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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37882 / Happy-Go-Lucky

B-17 #43-37882 / Happy-Go-Lucky

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Kearney 16/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-U] Thorpe Abbotts 29/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Fred Reed, Ed Hesse, John Carmichael (?), Edmund Rohde, Ed Ankli, Bob Bennett, Bob Jackson, Joe Burghardt (8 Killed in Action); Roy Lomanno (Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #1 & #2, the wing caught fire and spun down near Spandau, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9509. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY

B-17 #42-102626 / The Worry Bird aka Ol’ Faithful

B-17 #42-102626 / The Worry Bird aka Ol’ Faithful

Delivered Cheyenne 19/3/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Grenier 26/4/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 3/5/44 THE WORRY BIRD; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45. (battle damaged Bischofsheim, Ger 13/1/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 12/3/45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. OL’ FAITHFUL.)

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6414 / My Gal Sal

B-17 #44-6414 / My Gal Sal

Delivered Hunter 31/7/44; Dow Fd 14/8/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 25/8/44; force landed Acoma 25/12/44 with Jim Rickman, Co-pilot: Ed Gates, Navigator: Isaac Bowman, Bombardier: Harry Lindaberry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilbur Bennett, Radio Operator: Bill Forehand, Ball turret gunner: Ben Prostic, Waist gunner: Tom Bryant,Tail gunner: Tom Benedick (9 Returned to Duty); {51m} Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; Sth Plains 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. MY GAL SAL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37881

B-17 #43-37881

Damaged by taxying aircraft at Wright Fd, OH 12/8/44;

B-17 #43-37872

B-17 #43-37872

Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/44; Kearney 9/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 29/6/44; transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-S] Podington 10/7/44; battle damaged Kyllburg 8/1/45 with Gene Wheeler; crash landed Rheims, crew bailed; Salvaged 21/1/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37856 / Lady V

B-17 #43-37856 / Lady V

Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/44; Hunter 7/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 28/6/44; transferred 833BS/486BG [4N-K] Sudbury 29/6/44; then 834BS [2S-R]; {80m} flak damage Oranienburg 20/4/45 with ?; force landed Venlo afd, Holland, Salvaged. LADY V.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6416

B-17 #44-6416

Delivered Hunter 31/7/44; Dow Fd 9/8/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 15/8/44; two engines out, emergency landing at Iesi Fd with F. Marsh; tire came off and aircraft crashed into 6ft ditch, causing severe damage; Salvaged.

B-17 #42-30424 / The Sky Hag

B-17 #42-30424 / The Sky Hag

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; Rapid City 18/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Gr Isle 29/6/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG Oudna 12/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Missing in Action {31m} Innsbruck 15/12/43; Salvaged. THE SKY HAG.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97090 / Who Done It?

B-17 #42-97090 / Who Done It?

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/44; Alexandra 18/2/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-D] Thorpe Abbotts 12/3/44, on return from Bohlen 29/6/44 with Harry Tiart, Co-pilot: George Clark, Navigator: Maxim Darasth, Bombardier: Bob Braithwaite, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Orville Hardy{relative to Oliver?}, Radio Operator: Wilbur Weweler, Ball turret gunner: Bob Miller, Waist gunner: Earl Ingleston, Waist gunner: Darl Borcherdt,Tail gunner: Paul Vrabec (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Framlingham A/fd when brakes failed and hit pyro store 29/6/44; Salvaged 10/7/44. WHO DONE IT?

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38076 / Aces and Eights

B-17 #43-38076 / Aces and Eights

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/44; Hunter 21/7/44; Grenier 29/7/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-S]Thorpe Abbotts 2/8/44; Missing in Action Saarbrucken 11/9/44 with Harry Taylor, Co-pilot: Joe Kitto, Navigator: Martin Neilson, Bombardier: Horace Teague, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rex Runyan, Radio Operator: Fred Nichols, Ball turret gunner: Perry Olson,Tail gunner: Bill Ebbert (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Harry Everhart{Wounded in Action} (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit gas tanks, crashed Oberwiesenthal, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8816. ACES & EIGHTS.

