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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9127

B-17 #41-9127

Delivered Boise 303BG 21/4/42; Presque Is 24/5/42; with Charlie Lee overshot field at Houlton, Me. 26/6/42; repaired but stayed in US; Boise 4/9/42; Rapid City 1/10/42; Smyrna 28/2/43; 2110 BU Lockbourn 6/9/42; 3021 BU Las Vegas 17/10/42; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 5/7/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37756 / Roarin’ Bill

B-17 #42-37756 / Roarin’ Bill

Delivered Denver 17 August 1943. Assigned 95th Bomb Group/335th Bomb Squadron, Horham 6 September 1943. 23 missions. Missing in Action Eschweiler 24 January 1944 with Pilot Charles H. Mowers; Co-pilot: Gerald E. Roderick; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard C. Gebert; Radio Operator: Carlton H. Griffin; Ball turret gunner: Ceber M. Creech; Left Waist gunner: Frank A. Bialas; Right Waist gunner: Andrew Torok; Navigator: David W. O’Boyle; Bombardier: Gerald P. Dechambre; Tail gunner: Charles R. Warren. Hit over target, engine #1 feathered, crashed near Glabais, about 10km SE of Waterloo, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 2259.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97149

B-17 #42-97149

Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Gr Island 23/2/44; Presque Is 13/3/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-X] Polebrook 26/3/44; Missing in Action {13m} Mannheim 27/5/44 with Tedfred Myers, Co-pilot: Clarry Butrum, Navigator: Henry Roszyk, Bombardier: Vernon Naass, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Stanford, Radio Operator: Edwin Draper{Wounded in Action}, Ball turret gunner: Avon Roysden, Waist gunner: Woodrow Blackburn, Waist gunner: Bill Mansmann{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: John Denton (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Baldenheim, six miles SE of Alsace, Fr., 25 miles SW of Strasbourg; Missing Air Crew Report 5327.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38151

B-17 #42-38151

Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-L] Horham 6/2/44; 5m, MIA Augsburg 16/3/44 with Dave Norred, Co-pilot: Harry Olsen, Navigator: Ellsworth Van Fleet, Bombardier: Frank Balestrine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Okula, Radio Operator: Gene Devan, Ball turret gunner: Fred Definis, Waist gunner: Theo Tyrell, Waist gunner: Delmar Treptow, Tail gunner: Lou Balog (10 Prisoner of War), first mission of crew; hit by enemy fighters on target turn, crashed Ohmenbeim,, 12 km south-west of Nördlingen, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 3230.

B-17 #42-97564 / Belle of Berlin

B-17 #42-97564 / Belle of Berlin

Delivered Denver 22/12/43; 1SAG Langley 17/1/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-J] Snetterton (H2X) 4/2/44; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD- ] Thorpe Abbotts 2/44; 5m, Missing in Action Merseburg 20/7/44; flak shell hit wing, did not explode, but pierced gas tanks; ship fell out of formation and hit by fighters and crashed just S of Chaamm, SE of Breda, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 7414. 7 Prisoner of War; 5 evaded capture – the latter eventually came back to base; BELLE OF BERLIN. {On Det Serv from 95thBG, may have carried those markings}

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97471 / Male Call

B-17 #42-97471 / Male Call

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Assigned 457BG [N] Glatton 27/1/44; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-N] Ridgewell 11/3/44; {1m} crash landed base ex-Frankfurt 20/3/44 with Bernard Beckman, Cp-Capt Doug Winter{threw wrong switch – u/c coll}, Navigator: Dave Brophy, Bombardier: George Speer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Dirling, Radio Operator: Abe Levine, Ball turret gunner: Gerald Frain, Waist gunner: Rob Rush. Weg-Bob Luth,Tail gunner: Nick Rossi (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 2 SAD 21/3/44.

B-17 #41-24350 / Dumbo

B-17 #41-24350 / Dumbo

Assigned 352BS/301BG Chelveston 7/42; Tafaraoui 24/11/42; exploded mid air on return from depot 07/01/43 with Wesley Sloulin, Co-pilot: Olsen, Navigator: Fratalli, Bombardier: Crandall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hull, Radio Operator: Most, Ball turret gunner: Clark, Waist gunner: Karl,Tail gunner: Kimmel, plus three crew chiefs: White, Leonard, Greenway (12 Killed in Action); {8m} Missing Air Crew Report 16242. DUMBO.

B-17 #41-9126

B-17 #41-9126

Delivered Boise 303BG 21/4/42; Geiger 29/5/42; Assigned 36BS/28BG Kodiak 11/7/42; Missing in Action Kiska Island 17/7/42 with Jack S. Marks, Harold E. Mitts, John R. Giddens, John F. Cane, Edward P. Dwelis,, Bill V. Diehl, Hubert D. Smith, Theodore A. Alleckson, Robert G. Brown, Consetto J. Castagna; 10 KIA; MACR 15929.

B-17 #41-9124 / Buzz King

B-17 #41-9124 / Buzz King

Delivered Boise and Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK- ] 20/4/42; Lowry 29/5/42; Assigned 98BS/11BG Hawaii 7/6/42; transferred 31BS/5BG; bombed on Henderson Fd by Japanese fighter ‘Washing Machine Charlie’ 23/3/43. Salvaged. BUZZ KING.

