91st Bombardment Group photo gallery

 41-9023 B-17E Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGX Yankee Doodle right side at Bodney Aug 1942 N3118

 41-9023 B-17E Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGX Yankee Doodle with crew right side at Bodney 12th Mar 1944 NA710

Photo description: 41-9023 / Yankee Doodle Assigned 414BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42; with Lt. John P. Dowswell and MajGen Ira C. Eaker, Commanding General, VIII Bomber Command on first 8AF mission 17/8/42; transferred 92BG Bovingdon 24/8/42; 323BS/91BG [LG-X] Bassingbourn 30/3/43 as Blind Approach Training Flight; then to 324BS [DF-X] as target tow and hack; Salvaged 26/7/45. YANKEE DOODLE. Capt. Dalton And Crew Of The 323Rd Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Yankee Doodle'. England, 12 March 1944.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856708 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10592-62753AC

 42-29895 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFH The Black Swan at 27,000 enroute Bremen Germany 20th Dec 1943 NA1174

Photo description: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Of The 91st Bomb Group, 8Th Af, Enroute Towards Bremen, Germany, Flies High Above Cloud Banks At 27,000 Feet Altitude. 20 December 1943. Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/43; Scott Fd 28/3/43; Scotts Bluff 7/4/43; Smoky Hill 16/4/43; Presque Is 2/5/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-H] Bassingbourn 23/5/43; Missing in Action (20+m) Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Stuart Mendelsohn (decapitated), Radio Operator: Dick Hensley (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Laverne Woods, Navigator: Warren Ellis, Ball turret gunner: Larry Hull, Waist gunner: Abe Lieberman, Waist gunner: Rollin Gator, Tail gunner: Porter Clemens (6 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: James Schneider, Top Turret Gunner: Jim Quinn (2 evaded capture); Flak KO’d #3, then hit by ground fire as they crossed low over the Brest peninsula, limping home killing two crew, crashed Bannalec, 40 miles NW of L’Orient, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1975. THE BLACK SWAN. 20 December 1943: B-17F 42-29895 "The Black Swan" (coded DF-H) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG sits in the shadow of another Fortress on its way to Bremen. Eleven days later "The Black Swan" fell to flak near Lorient with 2LT Stewart Mendelsohn's crew aboard. Eight crewmen became POWs; Mendelsohn and flight engineer/top turret gunner TSGT Richard Hensley were KIA.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899449 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19763-61045AC

 42-31230 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFAI Little Jean on her way to Tours 5th Jan 1944 NA957

Photo description: Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 20/10/43; Memphis 26/10/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-A1] Bassingbourn 22/12/43; Missing in Action 3+m Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Allen Uskela, Radio Operator: Eric Braga, Ball turret gunner: Bill Keib, Waist gunner: Marvin Pearl, Waist gunner: Franklin Buck,Tail gunner: Bert Pearson (6 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Gilbert Heims, Navigator: George Potter, Bombardier: Bob Morgan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bernard Offley (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attack blew hole in wing between #1 and #2, further attacks riddled cockpit then crashed Schoepenstedt, 12 miles SW of Helmstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1916. LITTLE JEAN. 5 January 1944: B-17G 42-31230 "Little Jean" (coded DF-AI) is on her way to Tours. One of the earliest production "G" models, the waist gunners were still exposed as on earlier variants; retrofit window kits would eventually arrive in the field. "Little Jean" lasted less than a week after this sortie; over Oschersleben she was one of six Forts from the 91st to go down. Four men from 2LT Allen A. Uskula's crew survived to become POWs; the pilot and five others were KIA.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204890343 Local ID: 342-FH-3A16392-61039AC

 42-40000 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFF Just Nothing at 12,000 ft enroute Croisette France 14th Jan 1944 NA1051

 42-40000 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFF Just Nothing at 12,000ft drop zone Croisette France 14th Jan 1944 NA628

Photo description: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Enroute To Bomb Target At Croisette, France. 14 January 1944. (Altitude 12,000 Feet). Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-F] Bassingbourn 4/1/44; 22m Missing in Action Hamm 22/4/44 with Capt Harvey Hesse, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Williams (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Maj Chas Lee, Navigator: John Ryan(401BS), Navigator: Jay Suldan, GPb-Capt Provost Marshall, Radio Operator: Fred Snavely, Ball turret gunner: Harlan Bunn, Waist gunner: John Guy, Waist gunner: Leon Sterle, Ball turret gunner: Lt Leon Krahling (9 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3, gas tank exploded and crashed Korbecke, 19 miles SE of Hamm, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4259. QUAD ZERO then JUST NOTHING.B-17G 42-40000 "Just Nothing" (coded DF-F) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG. Arriving at Bassingbourn 10 January 1944, "Just Nothing" went down on 22 April over Hamm. Leading the group, CAPT Harvey G. Hesse was at the controls; MAJ Charles Lee, the 91st's operations officer, was in the right seat. Group bombardier CAPT Prevost Marshall was in the nose with two navigators. A flak burst near the #3 engine set the right wing ablaze, and the crew jumped. Hesse and flight engineer TSGT Charles E. Williams were KIA.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204890410 Local ID: 342-FH-3A16389-61035AC

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204896996 Local ID: 342-FH-3A18667-61037AC

 Boeing B-17G Fortresses 8AF 91BG at 25,200 heading for Frankfut Germany 29th Jan 1944 NA955

Photo description: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Af, Headed Toward Frankfut, Germany, Fly High Above Heavy Cloud Banks At 25,200 Feet Altitude. 29 January 1944.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899202 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19640-61057AC

 42-97504 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS ORP Mary Lou at 22,000 enroute Brunswick 30th Jan 1944 NA935

Photo description: Delivered Denver 4/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-P] Bassingbourn 23/1/44; {70m} battle damaged Frieberg 14/10/44 with Ed Spawinski; crash landed base on return, Salvaged 2 SAD. MARY LOU. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Af, Wing Their Way Over Enemy Territory Enroute To Target At Brunswick, Germany. 30 Jan. 1944. (Altitude 22,000 Feet).

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899172 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19630-B61046AC

 42-38061 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGT Black Magic at 22,000 enroute Brunswick 30th Jan 1944 NA935

Photo description: Delivered Cheyenne 29/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-P] Ridgewell 2/2/44; 5+m Missing in Action St Avord 28/4/44 with Harold Henslin, Navigator: Art Guertin, Bombardier: Gene Arning, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Karr, Ball turret gunner: George McLaughlin, Waist gunner: Clarry Williams,Tail gunner: Ed Sell (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Maj Osce Jones, Radio Operator: J.W. Padgett,Tail gunner: Bill Blackmon (3 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #3 and ship went down immediately, crashed Avord, 12 miles SE of Bourges, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4241. (also nicknamed Piccadilly Tilly II and crashed on take off according to Tom O’Brien detailed on mission to Cottbus) GEORGIA REBEL II. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Af, Wing Their Way Over Enemy Territory Enroute To Target At Brunswick, Germany. 30 Jan. 1944. (Altitude 22,000 Feet).
Statements of other crews from MACR 4241
I was flying deputy lead on the mission of 28 April 1944, directly behind Lt. Henslin, who was flying in B-17G A/C 42-38061. Our bombing run was about three minutes with light flak coming up near the target. Bombs wen away at 14000 feet and I watched the bomb bay doors close on the lead ship. I believe it was no longer than one minute after bombs away that the #2 engine exploded on 42-38061, giving us quite a bump, due to our close position. The #2 engine was completely shot away, the left gear dropped down from the nacelle, and a long stream of flame was trailing from the remains of nacelle. The ship hesitated a moment and then peeled of sharply to the left, disrupting the wing men and the low squadron. My tail gunner reported the ship on its back above went past. I was not able to follow it for more than thirty or fourty seconds, and during that time I did not see any chutes or any further explosion.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899172 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19630-B61046AC

 42-37939 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS ORS Sugar Blues at 22,000 enroute Brunswick 30th Jan 1944 NA935

Photo description: Delivered Denver 21/10/43; Gr Island 9/11/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG Bassingbourn 20/12/43; 15m Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Roman Maziarz, Co-pilot: Peter DeloWounded in Action, Navigator: Mortimer Pudnos, Bombardier: Arthur Clay, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Depoti, Radio Operator: Joe La Cascia, Ball turret gunner: Walt Meader, Waist gunner: Tony Barbotti, Waist gunner: Urban Jacoboski,Tail gunner: Bob Heller (10 Returned to Duty); hit by enemy aircraft causing severe damage, ditched North Sea, and rescued by Air Sea Rescue after four hours. SUGAR BLUES. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Af, Wing Their Way Over Enemy Territory Enroute To Target At Brunswick, Germany. 30 Jan. 1944. (Altitude 22,000 Feet).

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899172 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19630-B61046AC

 42-29739 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORM The Village Flirt enroute to Brunswick 30th Jan 1944 NA930

Photo description: 42-29739 / Wolf Pack aka The Village Flirt Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-P] Alconbury 15/4/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; Horham 15/6/43; 2m, transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-F] Thurleigh 4/8/43 WOLF PACK; 323BS/91BG [OR-M] Bassingbourn 11/9/43 THE VILLAGE FLIRT; 30m AFSC 5/4/44; Returned to the USA 1105 BU Miami 6/9/44; 4104 BU Rome 21/12/44; 4149 BU Ft Dix 2/2/45; 110 BU Mitchell 20/2/45; 4112 BU Olmstead 1/5/45; 4149 BU Ft Dix 11/5/45; 4000 BU Wright 8/11/45; 4100 BU Patterson 17/1/46; 4150 BU Boca Raton (US Navy) 1/4/46; then to CAA for instr. landing training, and found by former 91BG pilot Phil Mack at Weir Cook Apt. Indianapolis, US. 3/6/46.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899166 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19628-61046AC

 42-39967 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFK Mary K enroute to Brunswick 30th Jan 1944 NA930

 42-39967 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFK Mary K enroute to Brunswick 30th Jan 1944 NA1364

 42-39967 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFK Mary K enroute to Brunswick 30th Jan 1944 NA1366

Photo description: Delivered Long Beach 21/10/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-K] Bassingbourn 25/1/44; 15m Missing in Action Oberpffaffafenhofen 18/3/44 with Harry Theophilos, Co-pilot: John DeLavore, Navigator: John Herr (chute failed), never found in lake,Tail gunner: Chas Jochmann (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Joe Pletta, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joachim Vizinho, Radio Operator: Jim Norris, Ball turret gunner: Elden Newman, Waist gunner: Marion Porter, Waist gunner: Chas Perry (6 Prisoner of War); flak hit causing ship to drop out of formation, enemy aircraft then struck, crashed on shore of Lake Constance, near Bregenz, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 3224. MARY KAY.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899166 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19628-61046AC

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899538 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19869-61047AC

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899541 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19870-A61047AC

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899541 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19870-A61047AC

 42-29837 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFA Lady Luck with 41-24490 DFC Jack the Ripper over Tours France NA566

Photo description: Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Gore 9/3/43; Duncan 31/3/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-A] Bassingbourn 7/6/43; transferred AFSC 6/4/44 then MTO (Italy and N. Africa); Returned to the USA Tinker 11/6/44; Patterson 23/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 27/7/45. LADY LUCK. Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-C] Bangor 31/8/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; JACK THE RIPPER. Missing in Action 27+m Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Jim Considine, Co-pilot: Norman Stuckey, Bombardier: Jack Remers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Melvin Washburn, Radio Operator: Jim Naughton, Ball turret gunner: John Dias, Waist gunner: John Stipewia and broke leg on landing, Waist gunner: Don Day,Tail gunner: Vernon PochardtWounded in Action (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Henry Schaub (KIA-chute failed to open); two Me 109s KO’d #2, dropped back aiming for cloud cover but more enemy aircraft KO’d two more engines, crashed Gremmendorf, near Albersloh, SE of Munster, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 2640. (last original aircraft lost).

