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The Fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Delivered Sth Plains 7/5/45; Patterson 12/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 2/11/45.

Delivered Tulsa 11/2/44; Gr Island 15/2/44; Grenier 5/3/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-M/N/W] Bassingbourn 1/4/44; battle damaged {70m} Altenbeken 26/11/44 with Warren Smith; enemy aircraft set #2 & on fire but ship managed to reach UK and crash landed Halesworth A/fd, Sfk., hit two trucks and concrete mixer and burnt out; Salvaged 2 SAD 28/11/44; ROUND TRIP TOPSY.

Delivered Pendleton 6/2/42; with W. L. Johnson crashed 15 miles NW of base 26/3/42. Salvaged.

The Fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Delivered Sth Plains 8/5/45; Patterson 12/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 31/10/45.

as QB-17 with Joe Gallagher force landed Eglin 17/10/51;

Delivered Pendleton 5/2/42; with Lawler Neighbors crashed 20 miles south west of base 16/3/42; Salvaged.

Delivered Lincoln 28/10/44; Grenier 2/11/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-X] Horham 3/11/44; 53m, Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 15/12/45. THE CREAMER.

Delivered Denver 28/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 29/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Bill Gingold, Co-pilot: Clyde Gunderson, Bombardier: Walter Koch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Schinner, Radio Operator: Leon Mecklenburg, Waist gunner: Rudie Blomseth, Waist gunner: Vernon Nelson (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John Thornhillthrown out on explosion, Ball turret gunner: Merle Willumsendirect hit on turret,Tail gunner: Tom Dowdashot out of tail (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines then ship exploded, crashed Voltlage, 12 miles NE of Devern, Ger.[German records give crash site as Sudmerzen]. Missing Air Crew Report 2370. SACK TIME CHARLIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; New Castle 24/1/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-M] Deenethorpe 7/2/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Loy Shanks, Co-pilot: Alf Mayne, Navigator: Ed Wenrich, Bombardier: Tom Edkin, Radio Operator: Mario Santangelo, Ball turret gunner: Hardney Gibson, Waist gunner: Glen Hauck, Waist gunner: Fred Anderson, Tail gunner: Harry Rodgers (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Jarrett (KIA-took the spare chute, after giving his own to Shanks, but it failed to open); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, crashed Luchtringen, due W of Hoxter, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2660.

Delivered Pendleton 5/2/42; Cheyenne 14/5/42; Wright 15/6/42; Blythe 2/7/42; Geiger 1/9/42; Topeka 28/9/42; Oklahoma 27/11/42; Lockbourn 30/3/43; with Kurt Ahlstrom crashed near base 22/6/43. Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 7/2/43; Gt Falls 15/2/43; converted to F-9 photo-recon Patterson 17/2/43; Amarillo 10/3/43; Colorado Springs 17/3/43; Orlando 11/6/43; Eglin 2/6/44; Brookley 4/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 6/12/45.

Delivered Denver 7/2/43; Gt Falls 20/2/43; Walla Walla 24/2/43; Madras 19/6/43; Walla Walla 17/7/43; Spokane 6/8/43; 325 BU Avon Park 26/7/44; 4139 BU Birmingham 8/11/44; 325 BU Avon Park 2/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 25/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/9/44; Hunter 1/11/44; Dow Fd 16/11/44; Assigned PFF 322BS/91BG [LG-C] Bassingbourn 11/12/44; {18m including a Rubberneck trip} transferred 306BG Thurleigh 24/5/45; 1st BD 18/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46. IRISH LASSIE.

Delivered Pendleton 5/2/42; with Don Appert force landed SE of base 24/4/42; repaired and transferred Alamogordo 3/8/42; crashed on take off base with Joe Downing 10/8/42. Salvaged.

The fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/44; Hunter 19/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-M] Bassingbourn 10/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 21/6/44 with Joe Paskvan, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bottis,Tail gunner: Joe Bradford (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Frank Haddick, Navigator: Manuel Carter, Bombardier: SgtBill Ratter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry House, Radio Operator: Gerald Quackenbush, Waist gunner: Perry Raymond (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set wing on fire, crashed a mile E of Klein-Deberkow, 50 miles N of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5979.

Delivered 13/3/43; Walla Walla 28/3/43; Metropolitan 13/4/43; Presque Is 29/4/43; Assigned: 306BS/306BG [BO-N] Thurleigh 23/5/43; Transferred: 525BS/379BG [FR-C] Kimbolton 27/6/43; MIA Rennes 23/9/43 Pilot: Leslie Braidenthal, Bombardier: George Padgett, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Fred Small, Radio Operator: Jim McKinley, Ball Turret Gunner: Mike Pitzo, Waist Gunner: Joe Mayo, Waist Gunner: Gordon Shaw, Tail Gunner: Waldo Rickett (8POW), Co-Pilot: Arnold Wornson, Navigator: Sid Elskes (2EVD); Enemy aircraft, crashed Rennes, Fr. MACR 1051.

Delivered Pendleton 5/2/42; with Jack Wendell force landed base 9/4/42; Tucson 23/5/42; with Joe Gemmill force landed Geiger 30/5/42; crashed on take off 20/8/42. Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 6/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; New Castle 8/1/44; Presque Is 9/1/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-G] Horham 24/1/44; 39m, Missing in Action Berlin 14/6/44 with Goodwin Wells, Co-pilot: Orman Young, Navigator: Bill Shafer, Bombardier: Kirby Fuller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Burleigh Warren, Radio Operator: John Naylor, Ball turret gunner: Elvis Carter, Waist gunner: Walter Spears, Waist gunner: Lunsford Edwards,Tail gunner: Rueben Feiler (10 Killed in Action); #1 engine afire, crashed North Sea five miles off Felixstowe, Sfk. UK. Missing Air Crew Report 5794.

Delivered Tulsa 4/4/44; Hunter 15/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-A] Thurleigh 24/5/44; landing accident at base with Howard Hutchinson 2//1/45; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 91BG Bassingbourn 30/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; Sth Plains 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. SPARE PARTS.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/20/42; Assigned 526BS/379BG Wendover 15/12/42; t/o for navigation exercise but met bad weather and crashed into East Humbolt Mts near Elko, Nv on 2/1/43: with Cyril Casey, Ray Hochheimer, Cliff Elliott, Art Kelly, Mike DiSalvo, Alex Johnson, Seymour Sonkin, Byron Olson, Lowell Stoner, Jim Karnspon all Killed in Service . Written off 12/1/43, but not found until 24/6/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/7/44; Kearney 19/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-E] Bassingbourn 18/8/44; Missing in Action {27m} Berlin 5/12/44 with Don Freer, Co-pilot: Joe Gallagher, Navigator: Harry Lasch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Oscar Stillman, Radio Operator: Roy Tanner, Ball turret gunner: Tony Tacinelli,Tail gunner: Larry Schenk (7 Prisoner of War); tog-Joe Sanchez, Waist gunner: Borge Kellstrom (2 Killed in Action); flak hit #3 and blew off cowl, dropped away and crashed Templin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11036. EASY DOES IT.