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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-38162

42-38162

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Gr Island 16/1/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-R] Deenethorpe 22/3/44; Missing in Action Marienburg 9/4/44 with Bill Dawes, Co-pilot: John Pratt, Navigator: John Schuberg, Bombardier: Russ Van Noy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ollie Norell, Radio Operator: Walter Brown, Ball turret gunner: Lou LaFountain, Waist gunner: Arlyn Aronson, Waist gunner: Bill Mooney,Tail gunner: Ray Gentry (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft shot of nose, crashed Baltic Sea, six miles off Rugen Is, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3940.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37911 / The Heat’ On aka Jeanne Marie

42-37911 / The Heat’ On aka Jeanne Marie

Delivered Denver 11/10/43; Gr Island 28/10/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-C] Bassingbourn 10/1/44; 92m battle damaged over Kassel 1/1/45 with John Welch/Earl Jeffers, engine trouble causing crash landed Steeple Morden AF, UK. colliding with P-51s at dispersal, ship exploded and all 10KIA. Salvaged 2 SAD 2/1/45. THE HEAT’S ON aka JEANNE MARIE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9200 / Olive Oyl

41-9200 / Olive Oyl

Delivered Cheyenne 16/5/42; Wayne 22/6/42; Gander-Prestwick 10/7/42, to RAF [FK210] ; 206 Sq (VX-E) Benbecula 12/8/42; 220 Sq (NR-G painted 2-G) Benbecula 20/8/43; Azores 23/10/43; 519 Sq (PJ-A) Wick, Scot. 23/3/45; 521 Sq (-W) Langham 12/5/45; Struck Off Charge and sold to International Alloys 11/3/47. OLIVE OYL.

B-17 #42-3522 / Gremlin’s Delite

42-3522 / Gremlin’s Delite

Delivered Hill 21/7/43; Ephrata 4/8/43; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 7/9/43; transferred 337BS/96BG [AWJ] 7/9/43; 533BS/381BG [VP-L] Ridgewell 27/9/43; {16+m} Returned to the USA Okmulgee 9/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/12/45. GREMLIN’S DELITE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-9212

41-9212

Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/42; shot down during battle of Midway 5-Jun-42 with Robert Porter. 9KIA Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16541. Never served in the UK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 41-2408

41-2408

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 8-Jan-41; Assigned 38RBS/19BG [aircraft 34], one of the aircraft arriving over Pearl Harbor 7-Dec-41 with Lt Karl Barthelmess, Lt Larry Sheehan, Lt Chas Bergdoll, Avn Cdt John Adams, T/Sgt Roy Coulter, S/Sgt Nick Kahlefent, S/Sgt Lee Embree, Sgt Vance Spears, Cpl Ray Joslin; used for Gen McArthur’s rescue attempt 25-Mar-42; transferred 40BS/7BG, then 65BS/43BG Wheeler; then transferred 54 Troop Carrier Wing Nov-43. Salvaged in Brisbane, Australia. 14-Oct-44. Never served in the UK.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-37896

42-37896

Delivered Denver 7/10/43; Gr Island 29/10/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-B] Molesworth 27/12/43; {3m} Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Bob Hallden, Co-pilot: Ray Gentry (2 Killed in Action), Navigator: Gerard Limon, Bombardier: John Hubenschmidt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Beben, Radio Operator: Dalton Hutchins, Ball turret gunner: Clyde Moore, Waist gunner: Bob Robinson, Waist gunner: Henry Hays,Tail gunner: Carl Chatoir (8 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft shot off tail, crashed Kirchlengern, 22 miles E of Osnabruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1930.

B-17 #42-31087 / Boche Buster aka Heaven Can Wait

42-31087 / Boche Buster aka Heaven Can Wait

Delivered Cheyenne 17/9/43; Gt Falls 28/9/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-K] Deenethorpe 26/10/43; Missing in Action Politz 7/10/44; flak, force landed Bredakara, Swe; 9INT; Missing Air Crew Report 9758. HEAVEN CAN WAIT aka BOCHE BUSTER. Left Sweden 13/5/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8632

44-8632

Delivered Lincoln 9/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-H] Thorpe Abbotts 12/12/44; crash landed with Melvin Kodas and struck tree 12/3/45; Salvaged 16/3/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39893

42-39893

Delivered Long Beach 30/9/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-J] Deenethorpe 2/1/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44; enemy aircraft KO’d #4 and set fire to bomb bay, ship disintegrated in mid-air crashed ten miles S of Oschersleben; Missing Air Crew Report 2505.