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204889993 Local ID: 342-FH-3A16175-A61038AC

 41-24490 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFC Jack the Ripper (far right) Bremen 20th Dec 1943 NA928

Photo description: Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-C] Bangor 31/8/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; JACK THE RIPPER. Missing in Action 27+m Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Jim Considine, Co-pilot: Norman Stuckey, Bombardier: Jack Remers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Melvin Washburn, Radio Operator: Jim Naughton, Ball turret gunner: John Dias, Waist gunner: John Stipewia and broke leg on landing, Waist gunner: Don Day,Tail gunner: Vernon PochardtWounded in Action (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Henry Schaub (KIA-chute failed to open); two Me 109s KO’d #2, dropped back aiming for cloud cover but more enemy aircraft KO’d two more engines, crashed Gremmendorf, near Albersloh, SE of Munster, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 2640. (last original aircraft lost).

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899163 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19627-A61044AC

 41-24490 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFC Jack the Ripper (far right) Bremen 20th Dec 1943 NA928

Photo description: Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-C] Bangor 31/8/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; JACK THE RIPPER. Missing in Action 27+m Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Jim Considine, Co-pilot: Norman Stuckey, Bombardier: Jack Remers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Melvin Washburn, Radio Operator: Jim Naughton, Ball turret gunner: John Dias, Waist gunner: John Stipewia and broke leg on landing, Waist gunner: Don Day,Tail gunner: Vernon PochardtWounded in Action (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Henry Schaub (KIA-chute failed to open); two Me 109s KO’d #2, dropped back aiming for cloud cover but more enemy aircraft KO’d two more engines, crashed Gremmendorf, near Albersloh, SE of Munster, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 2640. (last original aircraft lost).

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899163 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19627-A61044AC

 42-31076 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGV Chief Sly's Son returning from a mission to Cognac 31st Dec 1943 NA935

Photo description: Delivered Cheyenne 16/9/43; Gr Island 3/10/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [0R-L] Bassingbourn 16/10/43; transferred 322BS [LG-X]; Missing in Action 18m Oschersleben 11/1/44 with J. C. Page, Navigator: Larry Lynch, Bombardier: Bill Stevenson, Radio Operator: Albt Macos, Ball turret gunner: Arlie Wotring, Waist gunner: Jim Alfred, Waist gunner: Chas Brokke,Tail gunner: Warren Oliver (8 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Tom Butler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Ginder (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set wing on fire then ship exploded, crashed Schmede, near Dummer Lake, seven miles SW of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1919. CHIEF SLY’S SON.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204889360 Local ID: 342-FH-3A16386-27183AC

 42-37779 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFB Pistol Packin Mama at 12,100 enrout Croisette 14th Jan 1944 NA943

Photo description: Delivered Denver 25/8/43; Scott 23/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 14/11/43; transferred 324BS/91BG [DF-B] Bassingbourn 20/11/43; then AFSC 3/5/44; retUS 8STA Homestead 11/6/45; 4136 BU Tinker 14/8/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 1/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46. PIST’L PACKIN’ MAMA.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204890322 Local ID: 342-FH-3A16391-A61036AC

 44-8651 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS DFA Lorraine with Capt IO Tufty crew at Bassingbourn 1945 NA684

Photo description: CAPT Iver O. Tufty and what's left of his crew following the 15 October 1944 mission to Cologne. Assigned to the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG, they were flying B-17G 42-107040 "Shirley Jean" borrowed from the 323rd Bomb Sq (coded OR-D) when flak knocked out the #2 and #3 engines. Tufty ordered the crew to prepare to bail out, but four crewmen apparently misunderstood the orders, abandoning ship to become POWs. Tufty's crew "remnants" are seen here with B-17G 44-8651 "Lorraine" (coded DF-A). Delivered Cheyenne 13/11/44; Hunter 9/12/44; Dow Fd 22/12/44; 324BS/91BG [DF-A] Bassingbourn 2/2/45; {21+m} transferred 306BG Thurleigh 24/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/7/46. LORRAINE.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856669 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10584-A62751AC

 42-39929 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS ORZ Baltimore Oriole at 24,000 to Oberpfaffenhofen 18th Mar 1944 NA941

Photo description: 42-39975 / Just Plain Lonesome aka Baltimore Oriole Delivered Long Beach 22/10/43; Assigned 92BG Podington 5/12/43; transferred 324BS/91BG [OR-Z] Bassingbourn 10/1/44, then 323BS (DF-Z]; 40m Missing in Action Dessau 30/5/44 with Zack Collier, Co-pilot: John Kelleher, Navigator: William Paul Clements, Bombardier: Harry McDermott, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Ward, Radio Operator: Steve Kogut, Ball turret gunner: George Zimheld, Waist gunner: Tom Cogdill,Tail gunner: Chas Semon (9 Killed in Action); flak KO’d two engines, nothing else heard from, or seen of a/c, assumed to have crashed in the sea; Missing Air Crew Report 5355. BALTIMORE ORIOLE aka JUST PLAIN LONESOME.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899181 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19633-61053AC

 42-31580 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS ORA Merry Widow at 24,000 to Oberpfaffenhofen 18th Mar 1944 NA941

Photo description: 42-31580 / Merry Widow Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Paine Fd 27/11/43; Portland 3/12/43; Cheyenne 5/12/43; Kearney 12/12/43; Sth Bend 3/1/44; Grenier 8/1/44; Presque Is 12/1/44; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-A] Bassingbourn 29/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 7/5/44 with Nenad Kovachevich, Co-pilot: Bill Thurman (2 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ed Wallner, Bombardier: Eleuterio Rodriguez, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Parkins, Radio Operator: Ralph Liedke, Ball turret gunner: Don Pilcher, Waist gunner: Bernie Balletiere,Tail gunner: Bill Reynolds (7 Prisoner of War); flak #3 plus other damage, crashed Heidenau, SW of Hamburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4579. MERRY WIDOW.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204899181 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19633-61053AC

 42-31076 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGV Chief Sly’s Son at 21,000 to Andres 24th Dec 1943 NA941

Photo description: 42-31076 / Chief Sly’s Son coded: OR-L, LG-X, LG-R, LG-V Delivered Cheyenne 16/9/43; Gr Island 3/10/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [0R-L] Bassingbourn 16/10/43; transferred 322BS [LG-X]; Missing in Action 18m Oschersleben 11/1/44 with J. C. Page, Navigator: Larry Lynch, Bombardier: Bill Stevenson, Radio Operator: Albt Macos, Ball turret gunner: Arlie Wotring, Waist gunner: Jim Alfred, Waist gunner: Chas Brokke,Tail gunner: Warren Oliver (8 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Tom Butler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Ginder (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set wing on fire then ship exploded, crashed Schmede, near Dummer Lake, seven miles SW of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1919. CHIEF SLY’S SON.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204890325 Local ID: 342-FH-3A16393-61043AC

 43-37625 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORW Cheri on a practice mission over England 1944 NA446

 43-37625 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORW Cheri on a practice mission over England 1944 NA496

 43-37625 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORW Cheri on a practice mission over England 1944 NA498

 43-37625 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORW Cheri on a practice mission over England 1944 NA500

Photo description: Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/44; Hunter 19/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-Q/W] Bassingbourn 11/6/44; Missing in Action 42m Merseburg 2/11/44 with Bob Harris, Co-pilot: Ed Splawinski, Bombardier: Jim Wilson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Roberts, Radio Operator: George Dacey, Waist gunner: Emanuele Contarino,Tail gunner: Calvin Perkins (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Frank Quincy, Ball turret gunner: Howard Divelbiss (2 Killed in Action); hit by Fw 190, crashed Ottersleben, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10361. CHERI.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NA446 204844309 Local ID: 342-FH-3A06142-60928AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NA496 205002327 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49505-K2239
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NA498 205002327 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49505-K2239
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NA500 205002332 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49506-K2240

 42-107040 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORK Shirley Jean on a practice mission over England 1944 NA500

Photo description: Delivered Tulsa 3/2/44; Grenier 17/3/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-K] Bassingbourn 1/4/44; 324BS [DF-D]; on mission 27/5/44 with Capt ? Juehl, Waist gunner: Walter Meader (KIA – in fighter attack); returned safely after slight mid-air collision with 44-6151 over Peterborough with John Lindahl 5/12/44; 98+m battle damaged over Stuttgart 3/3/45 with John Lindahl, but got back to base; XXX (MACR 9469?);RetUS Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. SHIRLEY JEAN.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NA500 205002332 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49506-K2240

 42-29750 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORL Rebel's Revenge over Bassingbourne England 25th Sep 1943 NA456

Photo description: 42-29750 / Ramblin’ Rebel aka Rebel’s Revenge Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/43; Walker 26/2/43; Smoky Hill 19/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 16/4/43 RAMBLIN’ REBEL Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 323BS/91BG [OR-L] Bassingbourn 24/8/43; Missing in Action 4m Emden 27/9/43 with John Perritt*, Co-pilot: Gene Hill, Navigator: Frank Rolfe*, Ball turret gunner: Bill Golden, Waist gunner: Jim Sample, Waist gunner: Chas Oliver, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Stokes,Tail gunner: Ray Sell (8KIA -* bodies recovered next day, rest never found), Bombardier: Dick Hull, Radio Operator: Edgar Fetty (2 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft crashed sea off Langeoog Is, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 668. REBEL’S REVENGE.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204844325 Local ID: 342-FH-3A06148-69391AC

 42-5428 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGT Black Magic at 18,000 enroute Cognac France 31st Dec 1943 NA572

Photo description: 42-5428 / Black Magic Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/42; Wilmington 31/1/43; Salina 3/3/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-Z] 24/3/43; transferred 322BS/91BG [LG-T] Bassingbourn 23/12/43; AFSC Burtonwood, Lancs. 8/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 21/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 2/7/45. BLACK MAGIC.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204890002 Local ID: 342-FH-3A16178-B61041AC

 Boeing B-17 Fortresses 8AF 91BG formation at 20,300 enroute to Tours France 5th Jan 1944 NA564

Photo description: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Are Shown Over The Patchwork Landscape Of France Enroute To Their Target Of The Day - Tours. 5 January 1944. Altitude 20,300 Feet.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204889990 Local ID: 342-FH-3A16174-61038AC

 Boeing B-17 Fortresses 8AF 91BG in formation at 12,100 enroute to Croisette France 14th Jan 1944 NA554

Photo description: A mission photo of Boeing B-17 Fortresses 8AF 91BG in formation at 12,100 enroute to Croisette France 14th Jan 1944 NA554. Note 3 B-17F's and a B-17G

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204889086 Local ID: 342-FH-3A16169-53063AC

 Boeing B-17 Fortresses 8AF 91BG in formation at 23,500 enroute to St Jean D'Angel AB France 27th Jun 1944 NA562

Photo description: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Enroute To Attack Fighter-Pilot Training Base At St. Jean D'Angel In Occupied France. 27 June 1944. Altitude 23,500 Feet.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204889987 Local ID: 342-FH-3A16173-61034AC

 42-31367 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGR Chow Hound over Erkner Germany 8th Mar 1944 NA867

Photo description: The 'Chow Hound' Express delivers the goods to Berlin, as the 8th Air Force heavies strike at the Erkner ball-bearing factory, vital link in German aircraft production on 8 March. The attack was made with good visibility and crewmen reported seeing fires and smoke coming from the target. Escorting fighters repeated their previous high, shooting down 83 enemy fighters.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204898488 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19591-50319AC

 42-31187 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS LLF Buckeye Boomerang battle damaged Oschersleben 11th Jan 1944 01

Photo description: 42-31187 / Buckeye Boomerang Delivered Cheyenne 30/9/43; Gt Falls 14/10/43; Bowman 18/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 16/11/43; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 20/11/43; battle damaged Oschersleben 10m 11/1/44 with John Davis, limped back to England and force landed Deopham Green (452BG), UK. Detailed to return to Bassingbourn 4/3/44 with Capt Don Garrett, Co-pilot: Gilbert Falk, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Perkins, Radio Operator: Ron Cannon, pass- John Moran (5 Returned to Duty); after repair crash landed Bunbury Farm, Swaffham Prior, about a mile SW of RAF Newmarket, UK. Salvaged. BUCKEYE BOOMERANG. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress over Osnabruck, Germany-Blind bombing methods necessary. 91st Bomb Group.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204898733 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19826-A26959AC

 42-3073 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS LLA Lightning Strikes head for Neuss Germany 15th Aug 1944 NA1321

