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B-17 #42-97807 / Little Butch III

B-17 #42-97807 / Little Butch III

Delivered Denver 3/3/44; Gr Island 11/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-O] Framlingham 4/5/55; transferred 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45. LITTLE BUTCH III.

B-17 #44-6405 / Big Yank

B-17 #44-6405 / Big Yank

Delivered Kearney 27/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 17/8/44; used for Air Sea Rescue at Pisa; Returned to the USA Sth Plains 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45. BIG YANK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6395

B-17 #44-6395

Delivered Kearney 25/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 16/8/44; crash landed base with Wilbur Tebo 278/12/44; {62m} Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; Independence 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 7/2/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97765

B-17 #42-97765

Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; 1SAG Langley 15/3/44; Dow Fd 24/5/44; Assigned (H2X) 482BG Alconbury 27/5/44; 350BS/100BG [LN-S] Thorpe Abbotts 20/5/45; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 29/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97711

B-17 #42-97711

Delivered Denver 3/2/44; 1SAG Langley 11/4/44; Morrison 30/4/44; Assigned 2BG (PFF) Amendola 2/5/44; transferred 772BS/463BG Celone 5/44; Salvaged 11/5/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97710

B-17 #42-97710

Delivered Denver 3/2/44; 1SAG Langley 21/3/44; Assigned (H2X) 482BG Alconbury 8/5/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6411

B-17 #44-6411

Delivered Hunter 31/7/44; Dow Fd 14/8/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 27/8/44; in base taxi accident with Banks Campbell 22/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; Sth Plains 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45.

B-17 #44-6035

B-17 #44-6035

Delivered Tulsa 11/4/44; 488BG MacDill 23/4/44; with Arthur Moulton crashed 325 BU Avon Park 13/9/44; Written off 14/9/44; Recl Comp 26/10/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97708

B-17 #42-97708

Delivered Denver 3/2/44; 1SAG Langley 1/3/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned (H2X) 482BG Alconbury 3/5/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 29/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97709

B-17 #42-97709

Delivered Denver 3/2/44; 1SAG Langley 1/3/44; Dow Fd 24/4/44; Assigned (H2X) 482BG Alconbury 25/5/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6281

B-17 #44-6281

Delivered Kearney 22/6/44; Presque Is 6/7/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 12/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; Independence 27/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97721

B-17 #42-97721

Delivered Denver 5/2/44; 1SAG Langley 1/4/44; Salina, Ks 11/4/44; 233 BU Davis Monthan 25/6/44; 204 BU Smoky Hill 1/7/44; 420 BU March 29/9/44; 3539 BU Langley 3/1044; 4117 BU Robins 26/7/45; 3539 BU Langley 1/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97722

B-17 #42-97722

Delivered Denver 5/2/44; 1SAG Langley 15/3/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 7/5/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

B-17 #44-83504

B-17 #44-83504

Delivered Hunter 20/3/45; Grenier 28/3/45; Assigned 8AF 6/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/5/45; Sth Plains 31/5/45; 4105 BU Davis Monthan 1/7/46; Recl Comp 3/8/49.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6439

B-17 #44-6439

Delivered Hunter 5/8/44; Dow Fd 14/8/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 28/8/44; Salvaged 2/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37865

B-17 #43-37865

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/44; Hunter 9/6/44; Dow Fd 30/6/44. Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-P] Thorpe Abbotts 10/7/44. Missing in Action on the mission to Saint-Sylvain (Calvados) 8 August 1944. Pilot : John P. Keys; Co-pilot: Elvin W. Samuelson; Navigator: Patrick H. Lollis; Bombardier: Elton Dickens; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry D. Park; Radio Operator: Frank O. Thomas; Ball turret gunner: Peter P. Martin; Tail gunner: Donald V. Rieger (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Gilbert A. Borba (Prisoner of War). 1½ minute before bombs away, at an altitude of about 11,000 feet, a Flak burst put out engine 2, and another one cut off the tail assembly. The plane nosed down out of formation and exploded near the ground. Pieces of it were strewn over many places near Périgny, NE of Vire, France. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 8073.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8542

B-17 #44-8542

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/44; Hunter 19/11/44; Dow Fd 4/1/45; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 6/1/45; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-V] Thorpe Abbotts 8/1/45; in taxi accident at Rougham with Frank Halm 1/3/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/10/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30670

B-17 #42-30670

Delivered Cheyenne 9/7/43; Orlando 11/7/43; Geiger 28/7/43; 383BG Pendleton 29/8/43; 393BG Geiger 27/11/43; 224 BU Sioux City 14/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 19/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30570

B-17 #42-30570

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/43; Assigned 333BG Dalhart 3/7/43; with Larry Kerr crash landed base 8/7/43; Tinker 11/7/43; Dalhart 18/7/43; 232 BU Dalhart 9/6/44; 4200 BU Chicago Mun 2/9/44; 232 BU Dalhart 15/9/43; 610 BU Eglin 27/10/44; 232 BU Dalhart 6/11/44; 4108 BU Newark 11/11/44; 245 BU McCook 22/12/44; 237 BU Kirtland 7/3/45; with Paul Condra force landed four miles S of Fayetteville, NC 9/5/45; 4136 BU Tinker 15/5/45; Recl Comp 19/6/45.

B-17 #42-3555 / Tiger Girl

B-17 #42-3555 / Tiger Girl

Delivered Denver 30/7/43; Grand Island 10/8/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 9/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with George Branham, Co-pilot: Capt Jerome Davidson, Bombardier: Ernie Shero, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Dvorak, Radio Operator: Frank Grande, Ball turret gunner: Terry Maloy, Waist gunner: Palvin Luken, Waist gunner: Bill Riley,Tail gunner: Chas Keiser (9 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Gudgel (Prisoner of War), flak, crashed Stickgras, E of Delmenhorst, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3116. TIGER GIRL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102643

B-17 #42-102643

Delivered Cheyenne 22/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Grenier 24/4/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-C] Podington 7/5/44; Missing in Action Noball site 8/7/44 with Myron Sabin, Radio Operator: Fred Moyer, Waist gunner: Kermit Cooksey,Tail gunner: Jim Darden (4 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Joe Markello, Navigator: Jim Dooner, Bombardier: Don Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Nelson, Ball turret gunner: Larry Ruckreigle (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Le Cimetiere, St Saire, NE of Rouen, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 7356.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3513

B-17 #42-3513

Delivered Denver 19/7/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-T] Podington 2/9/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Russell Munson, Co-pilot: Bill Lalley, Navigator: Aram Margosian, Bombardier: Webb Clarke, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Willard Blomberg, Radio Operator: Everett Wehling, Ball turret gunner: Gene Glisynski, Waist gunner: Howard Brannen, Waist gunner: Chas Gholson,Tail gunner: Dominic Vale (10 Prisoner of War); flak caused engine failure, crashed Nieuw-Millingen, seven miles W of Apeldoorn, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 4260.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6447

B-17 #44-6447

Delivered Kearney 8/8/44; Dow Fd 15/8/44; Assigned 486BG Sudbury, UK 16/8/44, but transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola, It 28/8/44; Salvaged 25/7/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8450

B-17 #44-8450

Delivered Dallas 18/9/44; Hunter 10/10/44; Grenier 25/10/44; Assigned PFF 322BS/92BG [NV-M] Podington 20/11/44; battle damaged Cologne 10/1/45 with Bob Hirsch, (1 KIA?); force landed Belgium, Salvaged 21/1/45.