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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2585

41-2585

Delivered Barksdale 21/2/42; Cheyenne 16/5/42; Boise 21/6/42; Eglin 10/8/42; Assigned 411BS/29BG Gowen force landed base with Dick Underwood 23/10/42; Oklahoma City 5/12/42; Pueblo 5/1/43; Lockbourn 11/3/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/9/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2591

41-2591

Delivered Pendleton; Tucson 12/5/42; Alamogordo 19/6/42; force landed base with K.R. Mitchell 29/6/42; repaired & Biggs 7/11/42; Boise 9/1/43; Lockbourne 24/2/43; force landed base with Chas Harris 13/7/43; force landed Atlanta Apt with J.W. Schonlau 9/8/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3223 / Red Hot Riding Hood

42-3223 / Red Hot Riding Hood

Delivered Cheyenne 14/4/43; Dow Fd 23/5/4 Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-R] Ridgewell 2/6/43 with Chas Hedin, Rudi Duncan, Frank Cappel, Dick Hanna, Bob Potts, Vivian Thomas, Stewart McDonald, Cliff Marhefke, Arnold Lorick; en route Amiens 14/7/43 caught fire and blew up over Rattlesden a/fd, Sfk with Chas Hedin, Co-pilot: Bill Burroughs, Ball turret gunner: Stewart McDonald, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vivian Thomas, Waist gunner: Ed De Cosmo, Waist gunner: Cliff Marhefke (6 Killed in Action), Bombardier: Frank Kappel, Navigator: Don Hamm, Radio Operator: Bob Potts 3wia,Tail gunner: Rich Hanna (4 Returned to Duty). Salvaged. RED HOT RIDING HOOD.

B-17 #42-29832 / Our Mom aka Spirit Of A Nation

42-29832 / Our Mom aka Spirit Of A Nation

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-H] Chelveston 18/5/43 SPIRIT OF A NATION; transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-H] Ridgewell 22/8/8/43; AFSC 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 16/6/44; Memphis 13/7/44; Tinker 14/9/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge Fd 23/11/44. OUR MOM.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8920

44-8920

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Grenier 26/3/45; Assigned 8AF 28/3/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2624

41-2624

Delivered Ogden 1/3/42; Cheyenne 27/3/42; Lowry 13/5/42; slated for RAF but crashed 10 miles NW of Wendover, UT 15/5/42, lost control in a snowstorm; crew bailed and all found except pilot Lt Jim Payne.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2623

41-2623

Delivered Ogden 1/3/42; Cheyenne 25/3/42; Wayne Co. 17/4/42; RCAF Dorval 24/4/42; Gander-Prestwick 10/5/42 with Walter Edser to RAF [FK196]; 220 Sq (ZZ-C) Ballykelly and Aldergrove, N.I. 13/7/42; 1 OTU Thornaby, Yorks 30/8/43; not used for anti-sub ops but served as as trainer with 1674 HCU Aldergrove, N.I. 26/10/43; 519 Sq Wick, Scot.; 251 Sq (AD-E) Reykjavik, Iceland 1/4/45. Struck Off Charge 21/6/47.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2613 / Lucky 13

41-2613 / Lucky 13

Delivered Ogden 22/2/42; Cheyenne 29/5/42; slated RAF but transferred 72BS/5BG Hawaii 3/6/42; Missing in Action ditched off San Isabel 13/4/43 with Mario Sesso. Written off 31/10/44. LUCKY 13.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8921

44-8921

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Grenier 23/3/45; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 26/3/45; 7BS; crash landed three miles S of Steeple Morden, UK with Stan Hicks 21/5/45; Returned to the USA Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/12/45.

B-17 #43-38216 / Tempest Turner

43-38216 / Tempest Turner

Delivered Cheyenne 8 July 1944; Kearney 18 July 1944; Dow Field 3 August 1944. Assigned 862BS/493BG Debach 4 August 1944. Flown by the Richard B. Lewis crew. Transferred 18BS/34BG Mendlesham 1945. Returned to the USA Bradley 26 June 1945. 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28 June 1945. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman, Arizona, 24 November 1945.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31097 / Mission Belle

42-31097 / Mission Belle

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gt Falls 12/10/43; Scott 18/11/43; assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 19/11/43; transferred 535BS/381BG Ridgewell 21/11/43; Missing in Action (1st mission for this aircraft) Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Pilot Harland V. Sunde (KIA – body recovered 12/6/44); Ball turret gunner: Doyle C. Mc Cutchen (KIA; body recovered from river 30/5/44); Tail gunner: John F. Healey (KIA). Co-pilot: James W. Sweaney; Navigator: Roger G.Christensen; Bombardier: O.D. Tully; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: William P. England; Radio Operator: Claudio Carano; Right Waist gunner: Charles J. Culver; Left Waist gunner Carlton A. Josephson (those 7 Prisoner of War). Missing Air Crew Report 1661.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29789 / Big Time Operator

