385th Bomb Group

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Great Ashfield, Suffolk, England
Surnames/tags: World War II United States Army Air Corps United States Military

This page is dedicated to the soldiers that served in the 385th Bomb Group; many of whom gave their lives to ensure our freedom. I was inspired to create this page, when I found out that my great-great-uncle SSGT Paul Provincial lost his life whilst serving in the 385th, along with many others. Many who died very young, before they could have any children to carry on their legacy. Thank you for your service. (Barbato-37)

The 385th Bomb Group, who took the nickname "Van's Valiants" after their first Commanding Officer Brigadier General Elliot Vandevanter, flew B-17s from Great Ashfield, Suffolk. The Group led the famous attack on the Focke-Wolfe aircraft factory at Marienburg on 9 October 1943, during which only two out of one hundred B-17s were lost and all of the buildings on the site were damaged or destroyed. They won two Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, awarded to all 4th Bomb Wing Groups, was for accurately dropping their pay load on an aircraft factory at Regensburg, on 17 August 1943 and the Group's second was awarded after leading a difficult long-range mission to destroy an aircraft repair works at Zwickau, south-west Germany, on 12 May 1944.^[1]

Below are a list of aircraft who went down whilst flying with the 385th. Each aircraft's crew is listed as well.

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-30281 MIA Wesermunde 7/26/43

Delivered Denver 8/5/43; Gore 9/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Dow Field 15/6/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-E] Gt Ashfield 16/6/43; Missing in Action Wesermunde 26/7/43 with Glenn Duncan, Co-pilot: Bill Lehr, Navigator: Bill Henderson, Bombardier: Roy Martinez, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ben Purdy, Radio Operator: Jim Soward, Ball turret gunner: John Towle, Waist gunner: Chas Propst, Waist gunner: Frank Ramsey,Tail gunner: Jim Brophy (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, set on fire & ditched North Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 191A.

KIA 7/26/43 Flt. Ofc. Glenn F Duncan Pilot

KIA 7/26/43 2nd Lt. William L Lehr Co-Pilot

KIA 7/26/43 2nd Lt. William H Henderson Navigator

KIA 7/26/43 2nd Lt. Roy J Martinez Bombardier

KIA 7/26/43 TSGT Benjamin M Purdy Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 7/26/43 TSGT James E Soward Radio Operator

KIA 7/26/43 SSGT John R Towle Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 7/26/43 SSGT Charles E Propst Waist Gunner

KIA 7/26/43 SSGT Frank R Ramsey Waist Gunner

KIA 7/26/43 SSGT James E Brophy Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Souse Family 42-5895 MIA Hannover 7/26/43

Delivered Long Beach 24/4/43; Gt Falls 3/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-M] Bassingbourn 4/6/43; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX-B] Gt Ashfield 16/6/43; then 551BS; Missing in Action Hannover 26/7/43 with Theo Harris, Bombardier: Jack Millspicked up next day 18 miles off Heligoland, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alvin Wrobel, Radio Operator: Warren Dinardi, Waist gunner: John Leaf,Tail gunner: Chester Beres (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Everett Hiatt, Navigator: Arlis Anderson, Ball turret gunner: George Hrubovcack, Waist gunner: Howard Sloop, obs-Major Berkley Springfield 549BS (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 191B. SOUSE FAMILY.

KIA 7/26/43 1st Lt. Arlis K Anderson Navigator

KIA 7/26/43 2nd Lt. Everett H Hiatt Co-Pilot

KIA 7/26/43 SSGT George J Hrubovcack Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 7/26/43 SSGT Howard F Sloop Waist Gunner

POW 7/26/43 Lt. Col. Theodore R Harris Pilot

POW 7/26/43 SSGT Chester V Beres Tail Gunner

POW 7/26/43 TSGT Warren J Dinardi Radio Operator

POW 7/26/43 SSGT John A Leaf Waist Gunner

POW 7/26/43 Lt. Col. Jack W Mills Bombardier

POW 7/26/43 MSGT Alvin A Wrobel Top-Turret Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Black Jacker 42-30279 MIA Wesermunde 7/26/43

Delivered Denver 8/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 13/6/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-F] Gt Ashfield 14/6/43; transferred 551BS [HR-F]; Missing in Action Wesermunde 26/7/43 with Jack Daniel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Buck, Radio Operator: Wayne Pringey (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Harry Cornwell, Navigator: Bob McCallum, Bombardier: John McCarthy, Ball turret gunner: Paul Keeferbody found 15/8/43), Waist gunner: Felix Sanchez, Waist gunner: Jim Sims,Tail gunner: Warren Brown (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, near Wangerooge, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 191C. BLACK JACKER.

KIA 7/26/43 SSGT Warren E Brown Tail Gunner

KIA 7/26/43 2nd Lt. Harold R Cornwell Co-Pilot

KIA 7/26/43 SSGT Paul W Keefer Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 7/26/43 2nd Lt. Robert E McCallum Navigator

KIA 7/26/43 2nd Lt. John E McCarthy Bombardier

KIA 7/26/43 SSGT Felix F Sanchez Waist Gunner

KIA 7/26/43 SGT James S Sims Waist Gunner

POW 7/26/43 2nd Lt. Jack W Daniel Pilot

POW 7/26/43 SSGT Edwin A Buck Top-Turret Gunner

POW 7/26/43 TSGT Wayne W Pringey Radio Operator

B-17 Flying Fortress Murder Inc. AKA Grim Reaper 42-30179 MIA Oschersleben 7/28/43

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Gt Falls 8/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-C] Gt Ashfield 16/6/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Herman Gurgel, Co-pilot: Jake Silverstein, Ball turret gunner: Jim Holley,Tail gunner: Dick Gaston (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Paul Fauerso, Bombardier: John Hendricks, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Bartnicki, Radio Operator: Leo Donahue, Waist gunner: George Krzyzak, Waist gunner: George Dainton (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft on return, crashed Herford, ten Miles NE of Biefeld, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 189A. MURDER INC. aka GRIM REAPER.

KIA 7/28/43 1st Lt. Herman M Gurgel Pilot

KIA 7/28/43 SSGT Richard L Gaston Tail Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 SSGT Jim T Holley Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 2nd Lt. Jacob Silverstein Co-Pilot

POW 7/28/43 TSGT Frank J Bartnicki Top-Turret Gunner

POW 7/28/43 SSGT George W Dainton Waist Gunner

POW 7/28/43 SSGT Leo Donahue Radio Operator

POW 7/28/43 2nd Lt.Paul L Fauerso Navigator

POW 7/28/43 2nd Lt. John W Hendricks Bombardier

POW 7/28/43 SSGT George L Krzyzak Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Lady Susie II 42-30257 MIA Oschersleben 7/28/43

Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Gt Falls 24/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Tinker 13/6/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 16/6/43; transferred 550BS/385BG [SG-J] Gt Ashfield 17/6/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Bill Robbins, Co-pilot: Floyd Hicks, Navigator: Bill Brick, Bombardier: Irvin Rodemeyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe McGarry, Radio Operator: Hervin Charest, Ball turret gunner: Bob Daleus, Waist gunner: Walt Edelmann (8KIA-all washed up on German coast over next few weeks); Waist gunner: Leon Ochs,Tail gunner: Lloyd Atkins (2 Prisoner of War); flak, then mid-air coll with 42-3308 (385BG) ditched Nth Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 189C. LADY SUSIE II.

KIA 7/28/43 1st Lt. William M Robbins Pilot

KIA 7/28/43 2nd Lt. Floyd M Hicks Co-Pilot

KIA 7/28/43 2nd Lt. William M Brick Navigator

KIA 7/28/43 2nd Lt. Irvin L Rodemeyer Bombardier

KIA 7/28/43 TSGT Hervin R Charest Radio Operator/ Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 SSGT Robert Daleus Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 SSGT Walter C Edlmann Waist Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 TSGT Joseph D McGarry Top-Turret Gunner

POW 7/28/43 SSGT Leon C Ochs Waist Gunner

POW 7/28/43 SSGT Lloyd D Atkins Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Betty Boom AKA Big Stinky 42-3316 MIA Warnemunde 7/28/43

Delivered Denver 6/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-F] Gt Ashfield 26/6/43; Missing in Action Warnemunde 28/7/43 with Bill Storr, Co-pilot: Bob Blakely, Navigator: Clinton Weaver, Bombardier: Athel Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry McComb, Radio Operator: Walter Reep, Ball turret gunner: Joe Schipani, Waist gunner: Art Spicas, Waist gunner: Jim McDonough,Tail gunner: Jim Murphy (10 Killed in Action); coll with 42-30257 off Heligoland, ditched North Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 189B. BETTY BOOM aka BIG STINKY.

KIA 7/28/43 1st Lt. William A Storr Pilot

KIA 7/28/43 2nd Lt. Robert P Blakely Co-Pilot

KIA 7/28/43 2nd Lt. Athel J Miller Bombardier

KIA 7/28/43 2nd Lt. Clinton A Weaver Navigator

KIA 7/28/43 TSGT Harry L McComb Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 SSGT James F McDonough Waist Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 SSGT James R Murphy Tail Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 TSGT Walter T Reep Radio Operator/ Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 SGT Joseph T Schipani Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 SSGT Arthur J Spicas Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Roundtrip Ticket 42-30285 MIA Oschersleben 7/28/43

Delivered Denver 9/5/43; Gt Falls 16/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 30/9/43; transferred 550BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 1/10/43; then 549BS; Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with John Noel, Co-pilot: Henry Wilczyk (2 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Leon Marion, Bombardier: George Ramelot, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob McKnight, Radio Operator: Ned Mirabel, Ball turret gunner: Grant Schaff, Waist gunner: Ulysses McElhinney, Waist gunner: Ray Magin,Tail gunner: Bill Peterson (8KIA-all washed up later); mid air coll with 42-3316 (385BG), ditched North Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 189D. ROUNDTRIP TICKET.

KIA 7/28/43 2nd Lt. Leonard H Marion Navigator

KIA 7/28/43 2nd Lt. George H Ramelot Bombardier

KIA 7/28/43 SSGT Ray W Magin Waist Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 TSGT Ulysses V McElhinney Waist Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 SSGT Robert T McKnight Top- Turret Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 TSGT Ned V Mirabel Radio Operator/ Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 SSGT William J Peterson Tail Gunner

KIA 7/28/43 SSGT Grant C Schaff Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 7/28/43 2nd Lt. John H Noel Jr Pilot

POW 7/28/43 2nd Lt. Henry A Wilczyk Co-Pilot

B-17 Flying Fortress The Old Shillelagh 42-30270 MIA Warnemunde 7/29/43

Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/43; Denver 8/5/43; Gore 12/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 19/6/43; Missing in Action Warnemunde with Grodi 29/7/43, ditched North Sea; THE OLD SHILLELAGH.

RTD 7/29/43 Lt. Wilmont C Grodi Pilot

RTD 7/29/43 SSGT John F Astyk Radio Operator

RTD 7/29/43 SSGT Blaine V Baum Gunner

RTD 7/29/43 SSGT Denver M Canaday Waist Gunner

RTD 7/29/43 TSGT Eugene W Cavitt Gunner

RTD 7/29/43 SSGT Melvin L Frazier Tail Gunner

RTD 7/29/43 John H Hughes Co-Pilot

RTD 7/29/43 Leo N Jones Bombardier

RTD 7/29/43 Lt. Adelbert D Kneale Jr Navigator

RTD 7/29/43 SGT Robert J Realy Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-30598 MIA Lille 8/15/43

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Smoky Hill 12/7/43; Dow Fd 16/7/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-L] Gt Ashfield 16/7/43; Missing in Action Lille 15/8/43 with Ed Stone, Co-pilot: George Larsen, Navigator: Jim Atkinson, Bombardier: Darrell Taylor, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Kalisko{body washed up two weeks later on Belgian coast}, Radio Operator: Harry Rusk, Ball turret gunner: Bob Paige, Waist gunner: Jim Glaxner, Waist gunner: Elvin Rankin,Tail gunner: Sam Burns (10 Killed in Action); flak hit near Dunkirk, ditched Channel; Missing Air Crew Report 267.

KIA 8/15/43 1st Lt. Edward S Stone Pilot

KIA 8/15/43 2nd Lt. George G Larsen Co-Pilot

KIA 8/15/43 1st Lt. James B Atkinson Navigator

KIA 8/15/43 2nd Lt. Darrell D Taylor Bombardier

KIA 8/15/43 SSGT Samuel G Burns Tail Gunner

KIA 8/15/43 SSGT James A Glaxner Jr Waist Gunner

KIA 8/15/43 TSGT Anthony T Kalisko Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 8/15/43 SSGT Robert E Paige Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 8/15/43 SSGT Elvin G Rankin Waist Gunner

KIA 8/15/43 TSGT Harry S Rusk Radio Operator/ Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Sack Time AKA Roger Wilco 42-5914 MIA Regensburg 8/17/43

Delivered Long Beach 5/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-Q] Gt Ashfield 17/6/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43 with Leslie Reichardt, Co-pilot: Bruno Roti, Navigator: Clem Sullivan, Bombardier: John Zavisno, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Biggs, Radio Operator: Mike Khoury, Ball turret gunner: Ben Phelper, Waist gunner: Ed Conan, Waist gunner: Bob Currie,Tail gunner: John Kelaher (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed SW of Darmstadt, Ger, Missing Air Crew Report 387B. SACK TIME aka ROGER WILCO.

POW 8/17/43 Lt. Col. Leslie L Reichardt Pilot

POW 8/17/43 2nd Lt. Bruno S Roti Co-Pilot

POW 8/17/43 2nd Lt. Clement A Sullivan Navigator

POW 8/17/43 2nd Lt. John E Zavisho Bombardier

POW 8/17/43 Major Donald Biggs Top-Turret Gunner

POW 8/17/43 TSGT Edward J Cohan Waist Gunner

POW 8/17/43 SSGT Robert M Currie Waist Gunner

POW 8/17/43 SSGT John J Kelaner Tail Gunner

POW 8/17/43 TSGT Michael Khoury Radio Operator

POW 8/17/43 SSGT Ben H Phelper Ball-Turret Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress The Jolly Roger 42-5886 MIA Schweinfurt 8/17/43

Delivered Long Beach 21/4/43; Denver 5/3/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-D] Gt Ashfield 24/6/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Paul Sommers, Co-pilot: Herb Brown, Navigator: Hugh McClatchey, Radio Operator: Olin Wieneke, Waist gunner: Parker Crabtree,Tail gunner: Joe Schreppel (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Henry Walker, Ball turret gunner: Jim Brown, Waist gunner: Larry Stokes (3 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bruno Gallerini (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crash landed a mile from Woensdrecht a/fd, on the Holl/Bel. Border. Missing Air Crew Report 387A. THE JOLLY ROGER.

KIA 8/17/43 2nd Lt. Paul A Sommers Pilot

KIA 8/17/43 1st Lt. Herbert W Brown Co-Pilot

KIA 8/17/43 TSGT Olin L Wieneke Radio Operator/ Gunner

KIA 8/17/43 SSGT Parker F Crabtree Waist Gunner

KIA 8/17/43 2nd Lt. Hugh T McClatchey Navigator

KIA 8/17/43 SSGT Joe Schreppel Tail Gunner

POW 8/17/43 SSGT Larry B Stokes Waist Gunner

POW 8/17/43 2nd Lt. Henry S Walker Bombardier

POW 8/17/43 SSGT James H Brown Ball-Turret Gunner

EC(Evaded Capture) 8/17/43 TSGT Bruno M Gallerini Top-Turret Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress The Old Shillelagh II 42-30364 MIA Bordeaux 8/24/43

Delivered Cheyenne 21/5/43; Smoky Hill 1/6/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 29/6/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 26/6/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux, but t/o from North Africa 24/8/43 with Wilmot Grodi, Co-pilot: John Hughes, Navigator: Adelbert Kneale, Bombardier: Denver Canaday, Waist gunner: George Elliott,Tail gunner: Melvin Frazer (6 evaded capture); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Cuvitt, Radio Operator: John Autyk, Ball turret gunner: Bob Reilly (3 Prisoner of War); [three pass ? RTD]; enemy aircraft, crashed Boular, 11 miles SE of Auch, 34 miles W of Toulouse, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 395. THE OLD SHILLELAGH II.

POW 8/24/43 SSGT Robert J Realy Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 8/24/43 SSGT John F Astyk Radio Operator

POW 8/24/43 TSGT Eugene W Cavitt Top-Turret Gunner

EC 8/24/43 SSGT Denver M Canaday Waist Gunner

EC 8/24/43 SSGT George G Elliott Waist Gunner

EC 8/24/43 SSGT Melvin L Frazier Tail Gunner

EC 8/24/43 Lt. Wilmont C Grodi Pilot

EC 8/24/43 2nd Lt. John H Hughes Co-Pilot

EC 8/24/43 Lt. Adelbert D Kneale Jr Navigator

B-17 Flying Fortress Lulu Belle 42-30187 MIA Evreux 8/24/43

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Gore 6/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-K] Gt Ashfield 16/6/43; Missing in Action Evreux 24/8/43 with Maj Preston Piper, Co-pilot: Vince Masters, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Luther Daniels, Radio Operator: Paul Schultz, Ball turret gunner: Bill Armes,Tail gunner: Lt Tom Morgan (6 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Capt John Dewey, Bombardier: Lee Jones (p-??), Waist gunner: Ed Sanders, Waist gunner: Archie Cameron (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Atlantic, about 40 miles off Padstow, Cornwall; Missing Air Crew Report 961. LULU BELLE.

KIA 8/24/43 SSGT Archie M Cameron Waist Gunner

KIA 8/24/43 Capt. John A Dewey Lead Navigator

KIA 8/24/43 1st Lt. Lee V Jones Bombardier

KIA 8/24/43 TSGT Edward C Sanders Waist Gunner

RTD 8/24/43 Lt. Louis A Dentoni Bombardier/ Waist Gunner

RTD 8/24/43 Lt. Tom Morgan Tail Gunner

RTD 8/24/43 Lt. Col. Vincent W Masters Co-Pilot

RTD 8/24/43 Col. Preston Piper Pilot

RTD 8/24/43 1st Lt. Paul H Schulz Lead Navigator/Radio Operator/Waist Gunner

RTD 8/24/43 Luther Daniels Flight Engineer/Top-Turret Gunner

RTD 8/24/43 Bill Armes Ball-Turret Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Mary Ellen II 42-30601 Crashed in England 9/16/43

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Kearney 12/7/43; Dow Field 16/7/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Great Ashfield 21/7/43; detailed Bordeaux 16/9/43 with John Schley, Co-pilot: John Baum, Navigator: John Ellingsen, Bombardier: Earl Bates, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walter Roth, Radio Operator: John Egbert, Ball turret gunner: Willard White, Waist gunner: Chester Truex, Waist gunner: Harry Waldner,Tail gunner: Clyde Gingerich (10 Killed in Action); crashed on take off Abbotts Hall, Rickinghall Superior, Sfk; UK. after slight mid-air collision with 42-30120 (95BG); Salvaged 19/9/43. Missing Air Crew Report 15317. MARY ELLEN II.

KIA 9/16/43 1st Lt. John D Schley Jr Pilot

KIA 9/16/43 2nd Lt. Earl R Bates Bombardier

KIA 9/16/43 Lt. John T Baum Co-Pilot

KIA 9/16/43 TSGT John B Egbert Radio Operator/ Gunner

KIA 9/16/43 Lt. John F Ellingsen Jr Navigator

KIA 9/16/43 SSGT Clyde C Gingerich Waist Gunner

KIA 9/16/43 TSGT Walter J Roth Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 9/16/43 SGT Chester E Truax Tail Gunner

KIA 9/16/43 SSGT Harold A Waldner Waist Gunner

KIA 9/16/43 TSGT Willard C White Ball-Turret Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Dorsal Queen 42-30264 Crashed in Bulphan 9/26/43

Delivered Denver 8/5/43; Gore 9/5/43; Kearney 10/4/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-S] Gt Ashfield 17/6/43; On return from Rheims 26/9/43 with Paul Yanello, Co-pilot: Fred Wilson, Navigator: Guilford Black, Bombardier: Chas Wardle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt McMillan, Radio Operator: Stan Gula, Ball turret gunner: Larry Kern, Waist gunner: Edgar Seitz, Waist gunner: Marion McGinnis, obs-Lt Sid White (10 Killed in Action),Tail gunner: John Adams (Returned to Duty); collided mid-air with 42-3290 (385BG), crashed Tillingham Hall Farm, Bulphan, near West Horndon, Ex. Salvaged 28/9/43. DORSAL QUEEN.

KIA 9/26/43 1st Lt. Paul M Yannello Pilot

KIA 9/26/43 2nd Lt. Guilford N Black Navigator

KIA 9/26/43 TSGT Stanley J Gula Radio Operator

KIA 9/26/43 SSGT Lawrence C Kern Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 9/26/43 SSGT Marion E McGinnis Waist Gunner

KIA 9/26/43 TSGT Walter F McMillan Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 9/26/43 SSGT Edgar L Seitz Waist Gunner

KIA 9/26/43 2nd Lt. Charles A Wardle Bombardier

KIA 9/26/43 1st Lt. Sidney S White Observer

KIA 9/26/43 2nd Lt. Frederick E Wilson Co-Pilot

RTD 9/26/43 SSGT John J Adams Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Raunchy Wolf AKA El Lobo 42-3290 Crashed in Bulphan 9/26/43

Delivered Denver 28/4/43; Bangor 15/6/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-R] Gt Ashfield 17/6/43. On return from mission to Rheims 26/9/43 in poor weather involved in mid-air collision with 42-30264 (385BG) killing 20 crewmen, crashed Tillingham Hall Farm, Bulphan, near West Hordon, Ex. With John Keeley, Co-pilot: Harry Coomes, Navigator: Arthur Moore, Bombardier: Theo Rouse, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ledger Pontius, Radio Operator: Sam Rochester, Ball turret gunner: Bob Banner, Waist gunner: Ray Shepherd, Waist gunner: Doug Binford,Tail gunner: Ed Osborn (10 Killed in Action). Salvaged battle damaged 28/9/43. RAUNCHY WOLF aka EL LOBO.

