Assigned 3675BS/305BG [XK-R/F] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 547BS/384BG [SO-U] Grafton Underwood 7/10/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 15/3/44; Returned to the USA Amarillo 21/5/44 (?10/4/44?); Written off 28/11/44. Ref: PROBLEM CHILD). OLD RELIABLE.
Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/42; slated RAF but transferred 72BS/5BG Hawaii 6/8/42; transferred 19BG Australia; transferred 64BS/43BG at Seven Mile Fd, PNG; shot down by night fighter over Gazelle Peninsula, Rabual 21/5/43 with Major Paul Williams, Co-pilot: John Rippy, Navigator: Rich Aguirre,ettg-Bob Gills, Radio Operator: Ed Driscoll, Ball turret gunner: Bill Smith, Waist gunner: Bob Curry,Tail gunner: Joe Murray, pass-Lt Bob Heller (380BG) (10 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Gordon Manuel (later Returned to Duty). Missing Air Crew Report 2459. HONI KUU OKOLE. (Hawaiian for Kiss My Ass!)
Delivered Tulsa 8/12/42; Assigned 508BS/351BG Biggs 19/1/43; damaged in landing with Jim Stewart 22/1/43, at Oscura Tx, bomb range; repaired and detailed Pueblo 27/3/43; Blythe 13/4/43; McClellan 16/5/43; Ephrata 19/6/43; force landed base with Harry Thompson 17/8/43; with Bob Smith force landed Admore, OK 16/11/43; with Albt Davis force landed Tinker 1/3/44; Sioux City 24/6/44; Written off 19/8/44; Recl Comp 3/1/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/43; Dalhart 16/1/44; Kearney 23/2/44; Presque Is 4/3/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 5/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Bob Barney, Co-pilot: Osmond Jones, Navigator: Bill McCartney, Bombardier: Albt Scerbo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sanford Byer, Ball turret gunner: Chas Grinder, Waist gunner: Jack Burch, Waist gunner: Sam Finlay,Tail gunner: Carl Lunde (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: John Hutchins (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Grasleben, near Helmstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4459. VAPOUR TRAILS.
Delivered – . Last Seattle built aircraft 9/4/45, Bu No 6981. On the ceremonial roll out on 9/4/45 it was covered with card cut outs of every target a B-17 attacked.
Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/44; Hunter 16/1/45; Grenier 2/2/45; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 6/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.
Delivered Hunter 15/3/45; Grenier 22/3/45; Assigned 8AF 1/4/45; Returned to the USA Independence 17/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/12/45.
Delivered Lincoln 30/9/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Dow Fd 16/10/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-F] Nuthampstead 17/1/45; RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Hobbs Fd 7/6/45; Lincoln 11/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/11/45.
Delivered Lincoln 7/11/44; Dow Fd 26/11/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 4/12/44; {20m} Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.
Delivered Dallas 7/6/44; Hunter 17/6/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-B] Polebrook 10/8/44; {13m} battle damaged Brux 12/9/44 with Bill Schmollinger, Co-pilot: Allen Myers, Navigator: Chas Mason, Bombardier: Melvin Stoffes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Preston, Radio Operator: Bill Ohde, Ball turret gunner: Emelio Flores, Waist gunner: Fred Dingler,Tail gunner: Marvin Ketcherside (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Tempelfelde, NE of Bernau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8893; Salvaged 9AF Germany 1/5/47.
Delivered Tulsa 10/6/44; 246 BU Pratt 24/10/44; 237 BU Kirtland 8/4/45; 268 BU Peterson 6/6/45; 216 BU Wendover 29/10/45; 4208 BU Mines 9/11/45; 4126 BU Mines 8/4/46; Recl Comp 28/5/46.
Delivered Long Beach 5/8/43; Grd Island 20/9/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-G] Thorpe Abbotts 25/9/43; Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43 with Jim Haddox, Co-pilot: John Wagner, Navigator: Albt Warfordbody washed up 17/3/44, Bombardier: Ellsworth Power, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nick Tenaglia, Radio Operator: Casimir Kobis, Ball turret gunner: Gonzalo Orta, Waist gunner: Kendall Morrow,Tail gunner: Lyle Jones (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Jim Grosskopf (POW-landed Norderney Is); enemy aircraft damaged ship, & KO’d oxygen, crashed North Sea of Norderney Is.; Missing Air Crew Report 1570. SUGARFOOT.