Photo description: 42-3073 / Lightning Strikes Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG Bangor 13/4/43; delivered UK, transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-A] Bassingbourn 22/4/43; Missing in Action 23m Gutersloh (Gütersloh) 21/2/44 with Bill Gibbons, Co-pilot: Clyde McCallum, Navigator: Don Shea, Bombardier: Wilf Conlon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Parsons, Radio Operator: Bill Doupance, Ball turret gunner: Julius Edwards, Waist gunner: Jack Bowen, Waist gunner: Clarry Bateman,Tail gunner: Paul Goecke (10 Prisoner of War); separate enemy aircraft attacks KO’d #3 n #4 plus wings on fire, crash landed target area, near Herford, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2463. LIGHTNING STRIKES.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204898733 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19826-A26959AC

 42-3079 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORX mission to Neuss Germany 8th Nov 1943 NA1321

Photo description: 42-3079 Delivered Cheyenne 1/2/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-O] Horham 15/4/43, later 412BS; slight damage in taxi accident at Alconbury with Rich Robinson 27/4/43; transferred 323BS/91BG [OR-X] Bassingbourn 16/6/43; Missing in Action Nantes 16/9/43 with Elden Smith, Co-pilot: Jim Cramer, Navigator: Melbourne Banowetz, Bombardier: Lloyd Hansen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Lyberger, Radio Operator: George Schmitt, Ball turret gunner: Felix Antonacchio, Waist gunner: LeRoy Young,Tail gunner: Joe Mazzola (9 Prisoner of War), Waist gunner: Tom Bone (KIA-drowned); flak, crashed St Nazaire area, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 550.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204898733 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19826-A26959AC

 42-29815 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGP Miami Clipper head for Neuss Germany 15th Aug 1944 NA1321

Photo description: 42-29815 / Miami Clipper Delivered Denver 22/2/43; Gore 9/3/43; Duncan 31/3/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-N] Thurleigh 20/4/43; transferred 322BS/91BG [LG-P] Bassingbourn 11/9/43; AFSC 7/4/44; Returned to the USA Amarillo 16/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46; MIAMI CLIPPER.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204898733 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19826-A26959AC

 42-29815 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGP Miami Clipper with crew nose art England 10th Apr 1944 NA658

Photo description: Capt. Albert W. Burton And Crew Of The 322Nd Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Miami Clipper'. England, 10 April 1944. 42-29815 / Miami Clipper Delivered Denver 22/2/43; Gore 9/3/43; Duncan 31/3/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-N] Thurleigh 20/4/43; transferred 322BS/91BG [LG-P] Bassingbourn 11/9/43; AFSC 7/4/44; Returned to the USA Amarillo 16/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46; MIAMI CLIPPER. 10 April 1944: CAPT Albert W. Burton and crew of the 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG with B-17F 42-29815 "Miami Clipper" (coded LG-P). The ship returned to the U.S. six days after the photo was taken; she was scrapped at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas on 9 January 1946. S/Sgt Walter Cyr (ball turret gunner), S/Sgt William Schofield (tail gunner), S/Sgt Ted Eicke (waist gunner), S/Sgt Stanley John Cantrell (radio operator) was born on may 14th, 1922 - passed away on oct 20th, 2016 (buried at Hillcres Memorial Gardens, Greer, South Carolina, T/Sgt W. Pridgon (waist gunner), M/Sgt Matthew Fronko (flight engineer) was born on march 5th, 1922 - passed away on march 17th, 1986 (buried at Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Monaca, Pennsylvania), Lt August Alex Ballay (bombardier) was born on nov 6th, 1920 - passed away on sept 15th, 1976 (buried at McDonoghville Cemetery, Gretna, Louisiana) Lt Jim Buchanan (navigator), Capt Albert Winter Burton (pilot) source 91stbombgroup.com website (was born on sept 22nd, 1919 - passed away on dec 11th, 2014)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856630 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10562-62746AC

 42-39898 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGL Boston Bombshell head for Neuss Germany 15th Aug 1944 NA1321

 42-39898 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGL Boston Bombshell crashed Flintrup Germany 22nd Feb 1944 01

Photo description: 42-39898 / Boston Bombshell Delivered Long Beach 1/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Assigned 332BS/91BG Bassingbourn 13/12/43; then 322BS [LG-L]; 14m Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with William Wood, Co-pilot: John Mullens, Navigator: Marv Anderson, Bombardier: Louis Dobbs, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Casimir Lekowski, Ball turret gunner: Oscar Mouton, Waist gunner: Jim Purton,Tail gunner: Bob Mueller (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Garner Walters, Waist gunner: Woodrow Wade (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crash landed Flintrup, near Freckenhorst, three miles S of Warendorf, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2642. BOSTON BOMBSHELL.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204898733 Local ID: 342-FH-3A19826-A26959AC

 42-5077 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORT Delta Rebel II with crew 16th Jun 1943 NA720

Photo description: 42-5077 / Delta Rebel No. 2 Delivered Tulsa 15/9/42; Bangor 11/10/42; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-T] Bassingbourn 15/10/42; Missing in Action 33m Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Bob Thompson, Co-pilot: Serge Klinkow, Navigator: George Lausted, Bombardier: Mike Couzzi, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carroll Goodwin, Radio Operator: Bob Brooks (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Wayne Kienberger, Waist gunner: Bob Ziernicki,Tail gunner: Chas Blonstein, Waist gunner: Micky Lengyel (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set ship ablaze, crashed Brunninghausen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 261. (possibly completed 25 missions before Memphis Belle). DELTA REBEL No. 2.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856723 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10603-C62755AC

 42-38083 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGV Man ‘O War II Horsepower Ltd at Bassingbourn 1944 NA584

Photo description: 42-38083 / Man ‘O War II – Horsepower Ltd Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Nutts Corner, Belfast, N.I. 14/1/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-V] Bassingbourn 1/2/44; 77m Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Leroy Hare, Co-pilot: Bob Casey, Navigator: Theo Herrick, Bombardier: Roy Cook (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Harris, Radio Operator: Frank Holman, Ball turret gunner: Bill Oxby, Waist gunner: Floyd Callen,Tail gunner: George Hanson (5 Killed in Action); riddled by formation of enemy aircraft, tailplane broke away and ship crashed Gnotsch, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10144. MAN ‘O WAR II – HORSEPOWER LTD. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Man-O-War Ii - Horsepower Ltd." Of The 322Nd Bomb Squadron, 91St Bomb Group, Based At Bassingbourne, England, 18 March 1944.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994103 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46390-69525AC

 42-38083 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGV Man ‘O War II Horsepower Ltd at Bassingbourn 1944 NA584

Photo description: 44-8324 / Gypsie aka Blood ‘N Guts Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Albuquerque 15/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-R] Bassingbourn 12/9/44 GYPSIE; {60+m} Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; Sth Plains 16/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45. re-named BLOOD ‘N GUTS. Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (A/C No. 48324) Of The 91St Bomb Group Drones Over Fleecy Clouds Enroute To Bomb Nazi Installations In Europe.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888078 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15727-69475AC

 42-5763 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS LLF Bomb Boogie over the drop zone Germany 1944 NA2747

Photo description: 42-5763 / Bomb Boogie Delivered Long Beach 29/12/42; Salina 7/1/43; Homestead 14/2/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 9/3/43; Missing in Action 17m Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Elwood Arp, Co-pilot: Howie Sherman, Bombardier: Chauncey Hicks returned via Spain, Ball turret gunner: Russ Hatton (4 evaded capture), Navigator: Nathan Weltman captured in Paris Dec 43, ttg-Ray Thompson, Radio Operator: John Wenninghoff, Waist gunner: Norbert Swierz, Waist gunner: Dean Millward,Tail gunner: Don Hayes (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crashed Mons-en-Pevele, near Lille, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 514. BOMB-BOOGIE. Approaching tho target, tho bonb-bay doors are opened electrically. The bombardier is over his sight. He and the pilot are guiding the big plane on the "bomb run". This is the crucial point of a bombing mission. This plane, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "BOMB BOOGIE", is attached to the 91st Bomb Group. Europe.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887635 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15708-50889AC

 42-5763 B-17F Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS LLF Bomb Boogie dropping incendiary bombs over Germany 1944 NA1175

Photo description: 42-5763 / Bomb Boogie Delivered Long Beach 29/12/42; Salina 7/1/43; Homestead 14/2/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 9/3/43; Missing in Action 17m Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Elwood Arp, Co-pilot: Howie Sherman, Bombardier: Chauncey Hicks returned via Spain, Ball turret gunner: Russ Hatton (4 evaded capture), Navigator: Nathan Weltman captured in Paris Dec 43, ttg-Ray Thompson, Radio Operator: John Wenninghoff, Waist gunner: Norbert Swierz, Waist gunner: Dean Millward,Tail gunner: Don Hayes (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crashed Mons-en-Pevele, near Lille, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 514. BOMB-BOOGIE. Approaching tho target, tho bonb-bay doors are opened electrically. The bombardier is over his sight. He and the pilot are guiding the big plane on the "bomb run". This is the crucial point of a bombing mission. This plane, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "BOMB BOOGIE", is attached to the 91st Bomb Group. Europe.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204900151 Local ID: 342-FH-3A20540-C25546AC

 42-97504 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORP Mary Lou with Msgt JP Wellmaker at Bassingbourn England NA674

 42-97504 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORP Mary Lou with Ordnance Men at Bassingbourn England NA710

Photo description: Msgt. J.P. Wellmaker Cleans 50 Cal. Guns On A Boeing B-17 As An English Farm Wife Herds Her Ducks Away From The Plane. England. (U.S. Air Force Number K2086)Ground Crewmen Make A Final Check-Up As Ordnance Men 'Fin' 2000 Lb. Bombs Prior To Loading Into A Boeing B-17 At A Base In England. (U.S. Air Force Number K2097)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 205002419 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49595-K2086

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 205002472 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49612-K2097

 42 107030 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGT Fifinella nose art left side at Bassingbourn 1944 NA951

Photo description: Capt. Michael Ragan, Catholic Chaplain, Holds Services For A Boeing B-17 Crew Prior To Take-Off. England. (U.S. Air Force Number K2105)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 205002763 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49735-K2105

 42-97880 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFF Little Miss Mischief fire fighters England 4th Apr 1945 NA957

Photo description: 4 April 1945: A belly-landing at Bassingbourn by "Little Miss Mischief" (B-17G 42-97880, coded DF-F) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG is as good a reason as any for a p.r. shot of the firefighting team. The B-17 was beyond economical repair and subsequently salvaged.(U.S. Air Force Number K2107)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 205002772 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49738-K2107

 42-97880 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFF Little Miss Mischief fire fighters England 4th Apr 1945 NA957

Photo description: 4 April 1945: A belly-landing at Bassingbourn by "Little Miss Mischief" (B-17G 42-97880, coded DF-F) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG Boeing B-17 Gets New Identification Markings. England. (U.S. Air Force Number K2112)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 205002260 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49687-K2112

 44-6931 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS Ragged But Right LLK with-crew at Bassingbourn 1945 NA586

 44-6931 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS Ragged But Right LLK with-crew at Bassingbourn 1945 NA586

Photo description: 44-6931 / Ragged But Right Delivered Hunter 21/12/45; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-K] Bassingbourn 7/2/45; {31m+two POW trips} Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; Sth Plains 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45. RUGGED BUT RIGHT. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Ragged But Right', England. (U.S. Air Force Number 62611AC); Lt. R.H. Miller And Crew Of The 322Nd Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Ragged But Right". England. (U.S. Air Force Number C62748AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856522 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10525-62611AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856663 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10576-C62748AC

 42-97880 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFF Little Miss Mischief fire fighters England 4th Apr 1945 NA957

Photo description: 44-6596 / Sweet Dish Delivered Lincoln 19/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-L/P/F] Bassingbourn 4/11/44; battle damaged Berlin 5/12/44 with Bob Roach, John Temple, Gus Mantia, Joe Canellas, Bill Hogan, Roland Michel (6 Returned to Duty); George Alexander, Eldon Larsen, Bob Faulkner (3 Prisoner of War); several flak hits, but made it back to base; Missing Air Crew Report 11331. 46m + two Rubberneck & two POW trips. Returned to the USA Bradley 15/6/45; Sth Plains 21/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45. SWEET DISH. LT Robert W. Roach & crew of the 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG with B-17G 44-6596 "Sweet Dish" (coded LG-L, then -P, then -F). The ship was nicknamed for Roach's wife, whom he called "Dish." On 5 December 1944 over Berlin, flak took out #1 & #2 engines and Roach told the crew to stand by to abandon ship. Three crewmen misunderstood the instructions and jumped prematurely; Roach managed to get back safely to Bassingbourn with the rest of his crew. This image was taken after the crewmen had been replaced. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Sweet Dish', England. (U.S. Air Force Number A62611AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856525 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10526-A62611AC

