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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102915

B-17 #42-102915

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Hunter 1/5/44; Dow Fd 10/5/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 26/5/44; Missing in Action Wiener Neudorf 26/7/44 with Alonzo Martin, Harry Tennenborn, Joe Baril (3 Prisoner of War); Harry McDonald, Bob Thorson, Chas Fischer, Oscar Hollingsworth, Maurice Thornton, Jack Barnhardt, Hiram Hutton (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Langewung; Missing Air Crew Report 7123.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102914

B-17 #42-102914

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Hunter 28/4/44; Grenier 14/5/44; Assigned 340BS/97BG Amendola 23/5/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 10/8/44 with Ken Abrams, Gifford, Gribben, Hare, Shearin, Berman, Boccino, Granger, Tebar; flak, crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 7194.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102913

B-17 #42-102913

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Hunter 29/4/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 25/5/44; Missing in Action Wiener Neudorf 26/7/44 with John Sullivan, Bombardier: Kennedy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nicoll, Radio Operator: Hanifin, Ball turret gunner: Childers, Waist gunner: Wimberly, Waist gunner: Birch,Tail gunner: Kurtz (8 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Ingersoll, Navigator: Sharkey (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wiener Neustadt; Missing Air Crew Report 7124.

B-17 #42-102453 / Princess Pat

B-17 #42-102453 / Princess Pat

Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-J] Molesworth 30/4/44; on return from mission 25/7/44 with Oliver Larson, Co-pilot: George Kersting, Navigator: John Gard, Bombardier: Jim Morrison, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob O’Connor, Radio Operator: Don Mulloney, Ball turret gunner: Chas Sweeney, Waist gunner: Hubert Holland,Tail gunner: Norbert Philson (9 Returned to Duty); pilot came in too high, a/c’s wheels hit soft ground and nosed over, then fell back; Salvaged 2SAD 26/7/44. PRINCESS PAT.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97262 / Silver Slipper

B-17 #42-97262 / Silver Slipper

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Kearney 12/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-F] Snetterton 6/4/44, transferred 413BS [MZ-F]; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Ralph Colflesh, Co-pilot: Elmer Wenzel, Navigator: Tom Kirely, Bombardier: John Proudfoot, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wayne Buchanan, Radio Operator: Bernard Kelley, Ball turret gunner: Walt Stewart, Waist gunner: Denver Isaac,Tail gunner: Chas Hutton (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Bobber, near Bad-Muender, SW of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7808. SILVER SLIPPER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6645

B-17 #44-6645

Delivered Lincoln 2/10/44; Dow Fd 13/10/44; Assigned 352BS/301BG Lucera 21/12/44; transferred 775BS/463BG Celone, It; crashed on take off with Earl Cole, crashed three miles N of base 13/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/44; Independence 26/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8563

B-17 #44-8563

Delivered Cheyenne 21/10/44; Hunter 12/11/44; Grenier 5/12/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 30/12/44; Missing in Action Derben 14/1/45 with Omar Stemple, John Crotty, Durston Hildebrand {Ex nav}, John Loy, Gus George, Chas Cathcart, Lt Dave DuPre {mickey op}, Norman Wicicman, Capt Dave Reed {tg} (9 Prisoner of War); Floyd Nyhagen, Stewart Reid (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Gutenpaaren, Hol?. Missing Air Crew Report 11731.

