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B-17 #42-32084 / Li’l Satan

B-17 #42-32084 / Li’l Satan

Delivered Cheyenne 22/1/44; Kearney 7/2/44; Presque Is 18/2/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [Q] Glatton 3/3/44; battle damaged Bremen 24/6/44 with ?, (10 Returned to Duty); #3 engine fell off when landing at base; Salvaged and tailplane used for ‘ARF & ‘ARF 42-38064. LI’L SATAN.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-85590

B-17 #44-85590

Delivered Cheyenne 30/3/45; Sth Plains 5/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6161

B-17 #44-6161

Delivered Tulsa 18/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Grenier 5/6/44; Assigned 749BS/457BG [F] Glatton 19/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; Sth Plains 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

B-17 #43-38226

B-17 #43-38226

Delivered Cheyenne 10/7/44; Kearney 19/7/44; Grenier 7/8/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 8/8/44; transferred 862BS/493BG Debach 9/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; 237 Kirtland 31/12/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 7/2/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30379

B-17 #42-30379

Delivered Cheyenne 24/5/43; Gore 25/5/43; Kearney 4/6/43; Dyersburg 27/6/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Presque Is 31/7/43; Assigned 12AF 7/8/43; Missing in Action Tunis 25/1/44; Missing Air Crew Report 2059.

B-17 #42-102670

B-17 #42-102670

Delivered Cheyenne 24/3/44; Hunter 11/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-Q] Snetterton 3/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Bob Wighaman 21/6/44; Salvaged 1/7/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6162

B-17 #44-6162

Delivered Tulsa 18/5/44; Kearney 25/5/44; Grenier 7/6/44; Assigned 364BS/305BG Chelveston 28/6/44; Salvaged 18/7/44; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 7/44; back to Chelveston with 422BS and in landing accident with Art Prokaski 5/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; Sth Plains 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38863 / Morale

B-17 #43-38863 / Morale

Delivered Hunter 30/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 92BG Podington 19/10/44 MORALE; transferred 750BS/457BG [S] Glatton 6/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45. MORALE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97798

B-17 #42-97798

Delivered Denver 28/2/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-H] Polebrook 24/5/44; 508BS [YB-H]; Missing in Action {10m} Le Bourget 14/6/44 with George Williamson, Co-pilot: Roland Cadoret, Navigator: Ashley Thornburg, Bombardier: Bill Clanton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Leavitt, Radio Operator: Bob Whitman, Ball turret gunner: Bob Mautz, Waist gunner: Walt Subora, Waist gunner: Joe Larocco,Tail gunner: Chas Hock (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed and burnt out at St Blimont, 11 miles W of Abbeville, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5797.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97339

B-17 #42-97339

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/44; Hunter 9/3/44; Dow Fd 10/4/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-Y] Nuthampstead 5/5/44; (4m) Missing in Action Berlin 19/5/44 {1st in group} with Ira O’Neil, Co-pilot: Roger Corner, Bombardier: Merritt Deuel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dale Schapp, Ball turret gunner: Joe Barzano, Waist gunner: Fred Cone, Waist gunner: Gerald Farren,Tail gunner: Bob Jenkins (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Howard Baer, Radio Operator: George Graham (2 Prisoner of War); hit by flak and wreckage from aircraft above, crashed Alt-Ruednitz, near Bad Freienewalde, 10 miles NE of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4937.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6884

B-17 #44-6884

Delivered Lincoln 9/12/44; Grenier 30/12/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-N] Bassingbourn 23/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; Sth Plains 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

B-17 #42-3321 / Kathy Jane II

B-17 #42-3321 / Kathy Jane II

Delivered Denver 7/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 5/6/43; transferred 336BS/95BG [ET-K] Horham 16/6/43; 7m, Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Norman Rothschild, Co-pilot: Paul Perceful, Navigator: Bob Mylinger, Bombardier: E. Praisner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russell BarnesWounded in Action, Radio Operator: Russ Sparks, Ball turret gunner: Earl Bennett, Waist gunner: George Pratt, Waist gunner: Harry Moore,Tail gunner: John Thomas (10 Returned to Duty); ditched North Sea, all rescued. KATHY JANE II.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8829

B-17 #44-8829

Delivered Cheyenne 8/1/45; Hunter 16/1/45; Grenier 4/2/45; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 17/2/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 7/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8161

