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B-17 #44-8008

B-17 #44-8008

Delivered Dallas 12/5/44; Langley 26/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 385BG [—Q] Gt Ashfield 10/7/44; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-Y] Grafton Underwood 13/8/44; Missing in Action Plauen 19/3/45 with Bill Kramer, Emmett Culhane, Chas Fell, Walt Robitzki, Dwight Scrivner, Bill Brooks, Jack Pheiffer, Francis Lukosavich, Keith Krauss (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Ostend, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 13366.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6924

B-17 #44-6924

Delivered Lincoln 20/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 836BS/487BG Lavenham 8/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/7/45; Independence 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8715

B-17 #44-8715

Delivered Cheyenne 4/12/44; Hunter 16/12/44; Grenier 6/1/45; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-O] Podington 3/2/45; 398BG Nuthampstead 7/5/45; no ops, transferred 306BG Thurleigh 25/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 30/10/46.

B-17 #41-2426

B-17 #41-2426

Delivered with John Dougherty Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 16-Nov-41; Assigned 43BS/11BG; Missing in Action on recon. flight over Northern Solomon Is. with Major Marion N. Pharr (Sq CO), Co-pilot: Bob Pate, Navigator: Tom Waren, Bombardier: Rich Lehr, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cecil Rogers, James Winey, Ray Nebbach, Sam McKee, Edwin Decker. (9KIA?), 7/8/42 [aircraft No.42]. Failed to return.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-107101

B-17 #42-107101

Delivered Tulsa 21/2/44; Hunter 1/3/44; Homestead 6/3/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 15/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 21/7/44 with Jim Wagner, Co-pilot: David Robins, Bombardier: Herbert Johnson, Navigator: Jim Shea, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Lutterbach, Radio Operator: John Wick, Ball turret gunner: Willis Mehl, Waist gunner: John Black,Tail gunner: Willard Long (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Nick Gross (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, #3 engine on fire, three chutes seen, crashed Reindlmühl, Austria; Missing Air Crew Report 6684.

B-17 #44-8702 / Forever Amber

B-17 #44-8702 / Forever Amber

Delivered Lincoln 2/12/44; Dow Field 16/12/44; Assigned 837BS/487BG Lavenham 20/2/45; 836BS [2G-S]; 838BS [2C-S]; Missing in Action Briest 10/4/45 with Max Hauenstein (evaded capture); Eduardo DeLachica (Killed in Action); Joel Jolet, Bill Fitzsimons, Ernie Lewis, Oliver Poindexter, Guy Marinello, Laverne “Doug” Walker, Merle Goss (7 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Burg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13884. FOREVER AMBER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2425

B-17 #41-2425

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 26-Nov-41; Assigned 6AF Panama 30-Dec-41; Guatemala 15-Apr-42; Puerto Rico 31-Jul-42; Guatemala 10-Sep-42; Panama 23-Nov-42; Returned to the USA (RETUS) Tinker, OK 22-Jul-44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque, NM 2-Aug-45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30185 / Wee Bonnie

B-17 #42-30185 / Wee Bonnie

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-H] Horham 15/6/43; 10m, severe battle damaged Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Don Eastling, rest unknown; Salvaged 24/8/43. WEE BONNIE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30286 / Spook IV

B-17 #42-30286 / Spook IV

Delivered Cheyenne 17/5/43; Gore 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-M] Horham 15/6/43; 2m, Missing in Action St Nazaire 28/6/43 with Bob Bender, Co-pilot: Don Merten, Navigator: Jacob Baer, Bombardier: Bill Isaacs, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Bryan, Radio Operator: Harold Van Arsdale, Ball turret gunner: Earl Bennett, Waist gunner: L.H. Glick, Waist gunner: D.A. Bowen,Tail gunner: R.J. Dougherty, obs-Capt W.C. Berryman (11 Returned to Duty); ran out of gas, ditched Channel, all rescued by ASR. No MACR. SPOOK IV.

B-17 #42-3061 / Dixie Lee aka Belle of Baltimore II aka Skunkface II

B-17 #42-3061 / Dixie Lee aka Belle of Baltimore II aka Skunkface II

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Mitchell 13/4/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-J] Alconbury 17/5/43 4m; transferred 525BS/379BG [FO-L] Kimbolton 28/6/43; 91BG Bassingbourn 20/1/44; 306BG Thurleigh 2/5/44; 92BG Podington 6/11/44; 305BG Chelveston 16/2/45; 384BG Grafton Underwood 18/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 17/9/45. 1AD radio relay ship. SKUNKFACE II.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2424

B-17 #41-2424

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 1-Dec-41; Assigned 19BG Hawaii 27-Dec-41; (shot down, date unknown ?) Guatemala 15-Apr-42; Returned to the USA (RETUS) Tinker, OK 25-Jun-42, Reconstruction Finance Corporation(RFC) (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus, OK 20-Aug-45. Never served in the UK

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-3159

B-17 #42-3159

Delivered Denver 3/3/43; Assigned 94BG 27/5/43; Morrison 2/7/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Massicault 25/8/43; {1m} transferred 32BS/301BG Oudna 14/11/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {13m} to depot 4/6/44; Salvaged 6/9/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-107077 / Shoo Shoo Baby

B-17 #42-107077 / Shoo Shoo Baby

Delivered Denver 14/2/44; Gr Island 3/3/44; Grenier 23/3/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-D] Polebrook 7/4/44; Missing in Action 32m Augsburg 19/7/44 with Richard Chapman, Navigator: Lewis Page, tog-Ken Graham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Russell, Radio Operator: Albert Binsfield (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bill Arther, Ball turret gunner: Jim Laverty, Waist gunner: Harry Hoff,Tail gunner: Oscar Kemp (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ober-Gunzberg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7556. SHOO SHOO BABY.