B-17 #41-9022 / Alabama Exterminator II

B-17 #41-9022 / Alabama Exterminator II

Assigned 341BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42; with C.J. Paine force landed Presque Is, ME 27/6/42; Bovingdon 8/42, used as ferry navigation a/c; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-L] Grafton Underwood 4/6/43 as t/t & hack 8/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 27/7/44; Written off 25/4/45. ALABAMA EXTERMINATOR II.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38828

B-17 #43-38828

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-T] Rougham 17/10/44; 333BS [TS-T]; transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 19/10/44; Missing in Action Dresden 2/3/45 with Bill Hemphill, Co-pilot: Larry Van Meir, Navigator: Ray Baynes, Bombardier: Alvin Murtha, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Molnar, Radio Operator: Arnold Hurst, Ball turret gunner: Maurice Huot, Waist gunner: Tony Minkiewicz,Tail gunner: Chas Kreiger (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Besterode, near Kassel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12859.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37930

B-17 #42-37930

Delivered Denver 19/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 11/11/43; transferred 365BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 3/12/43; Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43 with Howard Hunter; Co-pilot: Howard Johnson, Navigator: Gerald Foster, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gordon McCully, Radio Operator: Don Montgomery, Ball turret gunner: Jim Cole, Waist gunner: Dwight Norman, Waist gunner: Ken Detweiler,Tail gunner: George Coleman (9 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: David Park (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Dreeke, near Kornau, NE of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1708.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6093 / USA – The Hard Way

B-17 #44-6093 / USA – The Hard Way

Delivered Tulsa 29/4/44; Hunter 5/5/44; Grenier 19/5/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-J] Bassingbourn 27/5/44; 47m Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with John Askins, Navigator: Tony Della Porta, Bombardier: Paul Collier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hilmer Beicker, Radio Operator: Roger Armstrong, Ball turret gunner: Bob Webb, Waist gunner: Harry Sackman,Tail gunner: Roy Loyless (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Randall Archer (KIA-by sniper on ground); 88m shell hit cockpit and set on fire enemy aircraft, crashed Clappenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10141. U.S.A. – THE HARD WAY.

B-17 #42-30808 / Pegasus

B-17 #42-30808 / Pegasus

Delivered Cheyenne 30/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 563BS/388 Knettishall 4/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 23/3/44 with Don Filler, Co-pilot: Hugh Wetzel, Bombardier: Bill Findlay, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Rechlin, Ball turret gunner: Harry Asmussen (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Morin, Radio Operator: Ray Brennan, Waist gunner: Ben Adams, Waist gunner: Loren Humble,Tail gunner: Ray Wilson (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Walle, 11 miles NW of Celle, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3541.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31592 / No Body’s Baby

B-17 #42-31592 / No Body’s Baby

Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Wendover 10/12/43; Presque Is 19/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 22/1/44; transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-R] Kimbolton 18/3/44; crashed on take off with Harry Watson after stalling 23/1/45; Salvaged.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5797

B-17 #42-5797

Delivered Long Beach 3/2/43; Rapid City 17/2/43; Brookley 28/3/43; Morrison 10/4/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG Alconbury 24/4/43; transferred AFSC 5/43, then 546BS/384BG [BK-E] Grafton Underwood 7/8/43; Missing in Action Le Bourget 16/8/43 with Dave Magowan, Co-pilot: Leonard Bughman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Grinstein, Radio Operator: Ladislaw Koves, Ball turret gunner: Matt Coody, Waist gunner: Ed Ohe (6 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Jim Murray (Killed in Action); Navigator: John Dougherty, Bombardier: John Heald, Waist gunner: Bob Sheets (3 evaded capture); shot down by enemy aircraft after crew bailed, crashed near Ramboville, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 295.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102949

B-17 #42-102949

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 30/6/44; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-G] Polebrook 1/7/44; Missing in Action 22m Augsburg 19/7/44 with Herb Konecheck, Co-pilot: Barrett Levinsky, Navigator: Joe Difranks, Radio Operator: Guerino Lostocco, Ball turret gunner: Jim Ocamb, Waist gunner: Phil Hersey,Tail gunner: Max Hainet (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ken Landstrom,ettg-Chas Wiles, (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Stossberg, near Allgau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7557.