KIA 9/26/43 Lt. John T Keeley Jr Pilot

KIA 9/26/43 SSGT Robert L Banner Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 9/26/43 SSGT Douglas Binford Waist Gunner

KIA 9/26/43 1st Lt. Harry R Coomes Co-Pilot

KIA 9/26/43 1st Lt. Arthur R Moore Navigator

KIA 9/26/43 SSGT Edward Osborn Tail Gunner

KIA 9/26/43 TSGT Ledger Pontius Jr Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 9/26/43 TSGT Samuel B Rochester Radio Operator

KIA 9/26/43 1st Lt. Theodore R Rouse Bombardier

KIA 9/26/43 SSGT Raymond H Shepherd Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress The Vibrant Virgin 42-30275 MIA Bremen 10/8/43

Delivered Cheyenne 7/5/43; Gore 8/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-P] Gt Ashfield 17/6/43; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Ralph Jensen, Co-pilot: Nick Ursiak, Navigator: Ray Podolske, Bombardier: Heath Stephens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerry Minch, Radio Operator: Emil Plaza, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Bennett, Waist gunner: Bob McQuality, Waist gunner: Bob Keeley,Tail gunner: Homer Boyette (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Quackenbruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 825. THE VIBRANT VIRGIN.

POW 10/8/43 2nd Lt. Ralph M Jensen Pilot

POW 10/8/43 SGT Lloyd Bennett Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 10/8/43 SSGT Homer L Boyette Tail Gunner

POW 10/8/43 SSGT Robert R Keeley Waist Gunner

POW 10/8/43 SSGT Robert E McQuality Waist Gunner

POW 10/8/43 TSGT Gerald A Mineh Top-Turret Gunner

POW 10/8/43 TSGT Emil W Plaza Radio Operator

POW 10/8/43 2nd Lt. Raymond A Podolake Navigator

POW 10/8/43 2nd Lt. Heath Stephens Bombardier

POW 10/8/43 2nd Lt. Nicholas Ursiak Co-Pilot

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-3308 MIA Bremen 10/8/43

Delivered Denver 27/5/43; Dow Fd 13/6/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-M] Gt Ashfield 26/6/43; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Carl Dawurske, Co-pilot: G. A. Reed, Navigator: Frank Bachman, Bombardier: Joe Osterman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: J.V. O’Donnell, Radio Operator: D.L. Marks, Ball turret gunner: P.H. Smith, Waist gunner: F.E. Northey, Waist gunner: L.E. Knudsen, Tail gunner: R.E. Congrove (10 Returned to Duty); flak damage, on return ditched North Sea, off Southwold, Sfk, all rescued. Missing Air Crew Report 1462.

RTD 10/8/43 Lt. Carl W Dawurske Pilot

RTD 10/8/43 2nd Lt. Frank L Bachman Navigator

RTD 10/8/43 SSGT Roy E Congrove Tail Gunner

RTD 10/8/43 SSGT Lester E Knudson Waist Gunner

RTD 10/8/43 TSGT Donald L Marks Radio Operator

RTD 10/8/43 SSGT Franklin E Northey Waist Gunner

RTD 10/8/43 TSGT Joseph V O'Donnell Jr Top-Turret Gunner

RTD 10/8/43 2nd Lt. Joseph E Osterman Bombardier

RTD 10/8/43 2nd Lt. Gerald A Reed Co-Pilot

RTD 10/8/43 SSGT Peter H Smith Jr Ball-Turret Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Miss Nonalee II 42-30336 MIA Anklam 10/9/43

Delivered Cheyenne 17/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-E] Gt Ashfield 27/6/43; Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43 with Glyndon Bell (INT, but escaped to Sweden via Danish Resistance); Co-pilot: Arnold Martin, Navigator: Frank Bachman, Bombardier: Joe Osterman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Elliott, Radio Operator: Lloyd Rodemer, Ball turret gunner: Harry Rudick, Waist gunner: John Edii, Waist gunner: Marshall Bryan,Tail gunner: Albert Spencer, foto-Charlton Browning (10 Prisoner of War); mech prob, force landed Nordholm Mark, near Varde, Denmark; Missing Air Crew Report 824. MISS NONALEE II. (Used by Luftwaffe KG200.)

EC 10/9/43 1st Lt. Glyndon D Bell Pilot

POW 10/9/43 2nd Lt. Frank L Bachman Navigator

POW 10/9/43 TSGT Henry P Elliott Top-Turret Gunner

POW 10/9/43 TSGT Charlton K Browning Photographer

POW 10/9/43 SSGT Marshall F Bryan Waist Gunner

POW 10/9/43 SGT John Edli Waist Gunner

POW 10/9/43 1st Lt. Arnold P Martin Co-Pilot

POW 10/9/43 2nd Lt. Joseph E Osterman Bombardier

POW 10/9/43 TSGT Lloyd E Rodemer Radio Operator

POW 10/9/43 SGT Harold Rudick Ball-Turret Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-6155 MIA Munster 10/10/43

Delivered Long Beach 11/8/43; Cheyenne 15/8/43; 424 Suv Dep Gr Island for Sperry turret (sic) [Bendix] 7/9/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-P] Gt Ashfield 15/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with John Pettenger, Co-pilot: Ernie Bemis, Navigator: Dave Leventhal, Bombardier: Bill Dorney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Lewis, Radio Operator: John Shealey, Ball turret gunner: Dick Clairmont, Waist gunner: Harry Rudbergh, Waist gunner: John Leahy,Tail gunner: Don Sanborn (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Beumer Farm, Westbevern, eight miles NE of Munster, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 827.

POW 10/10/43 Lt. John F Pettenger Jr Pilot

POW 10/10/43 2nd Lt. Ernest M Bemis Co-Pilot

POW 10/10/43 SSGT Richard H Clairmont Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 10/10/43 2nd Lt. William P Dorney Bombardier

POW 10/10/43 SSGT John C Leahy Waist Gunner

POW 10/10/43 2nd Lt. David S Leventhal Navigator

POW 10/10/43 TSGT Robert P Lewis Top-Turret Gunner

POW 10/10/43 SSGT Harry C Rudberg Waist Gunner

POW 10/10/43 SSGT Donald E Sanborn Tail Gunner

POW 10/10/43 TSGT John L Shealy Radio Operator

B-17 Flying Fortress Michigan Air Force 42-3539 MIA Munster 10/10/43

Delivered Denver 26 July 1943; Dyersburg 9 August 1943; Assigned 550BS/385BG [XA-P] Great Ashfield 3 September 1943. Missing in Action Münster, Germany 10 October 1943. Shot down by enemy aircraft. Was seen at 22,000 feet with No. 2 engine on fire, losing altitude but under control as it veered to the right; then seen to break up. Crashed near the Helhuizenweg, north of Holten, Holland, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 826. The crew belonged to the 549th Squadron : Pilot William B. Whitlow; Co-Pilot Jim F. Burch; Navigator: William D. Fazenbaker; Bombardier: Lloyd A. Stanford; Flight Engineer/Top Turret gunner: Willis G. Shaneyfelt; Radio Operator/Gunner: John T. Ashcraft ; Ball Turret gunner: Thomas M. Ennis; Right Waist gunner: Howard E. Walker; Left Waist gunner: Clarence W. Schaumburg; Tail gunner: Robert L. Richards. Tom Ennis and Howard Walker were Killed in Action (KIA). Bill Fazenbaker, Bob Richards, Clarry Schaumburg and Willis Shaneyfelt were made Prisoner of War (POW). Four evaded capture : John Ashcraft, Lloyd Stanford, Bill Whitlow and Jim Burch. Ashcraft, Stanford and Whitlow managed to evade with the help of the Belgian Comet evasion network and got back to England. Burch, also helped by Comet, tragically drowned on 24 December 1943 while escaping with a group of other evaders trying to cross the River Bidassoa, on the Franco-Spanish border.

EC 10/10/43 KIA 12/24/43 2nd Lt. James F Burch Co-Pilot

KIA 10/10/43 SSGT Thomas M Ennis Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/10/43 SSGT Howard E Walker Waist Gunner

POW 10/10/43 2nd Lt. William D Fazenbaker Navigator

POW 10/10/43 SSGT Robert L Richards Tail Gunner

POW 10/10/43 SSGT Clarence W Schaumburg Waist Gunner

POW 10/10/43 TSGT Willis G Shaneyfelt Top-Turret Gunner

EC 10/10/43 SSGT John T Ashcraft Radio Operator/ Gunner

EC 10/10/43 2nd Lt. Lloyd A Stanford Bombardier

EC 10/10/43 2nd Lt. William B Whitlow Pilot

B-17 Flying Fortress Shack Bunny 42-5913 MIA Duren 10/20/43

Delivered Long Beach 5 May 1943; Kearney 30 May 1943; Dow Field 19 June 1943; Assigned 551BS/385BG Great Ashfield 20 June 1943; Missing in Action Duren 20 October 1943 with Pilot Lyle V. Fryer; Co-pilot: Clifford G. McIlveen; Navigator: John S. Durakov; Bombardier: Edwin D. Rinkenberger; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chester A. Lisiewski (evaded for a time but captured in Paris on 21 January 1944 - POW); Radio Operator: William G. Cokins; Ball turret gunner: George A. Good; Left Waist gunner: Joseph F. Pittman; Right Waist gunner: Fred Browning;Tail gunner: David E. Carr (10 Prisoners of War); mechanical trouble, crashed De Slek, two miles South of Echt, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 828. SHACK BUNNY.

POW 10/20/43 1st Lt. Lyle V Fryer Pilot

POW 10/20/43 TSGT Fred Browning Waist Gunner

POW 10/20/43 SSGT David E Carr Tail Gunner

POW 10/20/43 TSGT William G Cokins Radio Operator

POW 10/20/43 1st Lt. John S Durakov Navigator

POW 10/20/43 SSGT George Arnold Good Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 10/20/43 SSGT Chester A Lisiewski Top-Turret Gunner

POW 10/20/43 2nd Lt. Clifford G McIlveen Co-Pilot

POW 10/20/43 TSGT Joseph F Pittman Waist Gunner

POW 10/20/43 2nd Lt. Edwin D Rinkenberger Bombardier

B-17 Flying Fortress The Wild Hare 42-30795 MIA Munster 11/11/43

Delivered Cheyenne 29/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [XA-J] Gt Ashfield 2/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 11/11/43 with John McGowan, Co-pilot: Jim Bufkin, Navigator: Ellis Shorb, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nello Malavasi, Ball turret gunner: Vernon Mulvaney, Waist gunner: Bill Bloeser, Waist gunner: Tony Barckett,Tail gunner: Bob Johnson (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jim French (KIA-bailed out but died of injuries); Bombardier: Tom Applewhite (evaded capture); flak KO’d #3, crashed Druner, near border of River Maas, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1161. THE WILD HARE.

KIA 11/11/43 TSGT James J French Radio Operator/ Gunner

POW 11/11/43 Lt. John P McGowan Pilot

POW 11/11/43 SSGT Anthony T Barckett Waist Gunner

POW 11/11/43 SSGT William J Bloeser Waist Gunner

POW 11/11/43 2nd Lt. James C Bufkin Co-Pilot

POW 11/11/43 TSGT Nello Malavasi Top-Turret Gunner

POW 11/11/43 SSGT Vernon L Mulvaney Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 11/11/43 2nd Lt. Ellis Shorb Navigator

POW 11/11/43 Robert R Johnson Tail Gunner

EC 11/11/43 2nd Lt. Thomas Applewhite Bombardier

B-17 Flying Fortress Man O' War 42-30717 MIA Bremen 11/13/43

Delivered Denver 16/7/43; Kearney 27/7/43; Scott 14/8/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-D] Gt Ashfield 25/8/43; Missing in Action Bremen 13/11/43 with Carl Dawurske, Co-pilot: Jim Pierce, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Reece Cartmill,Tail gunner: Tony Marianro (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Howard, Bombardier: Jack Kirby, Radio Operator: Don Marks, Ball turret gunner: Leo Moyer, Waist gunner: Frank Northay, Waist gunner: Lester Knudson (6 Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 42-39860 (385), crashed near Ahlhorn airfield, near Oldenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1402. MAN O' WAR.

KIA 11/13/43 Lt. Carl W Dawurske Pilot

KIA 11/13/43 TSGT Reece D Cartmill Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 11/13/43 SSGT Anthony M Marianro Tail Gunner

KIA 11/13/43 2nd Lt. James E Pierce Co-Pilot

POW 11/13/43 2nd Lt. Robert C Howard Navigator

POW 11/13/43 SSGT Leo J Moyer Jr Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 11/13/43 2nd Lt. Jack N Kirby Bombardier

POW 11/13/43 SSGT Lester E Knudson Waist Gunner

POW 11/13/43 TSGT Donald L Marks Radio Operator

POW 11/13/43 SSGT Franklin E Northay Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress War Cry 42-39860 MIA Bremen 11/13/43

Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-A] Gt Ashfield 23/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 13/11/43 with Ben McCall,Tail gunner: Bill Butler{found in tail section near Oldenburg, Ger. (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Clovis Ginn, Navigator: John Replogle, Bombardier: Bob Lambiaso, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Charland, Radio Operator: Stan Easterbrook, Ball turret gunner: Ed Barthuame, Waist gunner: Bill Bowels, Waist gunner: Lyne Wood (8RTD -rescued from sea); mid-air coll. with 42-30717 (385BG), ditched North Sea 20 miles of UK coast; Missing Air Crew Report 1403. WAR CRY.

KIA 11/13/43 Lt. Ben J McCall Pilot

KIA 11/13/43 SSGT William H Butler Tail Gunner

RTD 11/13/43 Lt. Col. C L Ginn Co-Pilot

RTD 11/13/43 1st Lt. John J Replogle Navigator

RTD 11/13/43 Capt. Robert E Lambiaso Bombardier

RTD 11/13/43 TSGT Lawrence F Charland Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

RTD 11/13/43 TSGT Stanley W Easterbrook Radio Operator

RTD 11/13/43 Edward J Barthiaume Ball-Turret Gunner

RTD 11/13/43 SSGT William H Bowles Waist Gunner

RTD 11/13/43 SSGT Lynn D Ward Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Lady Liz 42-5902 Force Landed Ellough Airfield 11/29/43

Delivered Long Beach 30/4/43; Gore Fd 15/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 21/6/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-H] Gt Ashfield 30/6/43; Landing accident at base with John Schley 18/8/43; Mechanical problems when detailed Bremen 29/11/43, returned and force landed Ellough a/fd, Sfk. England, with Robert Bostik, Co-pilot: Carlton Grisson, Navigator: James Stevenson, Bombardier: Thomas Arthur, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Robert Ulsh, Radio Operator: Charles Dirks, Ball turret gunner: George De Fillipi, Waist gunner: Park Campbell, Waist gunner: D.Lubinsky, Tail gunner: Virgil Linn (10 Returned to Duty), sal 1/12/43. LADY LIZ.

RTD 11/29/43 1st Lt. Robert L Bostick Pilot

RTD 11/29/43 2nd Lt. Thomas R Arthur Bombardier

RTD 11/29/43 SSGT Peter Bobulsky Jr Waist Gunner

RTD 11/29/43 SSGT Park H Campbell Jr Tail Gunner

RTD 11/29/43 TSGT George De Fillipi Engineer

RTD 11/29/43 TSGT Charles E Dirks Radio Operator

RTD 11/29/43 2nd Lt. Carlton L Grissom Co-Pilot

RTD 11/29/43 SSGT Virgil L Linn Waist Gunner

RTD 11/29/43 2nd Lt. James H Stevenson Navigator

RTD 11/29/43 TSGT Robert L Ulsh Top-Turret Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Who Dat -Ding Bat 42-37874 MIA Bremen 11/29/43

Delivered Denver 1/10/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 2/11/43; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 3/11/43; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Bill Swope, Co-pilot: Norm Weider, Navigator: Bob Prolow (washed up in dinghy at Whitstable, Kent), Bombardier: Doug Baker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stan Robinson, Radio Operator: Dick Street, Ball turret gunner: Jim Harbison, Waist gunner: Earl Robinson, Waist gunner: Elmer Congdon (washed up in dinghy at Whitstable, Kent), Tail gunner: Francis Magner (10 Killed in Action); ran out of fuel, crashed Tessel Is., Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1532. WHO DAT - DING BAT.

KIA 11/29/43 Lt. William L Swope Pilot

KIA 11/29/43 2nd Lt. Douglas H Baker Bombardier

KIA 11/29/43 SSGT Elmer F Congdon Waist Gunner

KIA 11/29/43 SSGT James H Harbison Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 11/29/43 SSGT Francis J Magner Tail Gunner

KIA 11/29/43 2nd Lt. Robert C H Prolow Navigator

KIA 11/29/43 SSGT Earl R Robinson Waist Gunner

KIA 11/29/43 TSGT Stanley Robinson Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 11/29/43 SSGT Richard E Street Radio Operator/ Gunner

KIA 11/29/43 Lt. Norman L Weider Co-Pilot

B-17 Flying Fortress Gremlin's Buggy 42-30204 MIA Bremen 11/29/43

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/43; Gore 6/5/43; Gt Falls 8/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 94BG Rougham 17/6/43; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX-H] Gt Ashfield 6/43; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Dick Yoder, Co-pilot: Bob Payne, Navigator: Mort Breslau, Bombardier: Bill Hart, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Kingdon (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Theo Schatz, Ball turret gunner: Bob Nixon, Waist gunner: Ed Staman, Waist gunner: Forrest Mengenhardt,Tail gunner: Roy Saye (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Fesenfeld, four miles W of Syke, S of Bremen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1581. GREMLIN'S BUGGY.

KIA 11/29/43 SSGT Forrest L Megenhardt Waist Gunner

KIA 11/29/43 SSGT Robert Mixon Jr Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 11/29/43 SSGT Roy L Saye Tail Gunner

KIA 11/29/43 SSGT Theodore R Schatz Radio Operator

KIA 11/29/43 SSGT Edward H Staman Waist Gunner

POW 11/29/43 Lt. Richard Yoder Pilot

POW 11/29/43 Lt. Morton D Breslau Navigator

POW 11/29/43 2nd Lt. William B Hart Bombardier

POW 11/29/43 TSGT James A Kingdon Top-Turret Gunner

POW 11/29/43 2nd Lt. Robert A Payne Co-Pilot

B-17 Flying Fortress Fighting Cock 42-3397 MIA Bordeaux 12/5/43

Delivered Denver 5/6/43; Dow Fd 14/7/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-H] Gt Ashfield 15/7/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 5/12/43 with Theo Kleuser, Co-pilot: John Slater, Navigator: Fred Albert, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Hibbard, Ball turret gunner: Stan Wysokinski, Waist gunner: Leo De Graw, Waist gunner: Jim O’Keefe (7KIA - when in dinghy were machine-gunned by German shore patrol); Bombardier: Tom Betow, Radio Operator: Walt Olowniuk, Tail gunner: Stewart Day (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ditched Bay of Biscay; Missing Air Crew Report 2164 and Missing Air Crew Report 1337. FIGHTING COCK.

KIA 12/5/43 1st Lt. Theodore J Kleuser Pilot

KIA 12/5/43 Lt. Frederick D Albert Navigator

KIA 12/5/43 SSGT Leo E DeGraw Waist Gunner

KIA 12/5/43 SGT Ernest A Hibbard Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 12/5/43 SSGT James W O'Keefe Waist Gunner

KIA 12/5/43 2nd Lt. John W Slater Co-Pilot

KIA 12/5/43 SSGT Stanley Wysokinski Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 12/5/43 Lt. Thomas H Betow Bombardier

POW 12/5/43 SSGT Stewart H Day Jr Tail Gunner

POW 12/5/43 TSGT Walter V Olowniuk Radio Operator

B-17 Flying Fortress Suzanne 42-3294 MIA Merignac 12/5/43

Delivered Denver 20/4/43; Dow Field 13/6/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-G] Gt Ashfield 16/6/43; transferred 549BS landing accident at base with Ed Stone 28/7/43; Missing in Action Merignac 5/12/43 with Novo Maryonovich, Co-pilot: Bill Flagler, Navigator: Gerhard Kirschke, Bombardier: Francis Stetson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Bradford, Radio Operator: Edwin Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Gordon Akley, Waist gunner: Tom Armstrong, Waist gunner: Carl Williams,Tail gunner: Ed McMillan (10INT); battle damaged ditched Atlantic off Portugal, all rescued and returned to UK via British Embassy knowhow, calling the crew ‘shipwrecked mariners!. Missing Air Crew Report 1338; SUZANNE.

