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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31119

B-17 #42-31119

Delivered Cheyenne 21/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-L] Kimbolton 22/11/43; crash landed base on training flight 28/12/43 with George Schueneman, Co-pilot: Jim Ratliff, Navigator: Oscar Gray, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mark Healy, Radio Operator: Harry Strailey (5 Killed in Service); aircraft clipped shooting butts and exploded into flames. Salvaged.

B-17 #42-31764 / War Horse

B-17 #42-31764 / War Horse

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Gt Falls 17/12/43; Denver 19/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Presque Is 24/1/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-R] Gt Ashfield 22/4/44; 551BS; on return from mission 10/11/44 with Art Naylor (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Carl Cunningham Wounded in Action, Navigator: Bob Ruben Wounded in Action, Bombardier: Jenry Stumberg Wounded in Action), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Steve Pawelko, Radio Operator: Francis Abdella, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Bahton, Waist gunner: Carl Slaton,Tail gunner: Wayne Tackaberry (8 Returned to Duty); engine caught fire and unable to feather, crash landed Easton, Suffolk, UK. Salvaged 11/11/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2526

B-17 #41-2526

Delivered Ogden 25/1/42; Hill 15/2/42; Cheyenne 30/3/42; Wayne Co. 17/4/42; RCAF Dorval 22/4/42; Gander-Prestwick 10/5/42 with Don Ross, RAF [FK193]; 220 Sq (ZZ-H) Ballykelly and Aldergrove, N.I.; to RAE Farnborough then St Eval for Met training, before moving to Lagens, Azores 24/10/43; Struck Off Charge 12/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97242

B-17 #42-97242

Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Grenier 12/3/44; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-L] Framlingham 13/3/44; MIA Oranienburg (7m) 18/4/44 Pilot: Ben Wassel, Co-Pilot: Albt Joyce, Navigator: Tony Formato, Bombardier: Leon Hersch, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Vic Ratliff, Radio Operator: Gene Harpster, Ball Turret Gunner: Jeon Samowski, Waist Gunner: Pete Rayhawk, Waist Gunner: Bob Steller, Tail Gunner: Jim Finch (10KIA); flak hit took off entire tail assembly from waist door to rear, crashed Germany. endorf, two miles W of Oranienburg, Ger. MACR 4014.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38724

B-17 #43-38724

Delivered Lincoln 12/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-Q] Framlingham 25/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38387

B-17 #43-38387

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Hunter 9/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-P] Kimbolton 10/9/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 25/9/44 with Russell Weenink, rest unknown; abandoned on continent, (9 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 14/11/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2538

B-17 #41-2538

Delivered Geiger 29/1/42; Tucson 7/2/42; Cheyenne 1/5/42; Salt Lake City 1/6/42; Wendover, Ut. 10/6/42; Westover 11/8/42; Boise 12/8/42; Memphis 6/9/42; Pyote 14/1/43; Barksdale, La. 27/2/43; to Lockbourn, force landed base with John Durisko (?Roscoe Foster?) 19/8/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 14/7/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-32032 / Battlin’ Bobby

B-17 #42-32032 / Battlin’ Bobby

Delivered Cheyenne 16/1/44; Lincoln 1/2/44; MacDill 4/2/44; Morrison 12/3/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella 14/3/44; transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {74m} taxi accident 19/12/44; Salvaged. BATTLIN’ BOBBY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31110 / Pacific’s Dream

B-17 #42-31110 / Pacific’s Dream

Delivered Dallas 20/9/43; Gr Island 12/10/43; Wilmington 15/10/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-M] Rougham 23/10/43; Missing in Action Cognac 31/12/43 with Ed Sullivan, Co-pilot: Cliff Robinson, Bombardier: Rueben Fier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Shue (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Harvey Barr, Radio Operator: Chas Hoyes, Ball turret gunner: Stan Dymek, Waist gunner: John McLaughlin, Waist gunner: Alvin Sanderson,Tail gunner: Ken Carlson (6 evaded capture); flak damaged three engines, crashed Cognac, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1672. PACIFIC’S DREAM.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2537

B-17 #41-2537

Delivered Wright Fd 29/1/42; Midland 5/1/43; Wright 21/1/43; Biggs 10/3/43; Wright 13/3/43; Oklahoma City 23/4/43; Wright 29/4/43. Recl Comp 20/3/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31050

B-17 #42-31050

Delivered Cheyenne 11/9/43; Gr Island 3/10/43; Assigned: 525BS/379BG [FR-R] Kimbolton 19/10/43; Transferred: 527BS; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Jack Rhyner, Co-Pilot: Leon Levens, Radio Operator: Fred Brown, Ball Turret Gunner: Walt Eckleberry (4EVD); Navigator: Jim Dennis, Bombardier: Harry Walz, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Ventimiglia{captured 16/3/44}, Waist Gunner: John Ault, Waist Gunner: Larry Giles{captured 16/3/44}, Tail Gunner: Frank Mabante (6POW); Enemy aircraft, crash-landed Bra-Lierneux, Liege, Belgium. ; MACR 2874.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6110 / Hell on Wings

B-17 #44-6110 / Hell on Wings

Delivered Tulsa 4/5/44; Hunter 21/6/44; Dow Fd 1/7/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 7/7/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 20/12/44 with Bill Saum, Co-pilot: Mullins, Navigator: Frank Funk, Bombardier: Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Yetter, Radio Operator: Ernie Peters, Ball turret gunner: Warfle, Waist gunner: Otis, Waist gunner: Schwet,Tail gunner: Bill Sebert (10POW?); mech failure, crashed Wels, Ger?; Missing Air Crew Report 10731. HELL ON WINGS.