Delivered Long Beach 6/8/43; Scott 20/10/43;slated 401BG, Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-T] Polebrook 11/11/43; Missing in Action 17m Berlin 7/5/44 with Bob Presley, Co-pilot: Mixon Stamper, Navigator: Jim Simpson, Bombardier: Herb Mosebach, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Cocco, Radio Operator: Bob Kleeman, Ball turret gunner: Fred Van Sant, Waist gunner: Ken Mellon, Waist gunner: Alex Warcola,Tail gunner: Isaac Robinson (10 Prisoner of War); flak, ditched North Sea off Dutch coast; Missing Air Crew Report 4953. RONCHI.
Delivered Long Beach 21/8/43; Tinker 6/12/43; 3501 BU Boca Raton 22/7/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 17/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45.
Assigned 369BS/303BG [WW-M] Wayne 2/11/42; Molesworth 7/2/43; transferred 534BS/381BG [GD- ?] Ridgewell, Ex. later 535BS [MS-V]; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 19/11/43; 5m to AFSC & Returned to the USA 1/5/44; with Ken Benoit force landed Bedford Fd, Ma 4/12/45; Recl Comp 3/9/46. SIS.
Delivered Long Beach 22/7/43; Amarillo 28/7/43; Dallas 9/8/43; 202 BU Galveston 9/6/44; with John Bauman force landed MacDill en route 498BG Gr Bend 10/6/44; 232 BU Dalhart 20/7/44; 4104 BU Rome 10/12/44; 4168 Sth Plains 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 3/11/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 28/12/42; Denver 2/1/43; Salina 10/1/43; Brookley 8/3/43; Morrison 13/4/43; Assigned 97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 16/4/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; battle damaged Innsbrook 19/12/43 Amendola 16/1/44 transferred 840BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; Salvaged 30/11/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 13/8/42; Wayne 6/11/42; Smoky Hill 29/3/43; 236 BU Pyote 13/7/44; 235 BU Biggs 16/8/44; 231 BU Alamogordo 13/12/44; 4202 BU Syracuse 28/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 10/10/45.
First flew 29-Apr-39 from Boeing Fd, turbo superchargers fitted, and used for other static tests such as stress and superchargers, etc.; Assigned Headquarter SQd’n/19BG March Fd 3-Oct-40; with P.W. McIntyre force landed through mechanical failure 8-Mar-41 at Hatchita, NM; with Carl Goldenberg force landed Dow Fd, Me 19-Dec-41; to Geiger 7-Feb-42. Have pix flying over Seattle Fd, 24 Nov 1938. Ultimately it was re-designated a B-17A. This aircraft never served in combat and was never posted to the UK.
Delivered Salt Lake City 7-Sep-40; Scott 17-Jul-43; Written off 5-Oct-43.
Delivered Hamilton 7-Feb-40; Assigned 2BG/41Rec. Sq Argentia (Nfld) 21-Aug-41, and a week after attacked a U-boat. This was not damaged but the first US incident in which US bombs were dropped in anger, however the press never knew!; to Davis-Monthan, with Gilbert Kuhn force landed 40 miles SE Gowen Fd, ID; repaired & transferred Sioux Falls 15-Jul-43; Written off 5-Oct- 43. Never used in combat, but did attack a German U-Boat, most probably in the Caribbean. Never served in the UK.
Delivered March 10-Nov-39; Assigned ATC, W Palm Beach 24-Mar-42; with Lovell Stuber crash landed 100 miles South of Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico 9-Apr-42, Written off 24-Apr-42. Missing Air Crew Report 15642. 6 Killed. Not in combat, never served in the UK.
Delivered Air Force 21-Jul-40, the first such service flight, but then sent back to Boeing for two years, before returning to AF. Delivered Lockburn, OH, then on 25-Jan-43 crashed NW of New Albany, OR., with Jack Pack (Killed in Service -crew?). Written off 29-Jan-43. Never served in combat and never served in the UK.
Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-C] Bangor 31/8/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; JACK THE RIPPER. Missing in Action 27+m Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Jim Considine, Co-pilot: Norman Stuckey, Bombardier: Jack Remers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Melvin Washburn, Radio Operator: Jim Naughton, Ball turret gunner: John Dias, Waist gunner: John Stipewia & broke leg on landing, Waist gunner: Don Day,Tail gunner: Vernon Pochardt (Wounded in Action) (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Henry Schaub (KIA-chute failed to open); two Me 109s KO’d #2, dropped back aiming for cloud cover but more enemy aircraft KO’d two more engines, crashed Gremmendorf, near Albersloh, SE of Munster, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 2640. (last original aircraft lost).