 43-38036 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS Hey Daddy LLH with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA590

Photo description: 43-38036 / Hey Daddy Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-D] Bassingbourn 22/7/44; 401BS [LL-H]; {18+m} also used on Carpet Jamming duties; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. HEY DADDY. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Hey Daddy", England. (U.S. Air Force Number B62611AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856528 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10527-B62611AC

 42-107027 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS Hikin' for Home LGY with crew Bassingbourn 1944 NA592

 42-107027 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS Hikin' for Home LGY practice mission 18th Jun 1944 NA2788

Photo description: Delivered Tulsa 1/2/44; Grenier 27/2/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG Bassingbourn 7/4/44 ANNE, then THE BLOODY BUCKET; 322BS [LG-Y/X]; 324BS [DF-Y]; battle damaged Dresden 14/2/45 with Joe Bilotta, Bob Fuller Wounded in Action, rest ? ; force landed Denain, Fr, an RCAF airfield 20/2/45; (first B-17 repaired on continent & ret to group); After VE-Day transferred Istres, S. France with 384BG and carried POWs and displaced persons from North Africa, adorned with airline type strips on fuselage; 125+m Salvaged 9AF 31/12/45. HIKIN’ FOR HOME. An unidentified crew with B-17G 42-107027 "Hikin' For Home" of the 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG. The ship also served with other squadrons within the group, alternatively named "Anne" (324th Bomb Sq) and "The Bloody Bucket" (401st Bomb Sq). Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Hikin' For Home", England. (U.S. Air Force Number C62611AC);This Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Hikin' For Home" Of The 91St Bomb Group Wings Its Way Over Fleecy Clouds On A Practice Mission On 18 June 1944. Europe. (U.S. Air Force Number 69499AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856531 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10528-C62611AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888084 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15729-69499AC

 43-38755 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS Lewd Angel LGA with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA594

Photo description: 43-38755 / Lewd Angel Delivered Lincoln 7/10/44; Grenier 16/10/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-A] Bassingbourn 2/12/44; {16m} (en route home with 20 passengers aircraft recalled by Burtonwood 3 hours out with reports of sustaining puncture on t/o from RAF Valley, which later proved incorrect!) Returned to the USA Bradley 14/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 17/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. LEWD ANGEL. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Lewd Angel', England. (U.S. Air Force Number 62737AC

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856534 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10529-62737AC

 42-38095 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS Ack Ack Annie LGL with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA596

 42-38095 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS Ack Ack Annie LGL with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA598

Photo description: B-17G 42-38095 "Ack-Ack Annie" (coded LG-L) of the 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG. The aircraft was transferred from the 457th BG on 16 March 1944 and received her "nose art" via the accomplished hand of Tony Starcer. She finished the war intact and returned to the States, being scrapped at Kingman in December 1945. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Ack Ack Annie', England. (U.S. Air Force Number A62737AC). B-17G 42-32095 "Ack-Ack Annie" (coded LG-L) of the 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG, Bassingbourn. Transferred from the 457th BG on 16 March 1944, "Annie" had completed 143 combat missions by the end of the war. She was named by 2LT Elmer "Bud" Laedtke's crew, who flew 20 missions of their tour aboard her. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Ack Ack Annie", England.(U.S. Air Force Number A62737AC) (U.S. Air Force Number B62737AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856537 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10530-A62737AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856540 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10531-B62737AC

 43-38939 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS Peace or Bust ORA with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA600

 43-38939 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS Peace or Bust ORA with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA724

Photo description: 43-38939 / Peace or Bust Delivered Hunter 19/10/44; Dow Fd 27/10/44; Assigned: 323BS/91BG [OR-A] Bassingbourn 2/12/44; (took nav Capt Wellings on honeymoon trip to Devon 22/3/44!); {37m} severe battle damage Coesfeld 11/4/45 Pilot: ‘; forced landing continent; Salvaged. 9AF Germany. any 10/12/45. PEACE OR BUST. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Peace Or Bust", England. (U.S. Air Force Number C62737AC); Lt. J.F. Cochran And Crew Of The 323Rd Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Peace Or'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number A62756AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856543 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10532-C62737AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856729 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10605-A62756AC

 42-102509 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS The Liberty Run LLA with Capt Rentmeester crew at England May 1944 NA880

Photo description: Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England. (U.S. Air Force Number A62785AC). Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-A] Bassingbourn 22/4/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/7/44 with Art Hultin, Co-pilot: Capt Bill Martin, Navigator: Bob Hart, Bombardier: Maurice Bonomo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Woodrow Roberts, Radio Operator: Homer Dumont, Ball turret gunner: Bob Meyers, obs-Capt Art Koscinsli, Waist gunner: Frank Franklin,Tail gunner: John Paget (10 Prisoner of War); flak set ship abaze, crashed Laudenbach, S of Aschaffenberg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7274. THE LIBERTY RUN.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856963 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10685-A62785AC

 42-38144 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS Jezebel LLO with 1Lt Davis crew at England Sep 1944 NA886

 42-38144 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS Jezebel LLO with 1Lt Davis crew at England Sep 1944 NA888

Photo description: Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Jezebel'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number 62787AC); Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Jezebel'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number A62787AC) B-17G 42-38144 'LL-O' from 401st BS, 91st BG showing 55 missions which places the picture at the end of September 1944, possibly on or shortly after the 28th. The crew is most likely 1.Lt Richard O. Davies' crew as they were the most frequent users of Jezebel in the mid-August to mid-October 1944 timeframe (14 out of 21 missions). B-17G 42-38144 "Jezebel" (coded LL-O) of the 401st Bomb Sq, 91st BG showing 46 missions on her scoreboard. "Jezebel" soldiered on until the 14 February 1945 mission over Koln; she managed to limp back to friendly territory on the Continent and make a forced landing. She was salvaged a month later. 42-38144 / Jezebel Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/43; El Paso 4/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-O] Bassingbourn 28/2/44; battle damaged on mission 14/2/45 and force landed continent where it was sal 13/3/45. JEZEBEL.

Photo Source: NAID: 204856972 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10688-62787AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856975 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10689-A62787AC

 43-37610 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS Zootie Cutie LLA with crew at England 1944 NA896

 43-37610 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS Zootie Cutie LLA with crew at England 1944 NA898

Photo description: B-17G 43-37610 "Zootie Cutie" of the 401st Bomb Sq, 91st BG (coded LL-A, then LL-Q). The ship started with the group on 10 June 1944 and finished the relatively unscathed, returning to the States to be scrapped at Kingman, December 1945. 43-37610 / Zootie Cutie Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/44; Hunter 17/5/44; Dow Fd 27/5/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-A] Bassingbourn 10/6/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 11/12/44 with Carl Melton; force landed continent; repaired & ret group 4/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45. ZOOTIE CUTIE.Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Zootie Cutie'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number A62788AC); Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Zootie Cutie". England. (U.S. Air Force Number B62788AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856987 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10693-A62788AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856990 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10694-B62788AC

 43-38901 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS Star Dust LGT with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA900

 43-38901 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS Star Dust LGT with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA902

Photo description: 43-38901 / Star Dust Delivered Hunter 7/10/44; Dow 15/10/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-T] Bassingbourn 18/10/44; {47m – inc three POW trips & two Rubbernecks}; Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45. STAR DUST. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Star Dust'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number 62789AC) Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Star Dust'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number A62789AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856993 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10695-62789AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856996 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10696-A62789AC

 42 38083 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGV Man O War II with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA906

Photo description: 42-38038 / April Girl II Delivered Cheyenne 21/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-R] Polebrook 14/1/44; {111m} retUS Bradley 13/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45. APRIL GIRL II. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Man O War Ii". England. (U.S. Air Force Number C62789AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857002 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10698-C62789AC

 42-107040 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS Shirley Jean ORD with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA908

Photo description: 42-107040 / Shirley Jean Delivered Tulsa 3/2/44; Grenier 17/3/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-K] Bassingbourn 1/4/44; 324BS [DF-D]; on mission 27/5/44 with Capt ? Juehl, Waist gunner: Walter Meader (KIA – in fighter attack); returned safely after slight mid-air collision with 44-6151 over Peterborough with John Lindahl 5/12/44; 98+m battle damaged over Stuttgart 3/3/45 with John Lindahl, but got back to base; XXX (MACR 9469?);RetUS Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. SHIRLEY JEAN. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Shirley Jean'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number 62790AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857005 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10699-62790AC

 43-37844 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS Yankee Gal DFK with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA910

Photo description: 43-37844 / Yankee Gal Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/44; Hunter 7/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-K] Bassingbourn 10/7/44; 71m Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. YANKEE GAL.Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Yankee Gal'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number A62790AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857008 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10700-A62790AC

 42-32085 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS Yankee Belle DFH with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA912

Photo description: 42-32085 / Yankee Belle Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; with Merle Lambertson force landed Gt Falls 25/1/44, but rep; Cheyenne 20/5/44; Kearney 3/6/44; Bangor 13/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-H] Bassingbourn 10/7/44; transferred 322BS; Missing in Action 51m Tempelhof 3/2/45 with George Miller, Walt Marxmeyer, Asay Johnson, Frank Annis, John Zuvich, Ellsworth Stumbo, Clyde Garrison, Julius King, Denver Holton (9 Prisoner of War); flak, lost #3 & #4, but went down under control, crash landed Altentreptow, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12233. YANKEE BELLE. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Yankee Belle". England. (U.S. Air Force Number B62790AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857011 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10701-B62790AC

 42-31673 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS Lassie Come Home LGB with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA914

Photo description: 42-31673 / Lassie Come Home Delivered Cheyenne 6-Dec-43; Kearney 17-Dec-43; Harrisburg 8-Jan-44; New Castle 9-Jan-43; Presque Is 11-Jan-44; Prestwick 16-Jan-44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 16-Jan-44; transferred 322BS/91BG [LG-B] Bassingbourn 27-Jan-44. On 16-Aug-44 the aircraft was on a mission to attack the aircraft factories at Halle, Germany. Attacked by approximately 25 enemy aircraft, setting the radio room in fire and exploding in mid-air. Crashed Deiderode, SW of Gottingen, Germany. (one of six aircraft lost in about 30 secs). 4KIA 5POW Missing Air Crew Report 8183. Aircraft had logged 76 missions. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Lassie Come Home". England. (U.S. Air Force Number C62790AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857014 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10702-C62790AC

 42-31070 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS Dame Satan II LGM with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA916

Photo description: 42-31070 / Dame Satan II Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-M] Bassingbourn 14/12/43; Returned to the USA SSTA Homestead 16/7/44; 4100 BU Patterson 24/7/44; 610 BU Eglin 20/10/44; Wright Fd 24/10/44; 610 BU Eglin 19/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/12/45. DAME SATAN II. Unidentified crew of the 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG with B-17G 42-31070 "Dame Satan II" (coded LG-M), taken in the spring of 1944. Arriving at Bassingbourn in December 1943, the "Dame" was 'rode hard and put up wet,' released to return to the States in June 1944. She was scrapped at Kingman in December 1945. It is interesting to note that the post-production "cheek gun" windows have only been installed on the right side of the nose. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Dame Satan II'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number 62791AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857017 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10703-62791AC

 42-102504 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS Times a Wastin LLD with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA918

Photo description: 42-102504 / Time’s A-Wastin Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Gr Island 31/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned: 401BS/91BG [LL-D] Bassingbourn 11/5/44; MIA {107m} Stendahl 8/4/45 Pilot: Peter Pastras, Co-Pilot: Bob Morris, Navigator: George Latches, tog-Don Lemons, Ball Turret Gunner: Edgar Harrell, Waist Gunner: George Wong, Tail Gunner: Bob O. Smith (7KIA); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lyle Jones, Radio Operator: Bob A. Smith (2POW); flak hits, exploded in mid air; MACR 14295. Named by ground crew as: TIMES A-WASTIN’. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Times A Wasting'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number A62791AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857020 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10704-A62791AC