B-17 #44-8161

Delivered Dallas 23/6/44; Hunter 27/7/44; Dow Fd 9/8/44; Assigned 353BS/301BG Lucera 15/8/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 18/12/44 with Keiser, Griffith, Wheeler, Charlesworth, Hoffman, Martin, Spaltro, Chester, Riley (9 evaded capture & ret); Schwartz (Prisoner of War); crew bailed over Bihac, Yugo; Missing Air Crew Report 10893.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83365

B-17 #44-83365

Delivered Hunter 12/2/45; Grenier 2/3/45; Assigned 8AF 10/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; Sth Plains 1/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 20/1/46; 4117 BU Robbins 24/2/46; 91 RC MacDill 29/4/46; re-ass 30/4/47; 91 RLP Howard (Canal Zone) 18/1/48 (6AF); 91 RLP Waller 20/2/48 (Trinidad); 48 SR Ramey 22/6/48 (CZ); 91 RLP Allen 26/6/48 (CZ); 91 RLP Waller 30/11/49; Recl Comp 25/1/50.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8182

B-17 #44-8182

Delivered Dallas 1/7/44; Langley 28/7/44; Grenier 16/9/44; Assigned PFF 32BS/301BG PFF Lucera 17/10/44; battle damaged Blechhammer 26/12/44 with Ralph Kage crash landed Russian territory; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8186 / Sugar Report

B-17 #44-8186 / Sugar Report

Delivered Dallas 2/7/44; Langley 3/8/44; Dow Fd 11/9/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG PFF Lucera 3/10/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 26/12/44 with Ralph Kage, Co-pilot: Wunderlich, Navigator: Meade, Bombardier: Bounds, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bums, Radio Operator: Murchy, Ball turret gunner: Glassy, Waist gunner: Irvine, Waist gunner: Richards,Tail gunner: Polynack (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Russian territory; SUGAR REPORT.

B-17 #42-3215 / Linda Mary

B-17 #42-3215 / Linda Mary

Delivered Cheyenne 30/3/43; Presque Is 27/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-S] Ridgewell 28/4/43 with Martin Shenk, Bill Grant, Tom Keheley, Moses Hoppenstein, Shirley Goucher, John Sinclair, Mitch LaBuda, George Bardsley, Jim Sloan, Chas Brinton; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Rich Coyle, Co-pilot: John Wierman, Navigator: Bob Hassletine, Bombardier: Bob Baker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alby Seabaugh, Radio Operator: Pete Smith, Ball turret gunner: Dan Mendoza, Waist gunner: John Mueller,Tail gunner: Louis Schultz (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Ray Legg (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Magdeburg area, Ger, Missing Air Crew Report 3000. LINDA MARY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83364

B-17 #44-83364

Delivered Hunter 12/2/45; Grenier 24/2/45; Assigned 8AF 28/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; Sth Plains 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/2/46.

B-17 #42-97318 / Dinah Might

B-17 #42-97318 / Dinah Might

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/44; Gr Island 8/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-S] Polebrook 7/4/44; Missing in Action 47m Brux 12/9/44 with Bob Lopert, Bombardier: Chas Surges (wia), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Goodman, Radio Operator: Alton Dreyer, Ball turret gunner: Jesse Coe, Waist gunner: Albt Sandlin,Tail gunner: Paul Pomeranz (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Darwin Nichols (SS man Karl Loesch got 11 years jail for death of cp, who was shot), Navigator: Fred Dahl (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft left wing exploded, crashed Staaken, Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8898. DINA MITE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97305

B-17 #42-97305

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 22/3/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-L] Polebrook 6/4/44; 508BS [YB-L]; Missing in Action {5m} Metz 24/4/44 with Howard Evans, Co-pilot: Jim Duffy, Navigator: Joe Norton, Bombardier: Bob McFarlane, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Epley, Radio Operator: Vernon Skeen, Ball turret gunner: Merle Diller, Waist gunner: Ron Pope, Waist gunner: Glen Joiner,Tail gunner: Orin Vance (10 Returned to Duty); flak, ditched Channel off Ramsgate, Kent, rescued by UK ASR.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97310

B-17 #42-97310

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Rapid City 4/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 3/5/44; no ops, transferred 333BS/94BG Rougham 7/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 25/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83263 / Ragan’s Raiders

B-17 #44-83263 / Ragan’s Raiders

Delivered Lincoln 17/1/45; Dow Fd 6/2/45; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-J] Bassingbourn 20/2/45; 322BS [LG-J]; {24m plus two POW trips} Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; Sth Plains 5/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. RAGAN’S RAIDERS.