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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8994

B-17 #44-8994

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/45; Hunter 4/3/45; Grenier 24/3/45; slated 381BG, transferred 306BG Thurleigh 10/5/45 (last aircraft asgd to grp); 92BG Podington 18/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

B-17 #44-8393

B-17 #44-8393

Delivered Dallas 25/8/44; Hunter 29/9/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 18/10/44; Returned to the USA 15/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38809

B-17 #43-38809

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG Lavenham 19/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30932

B-17 #42-30932

Delivered Dallas 23/8/43; with Larry Rock crash landed Lockbourn 6/12/43; Written off 28/12/43.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8611

B-17 #44-8611

Delivered Lincoln 1/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG Lavenham 2/1/45; taxi accident while parking 21/1/45 with Bob Braeuning; Salvaged 22/1/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39108

B-17 #43-39108

Delivered Lincoln 6/12/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 19/12/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 3/3/45 with Harvey Webb, Harry King, Jerold Wood, Joe Rosen (4 Returned to Duty); Bramlett O’Steen, Wallace Cameron, Charles Clare, Ivan Dodd, Claude Green (5 Prisoner of War) enemy aircraft, crashed Cologne, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12888.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38893 / Patches

B-17 #43-38893 / Patches

Delivered Lincoln 6/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G-R] Lavenham 5/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

B-17 #43-37726

B-17 #43-37726

Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/44; Hunter 26/5/44; Grenier 6/6/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 7/6/44; battle damaged Darmstadt, Ger 24/12/44 with ?; force landed Moelsbroek A/fd, Bel; Salvaged 2/1/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38988 / Paddlefoot

B-17 #43-38988 / Paddlefoot

Delivered Lincoln 29/10/44; Dow Fd 12/11/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 2/1/45; Missing in Action Weimar 9/2/45 with Henry Shepard, Henry Derweller, Sam Herrera, Lloyd Nance, Phil Kulichefsky, Herbert Chase, Bob Baldwin, Sid Singer, Leroy Pusey (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Heringen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12392.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31849

B-17 #42-31849

Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/43; Hobbs 20/1/44; with Arnold Hansen force landed El Paso Aprt, Tx 2/3/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 26/9/44; 3022 BU Indian Springs 9/10/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 22/2/45; 3018 BU Kingman 8/3/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/1/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97336

B-17 #42-97336

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/44; with Ed Danahy force landed Gore Fd, Mt 22/2/44; Gr Island 9/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-A] Podington 10/4/44; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 20/5/45; Returned to the USA Columbus 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/44; Salvaged Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37546 / Rowdy Rebel

B-17 #43-37546 / Rowdy Rebel

Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-X] Podington 3/6/44 RAMBLIN’ REBEL; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with Len Smith, Co-pilot: Chas Wynens, Bombardier: Guy Cobb, Waist gunner: Jesse Stolworthy,Tail gunner: Bill Turner (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Judson Whitman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carroll Tiegland, Radio Operator: Vince Eggert, Ball turret gunner: Ken Burton (4 Prisoner of War); Enemy aircraft, crashed Kannawurf, N of Erfurt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8886 (the report mistakenly identifies this aircraft as 42-37546). ROWDY REBEL.

B-17 #42-97136

B-17 #42-97136

Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/44; Hunter 22/2/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 11/3/44; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-T] Grafton Underwood 12/3/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 27/4/44 with Herb Small, Co-pilot: Roy Morris, Navigator: Jim McGee, Bombardier: John Sewack, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Pirrello, Radio Operator: Marion Parker, Ball turret gunner: John Reynolds, Waist gunner: Dave George, Waist gunner: Russ Ulrich,Tail gunner: Ed Potkay (10 Killed in Action); flak on left wing, caught fire and spun in, crashed Le Pont Durand, two miles S of Rocheville, six miles W of Valognes, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4350.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31574 / Ole George

B-17 #42-31574 / Ole George

Delivered Denver 20/11/43; Great Falls 24/11/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Fort Wayne 25/12/43; Wilmington 27/12/43; Presque Is 29/12/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-G] Molesworth 13/1/44; transferred 327BS/92BG Podington; Missing in Action Merzhausen 24/12/44, with Joe Spencer, Phil Rick, Jim Savage, Don Sheddy, Chas Utz (5 Prisoner of War); Roy Powell, Harland Parks, John Krajic, Chas Garrison (4 Killed in Action); Missing Air Crew Report 11112; OLE GEORGE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3165 / Melancholy Baby

B-17 #42-3165 / Melancholy Baby

Delivered Cheyenne 6/3/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-G/T] Alconbury 23/4/43; 325BS [NV-G]; 407BS [PY-T]; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with Hugh Dougherty, Co-pilot: Vince Gordey, Navigator: Sam Korbelak, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Cox, Ball turret gunner: Henry Davis, Waist gunner: Dave Rood,Tail gunner: Bob Valdez (7KIA-all in wreckage), Bombardier: Paul Marshall, Radio Operator: Ray Barnes, Waist gunner: Ed Iantosca (3 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3, then ship exploded, on railweay track at Mahndoef, SE of Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1385.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3202 / Blondie