 42-102527 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS Sleeptime Gal LGA with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA920

Photo description: 42-102527 / Sleepytime Gal Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Gr Island 21/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-A] Bassingbourn 22/4/44; Missing in Action 14+m Berlin 21/6/44 with Ed Waters, Co-pilot: George Abbott, Bombardier: Jim Van Pelt, Waist gunner: Bob Hettinger (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Alf Kovner, ttg-Lou Miller, Radio Operator: Chester Kolano, Ball turret gunner: Harry Humm, Waist gunner: Claude Hopkins,Tail gunner: Ed Shirley (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 and set fire to wing, crashed Ruehlow, ten miles E of Neubrandenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5983. SLEEPYTIME GAL. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Sleepytime Gal". England. (U.S. Air Force Number B62791AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857020 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10704-A62791AC

 42 31883 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS The Jub Jub Bird LLY with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA922

Photo description: 42-31883 / The Jub Jub Bird Delivered Denver 30/12/43; Casper 4/1/44; Denver 4/2/44; Kearney 12/2/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-Y] Bassingbourn 22/3/44; Missing in Action 69m Merseburg 2/11/44 with Pilot: Herb Chouinard, Navigator: Dan DuBonis, Bombardier: Jim Hundley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Luther Salter, Radio Operator: Herschel Bowers, Ball turret gunner: Jim Foltz,Tail gunner: Carroll Tallant (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Ray Nickola, Waist gunner: Arnold Kramer (2 Prisoner of War); flak, #2 exploded and nose blew off, ship fell away before exploding and crashed Leipzig; Missing Air Crew Report 10304. THE JUB JUB BIRD. An unidentified crew of the 401st Bomb Sq, 91st BG with B-17G 42-31883 "The JUBJUB BIRD" (coded LL-Y). Arriving late March 1944, she lasted almost eight months in combat. On the 2 November 1944 mission to Merseberg, she was one of fourteen 91st Fortresses lost. LT Herbert W. Chouinard & crew were hit by flak near Leipzig; two managed to survive as POWs. Chouinard and six others were KIA. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "The Jub Jub Bird". England. (U.S. Air Force Number C62791AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857026 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10706-C62791AC

 42-97276 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS Sweet 17 ORS with Lt Rizer's crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA924

Photo description: 42-97276 / Sweet 17 aka The Spirit of St. Louis Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-S/B] Bassingbourn 7/3/44; 83+ missions SWEET 17 THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS. Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 11/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Sweet 17'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number 62792AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857029 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10707-62792AC

 42 107033 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS My Baby LGD with crew England 1944 NA928

 42 107033 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS My Baby LGD Bassingbourn England 1944 NA928

Photo description: 42-107033 / My Baby Delivered Tulsa 2/2/44; Grenier 7/3/44; with Jim Raymond force landed base 11/3/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-Z/D] Bassingbourn 24/3/44; 322BS [LG-D]; Missing in Action 58m Ludwigshafen 5/9/44 with Ernie Kelley, Co-pilot: Andy Anderson, Navigator: Alton Karoll, Bombardier: George Lancaster, Radio Operator: Grover Nordman, Ball turret gunner: Ed Duemmer, Waist gunner: Zalma Mitchell (7 evaded capture); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ira Krammes (Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Dick Doyle (Killed in Action); mech fault put #3 out, then flak hit #4, crashed near Bazailles, SE of Longyon, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 8595. MY BABY. (Years later Kelley returned to France when ship was dug up.) Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "My Baby". England. (U.S. Air Force Number B62792AC); Silver Wings . . Glistening in the sun, this silver Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtress, sits on the field to be let loose into the sky where it is proving its complete mastery. The silver ship minus paint weighs several hundred lbs less and has increased (U.S. Air Force Number 50759AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857035 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10709-B62792AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204842426 Local ID: 342-FH-3A05859-50759AC

 42-97519 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS The Spirit of Billy Mitchell LLA with Lt Evans crew England 1944 NA930

Photo description: 42-97519 / Spirit of Billy Mitchell Delivered Cheyenne 8/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-A] Bassingbourn 12/2/44; Missing in Action 19m Kassel 19/4/44 with Sam Evans*, Co-pilot: Dick Thompson*, Bombardier: Tom Harper, Ball turret gunner: Bob Kasch, Waist gunner: Hugh Winfree, Waist gunner: Alf Scelza* (6POW- *wia taken to Melsungen Hospital); Navigator: Harry Levin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Saffell, Radio Operator: Phil Del Torto, Tail gunner: Bob Schupp (4 Killed in Action); hit by many Me 109’s and crashed S of Herlefeld, 18 miles SE of Kassel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4048. SPIRIT OF BILLY MITCHELL. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "The Spirit Of Billy Mitchell". England. (U.S. Air Force Number C62792AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857038 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10710-C62792AC

 42 97304 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS Priority Gal ORC with crew England 1944 NA932

Photo description: 42-97304 / Priority Gal Delivered Cheyenne 16/2/44; Gr Island 5/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-C] Bassingbourn 1/4/44; Missing in Action {50m} Munich 31/7/44 with Henry Supchak, Co-pilot: John Karlac, Navigator: Telson Fineman, Bombardier: Wilson Leahy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Skorpik, Radio Operator: Luigi Lentini, Ball turret gunner: Guy La Rocco, Waist gunner: Lewis Wetzel,Tail gunner: Bill Shepheard (9 Prisoner of War); flak hits in #1 & #2, and dropped back and headed for Switzerland but crashed Pinnistal, SW of Innsbruck, Aus.; Missing Air Crew Report 7806. PRIORITY GAL. B-17G 42-97304 "Priority Gal" (coded OR-C) of the 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG. On the 31 July 1944 mission to Munich she was hit by flak over the target; with two engines damaged she fell behind the formation. LT Henry W. Supchak & crew bailed out and were taken POW for the duration of the war. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Priority Gal'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number 62793AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857041 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10711-62793AC

 42 31909 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORR Nine O Nine with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA934

Photo description: 42-31909 / Nine-O-Nine Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Kearney 12/1/44; Romulus 24/1/44; Grenier 29/1/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-R] Bassingbourn 24/2/44; 140m Returned to the USA 1321 BU Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45. NINE O NINE. A legend: B-17G 42-31909 "Nine O Nine" (coded OR-R) of the 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG. The ship had a distinguished career at Bassingbourn, arriving during "Big Week" in February 1944 and surviving to the end of hostilities. Returning to the States, she was scrapped at Kingman, AZ in December 1945. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Nine O Nine'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number A62793AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857044 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10712-A62793AC

 43 37594 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORO Strictly GI with Lt RE Gould crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA936

Photo description: 43-37594 / Strictly G.I. Delivered Cheyenne 2/5/44; Hunter 15/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-O] Bassingbourn 10/6/44; Missing in Action 31m Ludwigshafen 9/9/44 with Neils Jensen, Co-pilot: Dale Burkehead, Navigator: Bob Hankey, Bombardier: Dick Klein (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herman Valentine, Radio Operator: Joe Kasperko, Ball turret gunner: Don Laird, Waist gunner: Stan Morris,Tail gunner: Rollin Wright (5 Killed in Action); flak hits caused #4 to explode, many instruments failed, crashed Lachen-Speyerdorf, SW of Ludwigshafen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8806. STRICTLY G.I. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Strictly Gi". England. (U.S. Air Force Number B62793AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857047 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10713-B62793AC

 43-37887 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORT Ole Battle Axe with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA938

 43-37887 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORT Ole Battle Axe enroute to its target 1944 NA2786

Photo description: 43-37887 / Old Battle Axe Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Hunter 10/6/44; Dow Fd 30/6/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-T] Bassingbourn 31/7/44; 401BG [LL-J]; after 22 missions switched to Carpet Jammer Ops; Returned to the USA Bradley 15/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. (nose art painted by pilot Dave Hettema) OLD BATTLE AXE. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Ole Battle Axe". England. (U.S. Air Force Number C62793AC); Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (A/C No. 337887) Of The 91St Bomb Group Drones Over The Countryside Enroute To Bomb Enemy Installations In Europe. (U.S. Air Force Number 69497AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857050 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10714-C62793AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888081 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15728-69497AC

 42-32116 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORB Hi Ho Silver with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA940

 42-32116 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORB Hi Ho Silver with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA940

Photo description: 42-32116 / Hi Ho Silver Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/44; Presque Is 1/3/44; Assigned: 452BG Deopham Green 3/3/44; Transferred: 457BG Glatton 11/3/44; 323BS/91BG [OR-B] Bassingbourn 16/3/44; 322BS [LG-A] then 401BS [LL-B]; {130m} RetUS, Scrapped: Kingman 27/5/45. (Radio-op Bill McGavern donated A-2 jacket to 91BG museum at Bassingbourn). HI-HO SILVER. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Hi-Ho Silver'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number 62808AC); Lt. W.E. Wilkinson And Crew Of The 323Rd Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Hi-Ho Silver". England, 10 May 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number C62752AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857053 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10715-62808AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856690 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10591-C62752AC

 43-37993 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG324BS DFN Mah Ideel with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA942

Photo description: 43-37993 / Mah Ideel Delivered Cheyenne 13/6/44; Kearney 23/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-U] Bassingbourn 23/7/44; 324BS [DF-N]; several times ship sustained battle damage but survived 72m Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. MAH IDEEL.Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Mah Ideel'. England. (U.S. Air Force Number A62808AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857056 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10716-A62808AC

 42 31333 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG322BS LGW Wee Willie with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA944

Photo description: 42-31333 / Wee Willie Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Memphis 9/11/43; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-W] Bassingbourn 20/12/43; Missing in Action 129m Stendahl 8/4/45 with 1Lt Robert E Fuller (POW), 2Lt Woodrow A Lien, T/Sgt Francis McCarthy, S/Sgt Richard D Proudfit, S/Sgt Wylie McNatt Jr, S/Sgt Ralph J Leffelman, S/Sgt Willian H Cassidy, S/Sgt James D Houtchens, Sgt Lemoyne Miller (9 Killed in Action); flak hit between fuselage and #2 engine caused massive fire which detached the port wing, exploded in the resulting dive, crashed Stendal, Germany; MACR 13881; (oldest G in group) 1 x POW, 9 x KIA. WEE WILLIE. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Wee Willie". England. (U.S. Air Force Number B62808AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857059 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10717-B62808AC

 42-31636 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG323BS ORN Out House Mouse with crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA946

Photo description: 42-31636 / Out House Mouse Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Assigned 457BG Glatton 26/1/44; transferred 323BS/91BG [OR-N] Bassingbourn 12/3/44; 139m Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 26/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45, but not scrapped until 1963! (first heavy bomber attacked by German jet a/c.) OUTHOUSE MOUSE. Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Out House Mouse". England. (U.S. Air Force Number C62808AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857062 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10718-C62808AC

 B 17G Fortress 8AF 91BG Lady Hellen of Wimpole with Unknown crew at Bassingbourn 1944 NA954

Photo description: Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Lady Helen Of Wimpole". England. (U.S. Air Force Number C62809AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857074 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10722-C62809AC

 44-8324 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS LLR Blood N' Guts enroute to its target 1944 NA2784

Photo description: 44-8324 / Gypsie aka Blood ‘N Guts Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Albuquerque 15/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-R] Bassingbourn 12/9/44 GYPSIE; {60+m} Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; Sth Plains 16/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45. re-named BLOOD ‘N GUTS. Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (A/C No. 48324) Of The 91St Bomb Group Drones Over Fleecy Clouds Enroute To Bomb Nazi Installations In Europe. (U.S. Air Force Number 69475AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888078 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15727-69475AC

USAAF 8th Air Force emblem

91st Bombardment Group

91st Bombardment Group

Constituted as 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 15 Apr 1942. Trained with B-17's. Moved to England, Aug-Oct 1942, and assigned to Eighth AF. Operated primarily as a strategic bombardment organization throughout the war. Entered combat in Nov 1942 and concentrated its attacks on submarine pens, ship-building yards, harbors, and dock facilities until mid-1943. During this period, also struck airdromes, factories, and communications. Attacked the navy yard at Wilhelmshaven on 27 Jan 1943 when heavy bombers of Eighth AF first penetrated Germany. Received a DUC for bombing marshalling yards at Hamm on 4 Mar 1943 in spite of adverse weather and heavy enemy opposition. From the middle of 1943 until the war ended, engaged chiefly in attacks on aircraft factories, airdromes, and oil facilities. Specific targets included airfields at Villacoublay and Oldenburg, aircraft factories in Oranienburg and Brussels, chemical industries in Leverkusen and Peenemunde, ball-bearing plants in Schweinfurt, and other industries in Ludwigshafen, Berlin, Frankfurt, and Wilhelmshaven. On 11 Jan 1944 organizations of Eighth AF went into central Germany to attack vital aircraft factories; participating in this operation, the 91st group successfully bombed its targets in spite of bad weather, inadequate fighter cover, and severe enemy attack, being awarded a DUC for the performance. Expanding its operations to include interdictory and support missions, the group contributed to the Normandy invasion by bombing gun emplacements and troop concentrations near the beachhead area in Jun 1944; aided the St Lo breakthrough by attacking enemy troop positions, 24-25 Jul 1944; supported troops on the front lines near Caen in Aug 1944; attacked communications near the battle area during the Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944-Jan 1945; and assisted the push across the Rhine by striking airfields, bridges, and railroads near the front lines in the spring of 1945. Evacuated prisoners from German camps after the war ended. Returned to the US, Jun-Jul 1945. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945.