B-17 #43-38485

B-17 #43-38485

Delivered Cheyenne 8/8/44; Lincoln 19/8/44; Grenier 8/9/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 24/9/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38073 / That’s All Brother

B-17 #43-38073 / That’s All Brother

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-L] Thorpe Abbotts 27/7/44; battle damaged Zeitz 30/11/44 with ? Kemp; force landed Cambrai A/fd, Fr; Salvaged 14/2/45. THAT’S ALL BROTHER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38047 / Innocent Bystander

B-17 #43-38047 / Innocent Bystander

Delivered Cheyenne 20/6/44; Hunter 16/7/44; Dow Fd 26/7/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-O] Thorpe Abbotts 2/8/44; Missing in Action Bohlen 11/9/44 with Joe Raine, Navigator: Howard Kalbach, Bombardier: Phil Pitts, Radio Operator: Vince Linguanti, Ball turret gunner: Elmer Farnsworth (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Lew Wallace, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Jorgensen{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Ed Weinstein,Tail gunner: John Meacham (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit ship which exploded and crashed Tellerhauser, near Gottesgab, Ger (now Czech Republic). Missing Air Crew Report 8815. INNOCENT BYSTANDER.

B-17 #43-39457

B-17 #43-39457

Delivered Topeka 29/3/45; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 3/45; RetUS, transferred as SB-17G, 10 ERS Alaska 1949.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38484

B-17 #43-38484

Delivered Cheyenne 8/8/44; Hunter 18/8/44; Dow Fd 1/9/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 7/10/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 17/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 19/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38043

B-17 #43-38043

Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Grenier 15/7/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-T]; Thorpe Abbotts 17/7/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 11/9/44 with Howard Schulte, Ball turret gunner: George Berg, Waist gunner: Walt Budziszewski (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Dick Kiern, Navigator: Jerome Hutcheson, Bombardier: Ken Summers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Harre, Radio Operator: Lester Swink,Tail gunner: Otto Reichl (6 Prisoner of War); hit by 20 mm shell then by flak, crashed Machern, E of Leipzig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8814.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38011 / The Reluctant Dragon

B-17 #43-38011 / The Reluctant Dragon

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 8/7/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 12/7/44; transferred 350BS [LN-O] ; battle damaged Merseburg 30/11/44 with ?; Salvaged 1/12/44. THE RELUCTANT DRAGON.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38965 / Oh Kay

B-17 #43-38965 / Oh Kay

Delivered Hunter 23/10/44; Dow Fd 31/10/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-Q] Thorpe Abbotts 2/11/44; transferred 560BS/388BG Knettishall 3/11/44; ct fire en route Nurnberg 21/2/45 with ?; crash landed Belgium; 9RTD; Salvaged 5/3/45. OH KAY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38483

B-17 #43-38483

Delivered Cheyenne 8/8/44; Lincoln 18/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned 301BG Lucera 17/9/44; {0m} transferred 96BS/2BG Amendola 7/10/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 19/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

B-17 #43-39119

B-17 #43-39119

Delivered Wright Fd 8/12/44 for rocket launching tests, to combat Nazi V-1s; Romulus 12/12/44; ATS Wright 15/12/44; 4119 BU Brookley 29/1/45; 610 BU Eglin 22/2/45; 4000 BU Wright 22/4/45; SPW Wendover 4/8/45; 4000 BU Wright 7/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/11/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38975 / Baby Doris aka Roy’s Boys

B-17 #43-38975 / Baby Doris aka Roy’s Boys

Delivered Hunter 26/10/44; Dow Fd 9/11/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Z] Thorpe Abbotts 10/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 29/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45. BABY DORIS aka ROY’S BOYS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39166 / Yo Yo Buddy aka Silver Dollar Junior

B-17 #43-39166 / Yo Yo Buddy aka Silver Dollar Junior

Delivered Lincoln 23/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-R] Thorpe Abbotts 7/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45. (npo) SILVER DOLLAR JUNIOR aka YO YO BUDDY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6415

B-17 #44-6415

Delivered Hunter 28/7/44; Dow Fd 9/8/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 18/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/7/45; Independence 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39424

B-17 #43-39424

Delivered Hunter 12/3/45; Grenier 25/3/45; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-B] Thorpe Abbotts 11/4/45; took part in Operation Chowhound 1-5/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45. (npo) THE SUPER GOOSE.