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B-17 #42-29482 / Balsanal aka Robert E. Lee

B-17 #42-29482 / Balsanal aka Robert E. Lee

Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/42; Salina 3/1/43; Morrison 31/1/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Navarin 2/2/43 ROBERT E. LEE; became weather ship after 111 missions; Returned to the USA Sth Plains 9/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Cincinnati 28/6/45. BALSANAL aka SWEATER GIRL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31884 / Miss Maywood

B-17 #42-31884 / Miss Maywood

Delivered Denver 30/12/43; Pueblo 12/1/44; Savannah 13/1/44; Morrison 20/1/44; (? Assigned 340BS/97BG Amendola 26/1/44); transferred (? )407BS/92BG [PY- ] Podington ; t/o as spare 11/7/44 with Ed Martens, Co-pilot: Bill McIlone, Navigator: John Goulden, Bombardier: John Becht, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Wright (inj on bail out), Radio Operator: Eddie Makowki, Ball turret gunner: Emelio Lopez, Waist gunner: Bill Elias,Tail gunner: Martin Brassill, (9 Returned to Duty); fire broke out over Watford, Herts, UK, this exploded ammo in upper turret, crew ordered bail out but fire extinguished and pilot landed at Boreham, Essex, home of 394BG; Salvaged 30/11/45. MISS MAYWOOD.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97461 / Skylark

B-17 #42-97461 / Skylark

Delivered Cheyenne 22/11/43; Denver 25/1/44; Kearney 11/2/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 24/3/44; force landed continent 7/10/44; Salvaged 14/11/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9146

B-17 #41-9146

Delivered Geiger 301BG 28/4/42; Assigned 11Air Force; 36th BS/ 28th BG; Bronze 6/6/42; Ft Glen, MIA 28/8/42 with Albert J. Wilsey, Jr., Raymond L. Adair, Charles H. Cooper, John W. Sheppard, Paul N. Lyden, Charles M. Kantner, Rudolph S. Olesnevich, Harold N. Knutson, Donald W. Brown; 9 KIA; MACR 15932

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97672

B-17 #42-97672

Delivered Denver 23/1/44; Pyote 14/3/44; 235 BU Biggs 16/8/44; 3009 BU Carlsbad 22/9/44; 235 BU Biggs 13/10/44; 225 BU Rapid City 23/3/45; 426 BU Mt Home 25/8/45; 237 BU Kirtland 2/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39139

B-17 #43-39139

Delivered Lincoln 13/12/44; Grenier 21/12/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-A] Framlingham 22/12/44; landing accident with Simon Dottor 24/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

B-17 #42-5827 / Lakanuki

B-17 #42-5827 / Lakanuki

Delivered Long Beach 1/3/43; Sioux City 16/3/43; Kearney 9/4/43; Dow Fd 21/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG Kimbolton 20/5/43; 526BS [LF-Y]; on mission to Le Bourget 16/8/43 Navigator: Harry Bailey Killed in Action when he fell out of ship after escape hatch dropped out (MACR 1351); Missing in Action 5/1/44 with Allen Grissom, Co-pilot: John Phillips, Navigator: John Beach, Bombardier: Holger Eklund, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Prochazka, Radio Operator: Hugo Havet, Ball turret gunner: Byron Green, Waist gunner: Delmar Sowers, Waist gunner: E. Bailey,Tail gunner: Bob Hall (10INT); flak caused battle damage and pilot headed to safety, crash landed Skegrie, near Trelleborg, Sweden and used for spares for other B-17s. Missing Air Crew Report 1942. LAKANUKI.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9145

B-17 #41-9145

Delivered Geiger 301BG 1/5/42; Lowry 31/5/42; Assigned 26BS/11BG Hawaii 7/6/42; transferred 13AF Poppy 22/7/42; Written off 31/10/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38665

B-17 #43-38665

Delivered Cheyenne 30/8/44; Hunter 4/9/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-Z] Framlingham 19/9/44; Missing in Action Derben 14/1/45 with Emory Hanneke, Vic Kendall, Fred Getz, Len Andrews, Julian Gurbindo, Harry carlson, Gene Johnson, Gene Miles spot jammer, Walt Moseley [tg (9 Killed in Action); Melvin Johnson (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Bartschendorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11723.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102938

B-17 #42-102938

Delivered Cheyenne 20/4/44; Hunter 2/5/44; Grenier 20/5/44; Assigned 340BS/97BG Tortorella 24/5/44; with Gil Tatman hit by with 44-9406 (2BG) in landing accident 2/1/45; both Salvaged.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38941

B-17 #43-38941

Delivered Hunter 20/10/44; Dow Fd 27/10/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-L] Deenethorpe 6/12/44; 612BS [SC-K], 615BS [IY-L]; Salvaged 12/5/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9143

B-17 #41-9143

Delivered Boise 303BG 4/5/42; Gowen Fd, with H.K. Teague force landed Memphis Apt 14/5/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Pocatello 6/11/42; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45. (ref. made of crash landed Tadji, PNG ?).