Redesignated 91st Reconnaissance Group. Activated on 1 Jul 1947. Assigned to Strategic Air Command. Redesignated 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group in Nov 1948. Used a variety of aircraft, including B-17's and RB-17's, B-29's and RB-29's, and B-50's. Redesignated 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group (Medium) in Jul 1950. Equipped with RB-45's. Inactivated on 28 May 1952.

Squadrons. 7th Geodetic: 1949-1950. 91st: 1949-1950. 322d: 1942-1945; 1947-1948, 1949-1952. 324th: 1942-1945; 1947-1952. 401st: 1942-1945.

Stations. Harding Field, La, 15 Apr 1942; MacDill Field, Fla, 16 May 1942; Walla Walla, Wash, c. 26 Jun-24 Aug 1942; Kimbolton, England, Sep 1942; Bassingbourn, England, c. 14 Oct 1942-23 Jun 1945; Drew Field, Fla, 3 Jul-7 Nov 1945. Andrews Field, Md, 1 Jul 1947; McGuire AFB, NJ, 20 Jul 1948; Barksdale AFB, La, 1 Oct 1949; Lockbourne AFB, Ohio, c. 5 Sep 1950-8 May 1952.

Commanders. 1st Lt Edward R Eckert, 15 Apr 1942; Col Stanley T Wray, 15 May 1942; Lt Col Baskin R Lawrence Jr, c. 25 May 1943; Lt Col Clemens L Wurzbach, 25 Jun 1943; Col Claude E Putnam, Dec 1943; Col Henry W Terry, 17 May 1944; Lt Col Donald E Sheeler, 30 May 1945-unkn. Col Frank L Dunn, 1948; Lt Col Robert S Kittel, 10 Nov 1948; Col Charles R Greening, 24 Jun 1949; Maj James I Cox, 23 Aug 1949; Col Jean R Byerly, 1 Oct 1949; Col Lewis E Lyle, 25 Nov 1950-c. Aug 1951; Col Joseph A Preston, c. Aug 1951-28 May 1952.

Campaigns. Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Hamm, Germany, 4 Mar 1943; Germany, 11 Jan 1944.

Insigne Shield: Azure (sky blue), a lightning flash issuing from dexter base and pointing to an eye proper on a cloud issuing from the sinister chief, on the flash in dexter base a sphere proper in an orbit argent; over all a bend azure fimbriated argent. (Approved 23 Dec 1952.)

B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces

This is a list of United States Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces, including variants and other historical information. Heavy bomber training organizations primarily under II Bomber Command in the United States and non-combat units are not included.

The B-17 Flying Fortress was perhaps the most well-known American heavy bomber of the Second World War (1939/41-1945). It achieved a fame far beyond that of its more-numerous contemporary, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. The first pre-production Y1B-17 Fortress was delivered to the 2d Bombardment Group, Langley Field, Virginia on 11 January 1936; the first production B-17B was delivered on 29 March 1939, also to the 2nd Bombardment Group. A total of 12,677 production Fortresses was built before production came to an end. In August 1944, the Boeing B-17 equipped no less than 33 overseas combat groups.

The last Boeing-built B-17G was delivered to the USAAF on 13 April 1945. Following the end of World War II, the Flying Fortress was rapidly withdrawn from USAAF service, being replaced by the B-29 Superfortress. Literally thousands of Fortresses used in combat in Europe by Eighth or Fifteenth Air Force or in the United States by II Bomber Command training units were flown to various disposal units. A few were sold to private owners, but the vast majority were cut up for scrap.

Aircraft in the final early 1945 production manufacturing block by Boeing or Lockheed-Vega (Block 110) were converted to the B-17H search and rescue model, being modified to carry a lifeboat under the fuselage. Postwar B-17s were used by the Military Air Transport Service Air Rescue Service, in 1948 being re-designated SB-17G. Some RB-17Gs were also used by the MATS Air Photographic and Charting Service (APCS). A few SB-17s were used by the Air Rescue Service in Japan during the Korean War (1950–1953), but all of the postwar B-17s were retired from MATS by the mid-1950s, becoming Air Proving Ground Command QB-17 Drones or DB-17 Drone directors. The drones were operated primarily by the 3205th Drone Group, Eglin AFB, Florida.

The last operational USAF B-17 mission was on 6 August 1959, when DB-17P 44-83684 (Originally a Douglas/Long Beach B-17G-90-DL) directed QB-17G 44-83717 which was expended as a target for an AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missile fired from an F-101 Voodoo, near Holloman AFB, New Mexico. 44-83684 arrived at Davis-Monthan AFB for storage a few days later. The few DB-17P remaining operational drone controllers remaining on Air Force rolls afterward were transferred to various museums in 1960.

Combat Organizations

Fifth Air Force

Prior to the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday, 7 December 1941, the 19th Bombardment Group had 35 B-17s in the Philippines. By 14 December, only 14 remained. Beginning on 17 December, the surviving B-17s based there began to be evacuated south to Australia, and were then sent to Singosari Airfield, Java in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) on 30 December 1941.

The 7th Bomb Group was originally scheduled to reinforce the Philippines in December 1941 from Fort Douglas, Utah, and the ground echelon had already left by ship from San Francisco. The unexpected Pearl Harbor Attack led to the ground echelon being returned to United States and the air echelon remained at Hamilton Field, California, flying antisubmarine patrols over the West Coast along the Pacific Ocean. 9th Bomb Squadron deployed to the Southwest Pacific in mid-December, traveling the long way around by flying east via Florida, Brazil, across the South Atlantic Ocean to central Africa then to the Middle East. The unit continued around the northern coasts of the Indian Ocean via Arabia to Karachi, India via Singapore to Singosari Airfield on Java, joining the 19th BG on 14 January.

Both units would remain on Java until March 1942, taking part in the brave, but ultimately futile, attempts to defend the Philippines on the Bataan peninsula and the island fortress of Corregidor, along with the Netherlands colony in Southeast Asia of the Dutch East Indies. The B-17s were never present in large enough numbers to make any real difference, however, to the course of the campaign. The 19th BG withdrew to Australia with the B-17 survivors of the 9th Bomb Squadron, which was re-equipped with Liberator B-24s in India as part of the Tenth Air Force. Nine of the survivors were eventually sent to the Middle East in July to defend Egypt against the advancing German Afrika Corps in North Africa.

The 19th BG received some replacement aircraft and was joined by the 43d Bomb Group in Australia in March. The two units took part in the campaign on Papua New Guinea, before the 19th BG was moved back to the United States at the end of 1942, transferring its assets to the 43d. The 43d BG flew combat missions with B-17s until August 1943, when they were replaced by B-24s.

7th Bombardment Group

Received B-17Bs, 1939 at Hamilton Field, California (USAAC)
Deployed to Netherlands East Indies, Jan–Mar 1942 with 7 B-17Es
  • 9th Bombardment Squadron operated from Java until withdrawn in Mar 1942.
Squadron reassigned to Tenth Air Force in India.

19th Bombardment Group

Received B-17Bs, 1939 at March Field, California (USAAC)
Deployed to Clark Field, Philippines Oct 1941 with B-17Cs
Operated from Philippines, Australia, Netherlands East Indies, Oct 1941 – Dec 1942
  • 14th Bombardment Squadron (Del Monte Field)*
Designated as Non-Operational, Mar 1942
  • 28th Bombardment Squadron (Clark Field)*
  • 30th Bombardment Squadron (Clark Field)*
  • 93d Bombardment Squadron (Del Monte Field)*
  • 40th Reconnaissance Squadron (Formed Mar 1942 in Australia)**
Redesignated: 435th Bombardment Squadron (Apr–Dec 1942)
Returned to United States as B-17 OTU, B-17s to 43d BG Dec 1942

43d Bombardment Group

Received B-17Bs at Langley Field, Virginia, Jan 1941 (USAAC)
Flew Coastal patrols, Jan 1941 – Feb 1942 under First Air Force (USAAC)
Deployed to Australia, Mar 1942 with B-17Es
Operated from Australia, New Guinea, Mar 1942 – Aug 1943
Converted to B-24 Liberators, Aug 1943
  • 63d Bombardment Squadron
  • 64th Bombardment Squadron
  • 65th Bombardment Squadron
  • 403d Bombardment Squadron

Note* Personnel of squadron not required for flight operations transferred to V Interceptor Command, 24 December 1941. Fought as infantry during Battle of Bataan.

Note** Formed with 7th BG B-17E aircraft and personnel that arrived in Australia, Mar 1942 and 10 Sierra Bombardment Group B-17Es, arrived in Australia c 20 January.

Sixth Air Force

About thirty B-17s (B/D/E/F) served in the Caribbean and Antilles Air Commands during World War II, the first (B-17D 40-3058) arriving in Panama Canal Zone during March 1941. However, usually less ten were operational at any one time. They were mostly R- (Restricted from combat) RB-17Bs and Ds stationed at Río Hato Field, but some were at Albrook Field. Later E and F models no longer suitable for training were obtained as replacement aircraft. Some were based at Waller Field, Trinidad. B-17s were used for long-range antisubmarine patrols over the Caribbean, South Atlantic and Eastern Pacific approaches to the Panama Canal, and for long-distance transport flights to Ecuador, Peru, British Guiana and Brazil. In addition to the Sixth Air Force B-17s, F-9 photo-mapping Fortresses of the 1st Photographic Group were frequently in the command's AOR, as well as in South America on aerial survey and mapping missions.

6th Bombardment Group

Río Hato Field, Panama, 1941 – May 1942
Reassigned to Galapagos Islands, May 1942
  • 3d Bombardment Squadron

9th Bombardment Group

Waller Field, Trinidad, 1941 – May 1942
Reassigned to Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics, May 1942
  • 430th Bombardment Squadron

40th Bombardment Group

Albrook Field, Canal Zone, 1941 – Jul 1943
Reassigned for B-29 Transition Training, Jul 1943
  • 44th Bombardment Squadron

Seventh/Thirteenth Air Force

The B-17 was to achieve its first taste of combat during the Pearl Harbor Attack, when the 5th Bombardment Group based at Hickam Field, Hawaii had 12 B-17Ds parked on the ramp. Five of these B-17s were destroyed, and eight were damaged in the attack. On 7 December, The 38th Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy), 11th Bombardment Group, with four B-17Cs and two new B-17Es was inbound from Hamilton Field, California to Hickam on their way to the Philippines to reinforce the American forces there. They arrived at Hickam at the height of the attack. One was destroyed, three others badly damaged. Remaining in Hawaii after the attack, in June 1942, B-17s from the 5th and 11th Bomb Groups were used in the Battle of Midway, but with little effectiveness.