INT 12/5/43 1st Lt. Novo J Maryonovich Pilot

INT 12/5/43 SSGT Gordon E Akley Ball-Turret Gunner

INT 12/5/43 TSGT Hugh O Bradford Top-Turret Gunner

INT 12/5/43 2nd Lt. William F Flagler Co-Pilot

INT 12/5/43 TSGT Erwin R Johnson Radio Operator/ Gunner

INT 12/5/43 SSGT Thomas J Armstrong Jr Waist Gunner

INT 12/5/43 2nd Lt. Gerhard W Kirschke Navigator

INT 12/5/43 SSGT Edward M McMillan Tail Gunner

INT 12/5/43 2nd Lt. Francis A Stetson Bombardier

INT 12/5/43 SSGT Carl E Williams Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Slo Jo 42-30168 MIA Emden 12/11/43

Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/43; Gt Falls 6/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 18/6/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-T] Gt Ashfield 26/6/43; Missing in Action, Emden 11/12/43 with Theodore Jennings, Co-pilot: Dean Barger (washed up 12/06/44), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarence Homolka, Ball turret gunner: James Reed, Waist gunner: Edson McCord (washed ashore 20/12/43), Waist gunner: Edward Lyman, Tail gunner: Samuel Moore (washed ashore 21/12/43) (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Blair Stragand, Bombardier: Frederick Kemp, Radio Operator: John Kelley (3 Prisoner of War); The aircraft was shot down by Unteroffizier Walter Köhne in Fw 190A-6 of 2/JG.1 and exploded over the North Sea, 2 km (1.242 miles) North of Langeoog Island, Germany at 12:26 on December 11 1943. See Missing Air Crew Report 1666. SLO JO

KIA 12/11/43 1st Lt. Theodore E I Jennings Pilot

KIA 12/11/43 2nd Lt. Dean L Barger Co-Pilot

KIA 12/11/43 TSGT Clarence W Homolka Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 12/11/43 SSGT James M Reed Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 12/11/43 SSGT Edson H McCord Waist Gunner

KIA 12/11/43 SSGT Edward F Lyman Waist Gunner

KIA 12/11/43 SSGT Samuel K Moore Tail Gunner

POW 12/11/43 1st Lt. Blair F Stragand Navigator

POW 12/11/43 2nd Lt. Frederick N Kemp Bombardier

POW 12/11/43 TSGT John H Kelley Radio Operator

B-17 Flying Fortress Mary Ellen III 42-30816 MIA Emden 12/11/43

Delivered Cheyenne 31/7/43; Gr Isle 9/8/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [SG-J] Gt Ashfield 25/8/43; Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43 with Forest Poore, Co-pilot: John Ward, Navigator: Lynn Stuckenbruck, Bombardier: Bill Nicholls, Radio Operator: Paul Balogh, Waist gunner: Bill Kelly, Waist gunner: John O’Donnell,Tail gunner: Jim Capillos (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alva Woodall drowned in Reitdiep Canal, Ball turret gunner: Harry Morris (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set #2 on fire, crashed Warendorp Farm, Torrenga, near Warfhuizen, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1664. MARY ELLEN III.

KIA 12/11/43 SSGT Alva A Woodall Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 12/11/43 SSGT Harold L Morris Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 12/11/43 Lt. Forest T Poore Pilot

POW 12/11/43 2nd Lt. John R Ward Co-Pilot

POW 12/11/43 2nd Lt. Linn C Stuckenbruck Navigator

POW 12/11/43 2nd Lt. William A Nicholls Bombardier

POW 12/11/43 SSGT Paul L Balough Radio Operator

POW 12/11/43 TSGT William A Kelly Waist Gunner

POW 12/11/43 TSGT John D O'Connell Waist Gunner

POW 12/11/43 SSGT James Capillos Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Weidner's Wildcat 42-3488 MIA Emden 12/11/43

Delivered Denver 13/7/43; Scott 15/8/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-L] Gt Ashfield 25/8/43; Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43 with Edwin Pollock, Co-pilot: Milo Raim, Navigator: Maurice Alexander, Bombardier: Max Weinstein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herb Baber, Radio Operator: Max Schwartz, Waist gunner: Francis Harwell,Tail gunner: Joe Lavia (8 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Wilf Husband, Waist gunner: Howard Hall (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #2, crashed yards from Lake Sneekermeer, Offingawier, Holl. Missing Air Crew Report 1665. WEIDNER’S WILDCAT.

KIA 12/11/43 SGT Wilfred M Husband Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 12/11/43 SGT Howard G Hall Waist Gunner

POW 12/11/43 2nd Lt. Edwin F Pollock Pilot

POW 12/11/43 2nd Lt. Milo A Raim Co-Pilot

POW 12/11/43 2nd Lt. Maurice G Alexander Navigator

POW 12/11/43 1st Lt. Max Weinstein Bombardier

POW 12/11/43 TSGT Herbert M Baber Top-Turret Gunner

POW 12/11/43 SGT Max Schwartz Radio Operator

POW 12/11/43 SGT Francis M Harwell Waist Gunner

POW 12/11/43 SGT Joseph La Via Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Shack Bunny 42-3551 MIA Kiel 12/13/43

Delivered Denver 29/7/43; Grand Island 9/8/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-Q/S] Gt Ashfield 10/9/43; Missing in Action Kiel 13/12/43 with Jack Fowles, Co-pilot: Edwin Dunlap, Navigator: Sam Fogel, Bombardier: Loren Childers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Glenn Lawhorn, Ball turret gunner: Elmer Boden, Waist gunner: Chas Parker, Waist gunner: Paul D’Agostino,Tail gunner: Chas Cox (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Ray Conners (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed nt Nottfeld, 12 miles NE of Schleswig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1667. SHACK BUNNY.

KIA 12/13/43 TSGT Raymond E Conners Radio Operator/ Gunner

POW 12/13/43 2nd Lt. Jack E Fowles Pilot

POW 12/13/43 2nd Lt. Edwin V Dunlap Co-Pilot

POW 12/13/43 2nd Lt. Samuel J Fogel Navigator

POW 12/13/43 2nd Lt. Loren B Childers Bombardier

POW 12/13/43 SSGT Glenn J Lawhorn Top-Turret Gunner

POW 12/13/43 SGT Elmer V Boden Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 12/13/43 SSGT Charles E Parker Waist Gunner

POW 12/13/43 SSGT Paul A D'Agostino Waist Gunner

POW 12/13/43 SSGT Charles C Cox Jr Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Ground Hog 42-3097 MIA Ludwigshafen 12/30/43

Delivered Denver 11/2/43; Dow Fd 13/6/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG Horham 15/6/43; transferred 549BS/385BG [XA-Z] Gt Ashfield /43; damaged in base explosion 3/9/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 with Rueben Eckhardt, Navigator: Kingsley Sumner (2 evaded capture); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Enders, Radio Operator: Leroy Acridge, Ball turret gunner: Bob Crumrine, Waist gunner: Jim Lires, Waist gunner: Rowland Birch, Tail gunner: Floyd Montgomery (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Chas Erichsen, Bombardier: John Hay (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Fresnicourt, Sain-en-Gohelle,Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1898. THE GROUND HOG.

KIA 12/30/43 2nd Lt. Charles M Erichsen Jr Co-Pilot

KIA 12/30/43 2nd Lt. John S Hay Bombardier

POW 12/30/43 SSGT Arthur K Enders Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 12/30/43 SSGT Leroy H Acridge Radio Operator

POW 12/30/43 SGT Robert L Crumrine Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 12/30/43 SGT James A Lires Waist Gunner

POW 12/30/43 SGT Rowland P Burch Waist Gunner

POW 12/30/43 SGT Floyd W Montgomery Tail Gunner

EC 12/30/43 2nd Lt. Reuben H Eckhardt Pilot

EC 12/30/43 2nd Lt. Kingsley E Sumner Navigator

B-17 Flying Fortress El Sabo AKA Raunchy Wolf 42-30249 MIA Ludwigshafen 12/30/43

Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/43; Gore 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Gt Falls 24/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Dow Fd 4/6/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-X] Gt Ashfield 26/6/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 with Earle Frye, Waist gunner: Tony Ornatek,Tail gunner: Glen Emerson (3 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Dick Miller, Navigator: John Bartemus, Bombardier: Tom Hollingsworth, Radio Operator: George Steele, Ball turret gunner: Bob Williams, Waist gunner: Regis Maroney (6 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Pifer (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Ligay, three miles S of Monchy-Breton, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1899. EL SABO aka RAUNCHY WOLF.

KIA 12/30/43 TSGT Frank E Pifer Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 12/30/43 2nd Lt. Richard M Miller Co-Pilot

POW 12/30/43 2nd Lt. John W Bartemus Navigator

POW 12/30/43 1st Lt. Thomas A Hollingsworth Jr Bombardier

POW 12/30/43 TSGT George E Steele Radio Operator

POW 12/30/43 SSGT Robert L Williams Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 12/30/43 SSGT Regis J Maroney Waist Gunner

EC 12/30/43 2nd Lt. Earl T Frye Pilot

EC 12/30/43 SSGT Anthony A Ornatek Waist Gunner

EC 12/30/43 SSGT Glen R Emerson Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-40046 MIA Kiel 1/4/44

Delivered Long Beach 11/11/43; Gr Island 24/11/43; Presque Is 30/11/43; Prestwick, Scotland, UK 6/12/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 14/12/43; Missing in Action Kiel 4/1/44 with Ashley Bean, Co-pilot: Floyd Whiteley, Navigator: Carl Flagstad, Bombardier: Bruce Barclay, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Alexander, Radio Operator: Larry Andrews, Ball turret gunner: Gene Bergen, Waist gunner: Don Farrington, Waist gunner: Rex Kerwin,Tail gunner: Chas Briska (10 Prisoner of War); mech fault & two engines out, crashed Luetjenhorn, three miles NW of Leck, Schleswig/Holstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1897.

POW 1/4/44 2nd Lt. Ashley R Bean Pilot

POW 1/4/44 2nd Lt. Floyd L Whiteley Co-Pilot

POW 1/4/44 2nd Lt. Carl O Flagstad Navigator

POW 1/4/44 2nd Lt. Bruce F Barclay Bombardier

POW 1/4/44 TSGT Carl R Alexander Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 1/4/44 TSGT Lawrence R Andrews Radio Operator/ Gunner

POW 1/4/44 SSGT Eugene A Bergen Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 1/4/44 SSGT Donald G Farrington Waist Gunner

POW 1/4/44 SSGT Rex E Kerwin Waist Gunner

POW 1/4/44 SSGT Charles Briska Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Piccadilly Queen 42-30251 MIA Frankfurt 1/29/44

Delivered Cheyenne 6/5/43; Denver 8/5/43; Gt Falls 13/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 13/6/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-T] Gt Ashfield 14/6/43; damaged in base explosion 3/9/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Ray Notestein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gla Owen, Ball turret gunner: John Huffman, Waist gunner: Cliff Owen, Waist gunner: John Moriarty,Tail gunner: Carl Huwe (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Earl Follensbee, Navigator: Eldon Rohs, Bombardier: Chas Markwell, Radio Operator: Art Karnowski (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Kaiserlautern, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2267. PICCADILLY QUEEN.

KIA 1/29/44 Lt. Raymond E Notestein Pilot

KIA 1/29/44 TSGT Gla E Owen Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 1/29/44 SSGT John D Huffman III Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 1/29/44 SSGT Clifford E Owen Waist Gunner

KIA 1/29/44 SSGT John E Moriarty Waist Gunner

KIA 1/29/44 SSGT Carl F Huwe Tail Gunner

POW 1/29/44 2nd Lt. Earl R Follensbee Co-Pilot

POW 1/29/44 2nd Lt. Eldon W Rohs Navigator

POW 1/29/44 2nd Lt. Charles L Markwell Bombardier

POW 1/29/44 TSGT Arthur L Karnowski Radio Operator

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-97506 MIA Frankfurt 1/29/44

Delivered Denver 4/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 23/12/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 25/12/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Bob Bostwick, Co-pilot: Carlton Grissom, Navigator: Jim Stephenson, Bombardier: Tom Arthur, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Ulsh, Radio Operator: Chas Dierks, Ball turret gunner: Norman Lubinsky, Waist gunner: George DeFilippi, Waist gunner: Virgil Linn,Tail gunner: Park Campbell (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Gonnesweiler, N of St Wendel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2269.

POW 1/29/44 1st Lt. Robert L Bostick Pilot

POW 1/29/44 2nd Lt. Carlton L Grissom Co-Pilot

POW 1/29/44 2nd Lt. James H Stephenson Navigator

POW 1/29/44 2nd Lt. Thomas R Arthur Bombardier

POW 1/29/44 TSGT Robert L Ulsh Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 1/29/44 TSGT Charles D Dierks Radio Operator

POW 1/29/44 SSGT Norman E Lubinsky Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 1/29/44 SSGT George DeFilippi Waist Gunner

POW 1/29/44 SSGT Virgil L Linn Waist Gunner

POW 1/29/44 SSGT Park H Campbell Jr Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Sweet 17 AKA Hustlin' Hussy 42-30354 MIA Frankfurt 1/29/44

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 20/6/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-X] Gt Ashfield 1/7/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Ralph H. Palmer, Navigator: William Powell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Arthur M. Pacha, Ball turret gunner: Leo J. Reynolds, Waist gunner: William J. Williams (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Ryal L. Skaggs, Bombardier: Frank F. Wieczerzak, Radio Operator: Bob Piarote, Tail gunner: Elmore S. Loveland (4 evaded capture); Waist gunner: Allen D. Patterson (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Anderlues, six miles NW of Charleroi, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2268. 'SWEET 17' aka 'HUSTLIN' HUSSY'.

KIA 1/29/44 SSGT Allen D Patterson Waist Gunner

EC 1/29/44 POW Feb/44 2nd Lt. Ralph H Palmer Pilot

EC 1/29/44 POW 8/3/44 2nd Lt. William Powell Navigator

EC 1/29/44 POW 8/3/44 TSGT Arthur M Pacha Top-Turret Gunner

EC 1/29/44 POW 8/3/44 SGT Leo J Reynolds Ball-Turret Gunner

EC 1/29/44 POW 8/3/44 SSGT William J Williams Waist Gunner

EC 1/29/44 2nd Lt. Ryal L Skaggs Co-Pilot

EC 1/29/44 TSGT Robert J Piarote Radio Operator/ Gunner

EC 1/29/44 SSGT Elmore S Loveland Tail Gunner

EC 1/29/44 2nd Lt. Frank F Wieczerzak Bombardier

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31181 MIA Brunswick 1/30/44

Delivered Denver 29/9/43; Casper 7/10/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 2/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Bob Lojinger, Co-pilot: Jim Campbell, Navigator: Fred Freitag, Bombardier: Bernie Mistrater, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edward Jacobs, Radio Operator: Jim Klootwyjk, Ball turret gunner: Sherman Emmons, Waist gunner: Harry Kleest, Waist gunner: Bill Krebs,Tail gunner: Harry Hill (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Himbergen, near Bissendorf, 25 miles NE of Osnabruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2266.

POW 1/30/44 2nd Lt. Robert I Lojinger Pilot

POW 1/30/44 2nd Lt. James D Campbell Co-Pilot

POW 1/30/44 2nd Lt. Frederick W Freitag Navigator

POW 1/30/44 2nd Lt. Bernard L Mistrater Bombardier

POW 1/30/44 SSGT Edward J Jacobs Top-Turret Gunner

POW 1/30/44 TSGT James J Klootwyk Radio Operator

POW 1/30/44 SSGT Sherman E Emmons Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 1/30/44 SSGT Harry H Kleest Waist Gunner

POW 1/30/44 SSGT William A Krebs Waist Gunner

POW 1/30/44 SSGT Harold D Hill Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-39952 MIA Wilhelmshafen 2/3/44

Delivered Long Beach 15/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 27/11/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 3/2/44 with Bob Morse, Co-pilot: Van Watson, Navigator: Bruce DeMar, Bombardier: Paul Kite, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Bretschneider, Radio Operator: Dawson Wilson, Ball turret gunner: Thelton Britt, Waist gunner: Vito DiSabato, Waist gunner: Bob Smart,Tail gunner: Jesse Morrell (10 Killed in Action); mid-air coll with 42-39938 (385BG); crashed North Sea, off Texel, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2196.

KIA 2/3/44 1st Lt. Robert W Morse Jr Pilot

KIA 2/3/44 2nd Lt. Van E Watson Co-Pilot

KIA 2/3/44 1st Lt. Bruce E DeMar Navigator

KIA 2/3/44 Lt. Paul W Kite Bombardier

KIA 2/3/44 TSGT Robert H Bretschneider Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 2/3/44 TSGT Dawson E Wilson Radio Operator/ Gunner

KIA 2/3/44 SSGT Thelton Britt Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 2/3/44 SGT Vito W DiSabato Waist Gunner

KIA 2/3/44 SSGT Robert C Smart Waist Gunner

KIA 2/3/44 SSGT Jessie W Morrell Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-39938 MIA Wilhelmshafen 2/3/44

Delivered Long Beach 13/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 21/11/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 3/2/44 with Herb Heuser, Co-pilot: Henry Madden, Navigator: Gene Bridle, Bombardier: Dick Roth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Blansit, Radio Operator: John Lucey, Ball turret gunner: John Marcinko, Waist gunner: Chas Klutcharch, Waist gunner: Lynn Ward,Tail gunner: Joe Simonick (10 Killed in Action); mid-air coll with 42-39952 (385BG) over North Sea of Texel, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2197.

KIA 2/3/44 Lt. Herbert A Heuser Pilot

KIA 2/3/44 2nd Lt. Henry K Madden Co-Pilot

KIA 2/3/44 Flt. Ofc. Eugene R Bridle Navigator

KIA 2/3/44 Lt. Richard J Roth Bombardier

KIA 2/3/44 TSGT Roy H Blansit Jr Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 2/3/44 SGT John P Lucey Radio Operator/ Gunner

KIA 2/3/44 TSGT John Marcinko Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 2/3/44 PVT Charles J Klutcharch Waist Gunner

KIA 2/3/44 SSGT Lynn D Ward Waist Gunner

KIA 2/3/44 PVT Joseph S Simonick Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31295 MIA Frankfurt 2/4/44

Delivered Cheyenne 16/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Dallas 11/11/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-A] Gt Ashfield 18/11/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/2/44 with Bill Horstman, Co-pilot: Bill Kosseff, Radio Operator: Albt Seely, Waist gunner: Paul Millner, Waist gunner: Earl Flaherty,Tail gunner: Jim Gilliam (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Vernon Kisinger, Bombardier: John Hanson{togg}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Swider, Ball turret gunner: Otto Roskey (4 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Munsterbilzen, 17 miles N of Liege, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 2200.

POW 2/4/44 Lt. Billy N Horstman Pilot

POW 2/4/44 2nd Lt. Vernon E Kisinger Navigator

POW 2/4/44 SSGT John P Hanson Bombardier

POW 2/4/44 SSGT Albert L Seely Radio Operator

POW 2/4/44 SSGT Paul W Millner Waist Gunner

POW 2/4/44 SSGT Earl Flaherty Waist Gunner

POW 2/4/44 SSGT James V Gilliam Tail Gunner

EC 2/4/44 2nd Lt. William Kosseff Co-Pilot

EC 2/4/44 TSGT Alexander S Swider Top-Turret Gunner

EC 2/4/44 SSGT Otto V Roskey Ball-Turret Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31355 MIA Frankfurt 2/4/44

Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Memphis 12/11/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-N] Gt Ashfield 21/11/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/2/44 with Bob McAdams, Co-pilot: Tom Gose, Navigator: Francis Osborn, Bombardier: John Omonsky, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Kelly, Radio Operator: Stan Easterbrook, Ball turret gunner: Harry Brumlee, Waist gunner: Fred Salenmo, Waist gunner: Harry Brown,Tail gunner: Mort Siegmann (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Steinfeldestrasse, near Nettersheim/Eifel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2198.

POW 2/4/44 1st Lt. Robert L McAdams Pilot

POW 2/4/44 2nd Lt. Thomas A Gose Jr Co-Pilot

POW 2/4/44 2nd Lt. Francis K Osborn Navigator

POW 2/4/44 2nd Lt. John R Omonsky Bombardier

POW 2/4/44 TSGT Ernest C Kelly Top-Turret Gunner

POW 2/4/44 TSGT Stanley W Easterbrook Radio Operator

POW 2/4/44 SSGT Harold S Brumlee Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 2/4/44 SSGT Fred J Salenmo Waist Gunner

POW 2/4/44 SSGT Harold F Brown Waist Gunner

POW 2/4/44 SSGT Morton Siegmann Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31380 MIA Frankfurt 2/8/44

Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/43; Gr Island 9/11/43; Nashville 11/11/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 21/11/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 8/2/44 with Francis Pabich, Co-pilot: Phil Capo, Navigator: Ed Carey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Gorrano, Radio Operator: George Solomon, Waist gunner: Emmett Bone,Tail gunner: Don Hoilman (7 evaded capture); Bombardier: David Flores, Ball turret gunner: Jim Fulgham, Waist gunner: Frances Graves (3 Prisoner of War); no gas, crashed Pont-Audemer, near Le Havre, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2498.

POW 2/8/44 SSGT James S Fulgham Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 2/8/44 2nd Lt. David H Flores Bombardier

POW 2/8/44 SSGT Francis W Graves Waist Gunner

EC 2/8/44 Lt. Francis F Pabich Pilot

EC 2/8/44 2nd Lt. Philip A Capo Co-Pilot

EC 2/8/44 2nd Lt. Edward J Carey Navigator

EC 2/8/44 TSGT Joseph I Gorrano Top-Turret Gunner

EC 2/8/44 TSGT George Solomon Radio Operator/ Gunner

EC 2/8/44 SSGT Emmett W Bone Waist Gunner

EC 2/8/44 SSGT Donald F Hoilman Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Dragon Lady 42-30836 MIA Pas de Calais 2/13/44

Delivered Cheyenne 5/8/43; Geiger 13/8/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-V] Gt Ashfield 12/9/43; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 13/2/44 with Edwin Herron, Radio Operator: John Cortez, Ball turret gunner: Alf Seagrave, Waist gunner: Leon Wasilewski (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Walter Camp, Navigator: Stan Stodola, Bombardier: Bill Melillo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Savage, Waist gunner: Francis Temple,Tail gunner: Juan Almanza (6 Returned to Duty); flak KO’d #1 & #4, ditched Channel, 18 miles W of Dungeness, Kent.. Missing Air Crew Report 2345. DRAGON LADY.