B-17 #42-31095 / Ground Pounder

B-17 #42-31095 / Ground Pounder

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Harvard 4/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Hamm 29/11/44 with ? , unknown crew except Waist gunner: Garrett Rozema. THE GROUND POUNDER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102382 / Virgil’s Virgin

B-17 #42-102382 / Virgil’s Virgin

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Lincoln 25/3/44; Morrison 4/4/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 21/4/44; Missing in Action Memmingen 18/7/44 with Matt Smith, Myers, Stein, LaHurd, Venables, Pampamanoli, Doverspike, May, Marlin (9 Prisoner of War); Davenport (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Leutkirch, Ger?; Missing Air Crew Report 6977. VIRGIL’S VIRGIN.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6002

B-17 #44-6002

Delivered Tulsa 2/4/44; Hunter 8/4/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 22/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; Sth Plains 10/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5088

B-17 #42-5088

Delivered Denver 23/9/42; New Castle 3/10/42; Assigned 2FGp from BWI ferry trip to UK, with Armand Monteverde, Co-pilot: Harry Spencer, Navigator: Bill O’Hara, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Tucciarone, Radio Operator: Loren Howaeth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Spina, obs-Lloyd Puryear {crypto}, obs-Alfred Best, pass-C.Weddell; crashed Kjoge Bay, Narsarssuak, Greenland, ice cap and broke in half (9 Returned to Duty); Written off 23/12/42.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38029

B-17 #42-38029

Delivered Cheyenne 18/11/43; Syracuse 10/12/43; Presque Isle 15/12/43; ass 532BS/381BG [VE-M] Ridgewell 1/3/44; {1m} MIA Berlin 8/3/44 Pilot: Tom Pirtle, Co-Pilot: Paul Schlintz, Navigator: Milton Stern, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Cassody, Radio Operator: Bob Burrows, Waist Gunner: Jim Estep, Waist Gunner: Jim Warren, Tail Gunner: Bill Bull (8POW); Bombardier: Harry Cooper, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Kinney (2EVD-ret 24/9/44); Enemy aircraft, crashed Old Mill, Deventer Road, near Lettele, Hol; MACR 3002.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6003

B-17 #44-6003

Delivered Tulsa 2/4/44; Hunter 8/4/44; Dow Fd 25/4/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 19/6/45; Sth Plains 24/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45.

B-17 #42-6174

B-17 #42-6174

Delivered Long Beach 13/8/43 with Joe Hearn(d); Cheyenne 15/8/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-K] Chelveston 7/11/43 HOME-SICK ANGEL; 858BS/492BG Alconbury (Carpetbagger Ops) 26/6/44. STRIPPED FOR ACTION aka SWING SHIFT.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97794

B-17 #42-97794

Delivered Denver 28/2/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned: 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 20/4/44; MIA Berlin 12/5/44 Pilot: Bill Moses, Co-Pilot: Gene Gilbert, Bombardier: Harry Mitchell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Wylie Dumm, Radio Operator: Pete Clark, Ball Turret Gunner: Roy Roesch, Waist Gunner: Walker Tole, (7RTD); Navigator: Meyer Stein, Tail Gunner: Kenyon Miller (2KIA); Waist Gunner: Jim Gatch (POW); flak KOd #4, after turning for home flak hit again, ditched Channel and survivors picked up by ASR Walruses off Dunkirk,. MACR 4769.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30736 / Paper Doll

B-17 #42-30736 / Paper Doll

Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Walla Walla 11/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-A] Snetterton 13/9/43; battle damage Schweinfurt 14/10/43 Pilot: Bob Bolick{KIA-by shell in cockpit}, Co-Pilot: Ed Downs{wia}, Navigator: Miles McFann, Bombardier: Harry Edelstein, rEngineer / Top Turret Gunner: John O’Rourke, Radio Operator: Vince Caltagirone, Ball Turret Gunner: Teddy Bergstrom, Waist Gunner: Andy Nezolosky, Waist Gunner: Ken Stump, Tail Gunner: Harry Domedion (9RTD); flown by N & B and landed back at RAF Ford, Sx; Salvaged. 20/10/43; Returned to US: 121 BU Bradley 31/7/44. PAPER DOLL.

B-17 #42-97558 / Tis Me Sugar

B-17 #42-97558 / Tis Me Sugar

Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/43; Kearney 10/1/44; Grenier 16/1/44; Assigned: 748BS/457BG [V] Glatton 15/2/44; MIA Merseburg 24/8/44 Pilot: Ted Shaw, Co-Pilot: Dick Parsons, Navigator: Jack Thames, Bombardier: Paul Terjack, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Rob Stewart, Radio Operator: Larry Erlings, Ball Turret Gunner: Elbert Allen, Waist Gunner: J.I. Perry, Tail Gunner: Clarry Cox (9KIA); Enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Burg, Germany. MACR 8200. TIS ME SUGAR.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38367 / Gotta Haver

B-17 #43-38367 / Gotta Haver

Delivered Cheyenne 26/7/44; Kearney 5/8/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 16/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. GOTTA HAVER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5822

B-17 #42-5822

Delivered Long Beach 27/2/43; Cheyenne 4/3/43; Gore Fd 18/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned: 525BS/379BG [FR-G] Kimbolton 21/4/43; battle damage Kassel 28/7/43 Pilot: Kermit Wooldridge, Co-Pilot: Don Herrin, Navigator: Bill Cook, Bombardier: Howard McNeill, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Everett Love, Radio Operator: Don Lavin*, Ball Turret Gunner: Solomon Canter*, Waist Gunner: Duane Lamiell*, Waist Gunner: Stan Larson*, Tail Gunner: Eldred Andruss (10RTD – * slightly wia); crash-landed RAF Foulsham, Nfk. Salvaged.