42-29789 / Big Time Operator

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/43; Salina 8/3/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 19/5/43; Presque Is 21/5/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-O] Ridgewell Stone, Joe Mello, Bill Grayson; Missing in Action 4m Romilly 3/9/43 with Ben Zum, Navigator: John WillisWounded in Action, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Italiano, Waist gunner: Frank Crocittio, Waist gunner: Chas Bang,Tail gunner: Ferdinand Christofero (5 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Chas Hoover, Radio Operator: Edwin Myers, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Terry (3 evaded capture), Bombardier: Luther Clark (KIA-chute failed); shot down by enemy aircraft crashed Provine, 18 miles W of Romilly, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 473. BIG TIME OPERATOR.25/5/43 with Marvin Lord, George Darrow, Frank Shimek, Tom Hester, Fred Berg, Tom Campbell, Chas Fry, Ken

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5252

42-5252

Delivered Denver 26/10/42; West Palm Beach 4/12/42; Orlando 31/1/43; Eglin 5/3/43; to Brooksville with Bill Rayburn force landed Morris Fd 4/8/43; 3030 BU Roswell 29/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 2/12/44; 273 BU Lincoln 15/1/45; 3010 BU Williams 24/1/45; 3020 BU La Junta 4/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 31/7/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29865

42-29865

Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/43; Pueblo 28/3/43; Presque Is 7/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-X] Polebrook 16/4/43; with Major Keith Birlem, Co-pilot: Harry Bartholomew, Co-pilot: Henry Summers, Navigator: Clarry Yunt, Bombardier: Courtland Young, Radio Operator: Tom Broderick, ae-Oscar Tipton, aro-Walt Lappage, Waist gunner: Bob Brooke,Tail gunner: Paul Fennell (10 Killed in Service); mid-air coll with 42-29491 (351st) on training op 7/5/43, wreckage crashed near base.. Salvaged.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29491

42-29491

Delivered Great Falls 23/12/42; Denver 27/2/43; Pueblo 18/3/43; Presque Is 10/4/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG Polebrook 18/4/43; with Capt Roy Snipes, Co-pilot: George Cotherman, Bombardier: Rupert Torrey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Wellnitz, Radio Operator: Irving Berger, ae-Ed Cihlar, aro-Harry Kelley, Waist gunner: Chas Chadbourne, pass-Carl Jorgensen (10 Killed in Service); mid air coll on practice op with 42-29865, wreckage crashed near base. Salvaged.

B-17 #42-30765 / Chug-a-lug aka Nip & Tuck

42-30765 / Chug-a-lug aka Nip & Tuck

Delivered Cheyenne 25/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-U] Ridgewell 20/9/43; 9m on training mission 29/12/43 with Bill Ridley, Co-pilot: George Hoffman, Navigator: Eugene Arning, Navigator: Carl Dittus, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Davis, Radio Operator: Jim Stuart (6 Returned to Duty); in very poor visibility clipped some trees and force landed Rodmead Farm, Maiden Bradley, near Warminster, Wilts., UK; Salvaged n/battle damaged 2/1/44. CHUG-A-LUG IV.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2615

41-2615

Delivered Ogden 22/2/42; Cheyenne 26/3/42; Wayne Co. 11/4/42; RCAF Dorval 14/4/42; Gander-Prestwick 16/5/43 with Bill Vanderkloot, last to be ferried to GB for RAF [FK192] not fitted with ASV or LRASV; A&AEE Boscombe Down, Wilts. High Altitude Flight, for meteorological research 11/6/43; Struck Off Charge 18/9/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2612

41-2612

Delivered Ogden 22/2/42; Lowry 4/5/42; slated RAF but transferred 72BS/5BG 26/5/42; Written off 15/6/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5758

42-5758

Delivered Cheyenne 23/12/42; Gt Falls 14/1/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; with Dan Williams in taxi accident Rapid City 5/5/43; Rapid City 19/5/43; Harvard 21/9/43; Galveston 17/2/44; Returned to the USA 6/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

B-17 #42-97975

42-97975

Delivered Dallas 20/4/44; Langley 11/6/44; Dow Fd 2/7/44; Assigned (H2X) 401BG Deenethorpe 4/7/44; transferred 602BS/398BG [K8-U/P] Nuthampstead 22/7/44; 601BS [3O-P], 603BG [N7-P]; reported Missing in Action after mission 21/11/44 with Scott & Templeman but abandoned on continent; re-ass group 24/11/44 but converted to HQ aircraft at 2 AD Abbotts Ripton (Alconbury); transferred 306BG Thurleigh 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.