KIA 2/13/44 SGT John C Cortez Radio Operator/ Gunner

KIA 2/13/44 SGT Alfred F Seagrave Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 2/13/44 SGT Leonard W Wasilewski Waist Gunner

RTD 2/13/44 Capt. Edwin R Herron Pilot

RTD 2/13/44 1st Lt. Walter Camp III Co-Pilot

RTD 2/13/44 2nd Lt. Stanley V Stodola Navigator

RTD 2/13/44 2nd Lt. William C Melillo Bombardier

RTD 2/13/44 SSGT Robert V Savage Top-Turret Gunner

RTD 2/13/44 SGT Francis K Temple Waist Gunner

RTD 2/13/44 SGT Juan E Almanza Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-40004 Crashed at Tuttington 2/20/44

Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43; Denver 18/11/43; Kearney 24/11/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 9/12/43; on forming up for a mission to Tutow 20/2/44 with Bill Ruby, Co-pilot: Ed Krengulec, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cletus Crouse (3 Killed in Action); Navigator: R.P. Craig, Bombardier: Tony Thorncock, Radio Operator: Henry Parker, Ball turret gunner: A.J. Guinta, Waist gunner: J.S. Rose, Waist gunner: Ed Roddy,Tail gunner: Howard Anderson (7 Returned to Duty); fire broke out, crash landed Manor Farm, Tuttington, Nfk, UK. sal 22/2/44.

KIA 2/20/44 Lt. Billy E Ruby Pilot

KIA 2/20/44 1st Lt. Edward Krengulec Co-Pilot

KIA 2/20/44 SSGT Cletus D Crouse Top-Turret Gunner

RTD 2/20/44 2nd Lt. Robert P Craig Navigator

RTD 2/20/44 Lt. Tony Thorncock Bombardier

RTD 2/20/44 SSGT Henry B Parker Radio Operator

RTD 2/20/44 SSGT A J Guinta Ball-Turret Gunner

RTD 2/20/44 SGT John S Rose Waist Gunner

RTD 2/20/44 SGT Edward J Roddy Waist Gunner

RTD 2/20/44 SSGT Howard E Anderson Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Crazy Horse 42-30280 MIA Brunswick 2/21/44

Delivered Boeing (by land) 17/6/43 (H2X); Wright Fd 5/7/43; Rome 21/7/43; Patterson 3/8/43; Kansas City 8/8/43; Gd Island 22/9/43; Assigned 812BS/482BG [MI-L] Alconbury 30/9/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 21/2/44 with Capt Gerald Binks (Com P, evd. then arrested Liege 27/5/44), Co-pilot: John Baber, Navigator: Ed Horner, Bombardier: Bill Barrett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Kennedy, Radio Operator: Steve Martin, Ball turret gunner: Henry Raemer, Waist gunner: Bruce Long,Tail gunner: Bill Blake (9 Prisoner of War); Ex nav-Charles Haupt, Ex nav-Joe Punches(ret UK 15/9/44), Waist gunner: Harry Booth (3 evaded capture); p-Ralph Holcombe (KIA-body washed up 04/05/44); mech problem, two engines out, on return attacked by Fw 190 over Zwolle ditched in lake IJsselmeer, nine kilometers SW of Harderwijk, Netherlands; Missing Air Crew Report 2470. CRAZY HORSE. (Remains recovered August 1970.)

KIA 2/21/44 1st Lt. Ralph W Holcombe Pilot

EC 2/21/44 POW 5/27/44 Capt. Gerald D Binks Command Pilot

POW 2/21/44 2nd Lt. John W Baber Co-Pilot

POW 2/21/44 Lt. Edward H Horner Jr. Navigator

POW 2/21/44 2nd Lt. William H Barrett Bombardier/ Observer

POW 2/21/44 TSGT Thomas D Kennedy Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 2/21/44 SSGT Steven F Martin Radio Operator

POW 2/21/44 SSGT Henry Raemer Jr Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 2/21/44 SSGT Bruce W Long Waist Gunner

POW 2/21/44 SSGT William M Blake Tail Gunner

EC 2/21/44 Lt. Charles A Haupt Navigator

EC 2/21/44 2nd Lt. Joel D Punches Navigator

EC 2/21/44 SSGT Harold M Booth Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-37963 Crashed at Norfolk 2/21/44

Delivered Denver 26/10/43; Gr Island 10/11/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-O] Gt Ashfield 24/11/43; mid-air coll with 42-31370 (385) 21/2/44 with Warren Pease, Co-pilot: Edward Brown, Navigator: Bernard Kaplan, Bombardier: Robert Jenkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: William Clift, Radio Operator: William Gill, Ball turret gunner: Frank Owsley, Waist gunner: Harold Dickason, Waist gunner: Gail Bruner,Tail gunner: Junior Falls (10 Killed in Action); crash landed Reedham Marshes, Nfk., UK 21/2/44. Salvaged.

KIA 2/21/44 1st Lt. Warren J Pease Pilot

KIA 2/21/44 2nd Lt. Edward B Brown Co-Pilot

KIA 2/21/44 2nd Lt. Bernard Kaplan Navigator

KIA 2/21/44 2nd Lt. Robert E Jenkins Bombardier

KIA 2/21/44 TSGT William R Clift Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 2/21/44 TSGT William Gill Jr Radio Operator

KIA 2/21/44 SSGT Franklin C Owsley Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 2/21/44 SSGT Harold E Dickason Waist Gunner

KIA 2/21/44 SSGT Gail F Bruner Waist Gunner

KIA 2/21/44 SSGT Junior M Falls Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31370 Crashed at Norfolk 2/21/44

Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Gr Island 9/11/43; Nashville 11/11/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-O] Gt Ashfield 24/11/43; mid air coll with 42-37963 ex-Deipholz 21/2/44 with Capt John Hutchison, Co-pilot: Charles Curtis, Navigator: John Epps, Bombardier: Edmond Gamble, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Kitner, Radio Operator: William Dukes, Ball turret gunner: John Erhardt, Waist gunner: Emilio Corgnati, Waist gunner: Peter Bobulsky Jr, Tail gunner: Joseph Carpinetti, foto- Frank Creegan (11 Killed in Action); crash landed Reedham Marshes, Nfk., UK 21/2/44; Salvaged battle damaged 26/2/44. Used by various crews when their own ships were being serviced or repaired. Aircraft 42-31370 failed to acquire the nomenclature or any graphic nose art.

KIA 2/21/44 Capt. John N Hutchison Jr Pilot

KIA 2/21/44 2nd Lt. Charles G Curtis Co-Pilot

KIA 2/21/44 1st Lt. John E Epps Navigator

KIA 2/21/44 1st Lt. Edmond J Gamble Bombardier

KIA 2/21/44 TSGT Roy C Kitner Flight Engineer/ Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 2/21/44 TSGT William J Dukes Radio Operator

KIA 2/21/44 SSGT John H Erhardt Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 2/21/44 SSGT Emilio M Corgnati Waist-Gunner

KIA 2/21/44 SSGT Peter Bobulsky Jr Waist-Gunner

KIA 2/21/44 TSGT Joseph J Carpinetti Tail Gunner

KIA 2/21/44 SGT Frank L Creegan Jr Photographer

B-17 Flying Fortress Stars & Stripes "2nd Edition" 42-31349 MIA Rostock 2/24/44

Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/43; Gr Island 8/11/43; Memphis 14/11/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 27/11/43; transferred 550BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 28/11/43; Missing in Action Rostock 24/2/44 with Capt Clarry McIlveen, Co-pilot: John Lapczynsky, Navigator: Chas Dickman, Bombardier: Bill Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Scarborough, Radio Operator: Chas Rotunda, Ball turret gunner: Don Rigg, Waist gunner: Ray Malmfelt, Waist gunner: Jean Mahoney,Tail gunner: Ed Barrett (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, KO’d #3 unknown aircraft fate. Missing Air Crew Report 2777. STARS & STRIPES “2nd EDITION”.

KIA 2/24/44 Capt. Clarence S McIlveen Pilot

KIA 2/24/44 2nd Lt. John Lapczynsky Co-Pilot

KIA 2/24/44 Lt. Charles W Dickman Navigator

KIA 2/24/44 1st Lt. William D Williams Bombardier

KIA 2/24/44 TSGT John D Scarbrough Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 2/24/44 TSGT Charles E Rotunda Radio Operator

KIA 2/24/44 SSGT Donald G Rigg Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 2/24/44 SSGT Raymond F Malmfelt Waist Gunner

KIA 2/24/44 SSGT Jean A Mahoney Waist Gunner

KIA 2/24/44 SSGT Edward A Barrett Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Clarissa Jean 42-30662 MIA Rostock 2/24/44

Delivered Amarillo 7/7/43; Dallas 19/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Gt Ashfield 8/43; Missing in Action Rostock 24/2/44 with John Terrace (KIA-probably bailed too late); Co-pilot: Eugene St John, Navigator: Tom Harrington, Bombardier: Claude Edwards, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Worley, Radio Operator: Bill Morrison, Ball turret gunner: Bob Goldsmith, Waist gunner: Joe Lovely, Waist gunner: Clyde Wilkinson,Tail gunner: Chas Coleman (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, off Rugen Is, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2778. CLARISSA JEAN.

KIA 2/24/44 Lt. John A Terrace Jr Pilot

POW 2/24/44 2nd Lt. Eugene E St John Co-Pilot

POW 2/24/44 2nd Lt. Thomas E Harrington Navigator

POW 2/24/44 2nd Lt. Claude C Edwards Bombardier

POW 2/24/44 TSGT Charles T Worley Jr Top-Turret Gunner/Flight Engineer

POW 2/24/44 TSGT William P Morrison Radio Operator

POW 2/24/44 SSGT Robert L Goldsmith Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 2/24/44 SSGT Joseph V Lovely Waist Gunner

POW 2/24/44 SSGT Clyde W Wilkinson Waist Gunner

POW 2/24/44 SSGT Charles C Coleman Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31746 Crash Landed Honington AF 2/24/44

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Ellensburg 14/12/43; Gt Falls 20/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 14/1/44; Assigned 385BG [ -P] Gt Ashfield 17/1/44; crash landed Honington A/fd 24/2/43; Salvaged n/battle damaged 21/3/44.

RTD 2/24/44 1st Lt. Charles R Johnston Pilot

RTD 2/24/44 Owen D Walton Co-Pilot

RTD 2/24/44 2nd Lt. Richard W Glaser Navigator

RTD 2/24/44 Gabriel Silva Bombardier

RTD 2/24/44 Paul Humen Top-Turret Gunner/Flight Engineer

RTD 2/24/44 TSGT James O McLelland Jr Radio Operator

RTD 2/24/44 TSGT Jesse P Collinson Ball-Turret Gunner

RTD 2/24/44 SSGT William F Domer Waist Gunner

RTD 2/24/44 Vincent S Owens Waist Gunner

RTD 2/24/44 SSGT Carl H Lunde Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Winnie The Pooh 42-3422 MIA Regensburg 2/25/44

Delivered Denver 16/6/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-Y] Gt Ashfield 24/7/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Nelson Davis (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Clark, Navigator: Alf Braca, Bombardier: Harry Clew, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Murphy, Radio Operator: Jim Clinton, Ball turret gunner: Glen Turnbough, Waist gunner: Bob McGettiger, Waist gunner: Jim Hess,Tail gunner: Bill Shay (9 Prisoner of War); direct flak hit on #3, crashed Oberstraubling, near Kirchdorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2775. WINNIE THE POOH.

KIA 2/25/44 1st Lt. Nelson H Davis Pilot

POW 2/25/44 2nd Lt. Robert C Clark Co-Pilot

POW 2/25/44 2nd Lt. Alfred G Braca Navigator

POW 2/25/44 2nd Lt. Harry F Clew Jr. Bombardier

POW 2/25/44 TSGT William H Murphy Top-Turret Gunner/Flight Engineer

POW 2/25/44 TSGT James R Clinton Radio Operator

POW 2/25/44 SGT Glen Turnbough Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 2/25/44 SSGT Robert T McGettigan Waist Gunner

POW 2/25/44 SSGT James A Hess Waist Gunner

POW 2/25/44 SSGT William E Shay Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-38121 MIA Pas de Calais 2/28/44

Delivered Denver 19/12/43; Phoenix 2/1/44; Kearney 3/1/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-E] Gt Ashfield 28/1/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 28/2/44 with Gil Kemman, Co-pilot: Steve Kruppa, Navigator: Henry Dagg, Bombardier: Ben Gallegos, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Lewis, Radio Operator: Dick Thoos, Waist gunner: Orin Lee,Tail gunner: Chas Vobroucek (8 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Wallace Kuester, Waist gunner: Horace Hosbach (2 Prisoner of War): flak knocked tail off, crashed in Boulogne town, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2882.

KIA 2/28/44 1st Lt. Gilbert O Kemmann Pilot

KIA 2/28/44 2nd Lt. Stephen J Kruppa Co-Pilot

KIA 2/28/44 2nd Lt. Henry M Dagg Navigator

KIA 2/28/44 2nd Lt. Benjamin A Gallegos Bombardier

KIA 2/28/44 SGT Paul S Lewis Top-Turret Gunner/Flight Engineer

KIA 2/28/44 SGT Richard H Thoos Radio Operator/ Gunner

KIA 2/28/44 SSGT Orin R Lee Waist Gunner

KIA 2/28/44 SGT Charles Vobroucek Jr Tail Gunner

POW 2/28/44 SGT Wallace R Kuester Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 2/28/44 SSGT Horace R Hosbach Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31751 MIA Pas de Calais 2/28/44

Delivered Cheyenne 12/12/43; Gr Island 27/12/43; Detroit 26/1/44; Grenier 28/1/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 1/23/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 28/2/44 with Salter Clark, Co-pilot: Ed Henig, Navigator: Chas Baird, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clifton Cleaver, Radio Operator: Joe Millins, Ball turret gunner: Lee Heitman, Waist gunner: Jim Gulley,Tail gunner: Bill Kalenkoski (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Art Canton, Waist gunner: Alf Barber (2 Prisoner of War); flak hit in nose, crashed St Martin, near Boulougne, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2883.

KIA 2/28/44 2nd Lt. Salter S Clark Pilot

KIA 2/28/44 2nd Lt. Edward Henig Co-Pilot

KIA 2/28/44 2nd Lt. Charles L Baird Navigator

KIA 2/28/44 Clifton L Cleaver Top-Turret Gunner/Flight Engineer

KIA 2/28/44 TSGT Joseph F Millins Jr Radio Operator

KIA 2/28/44 SSGT Lee R Heitman Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 2/28/44 SSGT James D Gulley Waist Gunner

KIA 2/28/44 SSGT William C Kalenkoski Tail Gunner

POW 2/28/44 2nd Lt. Arthur H Canton Bombardier

POW 2/28/44 Alfred G Barber Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Gremlin Avenger 42-31203 MIA Pas de Calais 2/28/44

Delivered Denver 1/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Gt Falls 6/11/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 29/11/43; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 28/2/44 with Harlan Inglis, Co-pilot: Norman Gunn, Navigator: Melvin Reed, Bombardier: Harry Hoover, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Boever, Radio Operator: Albt Audette, Ball turret gunner: Pete Rizkovsky, Waist gunner: John Danko,Tail gunner: Bob Pellman (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: unknown (Killed in Action); #2 engine smoking & ditched in Channel of Folkestone, crew rescued. No MACR. GREMLIN AVENGER.

RTD 2/28/44 1st Lt. Harlan K Inglis Pilot

RTD 2/28/44 2nd Lt. Norman H Gunn Co-Pilot

RTD 2/28/44 1st Lt. Melvin Reed Navigator

RTD 2/28/44 2nd Lt. Harry Hoover Bombardier

RTD 2/28/44 SGT Robert Boever Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engingeer

RTD 2/28/44 TSGT Albert E Audette Radio Operator

RTD 2/28/44 SGT Peter Rizkovsky Ball-Turret Gunner

RTD 2/28/44 SGT John Danko Waist Gunner

RTD 2/28/44 SGT Robert W Pellman Jr. Togglier/ Radio Operator/ Gunner

RTD 2/28/44 SGT Harold Cleary Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Ohio Air Force 42-30737 MIA Augsburg 3/16/44

Delivered Denver 21/7/43; Love 23/7/43; Dyersburg 9/8/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-S] Gt Ashfield 3/9/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Wesley Krause, Navigator: Bob Dwyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ron Hanaver, Radio Operator: John Peterson, Ball turret gunner: Francis Mills, Waist gunner: Willie Partin, Waist gunner: Ralph Kelley,Tail gunner: Jim Kennedy (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Harry Waller, Bombardier: Orla Huddlestone (2KIA-both in ariel attack); enemy aircraft, crashed St Quentin-sur-Coole, six miles S of Chalons-sur-Marne, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3245. OHIO AIR FORCE.

KIA 3/16/44 2nd Lt. Harold E Waller Co-Pilot

KIA 3/16/44 2nd Lt. Orla A Huddleston Jr Bombardier

POW 3/16/44 2nd Lt. Wesley H Krause Pilot

POW 3/16/44 2nd Lt. Robert A Dwyer Navigator

POW 3/16/44 SSGT Ronald C Hanauer Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 3/16/44 SSGT John M Peterson Radio Operator

POW 3/16/44 SGT Francis N Mills Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 3/16/44 SGT Willie A Partin Waist Gunner

POW 3/16/44 SGT Ralph E Kelley Waist Gunner

POW 3/16/44 SGT James L Kennedy Jr Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-38195 MIA Augsburg 3/16/44

Delivered Cheyenne 12/1/44; Kearney 26/1/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-R] Gt Ashfield 8/2/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Vince McLaughlin, Co-pilot: Larry Lawler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bruce Batchelder, Radio Operator: Joe Spurr, Ball turret gunner: Dave Holmes, Waist gunner: Fred Blaser, Waist gunner: Perril Van Noy,Tail gunner: Howard Martini (8INT); Navigator: Bob Fillman, Bombardier: Bernie Wasserman (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wildhaus, 18 miles S of St Gallen, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 3247.

INT 3/16/44 Cpl. Vincent P McLaughlin Pilot

INT 3/16/44 TSGT Bruce L Batchelder Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Officer

INT 3/16/44 TSGT Joseph J Spurr Radio Operator/ Gunner

INT 3/16/44 SSGT David H Holmes Ball-Turret Gunner

INT 3/16/44 SSGT Freddie C Blasser Waist Gunner

INT 3/16/44 SSGT Ferril W Van Noy Waist Gunner

INT 3/16/44 SSGT Howard N Martini Tail Gunner

POW 3/16/44 Flt. Ofc. Lawrence T Lawler Co-Pilot

POW 4/8/44 2nd Lt. Bernard Wasserman Bombardier

POW 3/16/44 2nd Lt. Robert W Fillman Navigator

B-17 Flying Fortress Lonesome Polecat 42-38160 MIA Augsburg 3/16/44

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-J] Gt Ashfield 6/2/44 as LITTLE CHUB; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Bob Meyer, Co-pilot: Boyd Henshaw, tog-Sgt Carl Larsen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Miller, Radio Operator: John Wells, Ball turret gunner: Chas Page, Waist gunner: Elbert Mitchell, Waist gunner: Lou Lieming,Tail gunner: Jarrell Legg (9 evaded capture); Navigator: Bob Williams (KIA-chute failure but wia severely); enemy aircraft, pilot looked for an airfield but forced to ditch in Lake Zugersee, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 3246. LONESOME POLECAT. (Recovered from lake and displayed at St Moritz in 1970; sal 1973.)

KIA 3/16/44 2nd Lt. Robert L Williams Navigator

INT 3/16/44 Lt. Robert W Meyer Pilot

INT 3/16/44 2nd Lt. Boyd J Henshaw Co-Pilot

INT 3/16/44 TSGT Carl J Larsen Bombardier/ Togglier

INT 3/16/44 SSGT John Miller Jr Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

INT 3/16/44 TSGT John E Wells Radio Operator/ Gunner

INT 3/16/44 SSGT Charles W Page Ball-Turret Gunner

INT 3/16/44 SSGT Elbert E Mitchell Waist Gunner

INT 3/16/44 SSGT Louis B Liening Waist Gunner

INT 3/16/44 SSGT Jarrell F Legg Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31102 MIA Brunswick 3/23/44

Delivered Cheyenne 21/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Wilmington 13/10/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG Gt Ashfield [SG- ] 26/10/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with John Salyard Co-pilot: Bob Wills, Navigator: Nathan Gewirtz, Bombardier: Bill George, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bernie Brooks, Radio Operator: Matt McGuire, Ball turret gunner: Chas Cooper, Waist gunner: Otto Schoeneberg, Waist gunner: Joe Williams,Tail gunner: Harry Campbell (10 Prisoner of War) flak KO’d #2, crashed SE of Dortmund Oespel on housing estate, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3316.