B-17 #43-38458 / Bottle Baby

B-17 #43-38458 / Bottle Baby

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/44; Lincoln 15/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 10/9/44; transferred 613BS/401BG [IN-D] Deenethorpe 12/9/44; 615BS [IY-P]; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45. BOTTLE BABY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38138

B-17 #42-38138

Delivered Denver 24/12/43; Gr Island 16/1/44; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 8/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Bill Lentz, Co-pilot: Phil Hiden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mike Miller, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bennett (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ken Hickey, Bombardier: John Pond, Radio Operator: Chas Deutsch, Waist gunner: John Olheiser, Waist gunner: Bob Perdue,Tail gunner: Merton Dewitt (6 Prisoner of War); mid-air coll with enemy aircraft, wreckage crashed Oegenbostel, two miles N of Wedemark, near Plumhof, N of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3090.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-5334

B-17 #42-5334

Delivered Cheyenne 10/11/42; Assigned 334BS/95BG Rapid City 21/12/42; crashed mountains near Ordway, Col, in fierce snowstorm 24/1/43, with Ed Woodward, Co-pilot: Lester Cattron, Navigator: Norval Kelly, Bombardier: Hascall Young, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas McDonald, Radio Operator: Carl Simpson,Tail gunner: Chas Burns, pass – Martin Walden, Taylor Hunt, Vince Larney (10 Killed in Service) aircraft totally destroyed. Written off 15/2/43.

B-17 #42-107002 / Mairzy Doats

B-17 #42-107002 / Mairzy Doats

Delivered Tulsa 23/1/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-A] Molesworth 24/3/44; Missing in Action (42m) Berlin 21/6/44 with Tom Morningstar{Wounded in Action}, Co-pilot: Fred Patterson, Navigator: Dick Kinder, Bombardier: Bernie Dooley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ted Schultz, Radio Operator: Fred Hartman, Ball turret gunner: John Grob, Waist gunner: Bob Schuster,Tail gunner: Bart Casillas (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Bad Schwartau, N of Lubeck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 6538. MAIRZY DOATS.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38584 / The Dawnbusters aka Easy Going

B-17 #43-38584 / The Dawnbusters aka Easy Going

Delivered Cheyenne 22/8/44; Lincoln 1/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-H] Horham 25/9/44; with T.J. Tower force landed A-74 Cambrai/Niergneis, France 5/1/45; with C. Earley both with gs Ellingworth & Theo Hempen (wia) 25/2/45; landing accident at base with Jim Galbraith 15/3/45; (62m) Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45.

B-17 #42-97092 / Virginia Lee II aka Heel Der Fuhrer

B-17 #42-97092 / Virginia Lee II aka Heel Der Fuhrer

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/44; Alexandra 12/2/44; Presque Is 10/3/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 11/3/44; 710BS; Salvaged 2/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 1103 BU Morrison 8/10/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. HEEL DER FUHRER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-24365

B-17 #41-24365

Assigned RAF [FA680] but transferred 92BG Bangor 28/6/42; with J.C. Dempsey damaged when force landed Dow Fd, Bangor 20/7/42, rep; transferred 364BS/305BG [WF-E/Z] /43 for training; Returned to the USA Grenier 18/1/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30198 / Guzzlers

B-17 #42-30198 / Guzzlers

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Cheyenne 14/5/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-L] Andrews Fd 5/6/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 563BS/388BG Knettishall /43; Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Aubrey Bobbitt, Co-pilot: Pete McCahill, Navigator: Larry Wiegman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Claybourn,Tail gunner: Bill Hart (5 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Gordon Amos, Radio Operator: Jim Duncan, Ball turret gunner: Paul Warren, Waist gunner: Larry Hopwood, Waist gunner: Jim Langley (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Holtland, NE of Leer, S of Hesel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5386. GUZZLERS.

B-17 #41-24560 / Little Audrey

B-17 #41-24560 / Little Audrey

Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-D] New Castle 4/10/42; Thurleigh 26/10/42; transferred 369BS [WW- ]; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-A] Grafton Underwood 5/9/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 15/3/44; Returned to the USA Homestead 14/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge Fd 23/11/44. LITTLE AUDREY.