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B-17 #44-6132 / Snicklefritz

B-17 #44-6132 / Snicklefritz

Delivered Tulsa 9/5/44; Hunter 19/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-B] Deenethorpe 8/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97312

B-17 #42-97312

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Rapid City 4/3/44; Dow Fd 15/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 22/4/44; no ops, transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-T] Thurleigh 12/5/44; Missing in Action French A/fds 17/6/44 with Virgil Dingman, Co-pilot: Wilbur Pensinger, Navigator: George Clements,Tail gunner: Bob Starzynski (4 evaded capture); Bombardier: Bob Danknich, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wallace Powers, Radio Operator: John Sheridan, Ball turret gunner: Winston Burroughs, Waist gunner: Bob Simonson (5 Prisoner of War); flak set #3 ablaze, crashed Bacqueville-en-Caux, ten miles SW of Dieppe, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5898.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97303

B-17 #42-97303

elivered Cheyenne 16/2/44; Rapid City 3/3/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 22/4/44; no ops, transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-Q] Thurleigh 7/5/44; Missing in Action Saarbrucken 11/5/44 with Bill Wills, Co-pilot: John Roberts, Navigator: Jim Sharpe, Bombardier: Dick Jindrich, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Caine, Radio Operator: Bob Carlton, Ball turret gunner: Cleo Dark, Waist gunner: Ken Hanson,Tail gunner: Delbert Bishop (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: John Bartron (KIA- chute failed); flak hits on return trip KOd two engines and a rocket took out controls, crrw bailed and aircraft crashed Honskirch, six miles W of Sarre Union, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4557.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39101

B-17 #43-39101

Delivered Lincoln 2/12/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-C] Nuthampstead 4/3/45; RAF Valley 26/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 31/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83262

B-17 #44-83262

Delivered Lincoln 15/1/45; Dow Fd 6/2/45; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 16/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; Sth Plains 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-106993 / Pretty Baby

B-17 #42-106993 / Pretty Baby

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Kearney 22/1/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P/W] Horham 13/3/44; with J. M. Bastion; Co-pilot Frank Puckett Barbour; force landed France 22/6/44; with J.E. Hamilton force landed RAF Bentwaters, Sfk 6/10/44;121m, Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/12/45. PRETTY BABY.

B-17 #42-5847 / Margie Mae

B-17 #42-5847 / Margie Mae

Delivered Long Beach 17/3/43; Pueblo 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 19/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-T] Ridgewell 26/5/43 with Guerdon Humason, Alf Casaly, Leroy Hames, Bill Tsialas, John Ivey, Albt Parker, Joe Kralik, Frank Fabiano, Walt Anderson, Bob Cummings; Missing in Action 1+m Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Theo Moon, Co-pilot: Jim Hamer, Navigator: Steve Pritz, Bombardier: Bernie McNichol, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Ernharth, Radio Operator: Mike Fleming, Ball turret gunner: John Wheeler, Waist gunner: Wilbur Alsheimer, Waist gunner: Paul Mattfield,Tail gunner: Howie Wood (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Maastricht, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 660. MARGIE MAE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39100

B-17 #43-39100

Delivered Hunter 1/12/44; Grenier 13/12/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-J] Rougham 16/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-107154 / Puddles

B-17 #42-107154 / Puddles

Delivered Tulsa 7/3/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Grenier 5/4/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-F] Horham 10/4/44; 412BS [QW-F]; with G.L.Ferguson force landed RAF Woodbridge 16/8/44; with M.R. Scott force landed Framlingham AFB 24/12/44; 109m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 12/11/45. PUDDLES.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30849 / Fart Sack

B-17 #42-30849 / Fart Sack

Delivered Cheyenne 6/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-F] Podington 27/9/43; battle damaged Crossbow V-Sites 1/5/44, with Nicholas Wik, Co-pilot: Leroy Kirkpatrick, Navigator: Ralph Andler, Bombardier: Joaquin Sarasqueta, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Luther Dove, Radio Operator: Wayne Troyer, Ball turret gunner: Bob Wangen, Waist gunner: Bob Wright, Waist gunner: C.W. Huff,Tail gunner: Beauford Hamilton (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Hawkinge, Kent, UK 1/5/44; Salvaged MRU 20/5/44. FART SACK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30638

B-17 #42-30638

Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 9/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; 327BS/92BG [UX-Y/N] Alconbury 30/8/43; Podington 16/9/43; transferred 351BG Polebrook 16/11/43; transferred 486BG Sudbury 12/7/44; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 17/11/43; sal n/battle damaged 29/5/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39097

B-17 #43-39097

Delivered Lincoln 30/11/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 8AF 18/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 17/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/2/46.

B-17 #42-3544 / Stars And Stripes

B-17 #42-3544 / Stars And Stripes

Delivered Denver 27/7/43; Gd Island 12/8/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-B] Gt Ashfield 9/43; battle damaged Bordeaux 6/1/44 with Bill Morris, Co-pilot: Dennis Ziebarth, Navigator: Dick Proctor, Bombardier: Bob Totaro, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Stevens, Waist gunner: Stan Lowitz (8 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Buirnell Hamilton (seriously wounded-but Returned to Duty); crash landed Brook Farm, Badwell Ash, Sfk, UK. Salvaged 7/1/44, STARS AND STRIPES.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3505