Both the 5th and 11th Bombardment Groups joined the Thirteenth Air Force during 1942 and took part in the American campaign in the south west Pacific, fighting during the campaigns in the Solomon Islands (including the battle for Guadalcanal) and the return campaign to the Philippines. By the middle of 1943 both units had replaced their B-17s with B-24 Liberators

5th Bombardment Group

Hawaii, Solomon Islands, Nov 1941 – Aug 1943
Converted to B-24 Liberators, Aug 1943
  • 23d Bombardment Squadron
  • 31st Bombardment Squadron
  • 72d Bombardment Squadron
  • 394th Bombardment Squadron

11th Bombardment Group

Hawaii, New Hebrides, Nov 1941 – Aug 1943
Converted to B-24 Liberators, Aug 1943
  • 26th Bombardment Squadron
  • 42d Bombardment Squadron
  • 98th Bombardment Squadron
  • 431st Bombardment Squadron

Eighth Air Force

Was primary operator of B-17 Flying Fortresses in overseas combat theaters during World War II. The B-17 may have first seen combat in American markings in the Philippines, but it would earn its enduring fame with the Eighth Air Force, based in England and fighting over Occupied Europe. The story of the B-17 would become the story of the VIII Bomber Command (later Eighth Air Force) strategic heavy bombardment campaign of the European Theater of Operations (ETO) during World War II

Initially equipped with B-17Es in 1942, the Eighth Air Force received B-17Fs in Jan 1943 and B-17Gs in Nov 1943. Flying Fortresses were employed in long-range strategic bombardment operations over Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany, August 1942 – May 1945 attacking enemy military, transportation and industrial targets as part of the United States' air offensive against Nazi Germany.

34th Bombardment Group

Coastal patrol B-17s, Jan 1941 – May 1942 under First Air Force
Deployed to ETO May 1944 with B-24s; transitioned to B-17s Sep 1944
RAF Mendlesham (AAF-156), Sep 1944 – Aug 1945 -Inactivated Aug 1945
  • 4th Bombardment Squadron
  • 7th Bombardment Squadron
  • 18th Bombardment Squadron
  • 391st Bombardment Squadron

91st Bombardment Group

RAF Bassingbourn (AAF-121), Oct 1942 – Jun 1945 - Inactivated Nov 1945
  • 322d Bombardment Squadron
  • 323d Bombardment Squadron
  • 324th Bombardment Squadron
  • 401st Bombardment Squadron

92d Bombardment Group

RAF Bovingdon (AAF-112), Aug 1942 – Jan 1943; RAF Alconbury (AAF-102), Jan–Sep 1943; RAF Podington (AAF-109), Sep 1943 – Jun 1945
To: Air Transport Command, Jun 1945, Absorbed into 306th BG, Feb 1946
  • 325th Bombardment Squadron
  • 326th Bombardment Squadron
  • 327th Bombardment Squadron (May–Jul 1943 YB-40 Testing)
  • 407th Bombardment Squadron

94th Bombardment Group

RAF Bury St. Edmunds (AAF-468), May 1943 – Dec 1945 - Inactivated Dec 1945
  • 331st Bombardment Squadron
  • 332d Bombardment Squadron
  • 333d Bombardment Squadron
  • 410th Bombardment Squadron

95th Bombardment Group

RAF Horham (AAF-119), May 1943 – Jun 1945 Inactivated Aug 1945
  • 334th Bombardment Squadron
  • 335th Bombardment Squadron
  • 336th Bombardment Squadron
  • 412th Bombardment Squadron

96th Bombardment Group

RAF Snetterton Heath (AAF-138), Apr 1943 – Dec 1945 Inactivated Dec 1945
  • 337th Bombardment Squadron
  • 338th Bombardment Squadron
  • 339th Bombardment Squadron
  • 413th Bombardment Squadron

100th Bombardment Group

RAF Thorpe Abbotts (AAF-139), Jun 1943 – Dec 1945 Inactivated Dec 1945
  • 349th Bombardment Squadron
  • 350th Bombardment Squadron
  • 351st Bombardment Squadron
  • 418th Bombardment Squadron

303d Bombardment Group

RAF Molesworth (AAF-107), Sep 1942 – May 1945 Inactivated Jul 1945
  • 358th Bombardment Squadron
  • 359th Bombardment Squadron
  • 360th Bombardment Squadron
  • 427th Bombardment Squadron

305th Bombardment Group

RAF Chelveston (AAF-105), Sep 1942 – Jul 1945 Inactivated Dec 1946
  • 364th Bombardment Squadron
  • 365th Bombardment Squadron
  • 366th Bombardment Squadron
  • 422d Bombardment Squadron

306th Bombardment Group

RAF Thurleigh (AAF-111), Sep 1942 – Dec 1945 Inactivated Dec 1946
  • 367th Bombardment Squadron
  • 368th Bombardment Squadron
  • 369th Bombardment Squadron
  • 423d Bombardment Squadron

351st Bombardment Group

RAF Polebrook (AAF-110), May 1943 – Jun 1945 Inactivated Aug 1945
  • 508th Bombardment Squadron
  • 509th Bombardment Squadron
  • 510th Bombardment Squadron
  • 511th Bombardment Squadron

379th Bombardment Group

RAF Kimbolton (AAF-117), May 1943 – Jun 1945 Inactivated Jul 1945
  • 524th Bombardment Squadron
  • 525th Bombardment Squadron
  • 526th Bombardment Squadron
  • 527th Bombardment Squadron

381st Bombardment Group

RAF Ridgewell (AAF-167), Jun 1943 – Jun 1945 Inactivated Aug 1945
  • 532d Bombardment Squadron
  • 533d Bombardment Squadron
  • 534th Bombardment Squadron
  • 535th Bombardment Squadron

384th Bombardment Group

RAF Grafton Underwood (AAF-106), Jun 1943 – Jun 1945 Inactivated Feb 1946
  • 544th Bombardment Squadron
  • 545th Bombardment Squadron
  • 546th Bombardment Squadron
  • 547th Bombardment Squadron

385th Bombardment Group

RAF Great Ashfield (AAF-155), Jun 1943 – Aug 1945 Inactivated Aug 1945
  • 548th Bombardment Squadron
  • 549th Bombardment Squadron
  • 550th Bombardment Squadron
  • 551st Bombardment Squadron

388th Bombardment Group

RAF Knettishall (AAF-136), Jun 1943 – Aug 1945 Inactivated Sep 1945
  • 560th Bombardment Squadron
  • 561st Bombardment Squadron
  • 562d Bombardment Squadron
  • 563d Bombardment Squadron

390th Bombardment Group

RAF Framlingham (AAF-153), Jul 1943 – Aug 1945 Inactivated Aug 1945
  • 568th Bombardment Squadron
  • 569th Bombardment Squadron
  • 570th Bombardment Squadron
  • 571st Bombardment Squadron

398th Bombardment Group

RAF Nuthampstead (AAF-131), Apr 1944 – May 1945 Inactivated Sep 1945
  • 600th Bombardment Squadron
  • 601st Bombardment Squadron
  • 602d Bombardment Squadron
  • 603d Bombardment Squadron

401st Bombardment Group

RAF Deenethorpe (AAF-128), Nov 1943 – May 1945 Inactivated Aug 1945
  • 612th Bombardment Squadron
  • 613th Bombardment Squadron
  • 614th Bombardment Squadron
  • 615th Bombardment Squadron

447th Bombardment Group

RAF Rattlesden (AAF-126), Nov 1943 – Aug 1945 Inactivated Nov 1945
  • 708th Bombardment Squadron
  • 709th Bombardment Squadron
  • 710th Bombardment Squadron
  • 711th Bombardment Squadron

452d Bombardment Group

RAF Deopham Green (AAF-142), Jan 1944 – Aug 1945 Inactivated Aug 1945
  • 728th Bombardment Squadron
  • 729th Bombardment Squadron
  • 730th Bombardment Squadron
  • 731st Bombardment Squadron

457th Bombardment Group

RAF Glatton (AAF-130), Jan 1944 – Jun 1945 Inactivated Aug 1945
  • 748th Bombardment Squadron
  • 749th Bombardment Squadron
  • 750th Bombardment Squadron
  • 751st Bombardment Squadron

482d Bombardment Group

Aug 1943 – May 1945 RAF Alconbury (AAF-102)
Attached to: VIII Composite Command, Feb 1944 – Jan 1945
Composite group with 2 squadrons of B-17s and one of B-24s
Conducted Pathfinder missions using H2X radar Inactivated Sep 1945
  • 812th Bombardment Squadron (B-17)
  • 813th Bombardment Squadron (B-17)
  • 814th Bombardment Squadron (B-24)

486th Bombardment Group

RAF Sudbury (AAF-158), Aug 1944 – Aug 1945
Deployed to ETO, April 1944 with B-24s; Converted to B-17s, Aug 1944 Inactivated Nov 1945
  • 832d Bombardment Squadron
  • 833d Bombardment Squadron
  • 834th Bombardment Squadron
  • 835th Bombardment Squadron

487th Bombardment Group

RAF Lavenham (AAF-137), Jul 1944 – Aug 1945
Deployed to ETO, April 1944 with B-24s; Converted to B-17s, Jul 1944 Inactivated Nov 1945
  • 836th Bombardment Squadron
  • 837th Bombardment Squadron
  • 838th Bombardment Squadron
  • 839th Bombardment Squadron

490th Bombardment Group

Aug 1944 – Aug 1945
RAF Eye (AAF-134), Aug 1944 – Aug 1945
Deployed to ETO, April 1944 with B-24s; Converted to B-17s, Aug 1944 Inactivated Nov 1945
  • 848th Bombardment Squadron
  • 849th Bombardment Squadron
  • 850th Bombardment Squadron
  • 851st Bombardment Squadron

493d Bombardment Group

RAF Wormingford (AAF-159); RAF Debach (AAF-152), May 1944 – Aug 1945
Deployed to ETO, April 1944 with B-24s; Converted to B-17s, May 1944 Inactivated Aug 1945
  • 860th Bombardment Squadron
  • 861st Bombardment Squadron
  • 862d Bombardment Squadron
  • 863d Bombardment Squadron

Twelfth/Fifteenth Air Force

Although less important than the B-24 Liberator in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), six B-17 Groups did serve in North Africa and Italy, two of them serving from 1942 until the end of the war. Two B-17E groups (97th and 301st) deployed to Morocco and Algeria from VIII Bomber Command in England during November 1942. These were two of the most experienced B-17 units, and their departure from England slowed down the development of the Eighth Air Force's offensive. Later, two newly trained II Bomber Command groups (2d, 99th) deployed from the United States. The four B-17E groups formed the heavy bomber component of XII Bomber Command (and Northwest African Strategic Air Force).

In North Africa Flying Fortresses were used against German and Italian military targets in Algeria and Tunisia, and to attack German shipping in the Mediterranean. Flying Fortresses took part in the bombardment of the Italian stronghold of Pantelleria, the invasion of Sicily and the invasion of Italy.

Once the Allies were firmly established on the Italian mainland, the B-17 squadrons moved Italy, joining the Fifteenth Air Force in November 1943 and were upgraded to B-17Gs. They were joined by two more groups (463d, 483d) in the spring of 1944, bringing the total up to six. At their peak there were 669 B-17 crews stationed in the Mediterranean theater. From bases around Foggia, the Fortresses engaged in long-range strategic bombardment of enemy military, transportation and industrial targets in the Balkans, Italy, Austria, France and southern Germany as part of the United States' air offensive against Nazi Germany. B-17s were also employed in tactical missions, supporting Fifth Army's campaign in Italy itself, most famously bombarding the monastery at Monte Cassino, and also took part in the invasion of southern France.