B-17 #42-3202 / Blondie

Delivered Cheyenne 19/3/43; Memphis 7/4/43; Assigned 92BG Alconbury 24/4/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Horham 15/5/43; 4m, battle damaged over Kiel 13/6/43 with Harry Conley, Ball turret gunner: Tom McArthurWounded in Action, Waist gunner: Bill Cochran Wounded in Action, rest unknown, (10 Returned to Duty); two engines out, crash landed Rackheath A/fd, Suffolk. BLONDIE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97288 / Flag Ship

B-17 #42-97288 / Flag Ship

Delivered Cheyenne 13/2/44; Rapid City 4/3/44; Gr Island 19/4/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 24/4/44; no ops, transferred 325BS/92BG [NV-U] Podington 7/5/44; Missing in Action Berlin 18/3/45 with Harry Culver, Cornell Christensen, Bill Irntsend, Ray Welsh, Ferdi Lamburt, Edwin Diblacomo, George Stevenson, Ambrose Yarbro {tg}, Jack Schafer (spot jammer} (9INT); flak, force landed Bulltofta, Swed; ret group /45; Missing Air Crew Report 13150. Returned to the USA Bradley 1/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. FLAGSHIP.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97496

B-17 #42-97496

Delivered Denver 2/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 24/12/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-J] Deenethorpe 31/1/44; Missing in Action Marienburg 9/4/44 with G.C. Byrd, Co-pilot: Fred Calfee, Navigator: Wayne Patterson, Bombardier: Chas Vickery, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Delbert Patterson, Radio Operator: Joe Exnowski, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Skelton, Waist gunner: Larry Muscarella, Waist gunner: Wayne Hussy,Tail gunner: Mike Holzman (10INT); enemy aircraft, force landed Bulltofta, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 3942. (left 25/5/45).

B-17 #42-98019 / Mutzie “B”

B-17 #42-98019 / Mutzie “B”

Delivered Dallas 3/5/44; Langley 26/6/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned PFF 838BS/487BG [2C-L] Lavenham 2/8/44; Missing in Action Merzehausen, Ger 24/12/44 with Robert G. Kraker, Braden Souders, Scott Roberts, Charles C. Collett, Jr., William J. McClendon, Gordon P. Thoroman, Robert A. Nash, Hugh B. Robertson, Chester D. Evans, Morris Schmulewitz; 6 RTD/4 KIA; force landed continent. MACR 11238 ; MUTZIE `B’.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8892

B-17 #44-8892

Delivered Hunter 26/1/45; Dow Fd 27/2/45; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-T] Podington 20/3/45; Green Project Salvaged 9AF Germany 26/7/46.

B-17 #41-9175

B-17 #41-9175

Delivered MacDill 29BG 7/5/42; Assigned 340BS/97BG Polebrook /6/42; 92BG Bovingdon /9/42; CCRC /43; Salvaged NBD 6/10/44. (? first B-17 to crash landed ELG Manston, UK 24/8/42 ?).

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97218 / Toonerville Trolley

B-17 #42-97218 / Toonerville Trolley

Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Kearney 23/2/44; Grenier 8/3/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-G] Podington 24/3/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Dick Anthony, Co-pilot: Ray Raney, b/n-Bill Depaoli, n/g-Chas Fields, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Kolber, Radio Operator: Chalmer Wildman, Ball turret gunner: Ed McKenzie, Waist gunner: Bill Hamilton, Waist gunner: Irving Blank,Tail gunner: John Blaylock; (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #3 and #4, radio out; crash landed Bubach, nine miles N of Neunkirchen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4150. TOONERVILLE TROLLEY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97217 / Punkin

B-17 #42-97217 / Punkin

Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Presque Is 6/3/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-L] Podington 23/3/44; returning from mission 8/5/44 with Jack Pearl, Co-pilot: Bob Marcus, Navigator: Fred Grant, Bombardier: Carl Palombo, rest unknown; left formation when all four supercharges ran away near Ostend, limped back to base; battle damaged Ludwigshafen 5/9/44 with Maurice Sample, Co-pilot: Ralph Peters, Navigator: Gene McCready, Bombardier: Tony Kulikowski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Reierson, Radio Operator: Bill Dempsters, Ball turret gunner: Perwin Knutson, Waist gunner: Joe Cullen,Tail gunner: Harry Rueschman (9 Returned to Duty); force landed France. Missing Air Crew Report 4852. PUNKIN.

B-17 #42-97997 / Honorable Patches

B-17 #42-97997 / Honorable Patches

Delivered Dallas 27/4/44; Kearney 2/6/44; Hunter 8/6/44; Kearney 19/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG [2C-J] Lavenham 4/7/44; crash landed UK? 25/11/44, Salvaged.