RTD); forced landing Framlingham a/fd, Sfk, Uk; 1 BAD Burtonwood 15/8/43; AFMSC 4/2/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38185

B-17 #42-38185

Delivered Cheyenne 9/1/44; Morrison 4/2/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-J] Kimbolton 22/2/44; Waist gunner: Charles Noonan (KIA- pilot was Roy Hoowa) Schweinfurt 24/2/44; Returned from mission 8/6/44 with Fred Taylor, Co-pilot: Bill Richardson, Navigator: Matt Karcich, n/g-Sgt Bradley Wages, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Potter, Radio Operator: Chas Neal, Ball turret gunner: Jack Clement, Waist gunner: George Nedlock,Tail gunner: Charles Caselin (9 Returned to Duty); undercarriage collapsed halfway down runway; salvaged 2nd Strategic Air Depot 14/6/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38192

B-17 #42-38192

Delivered Denver 12/1/44; Gr Island 28/1/44; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-C] Kimbolton 1/3/44; Missing in Action Munich 12/7/44 with Bruce Hutchins, Co-pilot: Bob Webber, no nav, Bombardier: Jim Haile, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George White, Radio Operator: Bob Shaffer, Waist gunner: Grover Bowen, Waist gunner: Harry Dengenhart,Tail gunner: Walt Collins (8 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Jim Stutts (Prisoner of War); flak hits then pilot set for Switz but aircraft crashed St Wilhelm, SE of Freiberg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7506.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85803

B-17 #44-85803

Delivered Dallas 23/6/45; Rome 30/7/45; Independence 28/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/10/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39113

B-17 #43-39113

Delivered Lincoln 7/12/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 9/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39147

B-17 #43-39147

Delivered Hunter 15/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 527BS/379BG Kimbolton 1/2/45; Missing in Action Dresden 14/2/45 with Stan Cebuhar, Delton Reopelle, Lloyd Gates, Ray Egstrand, Lester Higginbotham, Francis Beam, John Dillon (7 Prisoner of War); Waldon Hardy, George Byers (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Elsenborn, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 12338.

B-17 #42-30422 / Any Time Annie

B-17 #42-30422 / Any Time Annie

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; Gore 10/6/43; Smoky Hill 13/6/43; Rapid City 19/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Smoky Hill 23/6/43; Tinker 30/6/43; Smoky Hill 4/7/43; Dow Fd 16/7/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-B] Chelveston 12/8/43; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 20/5/44; Returned to the USA 8ATS Homestead 23/7/44; 4136 BU Tinker 6/8/44; Recl Comp 17/5/45. ANY TIME ANNIE.