POW 3/23/44 2nd Lt. John A Salyards Pilot

POW 3/23/44 2nd Lt. Robert M Wills Co-Pilot

POW 3/23/44 2nd Lt. Nathan Gewitz Navigator

POW 3/23/44 2nd Lt. William L George Bombardier

POW 3/23/44 SSGT Bernard Brooks Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 3/23/44 SSGT Matthew R McGuire Radio Operator

POW 3/23/44 SSGT Charles T Cooper Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 3/23/44 SSGT Otto A Schoeneberg Waist Gunner

POW 3/23/44 SSGT Joseph A Williams Waist Gunner

POW 3/23/44 SSGT Harold E Campbell Jr Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Fulton's Folly 42-39908 MIA Brunswick 3/23/44

Delivered Long Beach 5/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 30/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with Fred Fulton, Co-pilot: Bill Snyder, Navigator: Chas Pomponio, tog-T/Sgt Tom Vogel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Davis, Radio Operator: Jim Shahan, Ball turret gunner: Willis Alexander, Waist gunner: Clarry Fahnert (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Vance Travelstead (evaded capture);Tail gunner: Larry Oliver (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed near Schijndel, four miles NE of Boxtel, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 3321.

KIA 3/23/44 Lt. Frederick P Fulton Pilot

KIA 3/23/44 2nd Lt. William R D Snyder Co-Pilot

KIA 3/23/44 2nd Lt. Charles R Pomponio Navigator

KIA 3/23/44 TSGT Thomas W Vogel Bombardier/ Togglier

KIA 3/23/44 TSGT George P Davis Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 3/23/44 SGT James Shahan Jr Radio Operator

KIA 3/23/44 SSGT Willis W Alexander Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 3/23/44 SSGT Clarence C Fahnert Waist Gunner

POW 3/23/44 SSGT Lawrence E Oliver Tail Gunner

EC 3/23/44 SGT Vance E Travelstead Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Esky 42-37959 MIA Munster 3/23/44

Delivered Denver 25/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 5/12/43; Missing in Action Munster 23/3/44 with Gene Stubler, Co-pilot: Vic Linton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Thompson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Thompson (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Gil Sapiro, Radio Operator: Max Handler, Ball turret gunner: Lambertus Ritzema, Waist gunner: Namon Davis, Waist gunner: Levi Tucker,Tail gunner: Delmar Arvey (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Oerrel, seven miles SW of Wittingen, N of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3317. ESKY.

KIA 3/23/44 2nd Lt. Gilbert Sapiro Navigator

KIA 3/23/44 SSGT Max Handler Radio Operator/ Gunner

KIA 3/23/44 SGT Lambertus Ritzema Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 3/23/44 SGT Namon T Davis Waist Gunner

KIA 3/23/44 SGT Levi R Tucker Waist Gunner

KIA 3/23/44 SGT Delmar H Arvey Tail Gunner

POW 3/23/44 2nd Lt. Eugene F Stubler Jr Pilot

POW 3/23/44 2nd Lt. Victor E Linton Co-Pilot

POW 3/23/44 2nd Lt. John M Thompson Bombardier

POW 3/23/44 SSGT Thomas M Thompson Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

B-17 Flying Fortress Thoroughbred 42-3337 MIA Sorau 4/11/44

Delivered Denver 20/5/43; Dow Fd 8/7/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-C] Gt Ashfield 12/7/43; Missing in Action Sorau 11/4/44 with Jim Mullins, Co-pilot: Mel Mercer, Navigator: Don Peterson, Bombardier: John Heimbueger, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Morris[body washed up Kolberg 18/9/44], Radio Operator: Theo Langley, Ball turret gunner: Fred Brown, Waist gunner: Otto Davis, Waist gunner: Luke Shafer,Tail gunner: Clarry Kessey (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea heading for Sweden with severe damage. Missing Air Crew Report 3819. THOROUGHBRED.

KIA 4/11/44 2nd Lt. James S Mullins Pilot

KIA 4/11/44 2nd Lt. Melvin A Mercer Co-Pilot

KIA 4/11/44 2nd Lt. Donald P Peterson Navigator

KIA 4/11/44 SSGT John A Heimbueger Bombardier

KIA 4/11/44 TSGT Warren N Morris Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 4/11/44 TSGT Theodore C Langley Radio Operator

KIA 4/11/44 SSGT Frederick H Brown Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 4/11/44 SSGT Otto S Davis Waist Gunner

KIA 4/11/44 SSGT Lukey C Shafer Waist Gunner

KIA 4/11/44 SSGT Clarence S Kessey Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Blue Champagne 42-37977 MIA Stettin 4/11/44

Delivered Denver 3/11/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 1/12/43; Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Bob Bailey, Co-pilot: Wayne Corbin, Navigator: George Contos, Bombardier: Barney Coble, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cliff Lybeck, Radio Operator: Curtis Ailes, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Gillis, Waist gunner: Noble Brucker, Waist gunner: Norman Hill,Tail gunner: Corbett Figate (10 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #2, crashed Dargen, N of Oderhaff, Ger, near Polish border. Missing Air Crew Report 3823. BLUE CHAMPAGNE.

POW 4/11/44 Lt. Robert B Bailey Pilot

POW 4/11/44 2nd Lt. Wayne D Corbin Co-Pilot

POW 4/11/44 2nd Lt. George Kontos Navigator

POW 4/11/44 SSGT Barney J Coble Bombardier

POW 4/11/44 TSGT Clifford J Lybeck Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 4/11/44 TSGT Curtis A Ailes Radio Operator

POW 4/11/44 SSGT Melvin D Gillis Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 4/11/44 SSGT Noble W Brucker Waist Gunner

POW 4/11/44 SSGT Norman A Hill Waist Gunner

POW 4/11/44 SSGT Corbett Fugate Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Mission Belle 42-30197 MIA Rostock 4/11/44

Delivered Cheyenne 27/4/43; Gt Falls 6/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 13/6/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [SG-M] Gt Ashfield 14/6/43; Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Duane Pangle, Co-pilot: Onner Davis, Navigator: Sam Kaiser, Bombardier: Bob Brisebois, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herb Witherington, Radio Operator: Jim Gant, Ball turret gunner: Harry Jones, Waist gunner: Vince Corleto, Waist gunner: Arthur Brandt,Tail gunner: Tom Cavanagh (10INT); flak on bomb run, crash landed Kristianopel, Sweden. Missing Air Crew Report 3822. MISSION BELLE.

INT 4/11/44 Lt. Duane Pangle Pilot

INT 4/11/44 Lt. Col. Onner D Davis II Co-Pilot

INT 4/11/44 2nd Lt. Samuel I Kaiser Navigator

INT 4/11/44 TSGT Robert C Breasbois Bombardier/ Togglier

INT 4/11/44 TSGT Herbert L Witherington Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

INT 4/11/44 TSGT James E Gant Radio Operator/ Gunner

INT 4/11/44 SGT Harold C Jones Ball-Turret Gunner

INT 4/11/44 SSGT Vincent L Corleto Waist Gunner

INT 4/11/44 SSGT Arthur V Brandt Waist Gunner

INT 4/11/44 SSGT Thomas W Cavanagh Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Pride of the Yankees 42-31866 MIA Schweinfurt 4/13/44

Delivered Denver 28/12/43; Kearney 18/1/44; Morrison 31/1/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-L] Gt Ashfield 15/2/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with Harvey Downs, Co-pilot: Jim Bigham, Navigator: Haywood Haynes, Bombardier: Joe Muscari, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Curtis McCafferty, Radio Operator: Frank Tanner, Ball turret gunner: Adam Koziol, Waist gunner: Ray Koenig, Waist gunner: Meredith Travis,Tail gunner: Bob Morrison (10INT); flak KOd engine and some controls then enemy aircraft KOd another engine, force landed Dubendorf, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 3771. PRIDE OF THE YANKEES.

INT 4/13/44 2nd Lt. Harvey R Downs Pilot

INT 4/13/44 2nd Lt. James R Bigham Co-Pilot

INT 4/13/44 2nd Lt. Hagwood Haynes Navigator

INT 4/13/44 2nd Lt. Joseph V Muscari Bombardier

INT 4/13/44 TSGT Curtis I McCafferty Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

INT 4/13/44 TSGT Frank G Wasmer Radio Operator/ Gunner

INT 4/13/44 SSGT Adam C Koziol Ball-Turret Gunner

INT 4/13/44 SSGT Raymond A Koenig Waist Gunner

INT 4/13/44 SSGT Meredith W Travis Waist Gunner

INT 4/13/44 SSGT Robert B Morrison Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-38196 MIA Schweinfurt 4/13/44

Delivered Cheyenne 12/1/44; Gr Island 21/1/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Gt Ashfield 9/2/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with Don Jorgensen, Co-pilot: Don Sellar, Navigator: Lester Kravitz, Bombardier: Harry Burby, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Benedict Janczak, Radio Operator: Dick Burtle, Ball turret gunner: Roger Hutchinson, Waist gunner: John Fox, Waist gunner: Dale Ellington,Tail gunner: John Rosema (10INT); flak damage plus more damage from Swiss AA at the border, force landed Dubendorf, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 3772.

INT 4/13/44 2nd Lt. Donald G Jorgenson Pilot

INT 4/13/44 Flt. Ofc. Donald C Sellar Co-Pilot

INT 4/13/44 2nd Lt. Lester Kravitz Navigator

INT 4/13/44 Flt. Ofc. Harold F Burby Bombardier

INT 4/13/44 SSGT Benedict F Janczak Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

INT 4/13/44 SGT Richard D Burtle Radio Operator/ Gunner

INT 4/13/44 SGT Roger W Hutchinson Ball-Turret Gunner

INT 4/13/44 SGT John M Fox Waist Gunner

INT 4/13/44 SGT Dale C Ellington Waist Gunner

INT 4/13/44 SGT John H Rosema Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress War Cry II 42-39773 MIA Hamm 4/22/44

Delivered Long Beach 26/8/43; Gr Island 4/10/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-M] Gt Ashfield 10/10/43; Missing in Action Hamm 22/4/44 with John McDavitt, Co-pilot: Howard Claflin, Navigator: Chas Hickless, Bombardier: Larry Wickter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Lane, Radio Operator: Larry Foss, Ball turret gunner: Marvin Walker, Waist gunner: Dominic Montagna, Waist gunner: Phil Gregory,Tail gunner: George Moss (10 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #3, crashed Bislicher, near Hamminkeln, six miles NW of Wesel/Rhein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4168. WAR CRY II.

POW 4/22/44 2nd Lt. John C McDavitt Pilot

POW 4/22/44 2nd Lt. Howard B Claflin Co-Pilot

POW 4/22/44 2nd Lt. Charles A Hickless Navigator

POW 4/22/44 2nd Lt. Lawrence D Wickter Bombardier

POW 4/22/44 SSGT Edward F Lane Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 4/22/44 SGT Lawrence A Foss Jr. Radio Operator

POW 4/22/44 SGT Marvin K Walker Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 4/22/44 SGT Dominic Montagna Waist Gunner

POW 4/22/44 SGT Philip T Gregory Jr. Waist Gunner

POW 4/22/44 SGT George S Moss Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Golden Goose aka Miss Cheyenne 42-38200 MIA Hamm 4/22/44

Delivered Denver 15/1/44; Gr Island 20/1/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-R] Gt Ashfield 27/2/44; Missing in Action Hamm 22/4/44 with Cleatis Cornwell, Co-pilot: Harlan Cook, Navigator: Ray Hitzel, tog-S/Sgt Delbert Dimig, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Kennedy, Radio Operator: Wheeler Urban, Ball turret gunner: Francis Diemer, Waist gunner: Bob Peel broke leg when bailed out, Waist gunner: George Bartell,Tail gunner: Irving Jamsen (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Hilbeck, two miles N of Werl, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4167. GOLDEN GOOSE aka MISS CHEYENNE.

POW 4/22/44 Lt. Cleatis Cornwell Pilot

POW 4/22/44 2nd Lt. Harlan L Cook Co-Pilot

POW 4/22/44 2nd Lt. Ray C Hitzel Navigator

POW 4/22/44 SSGT Delbert R Dimig Bombardier/ Togglier

POW 4/22/44 TSGT John A Kennedy Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 4/22/44 TSGT Wheeler V Urban Radio Operator

POW 4/22/44 SGT Francis S Diemer Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 4/22/44 SSGT Robert G Peel Waist Gunner

POW 4/22/44 SSGT George J Bartell Waist Gunner

POW 4/22/44 SSGT Irving M Jamsen Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Sleepytime Girl 42-3388 MIA Oberpfaffenhofen 4/24/44

Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Dow Field 13/7/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 3/8/43; transferred 550BS/385BG [SG-F] Gt Ashfield /43; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 with Bill Nesen, Co-pilot: Bernie Gruble, Navigator: Jim Delo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lee Lance, Radio Operator: Fred Howland, Ball turret gunner: Joe McKenna (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Chester Desormeaux, Waist gunner: Evan Wells, Waist gunner: Murdoch McNeil,Tail gunner: Ernie Mitchell (4 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft KOd three engines, ditched Channel off Dungeness, Kent, picked up by Air Sea Rescue Walrus. Missing Air Crew Report 4452. SLEEPYTIME GIRL.

KIA 4/24/44 2nd Lt. William R Nesen Pilot

KIA 4/24/44 2nd Lt. Bernard T Gruble Co-Pilot

KIA 4/24/44 2nd Lt. James G Delo Navigator

KIA 4/24/44 TSGT Lee A Lance Jr Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 4/24/44 SSGT Fred N Howland Radio Operator

KIA 4/24/44 SGT Joseph M McKenna Ball-Turret Gunner

RTD 4/24/44 2nd Lt. Chester W Desormeaux Bombardier

RTD 4/24/44 SGT Evon P Wells Waist Gunner

RTD 4/24/44 TSGT Murdock S McNeil Waist Gunner

RTD 4/24/44 SGT Ernest R Mitchell Jr. Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31133 MIA Berlin 4/29/44

Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Romulus 1/11/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-Q] Gt Ashfield 2/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Hector Garza, Co-pilot: George Beckner, Navigator: Albt Harmsen, Bombardier: Stacy Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rich Hoffman, Radio Operator: Harry Lynn, Ball turret gunner: Wallace Widen, Waist gunner: Walter Smith, Waist gunner: Emmett Harter, Tail gunner: Alf Fratesi (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #3 and #4, crashed Hessen 14 miles NW of Halberstadt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4453.

POW 4/29/44 1st Lt. Hector J Garza Pilot

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. George W Beckner Co-Pilot

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Albert Harmsen Navigator

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Stacy Johnson Bombardier

POW 4/29/44 TSGT Richard M Hoffman Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 4/29/44 TSGT Harry B Lynn Radio Operator

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Wallace J Widen Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Walter F Smith Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Emmett A Harter Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Alfred M Fratesi Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Spirit of Chicago 42-31174 MIA Berlin 4/29/44

Delivered Dallas 27/9/43; Gr Island 19/10/43; Long Beach 28/11/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-Y] Gt Ashfield 5/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Francis Hart, Co-pilot: Carl Connell, Navigator: Jim Hastings, Bombardier: Bob Hunt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Leonard, Radio Operator: Anatole Briant, Ball turret gunner: Lowell Birdwell, Waist gunner: Roy Modglin, Waist gunner: Bill Jackson (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: John Neely (KIA-died in hospital 4/5/44 probably from gun shots in the attack), crashed Hartz Mountains at Eckertal, near Bad Harzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4454. SPIRIT OF CHICAGO.

KIA 5/4/44 SSGT John C Neely Tail Gunner

POW 4/29/44 Lt. Francis J Hart Pilot

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Carl M Connell Co-Pilot

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. James I Hastings Navigator

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Robert H Hunt Bombardier

POW 4/29/44 TSGT John W Leonard Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 4/29/44 TSGT Anatole A Briant Radio Operator

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Lowell T Birdwell Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 4/29/44 TSGT Roy W Modglin Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SSGT William C Jackson Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31773 MIA Berlin 4/29/44

Delivered Cheyenne 12/12/43; Gt Falls 20/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Presque Is 20/2/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-M] Gt Ashfield 25/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Charles R. Johnston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Parker killed by hostile civilians (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Owen Walton, Navigator: Dick Glaser, Bombardier: Bill Moffitt, Radio Operator: Jim McLelland, Ball turret gunner: Jesse Collinson, Waist gunner: Will Domer, Waist gunner: Vencil Owens,Tail gunner: Harvey Watts (8 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Gleidingen, five miles S of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4456.

KIA 4/29/44 1st Lt. Charles R Johnston Pilot

KIA 4/29/44 TSGT Joe D Parker Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Owen D Walton Co-Pilot

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Richard W Glaser Navigator

POW 4/29/44 SSGT William Moffitt Bombardier

POW 4/29/44 TSGT James O McLelland Jr Radio Operator

POW 4/29/44 TSGT Jesse P Collinson Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SSGT William F Domer Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Vencil Owens Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Harvey F Watts Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-97078 MIA Berlin 4/29/44

Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Lincoln 20/2/44; Presque Is 21/2/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 7/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Bill Henry, Navigator: Gerhard Kirschke, Bombardier: Harry Tennenson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Pullin, Radio Operator: John Webb, Ball turret gunner: Gil Creath, Waist gunner: Milton Keck,Tail gunner: Wilf Miller (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Chas Avona, Waist gunner: Chas Williams (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hermeskeil, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4457.

KIA 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Charles W Avona Co-Pilot

KIA 4/29/44 SSGT Charles R Williams Jr Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. William F Henry Pilot

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Gerhard W Kirschke Navigator

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Harold G Tenneson Bombardier/ Togglier

POW 4/29/44 TSGT Thomas L Pullen Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 4/29/44 TSGT John E Webb Radio Operator

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Gilbert B Creath Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Milton F Keck Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Wilfred J Miller Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-97226 MIA Berlin 4/29/44

Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Presque Is 10/3/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-X] Gt Ashfield 11/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Dick Huntingdon, Co-pilot: Bill Miller, Navigator: Francis Andrews, Bombardier: Standlee Roberts, Radio Operator: Pete Sarpolus, Ball turret gunner: Aaron Lesieur, Waist gunner: Elwood Posey,Tail gunner: Octavio Moreno (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Adams, Waist gunner: Frank Hart (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed near Helmstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4458.

KIA 4/29/44 SSGT George H Adams Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 4/29/44 SGT Frank H Hart Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Richard L Huntington Pilot

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. William M Miller Co-Pilot

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Francis J Andrews Navigator

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Standlee E Roberts Bombardier

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Peter G Sarpolus Radio Operator

POW 4/29/44 SGT Aaron N Lesieur Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SGT Elwood G Posey Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SGT Octavio A Moreno Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Vapour Trails 42-97559 MIA Berlin 4/29/44

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.

KIA 4/29/44 SSGT John E Hutchins Radio Operator

POW 4/29/44 Lt. Robert E Barney Pilot

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Osmond T Jones Co-Pilot

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. William C McCartny Navigator

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Albert F Scerbo Bombardier/ Togglier

POW 4/29/44 TSGT Sanford A Byer Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Charles A Grinder Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Jack N Burch Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Sammy E Finley Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Carl H Lunde Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-107045 MIA Berlin 4/29/44

Delivered Tulsa 6/2/44; Grenier 28/2/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-D] Gt Ashfield 3/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Len Sexton, Co-pilot: Gene Koury, Navigator: Bob Pelletier, Bombardier: Sterling Rogers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Osborne, Radio Operator: Oral Moore, Ball turret gunner: Tom Fairchild, Waist gunner: Henry Dunning, Waist gunner: Bob Masten,Tail gunner: John Frangadakis (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Schleibnitz, seven miles NW of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4460.

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Len Sexton Pilot

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Eugene T Koury Co-Pilot

POW 4/29/44 2nd Lt. Robert V Pelletier Navigator

POW 4/29/44 1st Lt. Sterling H Rogers Bombardier

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Earl W Osborne Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 4/29/44 SSGT Oral P Moore Radio Operator

POW 4/29/44 SGT Thomas J Fairchild Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SGT Henry L Dunning Jr. Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SGT Robert S Masten Waist Gunner

POW 4/29/44 SGT John M Frangadakis Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Alexander's Ragtime Band 42-31237 Crashed Mendlesham 5/1/44

Delivered Cheyenne 7/10/43; Grand Island 16/10/43; Wilmington 19/10/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-O] Gt Ashfield 26/10/43; battle damaged Pas de Calais 1/5/44 with Russell Novotny(& crew from 452BG), Co-pilot: Fred Hageter (2 Returned to Duty), Navigator: Franklin Murdock, Bombardier: Ernie Lundgren, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Miller, Radio Operator: George Langer, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Winegarner, Waist gunner: Roger Clark, Waist gunner: Emil Smedley,Tail gunner: Ray Smith all bailed over France, (8POWs?); flak KO’d #4, but limped home to crash landed Mendlesham, Sfk. UK. only to catch fire and burn out; Salvaged 2/5/44. STORK aka ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND.

RTD 5/1/44 Lt. Russel A Novotny Pilot

RTD 5/1/44 Maj. Fred M Hageter Jr Co-Pilot

POW 5/1/44 Lt. Franklin P Murdock Navigator

POW 5/1/44 Lt. Ernest O Lundgren Jr Bombardier

POW 5/1/44 Arnold M Miller Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 5/1/44 SSGT George A Langer Jr Radio Operator (CHECK FOR POW FILE)

POW 5/1/44 SSGT Lloyd A Winegamer Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 5/1/44 SSGT Roger R Clark Waist Gunner

POW 5/1/44 SSGT Emile E Smedley Waist Gunner

POW 5/1/44 SSGT Raymond E Smith Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Daisy June II 42-5879 MIA 5/7/44

Delivered Long Beach 14/4/43; Smoky Hill 23/4/43; Presque Is 10/5/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG Andrews Fd 13/5/43; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX-J] Gt Ashfield /43; Missing in Action 7/5/44 with Sid Hoffman, Co-pilot: John Brady, Navigator: Carleton Brooks, Bombardier: Ralph Gochner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lew Ohinn, Radio Operator: Tony DelGizzi, Ball turret gunner: Carroll Middleton, Waist gunner: Harry Scull, Waist gunner: John Jacoby, Tail gunner: Ed Hunter (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Rechterfeld, SW of Wildeshausen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4562. DAISY JUNE II.