B-17 #42-31762 / Junior aka Crash Wagon III

B-17 #42-31762 / Junior aka Crash Wagon III

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Gt Falls 16/12/43; Denver 20/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 15/1/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-M] Gt Ashfield 17/1/44; Missing in Action French A/fds 12/6/44 with Loren Jackson, Co-pilot: Ross Blake, Bombardier: Joe Haught, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Armando Marsili, Radio Operator: Ervin Pickrel, Ball turret gunner: Felipe Muquiz, Waist gunner: Fred Martini, Waist gunner: Sam Pennell,Tail gunner: Theo Dubenic (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Gerald Shaffer (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Farceaux, 20 miles SE of Rouen, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 5628. JUNIOR aka CRASH WAGON III.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2530

B-17 #41-2530

Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/42; Sebring 15/5/42; with Bob Nolan force landed Alamagordo, NM 25/7/42; Hendricks 3/4/43, with Don Dargue crash landed 30/7/43 due to undercarriage failure, rep; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 24/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8525 / Pocomoco

B-17 #44-8525 / Pocomoco

Delivered Lincoln 8/10/44; Grenier 19/10/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-U] Horham 21/10/44; with W.H. Hart, Waist gunner: T. Baily [wia] 5/1/45; 74m, transferred 351BG Polebrook 29/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45. POCOMOCO.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8364

B-17 #44-8364

Delivered Dallas 25/8/44; Langley 4/9/44; Grenier 10/10/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-W] Horham 12/10/44; 21m, Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8304

B-17 #44-8304

Delivered Lincoln 8/8/44; Bangor 12/8/44; Grenier 18/8/44; Assigned 862BS/493BG Debach 20/8/44; crashed en route Cologne 10/1/45 with Bill Butler, Co-pilot: Sid Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Beeles,Tail gunner: Gus Muenzer (4 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Bill Stepp, Ball turret gunner: Ed Campbell, Waist gunner: Art Doblas, Navigator: Bob Gaustad {Wounded in Action}, Bombardier: Carlyle Bradbury (5 Returned to Duty); severe loss of power on take off, crashed Rookery Farm, Monewdon, Sfk. UK. Salvaged 19/2/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2518

B-17 #41-2518

Delivered Ogden 23/1/42; Cheyenne 15/2/42; Wright 24/3/42 taking part in ASV trials; Wayne Co. 10/10/42; RCAF Dorval 18/10/42; Gander-Prestwick 4/11/42 RAF [FK189]; 59 Sq Thorney Is 11/1/43; transferred 220 Sq (ZZ-X) Aldergrove, N.I.; then to Lagens, Azores [ -Y]; engine caught fire on take off from Lagens with F/Lt Larry Croft 26/7/44, the fire was extinguished by USAAF fire crew assigned to base; Struck Off Charge 15/8/44.

B-17 #42-3085 / Helno-Gal

B-17 #42-3085 / Helno-Gal

Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-N] Rougham 28/4/43; battle damaged Emden 21/5/43 with Willard Roemke, (10 Returned to Duty); force landed Nth Weald, Ex.; Salvaged 6/7/43 due to battle damage. HELNO GAL. Sustained heavy battle damage over Emden on May 31, 1943.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38054 / Hamawa aka Holy Matrimony

B-17 #42-38054 / Hamawa aka Holy Matrimony

Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Presque Is 23/12/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-V] Horham 30/12/43; 412BS [QW-V]; 45m, Missing in Action Politz 25/8/44 with Everett Perry, Co-pilot: Jim Daniels, Bombardier: Guiseppe Merlo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dominic Maffentone, Radio Operator: George Sulick, Ball turret gunner: John Detweller, Waist gunner: Mike Natt,Tail gunner: Francis Sutphin (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Larry Kieinman (Killed in Action); with #3 afire, ship peeled off, crashed Westhof, Sundische Insel, NE of Barth, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8282. HAMAWA aka HOLY MATRIMONY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8272 / Lizbeth II

B-17 #44-8272 / Lizbeth II

Delivered Dallas 27/7/44; Lincoln 17/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned: 336BS/95BG [ET-P] Horham 5/9/44; ((‘ass ATC, on 3/9/44 Pilot: Joe Arwood, Walt Johnson, Bill Fowler, Clarry Counsell, Tom Power, (5RTD); Paul Currt, Dave Costa, Jim Linn, Crespin Sanchez, Leland Peebler (5KIS’); battle damage Frankfurt 5/1/45 w/Rose; forced landing Laon A/fd, Fr; 8RTD ; J.R. Otte (wia); rep & ret group; 72m, Returned to US: Bradley 24/6/45; Sth Plains 28/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 7/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2517

B-17 #41-2517

Delivered Ogden 23/1/42; Cheyenne 15/2/42; RCAF Dorval 19/3/42; Gander-Prestwick 6/4/42 with Don Ross RAF [FK188]; 59 Sq (TR- ) Thorney Is 15/12/42, damaged by taxiing Hampden 30/12/42; was at Marshalls of Cambridge under repair for six months before assigned Lagens, Azores [ -Z, then W, 9/44] (220 Sq (ZZ-L) Benbecula 20/8/43; 519 Sq Wick, Scotland;) landed after engine failure 18/4/45; not repaired and Struck Off Charge 10/9/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30277

B-17 #42-30277

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Roswell 24/5/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 4124 BU Altus 17/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/10/45.