B-17 #43-37999 / Lecherous Lou

B-17 #43-37999 / Lecherous Lou

Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 25/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned 837BS/487BG [4F-M] Lavenham 14/7/44; battle damaged Brandenburg 10/4/45 with ?; force landed continent, Salvaged.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2423

B-17 #41-2423

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD)28-Nov-41; March Field CA 18-Dec-41; Assigned 7BG but used on Project X MacDill/Bakers Field, FL 25-Dec-41; with Rich Craig crashed Clewiston, FL 5-Jan-42. Salvaged. Never served in the UK

B-17 #44-6307 / Blonde Bomber

B-17 #44-6307 / Blonde Bomber

Delivered Kearney 29/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned 837BS/487BG [4F-K] Lavenham 14/7/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 25/11/44 with Craig Shields, Bob Meier, Dennis Carey, Jim Peyton, Max Alkire, Jim Brooks, Virgil Drake, John Marthaler, Cliff Pflieger (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Stromberg an der Sieg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10757. BLONDE BOMBER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37911

B-17 #43-37911

Delivered Cheyenne 3/6/44; Kearney 13/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG Lavenham 29/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2422

B-17 #41-2422

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 24-Nov-41; Assigned 3BS/6BG 27-Feb-42; Guatemala 15-May-42; South American Air Depot (SAAD) 25-Jul-42; Guatemala 19-Aug-42; Howard Fd, Canal Zone Jan-43; crash landed David Field, Panama with Neal Peterson, Co-pilot: George Wajagich, Navigator: John Reep, Bombardier: Art Adler, plus Francis Dawson, Chas Greene, Elbert Ball, Warren Harding, John Saul, John Vukus, Bob Merchant, Harry Bullard (12 Returned to Duty) 14-Jul-43; Written off 5-Aug-43. Never served in the UK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39234

B-17 #43-39234

Delivered Hunter 12/1/45; Grenier 3/2/45; Assigned 838BS/487BG Lavenham 3/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 20/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37850 / Umbriago

B-17 #43-37850 / Umbriago

Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/44; Kearney 8/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-G] Polebrook 21/7/44; Missing in Action {25m} Ruhland 12/9/44 with Jim Brown, Navigator: Ernie Ornett, Bombardier: John Rasko, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Webster (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Andy Hess, Radio Operator: Lou Katko, Ball turret gunner: Ralph DeDomenico, Waist gunner: Leon Cinq-Mars,Tail gunner: Bill Wilmut (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Werneuchen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8894. UMBRIAGO.

B-17 #42-97061 / General Ike

B-17 #42-97061 / General Ike

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Grenier 23/2/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [J] Glatton 13/3/44; transferred 323BS/91BG [OR-U] Bassingbourn 16/3/44; to 401BS [LL-B]; received battle damage on several occasions but always returned to base; Returned to the USA Bradley Fd 13/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45. GENERAL IKE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2421 / G.I. Issue

B-17 #41-2421 / G.I. Issue

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 26-Nov-41; Assigned 14BS/7BG Hawaii but transferred 40BS then 435BS/19BG Australia; overshot and burnt out Horn Island 16-Jul-42 with Maj Clarry McPherson, Co-pilot: Lucius Penick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: M/Sgt Louis “Soup” Silva, passengers- Chas Baxter, Rich Purcell, John Stevenson, Marvin Bond, , Walter Schofield, Chester Appel (possibly Lt Ed Budz, Houston Rice, Jim Houchins) plus 3 others (15 Killed in Service); Written off 31-Oct-44 and used for components elsewhere. Post war all crew taken home for burial. G.I. ISSUE. Never served in the UK

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8547

B-17 #44-8547

Delivered Cheyenne 16/10/44; Hunter 19/11/44; Dow Fd 28/12/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G-E] Lavenham 2/1/45; Missing in Action Hof, Germany 8/4/45 with Leon Milner, Clem Swan, Ed Sherman, Elmer Schramm, Lt Tony Bamberg {tg} (5 Killed in Action); Irving Bellow, John Jackson, Bob Bullion, Lt Stan Wechsler {mission pilot) (4 Prisoner of War); aircraft received a direct flak hit near the right wing over the target about 1 minute after bombing. It went into a dive, fire spreading along the wing into the engines and exploded. Crashed NW of Hof, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13742.

B-17 #42-38050 / Thunderbird

B-17 #42-38050 / Thunderbird

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Syracuse 18/12/43; Presque Isle 22/12/43; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-U] Molesworth 18/1/44; transferred 384 Grafton Underwood 23/3/45; ret Molesworth 14/4/45; transferred 388BG Knettishall 30/4/45; 116m, retUS Bradley 11/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 1/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45. THUNDERBIRD. (Preserved as above from 44-85718 in 303BG livery after restoration at Duxford, UK; also featured in Keith Ferris’ mural at Smithsonian Institute.)