POW 5/7/44 2nd Lt. Sidney R Hoffman Pilot

POW 5/7/44 2nd Lt. John E Brady Co-Pilot

POW 5/7/44 2nd Lt. Carleton E Brooks Navigator

POW 5/7/44 2nd Lt. Ralph W Gochner Bombardier

POW 5/7/44 TSGT Lewis E Ohinn Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 5/7/44 SSGT Anthony J DelGizzi Radio Operator

POW 5/7/44 SGT Carroll M Middleton Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 5/7/44 SGT Harold W Scull Waist Gunner

POW 5/7/44 SGT John S Jacoby Waist Gunner

POW 5/7/44 SGT Edward J Hunter Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Jeanne Ricky 42-31786 MIA Berlin 5/8/44

Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Gt Falls 20/12/43; Kearney 1/1/44; Grenier 21/1/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-L] Gt Ashfield 2/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Andy Drobysh, Co-pilot: Harry Gousha, Navigator: Clem Irons, Bombardier: Bob Hudson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe O’Donnell, Radio Operator: Cullen Cotton, Ball turret gunner: Ed Waters, Waist gunner: Russ Beyko, Waist gunner: Art Carter,Tail gunner: Chas Moore (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #3, crashed Worphausen, nine miles NE of Bremen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4563. GIN RICKY.

POW 5/8/44 1st Lt. Andrew Drobysch Jr Pilot

POW 5/8/44 2nd Lt. Harry M Gousha Jr Co-Pilot

POW 5/8/44 2nd Lt. Clement I Irons Navigator

POW 5/8/44 2nd Lt. Robert L Hudson Bombardier

POW 5/8/44 TSGT Joseph V O'Donnell Jr Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 5/8/44 TSGT Cullen R Cotton Radio Operator

POW 5/8/44 SSGT Edward M Waters Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 5/8/44 SSGT Russell J Boyko Waist Gunner

POW 5/8/44 SSGT Arthur F Carter Waist Gunner

POW 5/8/44 SSGT Charles E Moore Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Ragged But Right 42-97207 Force Landed Manston 5/12/44

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Gr Island 22/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-P] Gt Ashfield 16/3/44; battle damaged Brux 12/5/44 with Neil Rosener, Co-pilot: George Flynn, Radio Operator: Bill Manley, Ball turret gunner: Bob Feuers,Tail gunner: Jim Moulton (5 Returned to Duty); Navigator: John Storar, Bombardier: Jerome Leichtman (2 Prisoner of War), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Mack, Waist gunner: Ike Goodman, Waist gunner: Stan Stoma (3 Killed in Action); lost an engine by enemy aircraft and left target area being unable to keep up with the formation, eventually landed RAF Manston, Kent, UK , Salvaged 15/5/44. Missing Air Crew Report 4880. RAGGED BUT RIGHT.

KIA 5/16/44 SGT Isaac L Goodman Waist Gunner

KIA 5/12/44 SGT Stanley S Stoma Waist Gunner

POW 5/12/44 2nd Lt. John M Storar Navigator

POW 5/12/44 2nd Lt. Jerome C Leichtman Bombardier

POW 5/12/44 SGT Harold H Mack Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

RTD 5/12/44 Lt. Neil W Rosener Pilot

RTD 5/12/44 2nd Lt. George F Flynn Co-Pilot

RTD 5/12/44 SGT William J Manley Radio Operator

RTD 5/12/44 SGT Robert J Feuers Ball-Turret Gunner

RTD 5/12/44 SGT James T Moulton Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31787 MIA Brux 5/12/44

Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Gt falls 20/12/43; Denver 26/12/43; Kearney 2/1/44; Presque Is 24/1/44; Grenier 29/1/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-N] Gt Ashfield 4/2/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Howard Worster, Co-pilot: Chas Manuel, Navigator: Ray Stroben, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Wagner, Radio Operator: Bernie Kelly, Ball turret gunner: Joe Maltby, Waist gunner: Sam Riccio, Waist gunner: Melvin Click,Tail gunner: Vernon Burke (9 Killed in Action); tog-Bob Pellman (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed in forest two miles W of Langerhein, near Ziegenberg, six miles W of Bad Nauheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4879.

KIA 5/12/44 2nd Lt. Howard M Worster Pilot

KIA 5/12/44 2nd Lt. Charles A Manuel Co-Pilot

KIA 5/12/44 2nd Lt. Raymond N Stroben Navigator

KIA 5/12/44 TSGT Robert C Wagner Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 5/12/44 SSGT Bernard M Kelly Radio Operator

KIA 5/12/44 SGT Joseph A Maltby Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 5/12/44 SGT Samuel H Riccio Waist Gunner

KIA 5/12/44 SGT Melvin E Click Waist Gunner

KIA 5/12/44 SGT Vernon C Burke Jr. Tail Gunner

POW 5/12/44 SGT Robert W Pellman Jr. Bombardier/ Togglier

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31742 MIA Berlin 5/24/44

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; RAF Cluntoe 14/1/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 17/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Bob King, Co-pilot: Bill Clark, Navigator: Oliver Harris, Bombardier: Lou Fyda, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Ruble, Radio Operator: Myron Seiberling, Ball turret gunner: Leroy Parsels, Waist gunner: Walter Lape, Waist gunner: Smith Roland,Tail gunner: Cyril Wolfsy (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Midwolde, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 5267.

POW 5/24/44 2nd Lt. Robert King Jr Pilot

POW 5/24/44 2nd Lt. William H Clark Jr. Co-Pilot

POW 5/24/44 2nd Lt. Oliver Y Harris Navigator

POW 5/24/44 2nd Lt. Louis A Fyda Bombardier

POW 5/24/44 SSGT William H Ruble Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 5/24/44 TSGT Myron Seiberling Radio Operator

POW 5/24/44 SSGT Leroy A Parsels Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 5/24/44 SSGT Walter E Lape Waist Gunner

POW 5/24/44 SSGT Smith S Roland Waist Gunner

POW 5/24/44 SSGT Cyril S Wofsy Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Gremlin Buggy II 42-97603 MIA Karlsruhe 5/27/44

Delivered Denver 3/1/44; Scott 10/2/44; Langley 13/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned (H2X) 333BS/94BG Rougham 12/3/44; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX-K] Gt Ashfield 12/3/44; Missing in Action Karlsruhe 27/5/44 with Capt Bill Richards (94BG), Co-pilot: Capt Norman Radin (radar crew, later escaped), radar nav-Bob Craig, Bombardier: Jim Goings, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Carte, Ex nav-Lt Garnett Turnstall, Waist gunner: Henry Piekarski, Waist gunner: Raleigh Rhodes94BG,Tail gunner: Loy Humphrey (10INT); flak hit #2; bellied in Knutwil, Switz; set on fire to destroy secret radar equipment. Missing Air Crew Report 5266. GREMLIN BUGGY II.

INT 5/27/44 Col. Norman I Radin Pilot

INT 5/27/44 Capt. William W Richards Co-Pilot

INT 5/27/44 2nd Lt. Robert P Craig Mickey Operator

INT 5/27/44 2nd Lt. James D Goings Bombardier

INT 5/27/44 TSGT William D Carte Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

INT 5/27/44 Lt. Garnett Turnstall Navigator

INT 5/27/44 SSGT Henry J Piekarski Waist Gunner

INT 5/27/44 TSGT Raleigh H Rhodes Waist Gunner

INT 5/27/44 SSGT Loy Humphrey Tail Gunner

INT 5/27/44 Clem J Skurka Radio Operator

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-97847 MIA Magdeburg 5/28/44

Delivered Denver 14/3/44; Kearney 8/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-Q] Gt Ashfield 22/4/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/5/44 with Francis Hunter, Co-pilot: Ray Miller, Navigator: Preston Ray, Bombardier: Antero Coelho, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Marts, Radio Operator: Jerome Schrotter, Ball turret gunner: Dick Scott, Waist gunner: Ed Kowalski, Waist gunner: Ken Sheehan,Tail gunner: Maurice Pruner (10 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #4, crashed Albrechtshain, near Grimma, E of Leipzig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5265.

POW 5/28/44 Flt. Ofc. Francis J Hunter Pilot

POW 5/28/44 Flt. Ofc. Raymond J Miller Jr. Co-Pilot

POW 5/28/44 2nd Lt. Preston Ray Navigator

POW 5/28/44 2nd Lt. Antero D Coelho Bombardier

POW 5/28/44 SSGT Ralph M Marts Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 5/28/44 SSGT Jerome H Schrotter Radio Operator

POW 5/28/44 SGT Richard E Scott Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 5/28/44 SGT Edward J Kowalski Waist Gunner

POW 5/28/44 SGT Kenneth E Sheehan Waist Gunner

POW 5/28/44 SGT Maurice J Pruner Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-39918 MIA Pas de Calais 6/2/44

Delivered Long Beach 8/10/43; Gr Island 8/11/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 18/11/43; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 2/6/44 with Roger Schock, Bombardier: John Brenish, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Wesley, Radio Operator: Ray Flora, Waist gunner: Ralph Valvano,Tail gunner: Bernard Solomon (6 Prisoner of War); Melvin Curry (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Dick Ahlheim, Navigator: Emerson Branson, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Curry, Waist gunner: John Connolly (4 evaded capture); flak KOd #3, crashed Molineaux, NW of Elbeuf, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 5232.

KIA 6/2/44 SSGT Melvin H Curry Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 6/2/44 Lt. Roger L Schock Pilot

POW 6/2/44 Flt. Ofc. John E Brenish Bombardier

POW 6/2/44 TSGT William A Wesley Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 6/2/44 TSGT Raymond A Flora Radio Operator

POW 6/2/44 SGT Ralph M Valvano Waist Gunner

POW 6/2/44 SSGT Bernard B Solomon Tail Gunner

EC 6/2/44 Flt. Ofc. Richard F Ahlheim Co-Pilot

EC 6/2/44 2nd Lt. Emerson E Branson Navigator

EC 6/2/44 SSGT Melvin H Curry Ball-Turret Gunner

EC 6/2/44 SSGT John M Connolly Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Junior aka Crash Wagon III 42-31762 MIA French Airfields 6/12/44

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Gt Falls 16/12/43; Denver 20/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 15/1/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-M] Gt Ashfield 17/1/44; Missing in Action French A/fds 12/6/44 with Loren Jackson, Co-pilot: Ross Blake, Bombardier: Joe Haught, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Armando Marsili, Radio Operator: Ervin Pickrel, Ball turret gunner: Felipe Muquiz, Waist gunner: Fred Martini, Waist gunner: Sam Pennell, Tail gunner: Theo Dubenic (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Gerald Shaffer (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Farceaux, 20 miles SE of Rouen, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 5628. JUNIOR aka CRASH WAGON III.

KIA 6/12/44 2nd Lt. Gerald W Shaffer Navigator

POW 6/12/44 Lt. Col. Loren E Jackson Sr Pilot

POW 6/12/44 2nd Lt. Ross M Blake Co-Pilot

POW 6/12/44 2nd Lt. Joseph W Haught Bombardier

POW 6/12/44 SSGT Armando A Marsilii Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 6/12/44 TSGT Ervin A Pickrel Radio Operator

POW 6/12/44 SSGT Felipe E Muquiz Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 6/12/44 TSGT Frederic C Martini Waist Gunner

POW 6/12/44 SSGT Sam A Pennell Waist Gunner

POW 6/12/44 SSGT Theodore G Dubenic Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Mr. Smith 42-5985 MIA Hamburg 6/20/44

Delivered Long Beach 11/6/43; Gore 7/7/43; Dow Fd 19/7/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-R] Gt Ashfield 20/7/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 20/6/44 with Joe Montgomery, Navigator: Milton Shalinsky, Bombardier: Santo Caruso, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Martin, Radio Operator: Yoris Cottongim, Ball turret gunner: John Hadzega, Waist gunner: Leo Allard, Waist gunner: John Davis, Tail gunner: Frank Sutula (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Sam Levy (Killed in Action); #2 & #3 sustained damage, then another feathered, crashed Neuenwalde, 12 miles S of Cuxhaven, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5899.

KIA 6/20/44 2nd Lt. Samuel K Levy Co-Pilot

POW 6/20/44 2nd Lt. Joseph A Montgomery Pilot

POW 6/20/44 2nd Lt. Milton Shalinsky Navigator

POW 6/20/44 2nd Lt. Santo F Caruso Bombardier

POW 6/20/44 SSGT James A Martin Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 6/20/44 SSGT Yoris M Cottongim Jr Radio Operator

POW 6/20/44 SGT John O Hadzega Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 6/20/44 PVT Leo L Allard Waist Gunner

POW 6/20/44 SGT John H Davis Waist Gunner

POW 6/20/44 SGT Frank P Sutula Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Dear Mom 42-38135 MIA Berlin 6/21/44

Delivered Denver 23/12/43; Kearney 15/1/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 9/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 21/6/44 with Marvin Lohmeyer; Radio Operator: John Spencer, Waist gunner: Marion Tuckett (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Coulthard, Navigator: Leon Pease, Bombardier: Bob Tiffany, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Greene, Ball turret gunner: John Fagan, Waist gunner: Bob Cummings,Tail gunner: Hubert Phillips (7 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft, force landed Dorrod, Sweden. Missing Air Crew Report 5920.

KIA 6/21/44 2nd Lt. Marvin E Lohmeyer Pilot

KIA 6/21/44 TSGT John H Spencer Radio Operator

KIA 6/21/44 SSGT Marion E Puckett Waist Gunner

RTD 6/21/44 2nd Lt. William H Coulthard Co-Pilot

RTD 6/21/44 2nd Lt. Leon W Pease Navigator

RTD 6/21/44 Maj. Robert S Tiffany Jr. Bombardier

RTD 6/21/44 TSGT Thomas C Greene Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

RTD 6/21/44 SSGT John B Fagan Jr. Ball-Turret Gunner

RTD 6/21/44 SSGT Robert M Cummings Waist Gunner

RTD 6/21/44 TSGT Hubert E Phillips Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-3490 MIA Berlin 6/21/44

Delivered Denver 11/7/43; Grenier 18/8/43; Assigned 812BS/482BG [MI-F] 549BS/385BG [XA-] Alconbury 20/8/43 (H2-X); Missing in Action Berlin 21/6/44 with Matt Totter, Bill Lynch, Ernie Ven Der Heyden, Albt Strahle, Warren Rissmiller, Walter Lynch, Roy Rayle, John Ranz, Craig Lewis, Bob Stafford (10INT); force landed Sweden; Missing Air Crew Report 5919. Became Swedish air-liner SE-BAN; Written off 10/1948.

INT 6/21/44 2nd Lt. Matthew P Totter Pilot

INT 6/21/44 2nd Lt. William J Lynch Co-Pilot

INT 6/21/44 Flt. Ofc. Ernest P Van Der Hayden Navigator

INT 6/21/44 SSGT Albert Strahle Bombardier

INT 6/21/44 SSGT Warren G Rissmiller Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

INT 6/21/44 SSGT Walter A Lynch Radio Operator

INT 6/21/44 SGT Roy W Rayle Ball-Turret Gunner

INT 6/21/44 SGT John H Ranz Waist Gunner

INT 6/21/44 SGT Craig L Lewis Waist Gunner

INT 6/21/44 SGT Robert M Stafford Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-97211 MIA Munich 7/11/44

Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Gr Island 22/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-H] Gt Ashfield 16/3/44; Missing in Action Munich 11/7/44 with Irvin Henderson, Co-pilot: Dave Schnaars, Navigator: Joe Johnson, Bombardier: Gordon Gray, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Parish, Radio Operator: Fred Nygard, Ball turret gunner: Leo Watt, Waist gunner: Earl Edwards, Waist gunner: Jim Smith,Tail gunner: Harry Bible (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Hainhofen, near Augsburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7360.

POW 7/11/44 Lt. Irvin L Henderson Pilot

POW 7/11/44 2nd Lt. David R Schnaars Jr Co-Pilot

POW 7/11/44 2nd Lt. Joe R Johnson Navigator

POW 7/11/44 2nd Lt. Gordon H Gray Bombardier

POW 7/11/44 TSGT Robert E Parish Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 7/11/44 TSGT Frederick A Nygard Radio Operator

POW 7/11/44 SSGT Leo B Wyatt Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 7/11/44 SSGT Earl D Edwards Waist Gunner

POW 7/11/44 SSGT James L Smith Waist Gunner

POW 7/11/44 SGT Harold C Bible Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Lil Lu 43-38612 MIA Merseburg 7/12/44

Delivered Cheyenne 24/8/44; Gt Falls 29/8/44; Hunter 7/9/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 19/9/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 7/12/44 with Alvin Hufford, Wayne Lough, Conrad Gale, Dick Bowling, Ralph Cole, Dean Leyerly, John Keefe, Willis Hanemannn, Lou Dodson (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Nordoellen, Hol?. Missing Air Crew Report 11056. LIL-LU.

POW 7/12/44 2nd Lt. Alvin R Hufford Pilot

POW 7/12/44 2nd Lt. Wayne L Lough Co-Pilot

POW 7/12/44 Flt. Ofc. Conrad E Gale Navigator

POW 7/12/44 Flt. Ofc. Dick N Bowling Bombardier

POW 7/12/44 SSGT Ralph C Cole Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 7/12/44 SGT Dean L Leyerly Radio Operator

POW 7/12/44 SGT John F Keefe Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 7/12/44 SGT Willis P Hanemann Waist Gunner

POW 7/12/44 SGT Louis F Dodson Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Off Spring 42-31917 MIA Munich 7/12/44

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/44; Kearney 13/1/44; Grenier 26/1/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [SG-S] Gt Ashfield 2/2/44; Missing in Action Munich 12/7/44 with Capt Rich White, Co-pilot: Clarry Gittins, Navigator: Jim Johnston, Bombardier: Pat Flanagan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marvin Nieman, Radio Operator: Harry Fitzwater, Ball turret gunner: Homer Comegys, Waist gunner: Sam Canter, Waist gunner: Bill Lord (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Bob McPherson (Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 42-102606 (385BG), both broke up and crashed Perl, Luxemberg. Missing Air Crew Report 7507. OFF SPRING was originally named for the newborn son of one time pilot Duane (Pappy) Pangle.

KIA 7/12/44 Capt. Richard B White Pilot

KIA 7/12/44 2nd Lt. Clarence E Gittins Co-Pilot

KIA 7/12/44 Flt. Ofc. James W Johnston Navigator

KIA 7/12/44 2nd Lt. Patrick J Flanagan Bombardier

KIA 7/12/44 SSGT Marvin W Nieman Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 7/12/44 SSGT Harry E Fitzwater Radio Operator

KIA 7/12/44 SGT Homer C Comegys Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 7/12/44 SGT Samuel L Canter Waist Gunner

KIA 7/12/44 SGT William R Lord Jr Waist Gunner

POW 7/12/44 SGT Robert P McPherson Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Curley's Kids 42-102606 MIA Munich 7/12/44

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; Kearney 2/4/44; Dow Fd 14/2/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Gt Ashfield 20/4/44; Missing in Action Munich 12/7/44 with Bob McDonald, Co-pilot: Steve Ryan, Navigator: Bill Henry, Bombardier: Francis Chrisman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Brown, Radio Operator: Russell Hale, Ball turret gunner: Walt Barosh, Waist gunner: Pete Hofferman,Tail gunner: Pete Linton (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Larry Atiyah (Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 42-31917 (385BG), crashed Wolwelange, Belg. Missing Air Crew Report 7489. CURLEY’S KIDS.