B-17 #42-97205

B-17 #42-97205

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Gr Island 22/2/44; Presque Is 12/3/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-L] Horham 14/3/44; battle damaged Merseburg (41m) 28/7/44 with C.Snowden; 10RTD, crash landed base, sal 29/7/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97168

B-17 #42-97168

Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-C] Horham 3/3/44; detailed Achmer 5m 8/4/44 with C.S. McCall, Co-pilot: Bob Broderson, Navigator: Phil Mead, Bombardier: (unknown as new on crew), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Atchue, Radio Operator: Hon Quan Lee, Ball turret gunner: Paul Albert, Waist gunner: Vernon Whalen, Waist gunner: Dan Kinney,Tail gunner: Elmer Connelly, (10 Returned to Duty); o/s RAF Ellough, at Dodd’s Farm, Beccles, Suffolk; Salvaged 12/4/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31446 / Little Pete

B-17 #42-31446 / Little Pete

Delivered Cheyenne 9/11/43; Gt Falls 27/11/43; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 9/12/43; Missing in Action Klagenfurt 19/3/44 with Jennings Marshall, Co-pilot: Chris Kelly*, Navigator: Chas Edmonds*, Bombardier: Jack Thomas*, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Freel, Radio Operator: Yates Rollins, Ball turret gunner: Ed DeBresky, Waist gunner: Coleman Moberly*, Waist gunner: Ben Schmalriede (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Paul Johnson*, [*463BG] (evaded capture); enemy aircraft firing rockets and 20mm cannon, crashed mountains; Missing Air Crew Report 3289. LITTLE PETE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9123

B-17 #41-9123

Delivered 303BG Boise 20/4/42; Wendover 25/5/42; Ephrata 4/6/42; Westover 5/8/42; Sebring 9/9/42; Hendricks, with Bill Nash force landed base 29/5/43; Written off 17/3/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38570

B-17 #43-38570

Delivered Cheyenne 18/8/44; Hunter 25/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-H] Podington 23/9/44; mission to Port Lyautey, Morr 7/6/45; ret 9/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45.

B-17 #43-38517

B-17 #43-38517

Delivered Cheyenne 11/8/44; Hunter 22/8/44; Grenier 8/9/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-T] Podington 23/9/44; Green Project, Salvaged 12/5/45.

B-17 #41-9122 / Eager Beavers

B-17 #41-9122 / Eager Beavers

Delivered Cheyenne ?, Wayne Co Apt, Detroit then to Dorval some five months later for delivery to Britain as [FK198] 303BG Boise 21/4/42; Lowry 21/5/42; Assigned 42BS/11BG Hawaii 9/6/42; used Henderson Fd, Guadalcanal which had Marston Mat runway laid, transferred 26BS/5BG 1/9/452; hit by flak Bougainville near Shortland Harbour 1/2/43 with Capt Frank L. Houx, Co-pilot: Martin Carper, Navigator: George Gammans, Bombardier: Le Verne Hite, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rich Wayne, Radio Operator: Ernie Koch, Waist gunner: Leon Knights, Joe Garvey,Tail gunner: Ernie Sweigert (9KIA officially 11/1/46); Written off 15/6/44. Missing Air Crew Report 46482. EAGER BEAVERS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38505

B-17 #43-38505

Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/44; Kearney 20/8/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 4/10/44; transferred 352BS/301BG Lucera 29/10/44; Missing in Action Linz, Aus 25/2/45 with Ralph Stueve, Burnstein, Reilly, Schueller, Tarini, Riley, Lowry (7 Killed in Action); Varns, Kock, Bernard (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Linz; Missing Air Crew Report 12474.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6473

B-17 #44-6473

Delivered Kearney 17/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-K] Podington 26/9/44; battle damaged Politz 7/10/44 with Bob Williams, crew?; force landed continent, Salvaged 14/11/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6176

B-17 #44-6176

Delivered Tulsa 20/5/44; Hunter 14/6/44; Grenier 23/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 4/7/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 7/8/44 with Dwight Hastings, Co-pilot: Ken Durtschi, Navigator: Jim Shaw, Bombardier: Dominic Siani, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Julius Karp, Radio Operator: Harry Barth, Waist gunner: John Case, Waist gunner: Jim Devlin,Tail gunner: Nicanor Reyes (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Howard Kidney (KIA, shot from ground while in his ‘chute); flak hit #2, crashed Mechnitz; Missing Air Crew Report 7470.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9118

B-17 #41-9118

Delivered Geiger 301BG 18/4/42; Lowry 31/5/42; Assigned 72BS/5BG Hickam 9/6/42; rammed by Zero near New Georgia, Solomon Is. 4/10/42 with David C. Everitt Jr. Co-pilot: Dan Drakulich, Navigator: Robt Rose, Bombardier: John Sears, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Woody, asst eng-Glover Brown, Radio Operator: Ben Navage, g-Floyd Marshall,Tail gunner: Francis Foye (9 Killed in Action); destroyed while returning to base; Missing Air Crew Report 801.

B-17 #42-31588

B-17 #42-31588

Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 7/12/43; Assigned 748BS/457BG [Q] Glatton 26/1/44; battle damaged Lippstade 25/2/44 with Ed Dozier; Co-pilot: , Navigator: , Bombardier: , Flight engineer/top turret gunner: , Radio Operator: Seymour Pliss{died later from his wounds, the first 457th man at Madingley US Cemetery}, Ball turret gunner: , Waist gunner: Dwight Anderson, Waist gunner: ,Tail gunner: Hyman Kalb (9RTD+ro); flak KO’d #3 plus other damage, but limped home to base; Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 23/8/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6451 / Ada Mae

B-17 #44-6451 / Ada Mae

Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 17/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/12/45.

B-17 #42-38103 / Our Boarding House

B-17 #42-38103 / Our Boarding House

Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Gr Island 29/12/43; Presque Is 25/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 26/1/44; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 11/3/44; battle damage over Oberpfaffenhofen on 44th mission 9/4/45 with Mack Hughes, crash landed RAF Lympne, Kent and sal. OUR BOARDING HOUSE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9084

B-17 #41-9084

Delivered Boise 303BG 7/4/42; Geiger 28/5/42; Assigned 11AF Bronze 5/6/42;