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

B-17 #42-31796

Delivered Cheyenne 24/12/43; Scott Fd 6/1/44; Hunter 10/1/44; Lakeland 11/1/44; Morrison 13/2/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 15/2/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 5/5/44 with Bill Smith, Co-pilot: Gittis Gosdin, Navigator: Paul McCollum, Bombardier: Don Graham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert Bagy, Radio Operator: Glen Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Lyons, Waist gunner: Jim McKee, Waist gunner: Galen Strand,Tail gunner: Joe Stranmeier; 10 INT in Turkey. Crew returned to the US on 29 June, 1944. Flak, last seen near Ploesti, Romania; Missing Air Crew Report 4616.

B-17 #42-39951 / In The Mood aka Gremlin Buggy II

Delivered: Long Beach 18/10/43; Gr Island 10/11/43; ass 551BS/385BG [HR-M] (?), [HR-N] Gt Ashfield 27/11/43; damaged over Saarbrucken 23/5/44 Pilot/Crew: ?. (10RTD) ditched English Channel off Hove, Sussex, no MACR

B-17 #42-39763

Delivered Long Beach 25/8/43; Cheyenne 11/9/43; Mat. Com. Wright 2/6/44 as a propeller feathering test aircraft; 4100 BU Patterson 15/2/45; 234 BU Clovis 19/2/45; 400 BU Wright 4/3/45; 4145 BU Wendover 18/4/45; 4135 BH Hill Fd 4/6/46; 4145 BU Alamagordo 31/3/47; 4136 BU – 23/12/47; 4146 BU Holloman 29/4/48; 2754 AB Gp Holloman 5/4/49; 2753 AST Gp Pyote 13/4/49; Recl Comp Pyote 4/4/50.

B-17 #42-97731

Delivered Denver 10/2/44; 1SAG Langley 4/4/44; Morrison 28/4/44; Assigned (PFF) 49BS/2BG Amendola 6/5/44; transferred 97BG Cerignola 30/5/44; NBD, to depot and sal 20/7/44. YANKEE DOODLE II

B-17 #42-97641

Delivered Denver 13/1/44; 1SAG Langley 22/2/44; Morrison 22/3/44; Assigned (PFF) 49BS/2BG Amendola 23/3/44; transferred 414BS/97BG Amendola 4/44; 301BG Lucera /44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 25/2/45; 4100 BU Patterson 23/2/45; Recl Comp 2/5/46.

B-17 #42-39876 / Gloria Ann

Delivered Denver 27/9/43; Gr Island 15/10/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-E] Framlingham 21/10/43; severe battle damaged over Berlin 6/3/44 with J. Flottorp, crew ? (10 Returned to Duty); on return aircraft had over 700 holes and sal 8/3/44. GLORIA ANN.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-31110 / Pacific’s Dream

B-17 #42-31110 / Pacific’s Dream

Delivered Dallas 20/9/43; Gr Island 12/10/43; Wilmington 15/10/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-M] Rougham 23/10/43; Missing in Action Cognac 31/12/43 with Ed Sullivan, Co-pilot: Cliff Robinson, Bombardier: Rueben Fier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Shue (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Harvey Barr, Radio Operator: Chas Hoyes, Ball turret gunner: Stan Dymek, Waist gunner: John McLaughlin, Waist gunner: Alvin Sanderson,Tail gunner: Kenneth Carson (6 evaded capture); flak damaged three engines, crashed Cognac, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1672. PACIFIC’S DREAM.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-39130

B-17 #43-39130

Delivered Lincoln 10/12/44; Dow Fd 17/12/44; Assigned 848BS/490BG Eye 19/12/44; Missing in Action Plauen 21/3/45 with Bill Audette, Ray Ankeny, Bob Neuenschwander, Ted Chapin, Roy McGhee tg, Virgil Dupler rcm (6 Killed in Action); Lew Harvard, George Gilbert, Chas Johnston, Bill Shipp (4 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft, crashed south of Oberfrauendorf, near Dippoldiswalde, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 13555.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-30329

B-17 #42-30329

Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/43; Gore 17/5/43; Cheyenne 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/5/43; Morrison 7/6/43; Assigned 352BS/301BG St Donat 9/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {60m} Regensburg with John Van Nortwick, Power, Thompson, Baronas, Martyniak, Moye, Ballard, Wiand, Murray, Sbaschnig (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed 2,5 km north of Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer, Austria; Missing Air Crew Report 2595.

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Phil Flip Marchese am 06. Oktober 2026 bei 42-5970

HSC or is it H2S? what is the difference of HSC? I don't recognize that designation.

b17flyingfortress.de am 06. Oktober 2026 bei 42-31185 / Satchel Lass

Hello Harlon, please send my the photograph via email: jing@b17flyingfortress.de Thanks :) Cheers Jing

Phil Flip Marchese am 06. Oktober 2026 bei 42-5960

you be are missing the modification at UAL CHY and high added the modified A-1 Bendix chin turret converting this into a crew gunnery trainer.

Brian Stanaback am 06. Oktober 2026 bei 42-97871 / Bundles of Trouble

My uncle Henry W. Talbot was the ball turret gunner on Bundles of Trouble. Would appreciate a photo of the plane, photos of the crew l, and photos of Uncle...

Harlon Stewart am 05. Oktober 2026 bei 42-31185 / Satchel Lass

I have a black and white photograph of this airplane in flight. Would you like a digital scan of this photograph? Ich habe ein Schwarzweißfoto dieses Flugzeugs im Flug. Möchten...

Kevin Koenig am 05. Oktober 2026 bei 42-29935 / Pulmadique aka The Cat’s Sass

I saw the same documentary and the name of that plane. First thing I thought was, young men haven't changed all that much.

Rebekah Larsen Ellis am 05. Oktober 2026 bei 42-29717 / Mr. Five by Five

Hello Paul - you are the grandson of Edward Murray? If you are interested, my little sister put together a fantastic overview of their last mission for a school project...

Hello - I am the granddaughter of Lt. Jack K. Larsen, who flew Mr. Five By Five as pilot with the 384th Bomb Group when it went down over Germany....

Roger Vanderveen am 04. Oktober 2026 bei 43-37673 / That’s All Jack

Hi Edith, I think you are the Edie who was a friend of my Aunt Helen's in Ripon, am I right? I remember me and my brothers pestering you older...

Jeremy Carpenter am 04. Oktober 2026 bei 44-6883 / RAFAAF

That’s my great uncle! Hot Rock Carpenter!

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