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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83800

B-17 #44-83800

Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/45; Hunter 28/6/45; San Francisco 13/7/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 3 RES Chitose 1/1/48; 3 RES Itami 1/7/48; 49 MSU Misawa 7/10/48; 3 RES Chitose 26/5/49; 3 RCU Sq Misawa 31/7/49; 3ERS Johnson Fd, Japan; 1500 TSP Hickam 11/5/50; in base taxi accident with Lonnie Van Hoy 2/5/50; RetUS, AMC Hill 29/5/50; Recl Comp 8/11/50.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8738

B-17 #44-8738

Delivered Lincoln 14/12/44; Dow Fd 12/1/45; Assigned 8AF 14/1/45; Burtonwood UK prior to Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; Sth Plains 1/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/2/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83780

B-17 #44-83780

Delivered Cheyenne 5/6/45; Assigned D Flt/66ARS Westover; with Bill Ballard taxi accident on base due to poor weather 17/2/50.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-40042

B-17 #42-40042

Delivered Long Beach 11/11/43; on trial fitted with TV camera and GB-4 glide bomb facilities (Batty) Orlando 22/11/43; 901 BU Pinecastle 2/6/44; 903 BU Pinecastle 10/9/43; 902 BU Orlando 3/10/44; 903 BU Pinecastle 25/11/44; 621 BU Pinecastle 9/7/46.

B-17 #42-38133 / Reluctant Dragon

B-17 #42-38133 / Reluctant Dragon

Delivered Cheyenne 22/12/43; Hobbs 21/1/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 26/9/44; 3022 BI Indian Springs 3/10/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 15/3/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 25/6/45; RFC Kingman 5/1/46. Del Cheyenne 23/12/43; Kearney 7/1/44; ass 337BS/96BG [AW-O] Snetterton 15/1/44; severe damage over Berlin 8/5/44 w/Jerry Musser, b-John Flayak, ettg-Leon Sweatt (3RTD); cp-Harry Kennett, n-Royles Lay, ro-Chas Willard, btg-Fred Korhonen, wg-Dempsey Wolfe, tg-Harry Lusk (6POW); wg-Bob Blevins (KIA), ship limped home, MACR 4567; MIA Berlin 30/11/44 w/Fred Towle, Ed Lohmeir, Rimaldo Zona, Barry Grubb, John Sikich, Bill Panoski (6POW); George Doult, Ralph Ullman, Bill Popolorum (3KIA); flak, cr Elfgen, Ger. MACR 10833. RELUCTANT DRAGON. (One of first B-17s with fully enclosed waist windows and Cheyenne tail gun installation in UK.)

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30520

B-17 #42-30520

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/43; Roswell 22/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 28/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 30/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83765

B-17 #44-83765

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/45; Hunter 2/7/45; WSW San Francisco 17/7/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 23 Ph Rec Momote 1/1/48; 5 RVP Gp Clark Fd 1/4/48; 18 MSU Clark 30/9/48; 5 RVP Gp Clark 23/10/48; PAC Hickam 17/4/49; 5 RVP Gp Clark 22/4/49; RetUS, 9 SRC Gp Fairfield 29/6/49; to USN, Recl Comp 13/1/50.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31449 / Texas Mauler

B-17 #42-31449 / Texas Mauler

Delivered: Cheyenne 2/11/43; Portland 4/11/43; Cheyenne 13/11/43; Kearney 16/11/43; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-A] Rougham 20/12/43; 333BS [TS-B]; Returned to US: 121 BU Bradley 26/6/45; Patterson 27/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 21/10/45; Scrapped: Kingman 22/11/45. TEXAS MAULER.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30529

B-17 #42-30529

Delivered Cheyenne 18/6/43; Gore 27/6/43; Hendricks 29/6/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 4/10/44; Written off 17/11/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30528

B-17 #42-30528

Delivered Cheyenne 17/6/43; Gore 28/6/43; Hendricks 3/7/43; 3505 BU Scott 25/8/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 20/9/44; Recl Comp 29/1/46.

B-17 #42-31780 / Windy Lou

B-17 #42-31780 / Windy Lou

Delivered Denver 13/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 9/2/44; MIA Frankfurt 5/11/44 Pilot: Bill Leith, Frank Barra (2KIA); Ray Rowe, George Keiser, Bill Stewart, Harry Fishbeck, Jack Nunley, Ray Newton, Coy Newport (7POW); flak, crashed Keschnich, Germany. MACR 10346. WINDY LOU.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6513 / Boise Bell

B-17 #44-6513 / Boise Bell

Delivered Lincoln 26/8/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned 860BS/493BG Debach 13/9/44; base taxi accident with Milo Keltner 14/1/45; Missing in Action Munich 9/4/45 with John Silverman, John Julianelle, Stan Reisenburger, Dan Kurnick, Herb Walton, Bob Doine, Len Gokey, Bill Millan, Bernie Morrison tg, Frank O’Rourke rcm (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Munich, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13908. BOISE BELL.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83771

B-17 #44-83771

Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/45; Hunter 6/7/45; 1377 BU Grenier 10/2/46; 1128 BU Grenier 6/3/46; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 21/10/47.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83770

B-17 #44-83770

Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/45; Hunter 10/7/45; Long Beach 22/7/45; re-ass 30/4/47; Salvaged Oahu (7AF) 13/5/47; Recl Comp 21/11/47.

B-17 #43-38118 / Miss Fortune

B-17 #43-38118 / Miss Fortune

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/44; Hunter 15/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-K] Gt Ashfield 2/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/44; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/11/45. MISS FORTUNE.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30527

B-17 #42-30527

Delivered Cheyenne 16/6/43; Gore 19/6/43; Geiger 4/7/43; Bolling 15/7/43; New Castle 7/8/43; Geiger 9/8/43; 393BG Sioux City 1/12/43; with Chas Barrett crashed base 24/3/44; Written off 25/3/44.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83760

B-17 #44-83760

Delivered Rome 29/5/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 23/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83739

B-17 #44-83739

Delivered Syracuse 19/5/45; Scott 31/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 21/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-40041

B-17 #42-40041

Delivered Long Beach 11/11/43; Yuma 19/11/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 4/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-83740

B-17 #44-83740

Delivered Rome 21/5/45; Middletown 8/11/45; Morrison 18/1/46; 2621 BU Barksdale 21/11/46; Assigned Caribbean, ret Barksdale 13/3/47; re-ass 31/3/47; 2621 BU Barksdale 29/7/47; 4117 BU Robins 4/3/48; Recl Comp 4/11/48.

B-17 #42-5420 / Little Savage

B-17 #42-5420 / Little Savage

Delivered Tulsa 3/12/42; Assigned: 368BS/306BG LITTLE SAVAGE (not to UK); Blythe 27/1/43; Dalhart 23/5/43; Amarillo 29/6/43; Tinker 31/7/43; 232 BU Walker 6/6/44; 901 BU Pinecastle 10/6/44; 223 BU Dyersburg 14/6/44; Pilot: Jay Lewis 5/3/45; 325 BU Avon Park 14/5/45; 326 BU McDill 15/5/45; 4124 BU Altus 5/6/45; Scrapped: Searcey Fd 26/7/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-40039

B-17 #42-40039

Delivered Long Beach 10/11/43; Yuma 19/11/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 2/6/44; 3018 BU Kingman 22/2/45; 3017 BU 24/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45.