KIA 7/12/44 1st Lt. Robert L McDonald Pilot

KIA 7/12/44 2nd Lt. Stephen F Ryan Co-Pilot

KIA 7/12/44 2nd Lt. William T Henry Navigator

KIA 7/12/44 Flt. Ofc. Francis M Chrisman Bombardier

KIA 7/12/44 TSGT George E Brown Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 7/12/44 SSGT Russell Hale Radio Operator

KIA 7/12/44 SSGT Walter R Barosh Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 7/12/44 SSGT Peter J Hofferman Waist Gunner

KIA 7/12/44 SSGT Pete Linton Tail Gunner

POW 7/12/44 SSGT Larry Atiyeh Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-107031 MIA Munich 7/13/44

Delivered Tulsa 2/2/44; Grenier 5/3/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 13/3/44; 550BS/385BG [SG-N] Gt Ashfield 12/3/44; Missing in Action Munich 13/7/44 with Bob Turner, Co-pilot: Ken Daniels, Navigator: George Allen, Bombardier: Bob Dewey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Disbrow, Radio Operator: Chester Pawelczak, Ball turret gunner: Myron Caulkin, Waist gunner: Arthur Brooks, Waist gunner: Alf Hanson, Tail gunner: Art Dassow (10INT); flak, force landed Dubendorf, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 7490. Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 22/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

INT 7/13/44 Lt. Robert G Turner Pilot

INT 7/13/44 2nd Lt. Kenneth E Daniels Co-Pilot

INT 7/13/44 1st Lt. George K Allen Jr Navigator

INT 7/13/44 2nd Lt. Robert W Dewey Bombardier

INT 7/13/44 TSGT David W Disbrow Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

INT 7/13/44 TSGT Chester D Pawelczak Radio Operator

INT 7/13/44 SGT Myron L Caulkin Ball-Turret Gunner

INT 7/13/44 SSGT Arthur F Brooks Waist Gunner

INT 7/13/44 SSGT Alfred A Hanson Waist Gunner

INT 7/13/44 SSGT Arthur W Dassow Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 44-6112 MIA Switzerland 7/16/44

Missing in Action: 16 July 1944 (Flak / Mechanical failure) With Norman Robbins, Co-pilot: Bruce Dixon, Navigator: Paul Grove, Bombardier: Bob Reeves, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Hoelzer, Radio Operator: Isadore Gertler, Ball turret gunner: Sheldon May, Waist gunner: Phil Vuchichevich, Waist gunner: Walter Cole (wia),Tail gunner: Ed Leonard force landed Dubendorf, Switzerland 10 Interned (MACR 7569)

INT 7/16/44 Lt. Norman V Robbins Pilot

INT 7/16/44 2nd Lt. Bruce F Dixon Co-Pilot

INT 7/16/44 2nd Lt. Paul S Grove Navigator

INT 7/16/44 2nd Lt. Robert C Reeves Bombardier

INT 7/16/44 SSGT Robert C Hoelzer Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

INT 7/16/44 TSGT Isadore Gertler Radio Operator

INT 7/16/44 SSGT Sheldon May Ball-Turret Gunner

INT 7/16/44 TSGT Philip J Vuchichevich Waist Gunner

INT 7/16/44 SSGT Walter L Cole Waist Gunner

INT 7/16/44 SSGT Edward S Leonard Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 43-37663 MIA Merseburg 7/29/44

Delivered Cheyenne 9/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Grenier 1/6/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 7/6/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with A.L. Benefield (Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Dick Barry, Navigator: Herb Kozel, Bombardier: Leon Davidson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Calvin Winwright, Radio Operator: Ed McGrath, Ball turret gunner: Harry Crouse, Waist gunner: Harry McCarthy,Tail gunner: Chas Campbell (8 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #4 before ship plunged down, crashed Bloesien, SW of Merseburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7819.

KIA 7/29/44 2nd Lt. Richard G Barry Co-Pilot

KIA 7/29/44 2nd Lt. Herbert R Kozel Navigator

KIA 7/29/44 2nd Lt. Leonard F Davidson Bombardier

KIA 7/29/44 TSGT Calvin C Winright Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 7/29/44 TSGT Edward H McGrath Jr Radio Operator

KIA 7/29/44 SSGT Harold P Crouse Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 7/29/44 SSGT Harry L McCarthy Waist Gunner

KIA 7/29/44 SSGT Charles C Campbell Tail Gunner

POW 7/29/44 1st Lt. A L Benefield Jr Pilot

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31598 MIA Paris 8/2/44

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Kearney 19/12/43; Wilmington 31/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-V] Gt Ashfield 18/1/44; Missing in Action Paris 2/8/44 with Luther Newcomer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Panasuk, Waist gunner: Ed Abbott,Tail gunner: Ken Waterfield (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Russell Katz, Navigator: Jim Lindquist, Bombardier: Ed O’Day, Radio Operator: Marion Church, Ball turret gunner: Jack Davis (5 evaded capture); flak, crashed Breviaries, N of Rambouillet, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 8161.

POW 8/2/44 Lt. Luther P Newcomer Pilot

POW 8/2/44 SGT Joseph W Panasuk Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 8/2/44 SSGT Edward C Abbott Jr Waist Gunner

POW 8/2/44 TSGT Kenneth E Waterfield Tail Gunner

EC 8/2/44 2nd Lt. Russell J Katz Co-Pilot

EC 8/2/44 2nd Lt. James I Lindquist Navigator

EC 8/2/44 Lt. Edward F O'Day Jr. Bombardier

EC 8/2/44 TSGT Marion T Church Radio Operator

EC 8/2/44 SSGT Jack C Davis Ball-Turret Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Hairs Breath 42-38199 MIA Hamburg 8/4/44

Delivered Cheyenne 12/1/44; Kearney 24/1/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-P] Gt Ashfield 8/2/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 4/8/44 with John Masterson, Co-pilot: Ed Caldero, Navigator: Joe Silverman, Bombardier: Steve Yarema, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pete McCabe, Radio Operator: Guido Mannarino, Ball turret gunner: Ed Ferris, Waist gunner: Bob McKneilly,Tail gunner: Merritt Knox (9 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3 & enemy aircraft, crashed Midlum, S of Cuxhaven, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7743. HAIRS BREATH.

POW 8/4/44 2nd Lt. John E Masterson Pilot

POW 8/4/44 2nd Lt. Edward P Caldero Co-Pilot

POW 8/4/44 2nd Lt. Joseph Silverman Navigator

POW 8/4/44 2nd Lt. Steven Yarema Bombardier

POW 8/4/44 SSGT Peter J McCabe Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 8/4/44 SGT Guido A Mannarino Radio Operator

POW 8/4/44 SGT Edward L Ferris Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 8/4/44 SSGT Robert H McNeilly Waist Gunner

POW 8/4/44 SGT Merritt W Knox Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 43-38156 MIA Eindhoven 8/9/44

Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 15/7/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 18/7/44; Missing in Action Eindhoven 9/8/44 with Sterling Bristol, John Faulkner, Tony Burrows (3 Killed in Action); Bill Allison, John Campbell, Earl Hansen, Tony Mosca, Julius King, Buell Martin (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Baumholder, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7389.

KIA 8/9/44 2nd Lt. Sterling W Bristol Jr Pilot

KIA 8/9/44 2nd Lt. John F Faulkner Navigator

KIA 8/9/44 SSGT Anthony Burroughs Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 8/9/44 2nd Lt. Billy H Allison Co-Pilot

POW 8/9/44 2nd Lt. John H Campbell Bombardier

POW 8/9/44 SSGT Earl I Hansen Radio Operator

POW 8/9/44 SGT Anthony J Mosca Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 8/9/44 SSGT Julius L King Jr Waist Gunner

POW 8/9/44 SSGT Buell S Martin Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 42-31864 MIA Venlo 8/15/44

Delivered Denver 30/12/43; Kearney 14/1/44; Morrison 31/1/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-Z] Gt Ashfield 21/2/44; Missing in Action Venlo 15/8/44 with Bob Harrington, Co-pilot: Jim Kelly, Navigator: Joe Norbut, Bombardier: Phil Feldman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Terry, Radio Operator: Dominic Romeo, Ball turret gunner: Jim Craver,Tail gunner: Paul McNally (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Jim Moulton (evaded capture); flak KO’d #1 and #2, lost altitude, crashed Gross-Hesepe, NW of Meppen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7907.

POW 8/15/44 Lt. Robert K Harrington Pilot

POW 8/15/44 2nd Lt. James G Kelly Co-Pilot

POW 8/15/44 2nd Lt. Joseph G Norbut Navigator

POW 8/15/44 Flt. Ofc. Philip F Feldman Bombardier

POW 8/15/44 TSGT James E Terry Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 8/15/44 SSGT Dominick Romeo Radio Operator

POW 8/15/44 TSGT James P Craver Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 8/15/44 SSGT Paul E McNally Tail Gunner

EC 8/15/44 SGT James T Moulton Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Homesick Angel 42-107135 MIA Handorf 8/15/44

Delivered Denver 2/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-N] Gt Ashfield 24/4/44; Missing in Action Handorf 15/8/44 with Neil Rosener, Co-pilot: George Flynn, Navigator: Hubert Graves, Bombardier: Lester Esterman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Fiscus, Radio Operator: Roland Reid, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Dosser, Waist gunner: Laverne Rohrbaugh, Ph-Cliff Peek, Tail gunner: Joe Lopes (10POW-all picked up by a German boat); flak damage, crashed Ijsselmeer, E of Enkhuizen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 7908. HOMESICK ANGEL.

POW 8/15/44 Lt. Neil W Rosener Pilot

POW 8/15/44 2nd Lt. George F Flynn Co-Pilot

POW 8/15/44 2nd Lt. Hubert E Graves Jr Navigator

POW 8/15/44 Lt. Lester Esterman Bombardier

POW 8/15/44 SSGT Harold C Fiscus Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 8/15/44 TSGT Roland J Reid Radio Operator

POW 8/15/44 SSGT Clarence A Dosser Jr Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 8/15/44 SSGT Laverne E Rohrbaugh Waist Gunner

POW 8/15/44 TSGT Clifford J Peek Waist Gunner

POW 8/15/44 SSGT Joseph L Lopes Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Big Gas Bird 42-31638 MIA Magdeburg 9/12/44

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Paine 4/12/43; Kearney 11/12/43; Romulus 20/12/43; Presque Is 21/12/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-L] Gt Ashfield 30/12/43; Missing in Action Magdeburg 12/9/44 with Ramon Newman, Co-pilot: Harvey Dater, Bombardier: Ed Lower, Radio Operator: Bob Kuhn (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: George Pearson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Fuchs, Ball turret gunner: Clifton Estabrook, Waist gunner: Claude Lyons, Tail gunner: Tom Morrissey (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Ruppershutten, E of Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8907. BIG GAS BIRD.

KIA 9/12/44 Lt. Ramon H Newman Pilot

KIA 9/12/44 2nd Lt. Harvey Dater Co-Pilot

KIA 9/12/44 1st Lt. Edward J Lower Bombardier

KIA 9/12/44 TSGT Robert E Kuhn Radio Operator

POW 9/12/44 2nd Lt. George W Pearson Bombardier

POW 9/12/44 SGT John H Fuchs Jr Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 9/12/44 SSGT Clifton D Estabrook Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 9/12/44 SSGT Claude H Lyons Waist Gunner

POW 9/12/44 SSGT Tom H Morrissey Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Half & Half 42-97940 Crashed Kentford 9/13/44

Delivered Denver 10/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 7/6/44; detailed Stuttgart 13/9/44 with Chas Lamont, Co-pilot: Billy Hinson, Navigator: Jim Pillsbury, tog-Hazen Whittier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Barnett, Ball turret gunner: Bill Pipes, Waist gunner: J.J. Toomey,Tail gunner: Bob Thomas (8 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: Joe Sturdivant (Killed in Action); on return fire broke out in landing gear, abandoned over West Suffolk, crashed near Kentford, Bury St Edmunds; Salvaged (rep with rear end of DOZY DOATS), became HALF AND HALF.

KIA 9/13/44 SSGT Joe P Sturdivant Waist Gunner

RTD 9/13/44 2nd Lt. Charles Lamont Jr Pilot

RTD 9/13/44 Billy J Hinson Co-Pilot

RTD 9/13/44 2nd Lt. James S Pillsbury Navigator

RTD 9/13/44 Hazen Whittier Bombardier/ Togglier

RTD 9/13/44 TSGT George W Barnett Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

RTD 9/13/44 William L Pipes Ball-Turret Gunner

RTD 9/13/44 J J Toomey Waist Gunner

RTD 9/13/44 Robert L Thomas Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Reluctant Lady 42-107035 MIA Bremen 9/26/44

Delivered Tulsa 3/2/44; Dow Fd 24/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 30/4/44; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX-L] Gt Ashfield 6/5/44; Missing in Action Bremen 26/9/44 with Chas Lundsberg, Co-pilot: J.M. Elzey, Navigator: Bob Smallman, Bombardier: John Wise, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cosmo Rabasco, Radio Operator: Forrest Sampson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Sizer, Waist gunner: Jack Walker,Tail gunner: Ed Morgan and ph-Alex Behr (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Jesteburg, NW of Lueneburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10204. RELUCTANT LADY.

POW 9/26/44 Capt. Charles W Lundsberg Pilot

POW 9/26/44 2nd Lt. J M Ellzey Co-Pilot

POW 9/26/44 2nd Lt. Robert E Smallman Navigator

POW 9/26/44 Lt. John W Wise Bombardier

POW 9/26/44 TSGT Cosmo Rabasco Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 9/26/44 TSGT Forrest O Sampson Jr Radio Operator

POW 9/26/44 SSGT William R Sizer Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 9/26/44 SSGT Jack M Walker Waist Gunner

POW 9/26/44 SSGT Edward D Morgan Tail Gunner

POW 9/26/44 SGT Alexander Behr Jr PH/ Passenger

B-17 Flying Fortress Heavenly Body 44-6008 Ditched North Sea 9/26/44

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 7/5/44; battle damaged Bremen 26/9/44 with Chas Lamont, Co-pilot: Rodolfo Gutierrez (2 Killed in Action), Navigator: Herbert R. Greiner , Bombardier: Roy F. Buck, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert M. Detert, Radio Operator: Gilbert H. Woerner, Ball turret gunner: Robert R. Hoyman, Waist gunner: Lawrence X. Crilley, Tail gunner: Richard E. Rolander; (7 Returned to Duty). HEAVENLY BODY. flak, ditched North Sea.

KIA 9/26/44 2nd Lt. Charles Lamont Jr Pilot

KIA 9/26/44 2nd Lt. Rodolfo Gutierrez Co-Pilot

RTD 9/26/44 1st Lt. Herbert R Greider Navigator

RTD 9/26/44 2nd Lt. Roy F Buck Bombardier

RTD 9/26/44 Albert M Detert Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

RTD 9/26/44 Gilbert H Woerner Radio Operator

RTD 9/26/44 Robert R Hoyman Ball-Turret Gunner

RTD 9/26/44 Lawrence X Crilley Waist Gunner

RTD 9/26/44 Richard E Rolander Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress West Virginian 44-6159 MIA Berlin 10/6/44

Delivered Tulsa 18/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Grenier 7/6/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [XA-M] Gt Ashfield 11/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Ray Noiseau, Metro Marchyn (2 Prisoner of War); Bill Waggoner, Bill Feuerstein, Stan Gue, Norman Wiess, Paul Provinical, Jim Burns, Don McGraw (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Brandenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9515. WEST VIRGINIAN.^[2]

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT James Burns Jr. Waist Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 2nd Lt. William J. Fuerstein Bombardier

KIA 10/6/44 1st Lt. William A. Waggoner Co-Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 TSGT Norman S. Weiss Radio Operation/ Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT Paul Provincial Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 TSGT Stanley D. Gue Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT Donald T. McGraw Tail Gunner

POW 10/6/44 1st Lt. Metro Marchyn Navigator

POW 10/6/44 Capt. Raymond C. Noiseau Pilot

B-17 Flying Fortress Wee Willie Wilbur 42-102465 MIA Berlin 10/6/44

Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Kearney 5/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG HR-J] Gt Ashfield 20/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Bill Jens, Athrian Vaughn, Bob Huff, Stewart Love, Chester Means, Joe Kunkle, Aloysius Kozanecki, Fred Nagle, Stan Pylko (9 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Liepe, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9525. WEE WILLIE WILBUR.^[3] SSGT Stewart Love was POW not KIA

KIA 10/6/44 2nd Lt. William Jens Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Aloysius Kozanecki Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Joseph Kunkle Radio Operator

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Chester F. Means Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Fred Nagle Waist Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT Stanley Pytko Tail Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Athrian Vaughn Co-Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 FLT O Robert K. Huff Navigator

POW 10/6/44 SSGT Stewart M. Love Bombardier/Nose Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Roger the Dodger 42-97275 MIA Munich 10/6/44

Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Gr Island 27/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 3/5/44; no ops, transferred 549BS/385BG[XA- ] Gt Ashfield 4/5/44 REBEL; 551BS; Missing in Action Munich 6/10/44 with Bill Leverett, Dick Phillips, Bob Karshmer, Emmanuel Pappas, Harry Muentener, John Birrell, Milton Hyman, John Albers (9 Prisoner of War); Jim Davis (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Vehlgast, Ger?. Missing Air Crew Report 9522. ROGER THE DODGER.

KIA 10/7/44 SSGT John L. Albers Tail Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT James P. Davis Waist Gunner

POW 10/6/44 SSGT John A Birrell Radio Operator

POW 10/6/44 SSGT Milton Hyman Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Robert Karshmer Navigator

POW 10/6/44 Lt. Bill J Leverett Pilot

POW 10/6/44 TSGT Harry A Muentener Top-Turret Gunner

POW 10/6/44 SSGT Emmanuel M Pappas Bombardier/ Nose Gunner

POW 10/6/44 Lt. Col. Richard H Phillips Co-Pilot

POW 10/6/44 TSGT Kenneth L White Photographer

B-17 Flying Fortress 42-98010 No Known Nickname MIA Berlin 10/6/44

Delivered Dallas 1/5/44; Long Beach 12/6/44; Hunter 18/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-Q] Gt Ashfield 4/8/44; Missing in Action Berlin (Spandau) 6/10/44 with Delroy Taylor, Miles Osmer, Orlando Krupka, Ira Barnes, Albt Beenes, Vernon James, Elvin Brown, Orvil Wright (8 Killed in Action); Bruce Martin (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Liepe, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9523.

KIA 10/6/44 TSGT Ira M Barnes Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Albert Beenes Radio Operator

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Elvin Brown Waist Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Vernon W James Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Orlando A Krupka Navigator

KIA 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Miles W Osmer Co-Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Deloy Taylor Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Orvil E Wright Tail Gunner

POW 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Bruce C. Martin Bombardier

B-17 Flying Fortress 42-98016 No Known Nickname MIA Berlin 10/6/44

Delivered Dallas 2/5/44; Kearney 16/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [XA-C] Gt Ashfield 2/8/44; Missing in Action Berlin (Spandau) 6/10/44 with Bob Funk, Bill Davis, George Curtis, Doug Randolph, Gene Cahill, Delmar Harmon, Burnie Goldson, Chester Foster (8 Killed in Action); Bob McNichols (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Friesack, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9524.

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT Eugene F Cahill Radio Operator

KIA 10/6/44 2nd Lt. George W Curtis Navigator

KIA 10/6/44 2nd Lt. William L Davis Co-Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Chester B Foster Tail Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Robert G Funk Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Burnie B Goldson Jr Waist Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Delmar A Harmon Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Douglas R Randolph Top-Turret Gunner

POW 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Robert L McNichols Bombardier

B-17 Flying Fortress Lamplight Lil 43-37548 MIA Berlin 10/6/44

Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 92BG Podington 12/6/44; transferred 548BS/385BG [XA-F] Gt Ashfield 28/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Hyman Kaplan, Kelso Poore, Ned Mertz (3 Killed in Action); Harry Livingston, Walt Schulte, Jim Mulder, Alf Flesner, Bruce Ely, Harry Mathieu (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Liepe, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9517.

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT Kelso M Poore Waist Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT Ned H Mertz Tail Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 Lt. Hyman Kaplan Pilot

POW 10/6/44 SSGT Bruce Ey Radio Operator

POW 10/6/44 SSGT Alfred E Flesner Top-Turret Gunner

POW 10/6/44 SSGT Harry J Mathieu Jr Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Harry W Livingston Jr Co-Pilot

POW 10/6/44 2nd Lt. James Mulder Jr Bombardier

POW 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Walter B Schulte Navigator

B-17 Flying Fortress Texas Bluebonnet 43-38060 MIA Berlin 10/6/44

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/44; Kearney 16/7/44; Grenier 1/8/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-G] Gt Ashfield 2/8/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Lucien Courcelle, Frank Bullen, Hubert Bivins, Roy Slaper, Delbert Hamilton, Roland Leider, Jerry Weir, Bob Bozine (8 Killed in Action); Marvin Wolverton (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Pessin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9508. TEXAS BLUEBONNET.

KIA 10/6/44 1st Lt. Hubert J Bivins Navigator

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT Robert P Bozina Tail Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 1st Lt. Frank R Bullen Co-Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 1st Lt. Lucien C Courcelle Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 TSGT Delbert L Hamilton Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 TSGT Roland N Leider Radio Operator

KIA 10/6/44 1st Lt. Roy M Slaper Bombardier

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Jerry L Weir Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 10/6/44 SSGT Marvin B Wolverton Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress 43-38217 No Known Nickname MIA Berlin 10/6/44

Delivered Cheyenne 8/7/44; Hunter 20/7/44; Grenier 1/8/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [XA-P] Gt Ashfield 2/8/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Ray Tuley, Jack Rock, Herb Evans, Bill McCauley, leland Harvey, Bob Campbell (6 Killed in Action); Walt Hartman, Joe Gorchak, John Standley (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Barnewitz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9519.

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Robert E Campbell Waist Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT Herbert G Evans Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Leland F Harvey Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SGT William J McCauley Jr. Radio Operator

KIA 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Jack L Rock Co-Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 1st Lt. Raymond W Tuley Pilot

POW 10/6/44 SGT John C Standley Tail Gunner

POW 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Walter L Hartman Navigator

POW 10/6/44 1st Lt. Joseph Gorchak Bombardier

B-17 Flying Fortress 43-38430 No Known Nickname MIA Berlin 10/6/44

Delivered Cheyenne 2/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-N] Gt Ashfield 8/9/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Don Andreas, Harry Swift, Mike Cangemi, Bob Quicksall (4 Killed in Action); Alvin Rosenthal, Abel Rebello, Rod Hambree, Mike Pace, George Sachen (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Koenigshorst, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9520.

KIA 10/6/44 1st Lt. Donald J Andreas Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Michael A Cangemi Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SGT Robert W Quicksall Tail Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 Flt. Ofc. Harry F Swift Bombardier

POW 10/6/44 SGT Rodney C Hambree Radio Operator

POW 10/6/44 SGT Michael F Pace Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Abel S Rebello Navigator

POW 10/6/44 Capt. Alvin S Rosenthal Co-Pilot

POW 10/6/44 SSGT George Sachen Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress 44-8143 No Known Nickname MIA Berlin 10/6/44

Delivered Dallas 23/6/44; Langley 26/7/44; Dow Fd 13/8/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 15/8/44; transferred 548BS/385BG [HR-V] Gt Ashfield 19/8/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Capt Jack Batty, Capt Edwin Herron, Mike Galicia, Lou DiNicola, Lt Bill Daniels mickey op, Ellwood Maxam, Lt Edgar Griffith tg, (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Senke, Ger; 7KIA 3POW; Missing Air Crew Report 9516.