B-17 #42-3505

Delivered Hill 14/7/43; Walla Walla 30/7/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 8/9/43; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Bob Maupin, Navigator: Floyd Cochran, Bombardier: Chas Lail, Radio Operator: Jerry Gregory, Ball turret gunner: Jim Riley, Waist gunner: Ray Baldwin,Tail gunner: Bob Mesang (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Zapp, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Donver Leslie, Waist gunner: Darby Bryant (3 Returned to Duty); mech fault, crashed North Sea, 35 miles off Yarmouth, Nfk. Missing Air Crew Report 3153.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3525

B-17 #42-3525

Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Hill 17/8/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-D] Alconbury 8/9/43; was on first trial Oboe II sortie 11/11/43; transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-C] Ridgewell 22/2/44; Missing in Action {1+m} Eschwege 19/4/44 with Leslie Bond, Navigator: Chas Brumback, Bombardier: Gerald Hilton, Radio Operator: Bill Jones, Ball turret gunner: Tony Caserta, Waist gunner: Anthony Darrington,Tail gunner: Bob Batchelder (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Wilbur Mason, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Neal Clyman (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Stubenmuhle, near Frettenrode, ten miles N of Eschwege, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4050.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2475

B-17 #41-2475

Delivered Sacramento 27/12/41; Assigned 7BG Langley 4/1/42; MacDill 7/1/42 and crash landed 20/4/42. Salvaged 7/8/43.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3527

B-17 #42-3527

Delivered Hill 22/7/43; Moses Lake 5/8/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-G] with Oboe Mk I radar Alconbury 11/9/43; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 22/2/44; AFSC 12/2/44; Returned to the USA Grenier 10/6/44; Rome, NY 30/10/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3552 / The Flyin’ Ginny

B-17 #42-3552 / The Flyin’ Ginny

Delivered Denver 29/7/43; Grand Island 10/8/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-L] Snetterton 1/9/43; 338BS [BX-L] Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Claude Farris, Co-pilot: Chas Ray, Navigator: Marcus Waters, Bombardier: Dave Helsabeck, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Siciliano, Radio Operator: Walt Garber, Ball turret gunner: Harry Lindsey, Waist gunner: Elmer Cowen, Waist gunner: Bob Schultz,Tail gunner: Harry Wells (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, nose caught fire, crashed on Leissberg, near Gudesweiler, six miles NW of St Wendel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2379. THE FLYIN’ GINNY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3551 / Shack Bunny

B-17 #42-3551 / Shack Bunny

Delivered Denver 29/7/43; Grand Island 9/8/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-Q/S] Gt Ashfield 10/9/43; Missing in Action Kiel 13/12/43 with Jack Fowles, Co-pilot: Edwin Dunlap, Navigator: Sam Fogel, Bombardier: Loren Childers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Glenn Lawhorn, Ball turret gunner: Elmer Boden, Waist gunner: Chas Parker, Waist gunner: Paul D’Agostino,Tail gunner: Chas Cox (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Ray Conners (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed nt Nottfeld, 12 miles NE of Schleswig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1667. SHACK BUNNY.

B-17 #41-2472

B-17 #41-2472

Delivered McChord 24/12/41; Assigned 7BG Java 15/1/42 with Frederick Key; transferred 28BS/19BG Australia; transferred 30BS/43BG, then 63BS; over 200 missions; Written off 31/8/44. GUINEA PIG.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3556 / Dear Mom

B-17 #42-3556 / Dear Mom

Delivered Denver 30/7/43; Grand Island 10/8/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-L] Snetterton 9/9/43; battle damaged Watten 13/2/44 with Lee Bevers, Co-pilot: Willis Jones, Navigator: John Tellefsen, Bombardier: Mack Long, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Miskel, Radio Operator: Herb Fleming Wounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: Guy Kennedy, Waist gunner: Marvin Smith, Tail gunner: Herb Johnson (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Winston Collier (Killed in Action); crash landed RAF West Malling, Kent, UK. Salvaged. DEAR MOM.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3559

B-17 #42-3559

Delivered Tulsa 30/7/43; Scott 28/9/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-K] Kimbolton 22/11/43; transferred 525BS [FR-K]; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Chas Thomson, Co-pilot: Bill Stumpff, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Cropp, Ball turret gunner: Wally Kershner, Waist gunner: Don Fraser, Tail gunner: Russell Hatch (6 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Albt Scolnick, Bombardier: Clarry Smith, Radio Operator: Bob Kelker, Waist gunner: Larry Major (4 evaded capture); flak, crash landed Ambrieres-Les-Vallees, 25 miles N of Laval, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1333.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3562 / AH-HA-HA

B-17 #42-3562 / AH-HA-HA

Delivered Tulsa 2/8/43; Scott 22/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 10/43; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-N] Ridgewell 21/11/43; Missing in Action 9m Oschersleben 20/2/44 with Kirch Cogswell, Co-pilot: Bill Borrego, Navigator: Bill Meehan, Bombardier: Lorenzo Espinosa, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Leccese, Radio Operator: Frank Urban, Ball turret gunner: Joe Durnin, Waist gunner: John Kangas,Tail gunner: Wilf Miller (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Chas Duncan (Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed Leipzig Knauthain, Ger, Missing Air Crew Report 2929.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3563 / Great Profile

B-17 #42-3563 / Great Profile

Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-N] Ridgewell 10/43; ‘Great Profile’. Missing in Action 1m Bremen 20/12/43 with Bernard Hollenkamp, Ball turret gunner: Elmo Schulz, Waist gunner: Ira Walker, Waist gunner: Homer Hutchens,Tail gunner: Harry Good (5 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: George Jones, Navigator: Herb Clough, Bombardier: Dick Hazelton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Riemann, Radio Operator: George Soell (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Stapelermoor marsh, 12 miles N of Bad Zwischenahn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1721.