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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6398 / Bucket Bunny

B-17 #44-6398 / Bucket Bunny

Delivered Kearney 25/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 16/8/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 28/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45. BUCKET BUNNY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-32017 / Sweet 17

B-17 #42-32017 / Sweet 17

Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; Barksdale 4/2/44; Homestead 14/3/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 28/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; Missing in Action {144m} Almasfuzito, Hung. 14/3/45 with Harvey Mitchell, Sutton, Broome, Nelson, Thompson, Strunk, Triplett, Bill Wilson, Winnega, John Wilson (10 Prisoner of War); mech fault, crashed Koprivnica, Croatia; Missing Air Crew Report 12822. SWEET 17.

B-17 #41-24616 / Sam’s Little Helper

B-17 #41-24616 / Sam’s Little Helper

Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-U/K] Presque 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 2 SAD Warton 3/12/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 21/3/44; Returned to the USA Keesler 4/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater 24/9/45. SAM’S LITTLE HELPER.

B-17 #41-9167

B-17 #41-9167

Delivered Sebring 4/5/43; with Alex Katz crash landed 50 miles S of Appalachicola, Fl, 12/5/42; 2137 BU Hendricks 12/11/42; 3017 BU Hobbs 3/12/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6371 / Eva Dee

B-17 #44-6371 / Eva Dee

Delivered Hunter 20/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 11/8/44; crashed 13/4/45, Salvaged. EVA DEE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102887 / The Pisseroo

B-17 #42-102887 / The Pisseroo

Delivered Hobbs 15/4/44; Hunter 29/4/44; Dow Fd 15/5/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 20/5/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 31/7/44 with Fred Martin, Co-pilot: Bill Lee, Navigator: Phil Smith, Bombardier: Martin Cudilo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sterling Nichols, Radio Operator: Pete Kovacovich, Ball turret gunner: Frank Mathews, Waist gunner: Steve Hanich, Waist gunner: Joe Markle,Tail gunner: Don Siegfried; flak, crashed Lubinca (fate?); Missing Air Crew Report 7206. THE PISSAROO.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31752 / The Simp

B-17 #42-31752 / The Simp

Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/43; Dallas 4/1/44; Lakeland 6/1/44; Morrison 17/2/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 20/2/44; Missing in Action Odertal, Ger. 22/8/44 with John Butorac, Co-pilot: Onic, Navigator: Leslie Avery, Bombardier: Kittrick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wastrowatta, Radio Operator: Fafeto, Ball turret gunner: Fred Bertrand, Waist gunner: Bill Daley, Waist gunner: Wirland,Tail gunner: Joe Attanasio; flak, crashed Slatina; Missing Air Crew Report 8108. THE SIMP.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9166

B-17 #41-9166

Delivered Sebring 4/5/42; Hendericks 27/43; Hobbs 16/11/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 16/6/45.

B-17 #41-24615 / Target For Tonite

B-17 #41-24615 / Target For Tonite

Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-P/F] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 22/3/44; Returned to the USA Sheppard 2/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 25/10/45. TARGET FOR TONITE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31645 / Babe

B-17 #42-31645 / Babe

Delivered Denver 1/12/44; Paine 2/12/43; Gowen 6/12/43; Boise 9/12/43; Denver 10/12/43; Kearney 23/12/43; Memphis 1/1/44; Morrison 4/1/44; Assigned 341BS/97BG Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Pardubice, Czech. 24/8/44 with Roy J. Boone, John W. Mellon, Edward J. Czaja, Eugene E. Morris, Roger V. Sederholm, Elmer H. Council, Milton Bubis, James W. Goldston, Vernon Aufdenkamp, Harry R. Sparling; Straggling and set upon by fighter, crashed Marburg; 4 x POW, 6 x KIA MACR 7981. BABE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37865

B-17 #42-37865

Delivered Denver 24/9/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; Assigned 798BS/447BG Rattlesden, lost over Atlantic en route UK 27/11/43, last contact at Goose Bay, Labrador 85 miles away. with Leon Thiesen, c-Floyd Fuller, Navigator: John Marsland, Bombardier: Dan Duffin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Bassemir, Radio Operator: Basil Garros, Ball turret gunner: George Dunger, Waist gunner: Rich Doereck,Tail gunner: Gene Darter (9 Killed in Service). No trace, a severe blizzard followed. Missing Air Crew Report 1119.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9165

B-17 #41-9165

Delivered Sebring 4/5/42; MAAD 15/5/42; Sebring 13/7/42; 2137 BU Hendricks 29/11/42; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 9/10/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39946

B-17 #42-39946

Delivered Long Beach 14/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP- ] Ridgewell 22/1/44; 7m Missing in Action Aschersleben 22/2/44 with Hal Roling, Co-pilot: Ray Bull, Navigator: John Jackson, Bombardier: Milton Soled, Radio Operator: Asbury Thompson (5 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Jemiolo, Ball turret gunner: Bill Ruark, Waist gunner: George Day, Waist gunner: Othel Martin,Tail gunner: Bob Eggert (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Hillegossen, Leopoldshone, eight miles E of Bielefeld, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2936.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39933