B-17 #42-31033 / Pee-Tey-Kuh

42-31033 / Pee-Tey-Kuh

Delivered Cheyenne 7/9/43; Scott 11/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-B] Deenethorpe 26/10/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/01/44; enemy aircraft, crashed near Duderstadt, 15 miles E of Gottingen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2507. PEE-TAY-KUH.

B-17 #42-5843 / Black Ghost

42-5843 / Black Ghost

Delivered Long Beach 17/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Dow Fd 20/5/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-S] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Ralph R. Pulcipher, Co-pilot: Merle Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Thomas E. Furrey, Radio Operator: Asbury Lee Perkins (4 evaded capture), Navigator: William Eudey, Bombardier: Paul S. Givens, Ball turret gunner: Willard D. McLain, Waist gunner: Joe M. Hawkins, Waist gunner: Judson L. Dacus,Tail gunner: Albert F. Gase (6 Prisoner of War); no gas, crashed Beauvais, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1455 & 774. BLACK GHOST.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37709

43-37709

Delivered 483BG MacDill 13/5/44; MacDill 22/5/44; 351 BU Myrtle 7/9/44; 4139 BU Birmingham 6/11/44; 326 BU MacDill 10/2/45; 325 BU Avon Park 19/2/45; with Bill Williams 26/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 40-2045

40-2045

Delivered 30BS-14BS/7BG Clark Fd, Phillipines 11-Feb-40; shot down by enemy aircraft at Luzon, Philippines 10-Dec-41. First USAAF B-17 lost in combat. No MACR issued.

B-17 #42-37809 / Carolina Queen

42-37809 / Carolina Queen

Delivered Long Beach 6/9/43; Scott 22/10/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-G] Deenthorpe 26/10/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44; enemy aircraft severe damage, right wing broke off, crashed near Halberstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2506. CAROLINA QUEEN.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83786

44-83786

Delivered Cheyenne 7/6/45; Hunter 4/7/45; with Merle Johnson in taxi acc. with 44-83764 Wheeler Fd, Hi, re-ass 30/4/47; Oahu 7AF, 3 ER Itami 1/1/48; 3 RES Itami 18/5/48; 13 ARE Sq Jama 13/11/48; Recl Comp 6/6/49.

B-17 #44-83764

44-83764

when parked at Wheeler Fd, Hi, hit in taxi acc. By 44-83786 22/1/46; Sold by USAF to Brazilian AF {5409} serving with 1st & 2nd Sqds 60BG at Recife; Returned to States as N7042C, crashed 1964..

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39910

42-39910

Delivered Long Beach 6/10/43; Gr Island 2/11/43; slated 384BG Grafton Underwood, but transferred 535BS/381BG [MS- ] Ridgewell 20/12/43; {1m} Missing in Action Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Earl Duarte, Co-pilot: Glen McCabe, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Jevons (3 evaded capture), Navigator: Cornelius Heintz, Bombardier: Harry Grimball, Radio Operator: Joseph Balesh, Ball turret gunner: Howard Norris, Waist gunner: Jim Martin, Waist gunner: Albt Smith,Tail gunner: Powell McDaniel (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Launaguet, near Chemin Boudou, N of Toulouse, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1878.

B-17 #42-39761 / Fireball II

42-39761 / Fireball II

Delivered Long Beach 25/8/43; Scott 22/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 26/10/43; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-D] Polebrook 25/11/43; Missing in Action {13m} Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Thompson White, Co-pilot: Valleau Wilkie, Navigator: Pete Soderling, Bombardier: Fred Warren{evaded but captured in Antwerp 1/6/44}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Mellen{captured Pyrenees}, Waist gunner: John Watson,Tail gunner: Hymen Hitow (7 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Harry Dratz, Ball turret gunner: Walt Snyder{ret UK}, Waist gunner: Norman Elkin{ret UK} (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crash landed Zweeloo, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1939. FIREBALL II.

B-17 #42-5729 / The Piccadilly Commando aka Buccaneer

42-5729 / The Piccadilly Commando aka Buccaneer

Delivered Tulsa 16/10/42; Wayne 14/11/42; Rome 9/12/42; Wilmington 1/2/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-G] Thurleigh PICCADILLY COMMANDO 27/2/43; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-E] Bassingbourn 8/9/43 {15+m}; Returned to the USA Eglin 15/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45. BUCCANEER.