KIA 10/6/44 Capt. Jack G W Batty Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 1st Lt. William G Daniels Mickey Operator/ Pathfinder Operator

KIA 10/6/44 TSGT Louis P DiNicola Radio Operator

KIA 10/6/44 TSGT Michael A Galicia Top-Turret Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Edgar E Griffith Tail Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 Capt. Edwin R Herron Co-Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT Ellwood C Maxam Waist Gunner

POW 10/6/44 SSGT Casper R D Fields Waist Gunner

POW 10/6/44 Lt. Joseph L Jones Navigator

POW 10/6/44 Capt. Robert M McGhee Jr Bombardier/ D R Navigator

B-17 Flying Fortress Dozy Doats 44-97079 MIA Berlin 10/6/44

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/44; Kearney 18/2/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-B] Gt Ashfield 3/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Everett Isaacson, Filbert Dye, Howard Ryan, Bill Ligon, Joe Mandarano (5 Killed in Action); Warren Story, Don McQuade, Irvin Poole, Joe Matuszak (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Brandenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9521. DOZY DOATS.

KIA 10/6/44 2nd Lt. Filbert F Dye Co-Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 1st Lt. Everett L Isaacson Pilot

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT William Y Ligon Jr Waist Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 SSGT Joseph M Mandarano Tail Gunner

KIA 10/6/44 TSGT Howard C Ryan Radio Operator

POW 10/6/44 2nd Lt. William K Kelley Pilot

POW 10/6/44 SSGT Joseph M Matuszak Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 10/6/44 Flt. Ofc. Donald Kyle McQuade Bombardier

POW 10/6/44 TSGT Irvin W Poole Top-Turret Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 43-37888 MIA Merseburg 11/2/44

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Hunter 10/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 1/7/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Hyrum Keeler, Edgar Denton, Art Alexander, Glen Kraft, John Ray, Billy Walker, Bob Read, Harry Goetsch (8 Prisoner of War); Harry Weissman (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Detmold, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10155.

KIA 11/2/44 2nd Lt. Harry Weissman Navigator

POW 11/2/44 Lt. Col. Hyrum G Keeler Pilot

POW 11/2/44 2nd Lt. Edgar A Denton Co-Pilot

POW 11/2/44 2nd Lt. Arthur E Alexander Bombardier

POW 11/2/44 TSGT Glen A Kraft Top-Turret Gunner

POW 11/2/44 TSGT John F Ray Radio Operator

POW 11/2/44 SSGT Billy R Walker Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 11/2/44 SSGT Robert T Read Waist Gunner

POW 11/2/44 SSGT Harold W Goetsch Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 43-38566 Landed Great Ashfield 11/21/44

Delivered Cheyenne 18/8/44; Lincoln 6/9/44; Grenier 24/9/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-T] Gt Ashfield 25/9/44; returning from Osnabruck 21/11/44 with Cliff Foss (Cobb), Otho Quick, Myron Loyet, Theo Otto, Bob Houston, John Bevilcqua, Gail Anderson (7 Returned to Duty); Jim Shaver, Ed Myers (2 Prisoner of War); mid-air coll with 43-38270 (385BG), but returned and repaired; Missing Air Crew Report 10468; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45.

POW 11/21/44 Lt. James H Shaver Bombardier

POW 11/21/44 TSGT Edward F Myers Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

RTD 11/21/44 Lt. Clifford W Foss Pilot

RTD 11/21/44 Lt. Otho J Quick Co-Pilot

RTD 11/21/44 Lt. Myron M Loyet Navigator

RTD 11/21/44 TSGT Theodore E Otto Radio Operator

RTD 11/21/44 SSGT Robert W Houston Ball-Turret Gunner

RTD 11/21/44 SSGT Johnnie P Bevilacqua Waist Gunner

RTD 11/21/44 SSGT Gail E Anderson Jr Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 43-38270 Crashed Koerbecke 11/21/44

Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Hunter 22/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned 390BG Framlingham 4/8/44; transferred 549BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 5/8/44. Mid-air collision with 43-38566 on the mission to Osnabruck 21/11/44 with pilot James S. Webb; Co-pilot Francis M. Riggs; Navigator Charles G. Melhado; Bombardier Orsen E. Jensen; Top Turret Gunner Thomas H. Watkins; Radio Operator/Gunner Anthony Vespasiano; Ball Turret Gunner Wallace D. Land; Tail Gunner Kenneth E. Kio; Waist Gunner Pryce O. Spencer. Only Kenneth Kio survived and was made POW (Prisoner of War). Crashed 1km East of Koerbecke, near Warburg, Westfalien, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 10413.

KIA 11/21/44 Lt. James S Webb Pilot

KIA 11/21/44 2nd Lt. Francis M Riggs Co-Pilot

KIA 11/21/44 2nd Lt. Charles G Melhado Navigator

KIA 11/21/44 2nd Lt. Orsen E Jensen Bombardier

KIA 11/21/44 TSGT Thomas H Watkins Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 11/21/44 TSGT Anthony Vespasiano Radio Operator/ Gunner

KIA 11/21/44 SSGT Wallace D Land Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 11/21/44 SSGT Pryce O Spencer Waist Gunner

POW 11/21/44 SSGT Kenneth E Kio Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Sweet and Lovely 43-38233 MIA Darmstadt 12/24/44

Delivered Cheyenne 11/7/44; Kearney 19/7/44; Dow Fd 1/8/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 5/8/44; on mission 27/9/44 with W.K. Kelley (8 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Gielow (Killed in Action)), p landed in Belgium and ret base later; Missing in Action Darmstadt 24/12/44 with Larry Vogt, Jim Anding, Vic Hammond, Roy Capwell, Harry Sevick, Dick Rudd, Cliff Canterberry, Bill Johnson (8 Killed in Action); Calvin Rhodes (Prisoner of War); flak, mid air coll with 43-37893 (385BG); crashed Namur, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 11113.

KIA 12/24/44 2nd Lt. Lawrence H Vogt Pilot

KIA 12/24/44 Flt. Ofc. James E Anding Co-Pilot

KIA 12/24/44 2nd Lt. Victor R Hammonds Jr Navigator

KIA 12/24/44 Flt. Ofc. Roy V Capwell Bombardier

KIA 12/24/44 SGT Harry E Sevick Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 12/24/44 SGT Richard P Rudd Radio Operator

KIA 12/24/44 SGT Clifford F Canterberry Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 12/24/44 SGT William E Johnson Waist Gunner

POW 12/24/44 SGT Calvin Rhodes Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Miss D Day 44-6100 MIA Cologne 1/9/45

Delivered Tulsa 4/5/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Grenier 24/5/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 27/5/44; 1m Missing in Action Cologne 9/1/45 with Rifas Missing Air Crew Report 11718. MISS `D' DAY.

MIA 1/9/45 Lt. Leonard Rifas Pilot

MIA 1/9/45 2nd Lt. Charles M Jones Co-Pilot

MIA 1/9/45 2nd Lt. Robert T Chandler Navigator

MIA 1/9/45 Lt. John W Skoff Bombardier

MIA 1/9/45 TSGT William D Finkbiner Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

MIA 1/9/45 TSGT Wilmer W Sherwood Radio Operator/ Gunner

MIA 1/9/45 Lowery I Boyd Ball-Turret Gunner

MIA 1/9/45 John H Parrish Waist Gunner

MIA 1/9/45 SSGT Dwain R Rasmussen Waist Gunner

MIA 1/9/45 SSGT Alphonse J Novetske Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Honey Chile 43-37857 MIA Mannheim 1/21/45

Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/44; Hunter 9/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 1/7/44; Missing in Action Mannheim 21/1/45 with Capt John McErlane (Killed in Action); Earl Hansen, Jim Pillsbury, Paul Manouvier, J.L. Pence, Bill Rambo, Mike Roppolo, Hunter Dunn, Bob Dennard (8 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Joehlingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11765. HONEY-CHILE.

KIA 1/21/45 Capt. John T McErlane Pilot

POW 1/21/45 2nd Lt. Earl H Hansen Co-Pilot

POW 1/21/45 2nd Lt. James S Pillsbury Navigator

POW 1/21/45 Lt. Paul J Manouvier Bombardier

POW 1/21/45 SSGT J L Pence Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 1/21/45 TSGT William E Rambo Jr Radio Operator

POW 1/21/45 SSGT Michael A Roppolo Jr Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 1/21/45 SSGT Hunter H Dunn Waist Gunner

POW 1/21/45 SSGT Robert E Dennard Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Leading Lady 42-97979 MIA Dresden 3/2/45

Delivered Dallas 21/4/44; Langley 15/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 8/7/44; Missing in Action Dresden 2/3/45 with Gene Vaadi, Jesse Brown, Tom Conway, Neil Duell, Henry Anthony, Clarence Glitz, Jine DiFenzo, Burke Marshall, Phil Penchi (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Ruhland, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12855. LEADING LADY.

POW 3/2/45 Lt. Eugene J Vaadi Pilot

POW 3/2/45 2nd Lt. Jesse R Brown Co-Pilot

POW 3/2/45 2nd Lt. Thomas J Conway Jr Navigator

POW 3/2/45 TSGT Neil G Duell Bombardier/ Nose Gunner

POW 3/2/45 SGT Henry R Anthony Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 3/2/45 SSGT Clarence N Giltz Radio Operator

POW 3/2/45 SGT Jine O Di Fenzo Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 3/2/45 SGT Burke L Marshall Waist Gunner

POW 3/2/45 SGT Philip P Penchi Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Perry's Pirates 43-37871 MIA Dresden 3/2/45

Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/44; Kearney 9/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-N] Gt Ashfield 2/7/44; Missing in Action Dresden 2/3/45 with Bob Krahn, Oris Lundy, Glynn Hull, Russ Fritzinger, Flem Williams, Paul Klinko, Doyle Green, Roy Werner (8 Prisoner of War); Lester Brown (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Dresden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12857. SLICK CHICK aka PERRY’S PIRATES.

POW 3/2/45 Lt. Robert A Krahn Pilot

POW 3/2/45 Lt. Oris E Lundy Co-Pilot

POW 3/2/45 2nd Lt. Glynn D Hull Navigator

POW 3/2/45 Lt. Russell W Fritzinger Jr Bombardier

POW 3/2/45 TSGT Flem E Williams Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 3/2/45 TSGT Paul C Klinko Radio Operator

POW 3/2/45 SSGT Doyle Green Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 3/2/45 SSGT Lester R Brown Waist Gunner

POW 3/2/45 SSGT Roy O Werner Jr Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 43-38148 MIA Dresden 3/2/45

Delivered Cheyenne 30/6/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 1/8/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-W] Gt Ashfield 3/8/44; Missing in Action Dresden 2/3/45 with Leon Tripp, Ed Gildea, Dan Machiewicz, Leon Deziel, Francis Wiemerslage, Bob McCaulay, Henrt Koshemina (7 Killed in Action); Elmer Batz, Dick Walters (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Jueledorf, Ger?. Missing Air Crew Report 12856.

KIA 3/2/45 Lt. Leon E Tripp Pilot

KIA 3/2/45 Flt. Ofc. Edward J Gildea Navigator

KIA 3/2/45 SGT Daniel J Machiewicz Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 3/2/45 SGT Leon G Deziel Radio Operator

KIA 3/2/45 SGT Francis W Wiemerslage Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 3/2/45 SGT Robert J Macaulay Waist Gunner

KIA 3/2/45 SGT Henry G Koshemina Tail Gunner

POW 3/2/45 2nd Lt. Edward L Batz Co-Pilot

POW 3/2/45 SGT Richard J Walters Bombardier/ Nose Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 44-8417 MIA Dresden 3/2/45

Delivered Patterson 7/9/44; Hunter 17/9/44; Grenier 25/9/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-D] Gt Ashfield 28/9/44; Missing in Action Dresden 2/3/45 with Ken Tipton, Ed Craig, Jack Waller, Glenn King, Roger Maul, Frank Mang, Glenn Childress, Chas Eckert (8 Prisoner of War); John Nostin (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Fictenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12858.

KIA 3/2/45 SGT John Nostin Tail Gunner

POW 3/2/45 2nd Lt. Kenneth G Tipton Pilot

POW 3/2/45 2nd Lt. Edward M Craig Co-Pilot

POW 3/2/45 2nd Lt. Jack M Waller Navigator

POW 3/2/45 2nd Lt. Glenn W King Bombardier

POW 3/2/45 SGT Rodger C Maul Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 3/2/45 SSGT Frank E Mang Radio Operator

POW 3/2/45 SGT Glenn R Childress Jr Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 3/2/45 SGT Charles C Eckert Jr Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 44-6944 MIA Berlin 3/18/45

Delivered Hunter 26/12/44; Grenier 13/1/45; Assigned 551BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 22/1/45; Missing in Action Berlin 18/3/45 with pilot Hubert Bloom; Co-pilot Howard Marvelle; Navigator Robert K. Cavan; Bombardier Alvin Vaira; Top Turret Gunner Don G. Fink; Radio Operator/Gunner Sol S. Lipschitz; Ball Turret Gunner Robert J. Oglan; Waist Gunner Wesley R. Brown; Tail Gunner Raymond A. Dahl; (3 Killed in Action, 6 Prisoner of War) Missing Air Crew Report 13147.

KIA 3/18/45 SGT Sol S Lipschitz Radio Operator

KIA 3/18/45 SSGT Robert J Oglan Jr Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 3/18/45 SGT Raymond A Dahl Tail Gunner

POW 3/18/45 1st Lt. Hubert I Bloom Pilot

POW 3/18/45 Flt. Ofc. Howard Marvelle Co-Pilot

POW 3/18/45 Flt. Ofc. Robert K Cavan Navigator

POW 3/18/45 Lt. Col. Alvin Vaira Task Group Commander/ Bombardier

POW 3/18/45 Capt. Don G Fink Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 3/18/45 Wesley R Brown Waist Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Kentucky Winner 42-102481 MIA Berlin 3/18/45

Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Kearney 4/5/44; Grenier 19/4/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-P] Gt Ashfield 20/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 18/3/45 with Bill Cocker, Bill Chaney, Harold Morthorst, Bob Crider, Ellis Murray, Vince Figini, Joe Ryan, Harry Grimet (8 Returned to Duty); Bill Martsch (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Grodzisk, Poland. Missing Air Crew Report 13141. KENTUCKY WINNER.

KIA 3/18/45 SGT William Martsch Waist Gunner

RTD 3/18/45 Lt. William H Cocke Jr Pilot

RTD 3/18/45 Lt. William C Chaney Jr Co-Pilot

RTD 3/18/45 Flt. Ofc. Harold T Morthorst Navigator

RTD 3/18/45 SGT Robert W Crider Bombardier/ Nose Gunner

RTD 3/18/45 SGT Ellis M Murray Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

RTD 3/18/45 SSGT Vincent C Figini Radio Operator

RTD 3/18/45 SGT Joseph J Ryan Ball-Turret Gunner

RTD 3/18/45 SGT Harry J Grimet Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Hairs Breath 43-39199 MIA Zwickau 3/19/45

Delivered Hunter 31/12/44; Dow Fd 18/1/45; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-Y] Gt Ashfield 30/1/45; Missing in Action Zwickau 19/3/45 with Paul Lowry, Max Curtis, Dick Eshelman, Roger Hendrick, Giovanni DeGiovane, Ira O’Kennon, Henry Niemcyk, John Matthews, Bill Georgeine tg, Glenn Barnes rcm (10 Prisoner of War); Tom Smith weather obs (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13148. HAIRS BREATH.

KIA 3/19/45 MSGT Thomas W Smith Waist Gunner/ Warrant Officer

POW 3/19/45 Lt. Paul M Lowry Pilot

POW 3/19/45 2nd Lt. Max W Curtis Co-Pilot

POW 3/19/45 Lt. Richard E Eshleman Navigator

POW 3/19/45 2nd Lt. Roger H Hendrick Bombardier

POW 3/19/45 TSGT Giovanni DiGiovane Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 3/19/45 TSGT Ira E O'Kennon Jr. Radio Operator

POW 3/19/45 SSGT Henry P Niemcyk Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 3/19/45 SSGT John W Mathews Waist Gunner

POW 3/19/45 SSGT William L Georgeine Tail Gunner

POW 3/19/45 SSGT Glenn E Barnes Radar Counter Measures Operator

B-17 Flying Fortress Shadie Sadie 43-38639 MIA Kiel 4/4/45

Delivered Cheyenne 28/8/44; Patterson 8/9/44; Hunter 20/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-E] Great Ashfield 1/10/44; Missing in Action Kiel 4/4/45 with Capt Tim Crimmins, Capt Jim Murphy, Mercer Abernathy, Jim Dodd, Bob Bartlett, Bob Fitzgerald, Chas Cook, Oliver Rapps, Milton Dawidowicz (9 Killed in Action); mid-air coll with 43-38210 (385BG), crashed North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 13722.

KIA 4/4/45 Capt. Timothy E Crimmins Jr Pilot

KIA 4/4/45 Capt. James E Murphy Co-Pilot

KIA 4/4/45 2nd Lt. Mercer G Abernathy Navigator

KIA 4/4/45 Lt. James E Dodd Bombardier

KIA 4/4/45 TSGT Robert E Bartlett Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 4/4/45 TSGT Robert D Fitzgerald Radio Operator

KIA 4/4/45 SGT Charles J Cook Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 4/4/45 SSGT Oliver J Rapps Waist Gunner

KIA 4/4/45 SSGT Milton Dawidowicz Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress Angels Sister 43-38210 MIA Kiel 4/4/45

Delivered Cheyenne 7/7/44; Kearney 16/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-V] Gt Ashfield 4/8/44; Missing in Action Kiel 4/4/45 with Bob Ritchie, Adolph Bernacchi, Bill Simmons, Alvin Koblitz, Bill Miller, Gordon Fraser, Chas Chambers, Leo Lynch, Harry Fredericksen (9 Killed in Action); mid-air coll with 43-38639 (385BG), crashed North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 13720. ANGEL’S SISTER.

KIA 4/4/45 Lt. Robert G Ritchie Pilot

KIA 4/4/45 2nd Lt. Adolph Bernacchi Co-Pilot

KIA 4/4/45 2nd Lt. William D Simmons III Navigator

KIA 4/4/45 2nd Lt. Alvin L Koblitz Bombardier

KIA 4/4/45 SSGT William H Miller Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 4/4/45 SSGT Gordon S Fraser Radio Operator

KIA 4/4/45 SGT Charles T Chambers Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 4/4/45 SGT Leo T Lynch Jr Waist Gunner

KIA 4/4/45 SSGT Harold K Fredericksen Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 44-8744 MIA Parchim 4/7/45

Delivered Lincoln 14/12/44; Grenier 22/12/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-L] Gt Ashfield 5/1/45; Missing in Action Parchim 7/4/45 with George Burich, Co-pilot: Willard Huggins, Navigator: Elwood Randall, Bob Bayne togg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wendel Rish, Radio Operator: Curtis Walker, Ball turret gunner: Jesse Clark, Paul Miller rcm, Charles Stewart tg(9 Killed in Action); Rammed by Sonderkammando FW190, crashed Gifhorn, Ger, (in a field, now in 1994, used by gliders). Missing Air Crew Report 13721.

KIA 4/7/45 2nd Lt. George E Burich Jr Pilot

KIA 4/7/45 2nd Lt. Willard B Huggins Jr Co-Pilot

KIA 4/7/45 2nd Lt. Elwood L Randall Navigator

KIA 4/7/45 SSGT Robert H Bayne Bombardier/ Nose Gunner

KIA 4/7/45 SGT Wendel E Rish Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

KIA 4/7/45 SGT Curtis L Walker Radio Operator

KIA 4/7/45 SGT Jesse W Clark Ball-Turret Gunner

KIA 4/7/45 TSGT Paul R Miller Radar Counter Measures Operator/ Radar Mechanic

KIA 4/7/45 SGT Charles J Stewart Tail Gunner

B-17 Flying Fortress No Known Nickname 44-6527 MIA Neuburg 4/9/45

Delivered Hunter 30/8/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 16/9/44; transferred 548BS/385BG [XA-L] Gt Ashfield 17/9/44; Missing in Action Neuburg, Ger 9/4/45 with Theo Williams, Harry McCallister, Whitney Crum, Jerome Mangen {togg}, Rudi Manzenberger, Joe Dreher, Carl Wilk, Carl Malanowski, Walt Kowalczyk (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Neuburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13872.

POW 4/9/45 Lt. Theodore A Williams Jr Pilot

POW 4/9/45 2nd Lt. Harry W McCallister Co-Pilot

POW 4/9/45 2nd Lt. Whitney I Crum Navigator

POW 4/9/45 TSGT Jerome J Mangen Bombardier/ Nose Gunner

POW 4/9/45 TSGT Rudolph Manzenberger Jr Top-Turret Gunner/ Flight Engineer

POW 4/9/45 SGT Joseph K Dreher Jr Radio Operator

POW 4/9/45 SSGT Carl A Wilk Ball-Turret Gunner

POW 4/9/45 SSGT Carl L Malanowski Waist Gunner

POW 4/9/45 SGT Walter J Kowalczyk Tail Gunner