B-17 #42-39933

Delivered: Long Beach 12/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; ass 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 20/12/43; Transferred: 728BS/452BG Deopham Green /44; MIA Brunswick 23/3/44 Pilot: Charles Young, Co-Pilot: Chas Clark, Bombardier: Sherman Farr, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Larry Koon, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Saul, Waist Gunner: Kenton Anderson, Waist Gunner: Bob Andrews, Tail Gunner: Joe Sujowski (8KIA); Navigator: Ed Wodicka, Radio Operator: Fred Buckingham (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Roedenbeck Barnstorf, due W of Aldorf, seven miles NE of Diepholz, Germany. MACR 3343. SUPERSTITUOUS ALOYSIUS.

B-17 #42-31353 / Queenie

B-17 #42-31353 / Queenie

Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Romulus 12/11/43; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-Q] Bassingbourn 20/12/43; Missing in Action 18+m Berlin 29/4/44 with Jim Purdy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Fischer, Ball turret gunner: Lou Carusello, Waist gunner: George Johnson, Tail gunner: Ray Rybarski (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Garfield, Navigator: Paul Bunchuk, Bombardier: John Welch, Radio Operator: Emile Bianchi, Waist gunner: Don Itschner (5 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3 & #4 followed by fire, ship then crashed Kladow, Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4236. QUEENIE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9164

B-17 #41-9164

Delivered Sebring 4/5/42; with E.F. Freeman ground looped into concrete mixer at Hendricks, on 1/6/42; Written off 4/12/42.

B-17 #42-107143 / Sport

B-17 #42-107143 / Sport

Delivered Tulsa 5/3/44; Hunter 12/3/44; Morrison 11/4/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 23/4/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 23/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 25/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. SPORT.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-107067

B-17 #42-107067

Delivered Denver 10/2/44; Gr Island 20/2/44; Grenier 6/3/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 24/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 11/4/44 with Joe Jurnecka, Co-pilot: Howard McHenry, Navigator: John Heinzelman, Bombardier: John White, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jerome Wodin, Radio Operator: Chas Hodden, Ball turret gunner: Bill Tatum, Waist gunner: Bob Shorts, Waist gunner: Dave Thompson,Tail gunner: John Siedlicki (10INT); flak KOd #1, force landed Bulltofta, Sweden. Missing Air Crew Report 3825. Rep by Swedish airline as SE-BAR; sold to AFA Denmark as OY-DFA; W/O 30/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6702 / Umbriago

B-17 #44-6702 / Umbriago

Delivered Lincoln 18/10/44; Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 8/11/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/3/45 with Bill Foster, Co-pilot: LaRue Costley, Navigator: Angelo Marcone, Bombardier: George Bouchard, Radio Operator: Larry Hulcher,Tail gunner: Bob Fox (6 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Kimble, Ball turret gunner: Armstrong Noble, Waist gunner: Bob Creighton, Waist gunner: Albert Taylor (4 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Pilsen; Missing Air Crew Report 13271. UMBRIAGO.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9173

B-17 #41-9173

Delivered Sebring 5/5/42; Hendricks 16/5/42; with John Foster force landed base 23/8/42; o/s runway Morgantown, WV, 27/12/42 with Charlie Hall, caused thru’ gusty wind; with Joe Matthews crash landed Hendricks 24/5/43; force landed Hendricks with Andy Juhasz 26/10/43; Written off 18/11/43.

B-17 #42-97504 / Mary Lou

B-17 #42-97504 / Mary Lou

Delivered Denver 4/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-P] Bassingbourn 23/1/44; {70m} battle damaged Frieberg 14/10/44 with Ed Spawinski; crash landed base on return, Salvaged 2 SAD. MARY LOU.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102612

B-17 #42-102612

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; Hunter 11/4/44; Grenier 18/5/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-U] Snetterton 21/5/44; MIA Magdeburg 20/6/44 Pilot: Dick DeBrandes, Co-Pilot: Glen Harrison, Navigator: Bill Northington, Bombardier: Joe Armstrong, Radio Operator: Ken Garwood{wia}, Ball Turret Gunner: Gene Stauffer, Waist Gunner: Glen Smith, Waist Gunner: Bill Blow, Tail Gunner: Tom Rogers (8POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Alex Lambrecht (KIA); Enemy aircraft damaged then it exploded, crashed nt Erxlebnen, 18 miles NW of Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 5897.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37849

B-17 #43-37849

Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/44; Hunter 7/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 490BG Eye 29/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6403

B-17 #44-6403

Delivered Kearney 27/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 17/8/44; transferred 340BS/97BG Amendola 18/8/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 17/6/45; Sth Plains 19/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45.