2d Bombardment Group

Coastal patrol B-17Bs, Jul 1939 Jan 1941 – Oct 1942 under First Air Force
Deployed to North Africa with B-17Fs, Apr 1943
Transferred to Amendola Airfield, Italy (MTO), Oct 1943 – Feb 1946 (B-17G) Inactivated Feb 1946
  • 20th Bombardment Squadron
  • 49th Bombardment Squadron
  • 96th Bombardment Squadron
  • 429th Bombardment Squadron

97th Bombardment Group

Deployed to ETO, RAF Polebrook (B-3/AAF-110), Jun–Nov 1942
Deployed to North Africa with B-17Fs, Nov 1942
Transferred to Amendola Airfield, Italy (MTO), Oct 1943 – Oct 1945 (B-17G) Inactivated Oct 1945
  • 340th Bombardment Squadron
  • 341st Bombardment Squadron
  • 342d Bombardment Squadron
  • 414th Bombardment Squadron

99th Bombardment Group

Deployed to North Africa with B-17Fs, Feb 1943
Transferred to Tortorella Airfield, Italy (MTO), Oct 1943 – Nov 1945 (B-17G) Inactivated Nov 1945
  • 346th Bombardment Squadron
  • 347th Bombardment Squadron
  • 348th Bombardment Squadron
  • 416th Bombardment Squadron

301st Bombardment Group

Deployed to ETO, RAF Chelveston (B-6/AAF-105), Aug–Nov 1942
Deployed to North Africa with B-17Fs, Nov 1942
Transferred to Southern Italy (MTO), Oct 1943 – Jul 1945 (B-17G)
Assigned to Second Air Force for B-29 training, Aug 1945 Inactivated Oct 1945
  • 32d Bombardment Squadron
  • 352d Bombardment Squadron
  • 353d Bombardment Squadron
  • 419th Bombardment Squadron

463d Bombardment Group

Deployed to Celone Airfield, Italy (MTO), Mar 1944 – Sep 1945 (B-17G) Inactivated Oct 1945
  • 772d Bombardment Squadron
  • 773d Bombardment Squadron
  • 774th Bombardment Squadron
  • 775th Bombardment Squadron

483d Bombardment Group

Deployed to Sterparone Airfield, Italy (MTO), Mar 1944 – Sep 1945 (B-17G) Inactivated Sep 1945
  • 815th Bombardment Squadron
  • 816th Bombardment Squadron
  • 817th Bombardment Squadron
  • 840th Bombardment Squadron

US Army, Middle East Air Force (USAMEAF)/Ninth Air Force

USAMEAF was a provisional organization formed at RAF Lydda, BritishPalestine on 1 July 1942. It consisted of nine B-17Es and nineteen B-24 Liberators formerly of the 9th Bombardment and 88th Reconnaissance Squadrons, 7th Bombardment Group which arrived from Allahabad Airfield, India to aid British Forces in Egypt after General Erwin Rommel advanced the Afrika Corps toward the Suez Canal. The B-17s transferred to the Middle East were older aircraft that had escaped from the Philippines or were sent from the United States in January 1942 that had fought in the Netherlands East Indies with Fifth Air Force. They would be organized into the 1st Provisional Bombardment Group on 20 July. It was the core of what would eventually become the 376th Bombardment Group, Ninth Air Force, which was transferred to RAF Abu Sueir, Egypt on 12 November.

B-17s would be flown on combat missions from RAF Lyddia and RAF El Fayid, Egypt, attacking the harbor at Tobruk, Libya seven times with day and night raids throughout July, continually raiding the harbor shipping and disrupting Axis storage areas. It is believed that the Fortresses were sent to the secret Gura Army Air Base, Eritrea (Project 19) 15°1′13.764″N 39°02′7.62″E in August for depot-level maintenance, which was not possible at the British bases and had which been deferred since the beginning of the war in December.

The B-17Es would not engaged in combat again until mid-October, when raids on Tobruk began again on 12 October, and attacking a coastal road near Bardia, Libya on 20 October after a mission against Tobruk was canceled due to cloud cover. They were also engaged in attacking harbor facilities and Axis naval targets on Crete and Benghazi, Libya through which Afrika Korps supplies were landed. The B-17s made a final raid against installations at Sousse, Tunisia before being taken out of front-line service with the arrival of newer B-24 and B-25 units from the United States.

United States Army Forces in the Middle East (USAFIME) was a unified United States Army command during World War II established in August, 1942 by order of General George C. Marshall, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, to oversee the Egypt-Libya campaign.

The small USAFIME was headquartered in Cairo—which simplified liaison with its much larger British counterpart, Middle East Command. USAFIME had command over all United States Army forces in North Africa and the Middle East, except the Army Air Forces Ferrying Command. It was composed of:

Iran-Iraq Service Command, later renamed the Persian Gulf Service Command (PGSC) and then finally the Persian Gulf Command; this was the successor to the original US Iranian Mission and was responsible for US troops manning the Persian Corridor. It was originally commanded by Col. Don G. Shingler, who was replaced late in 1942 by Brig. Gen. Donald H. Connolly.

The North African Mission.

U.S. Army Forces in Liberia, established from June 1942 to build the Robertsfield Airfield and the Freeport of Monrovia, came under control of U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East on 12 September 1943, but continued as a semi-autonomous command for the entire war.

The first commander of the USAFIME was Maj. Gen. Russell L. Maxwell. He was replaced in November 1942 by Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), and in January 1943 by Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton.

Maxwell was an army general because at the time he was appointed it was expected that the Americans would contribute ground troops to assist in the Allied Western Desert campaign. Initially the only US combat forces which were allocated to the Mediterranean Theatre of War were USAAF squadrons. As plans for Operation Torch began to take shape the it became clear that the Americans would not contribute ground troops to the Western Desert Campaign. This was reflected in Maxwell's replacement by Andrews. One of Andrew's first acts was to establish the Ninth Air Force to replace the United States Army Middle East Air Force (USAMEAF). The non-air force administrative functions of USAFIME were taken over by the North African Theater of Operations United States Army (NATOUSA) when the Egypt-Libya campaign ended on 12 February 1943.

7th Bombardment Group

9th Bombardment Squadron operated from Java until withdrawn in Mar 1942.
Squadron reassigned to Tenth Air Force in India.

Specifications (Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress)

Data from The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft[37]

General characteristics

Crew: 10: Pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier/nose gunner, flight engineer/top turret gunner, radio operator, waist gunners (2), ball turret gunner, tail gunner[218]
Length: 74 ft 4 in (22.66 m)
Wingspan: 103 ft 9 in (31.62 m)
Height: 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
Wing area: 1,420 sq ft (131.92 m2)
Airfoil: NACA 0018 / NACA 0010
Empty weight: 36,135 lb (16,391 kg)
Gross weight: 54,000 lb (24,500 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 65,500 lb (29,700 kg)
Aspect ratio: 7.57
Powerplant: 4 × Wright R-1820-97 "Cyclone" turbosupercharged radial engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW) each
Propellers: 3-bladed Hamilton-Standard constant-speed propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 287 mph (462 km/h, 249 kn)
Cruise speed: 182 mph (293 km/h, 158 kn)
Range: 2,000 mi (3,219 km, 1,738 nmi) with 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) bombload
Ferry range: 3,750 mi (6,040 km, 3,260 nmi)
Service ceiling: 35,600 ft (10,850 m)
Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)
Wing loading: 38.0 lb/sq ft (185.7 kg/m2)
Power/mass: 0.089 hp/lb (150 W/kg)

Armament

Guns:
13 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in 9 positions (2 in the Bendix chin turret, 2 on nose cheeks, 2 staggered waist guns, 2 in upper Sperry turret, 2 in Sperry ball turret in belly, 2 in the tail and one firing upwards from radio compartment behind bomb bay)
Bombs:
Short range missions; Internal load only (less than 400 mi): 8,000 lb (3,600 kg)
Long range missions; Internal load only (≈800 mi): 4,500 lb (2,000 kg)
Max Internal and External load: 17,600 lb (7,800 kg)

Avionics

not known

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  1. The Air Corps News Letter, however, notes in its edition of 1 January 1938 (ACNL Vol. XXI, No. 1, p. 7 Archived 3 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine) an attempt by the Langley Field correspondent to apply the appellation "Jeep" to the B-17, which it objected to as "not befitting" the aircraft and adding, "Why not let the term 'Flying Fortress' suffice?"
  2. On board the aircraft were pilots Major Ployer P. Hill (his first time flying the 299) and Lieutenant Donald Putt (the primary army pilot for the previous evaluation flights), Leslie Tower, Boeing mechanic C.W. Benton, and Pratt and Whitney representative Henry Igo. Putt, Benton, and Igo escaped with burns, and Hill and Tower were pulled from the wreckage alive, but later died from their injuries.
  3. The idea of a pilot's checklist spread to other crew members, other air corps aircraft types, and eventually throughout the aviation world. Life published the lengthy B-17 checklist in its 24 August 1942 issue.[31]
  4. Quote: "At the peak of production, Boeing was rolling out as many as 363 B-17s a month, averaging between 14 and 16 Forts a day, the most incredible production rate for large aircraft in aviation history." This production rate was, however, surpassed by that of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
  5. During the crash investigation of Boeing 307 Stratoliner NX19901, it was found that two B-17s had already spun from lack of directional stability. British combat experience with the B-17 was also showing the need for a tail gunner. Boeing was not willing to add a turret because they didn't want to disrupt the clean aerodynamics. The inadequate directional stability exposed by two spin incidents and a crash, brought about a redesigned vertical stabilizer and dorsal fin. A compromise for the tail turret resulted in handheld tail guns. The combination created a successful design. Not only were defensive needs solved, but the improved lateral stability made precision high altitude bombing possible.[57][58]
  6. This is a commonly misreported error. The Rex was 725 miles offshore on her last position report as the Y1B-17s were taxiing for takeoff from Mitchel Field, four hours before interception.
  7. Most sources say that the turret was introduced on the B-17F-75-DL, but photographs indicate that the F-70-DL also had the turret

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    Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress further reading:

  • Birdsall, Steve. The B-17 Flying Fortress. Dallas, Texas: Morgan Aviation Books, 1965. OCLC 752618401.
  • Calegari, Robert (December 1976). "A vendre: B-17G" [For Sale: B-17G]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (85): 34–36. ISSN 0757-4169.
  • Davis, Larry. B-17 in Action. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1984. ISBN 0-89747-152-0.
  • Jablonski, Edward. Flying Fortress. New York: Doubleday, 1965. ISBN 0-385-03855-0.
  • Johnsen, Frederick A. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 2001. ISBN 1-58007-052-3.
  • Gansz, David M. B-17 Production - Boeing Aircraft: 4 January 1944 - 26 February 1944 B-17G-35 to G-45 42-31932 - 42-32116 and 42-97058 - 42-97407. New Jersey: First Mountain Belgians, 2020. ISBN 978-1734380606.
  • Gansz, David M. B-17 Production - Boeing Aircraft: 26 February 1944 - 25 April 1944 B-17G-50 to G-60 42-102379 - 42-102978. New Jersey: First Mountain Belgians, 2013. ISBN 978-0692365465.
  • Gansz, David M. B-17 Production - Boeing Aircraft: 25 April 1944 - 22 June 1944 B-17G-65 to G-75 43-37509 - 43-38073. New Jersey: First Mountain Belgians, 2017. ISBN 978-0692859841.
  • Lloyd, Alwyn T. B-17 Flying Fortress in Detail and Scale, Vol. 11: Derivatives, Part 2. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers, 1983. ISBN 0-8168-5021-6.
  • Lloyd, Alwyn T. B-17 Flying Fortress in Detail and Scale, Vol. 20: More derivatives, Part 3. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab Books, 1986. ISBN 0-8168-5029-1.
  • Lloyd, Alwyn T. and Terry D. Moore. B-17 Flying Fortress in Detail and Scale, Vol. 1: Production Versions, Part 1. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers, 1981. ISBN 0-8168-5012-7.
  • O'Leary, Michael. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (Osprey Production Line to Frontline 2). Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-85532-814-3.
  • Stitt, Robert M. & Olson, Janice L. (July–August 2002). "Brothers in Arms: A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Crew in New Guinea, Part 1". Air Enthusiast (100): 2–11. ISSN 0143-5450.
  • Thompson, Scott A. Final Cut: The Post War B-17 Flying Fortress, The Survivors: Revised and Updated Edition. Highland County, Ohio: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 2000. ISBN 1-57510-077-0.
  • Wagner, Ray, "American Combat Planes of the 20th Century", Reno, Nevada, 2004, Jack Bacon & Company, ISBN 0-930083-17-2.
  • Willmott, H.P. B-17 Flying Fortress. London: Bison Books, 1980. ISBN 0-85368-444-8.
  • Wisker Thomas J. "Talkback". Air Enthusiast, No. 10, July–September 1979, p. 79. ISSN 0143-5450

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  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

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