97th Bombardment Group photo gallery

 41-9175 B-17E Fortress 92BG previously with 97BG340BS at Burtonwood Airdrome England 16th Mar 1943 NA050

Photo description: 41-9175 Delivered MacDill 29BG 7/5/42; Assigned 340BS/97BG Polebrook /6/42; 92BG Bovingdon /9/42; CCRC /43; Salvaged NBD 6/10/44. (? first B-17 to crash landed ELG Manston, UK 24/8/42 ?). Front View Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At Burtonwood Airdrome, England. 16 March 1943.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204843115 Local ID: 342-FH-3A05926-78996AC

 42-30407 B-17G Fortress 15AF 97BG414BS War Pappy during a shuttle mission Poltava 13th Jul 1944 NA685

Photo description: 42-30407 / War Pappy Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/43; Gore 7/6/43; Tinker 10/6/43; Memphis 20/6/43; Eglin 27/6/43; Kearney 6/7/43; Presque Is 9/7/43; Assigned 414BS/97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 19/7/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; 100th mission Ferrara M/Y 14/5/44; took part in first shuttle mission to Russia; Returned to the USA Morrison 15/4/45; Rome, NY 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 4/7/45. WAR PAPPY.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204919997 Local ID: 342-FH-3A27403-52252AC

 42-30117 B-17F Fortress 12AF 97BG414BS Polar Star with Capt Chapman England 7th Nov 1944 NA1130

Photo description: 42-30117 / ПОЛЯРHAЯ ЗBEЗДA aka Polar Star aka Superstitious Aloysius Delivered Cheyenne 13/4/43; Gore 21/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Morrison 4/5/43; Assigned 12AF – 97th BG/414th BS; 31/5/43; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. Capt. Chapman And An Unidentified Crew Member Stand By The Nose Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 401St Bomb Group At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 7 November 1944.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857838Local ID: 342-FH-3A10811-65466AC

 42-30117 B-17F Fortress 12AF 97BG414BS Polar Star with crew Ukraine 1944 Wiki

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 15948: Home Adományozó/Donor: National Archives.
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22 FEBRUARY 1945 ETO - EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (8AF): Mission 841: 1,428 bombers and 862 fighters commence Operation CLARION, a joint RAF, Eighth, Ninth and 15AF operation with the objective of paralyzing the already decimated German rail and road system; most attacks were made visually; bombing was conducted from an optimum 10,000 feet (3,048 m) to achieve accuracy at target without flak defenses; they claim 28-2-43 Luftwaffe aircraft; 7 bombers and 13 fighters are lost: 1. 522 B-17s are sent to hit marshalling yards at Bamberg (64), Zwickau (2): and Kitzingen (1); targets of opportunity are Ansbach (143), Donaueschingen (24), Reutlingen (25), Ulm (77), Freiburg (21), Hafingen (10), the marshalling yards at Aalen (24), Neustadt (26), Singen (8), Schwenningen (22), and Villgen (11) and other (42); some attacks are made with H2X radar; they claim 0-0-1 aircraft; 2 B-17s are lost and 29 damaged; 2 airmen are WIA and 19 MIA. Escorting are 163 of 168 P-51s; 3 are lost (pilots MIA). 2. 452 B-24s are dispatched to hit marshalling yards at Halberstadt (51), Sangerhausen (11), Nordhausen (30), Vienenburg (23), Peine (52), Hildesheim (55), Kreiensen (48), and Northeim (48); targets of opportunity are Nordhausen (11), Ottbergen (10), the rail and highway bridge at Lindern (1): and marshalling yards at Wallhausen (19), Oker (8), Eschwege (30), Gottingen (29) and Celle (8) and other (1); 4 B-24s are lost and 68 damaged; 2 airmen are WIA and 38 MIA. 246 P-47s and P-51s escort; they claim 19-0-16 aircraft on the ground; 4 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA). 3. 454 B-17s are sent to hit Wittenburg (72), Stendal (73), Salzwedel (59), Uelzen (73), Wittstock (11), Luneburg (39), and Ludwigslust (48); targets of opportunity are Grabow (13), Kobbelitz (24), Dannenberg (12) and Klotze (13). The escort is 268 of 280 P-51s; they claim 4-2-18 aircraft in the air and 3-0-5 on the ground; 5 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA). 4. 99 of 103 P-51s fly a freelance Mission in support of the bombers; they claim 2-0-0 aircraft in the air; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA). 5. 28 of 32 P-51s fly a scouting mission; they claim 2-0-3 aircraft on the ground. 6. 13 P-51s escort 10 F-5s and 5 Spitfires on photo reconnaissance missions over Germany.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS 1TAF (Provisional): HQ 27FG moves from Tarquinia, Italy to St Dizier, France. 9AF: In Operation CLARION, 450+ A-20s, A-26s, and B-26s of the 9th Bombardment Division bomb SW German targets including 46 rail bridges, 12 marshalling yards, 11stations, plus junctions, roundhouses, a viaduct, a crossing, a workshop; this marks the first low-level operations by B-26s since May 43; 1,000+ fighters of the IX, XIX, and XXIX Tactical Air Commands escort the bombers, attack several assigned ground targets, fly armed reconnaissance, and cooperate with the US VIII, XII, and XX Corps along the Prum River and in the Saar-Mosel Triangle.

MTO - STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (15AF): The Fifteenth's participation in Operation CLARION includes 350+ B-17s and B-24s bombing 50+ separate communications targets in Germany, Austria, and Italy, including some 25 marshalling yards and numerous railroad lines and bridges; fighters fly 300+ escort and strafing sorties.

 44-6426 B-17G Fortress 15AF 97BG340BS over Memmingen Germany during Operation Clarion 22nd Feb 1945 NA140

Photo description: The Combined Air Assault Was The Greatest Of The War. This Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 15Th AF Has Released A String of Bombs Through A Hole in Heavy Clouds During An Attack On The Rail Yards At Memmingen, Germany. 22 Feb. 1945. Operation Clarion was a late-war campaign of the Allied strategic bombing of Germany. 200 German communication network targets were attacked to open Operation Veritable/Grenade. 3,500 bombers and nearly 5,000 fighters attacked targets across Germany in effort to destroy all means of transportation available. Targets included rail stations, barges, docks, and bridges.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204857838Local ID: 342-FH-3A10811-65466AC

 42-5346 B-17F Fortress 15AF 97BG414BS The Reluctant Dragon at Algiers 1943 NA710

Photo description: 42-5346 / The Reluctant Dragon Delivered Cheyenne 17/11/42; West Palm Beach 12/12/42; Assigned 414BS/97BG Biskra 31/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 11/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; transferred 347BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 8/7/44; Jackson 18/12/44; Patterson 12/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 11/9/45. THE RELUCTANT DRAGON. Algiers, Algeria-Men working on a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" motor.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204943021 Local ID: 342-FH-3A27861-23137AC

 42-5346 B-17F Fortress 15AF 97BG414BS The Reluctant Dragon at Algiers 1943 NA710

Photo description: 42-5346 / The Reluctant Dragon Delivered Cheyenne 17/11/42; West Palm Beach 12/12/42; Assigned 414BS/97BG Biskra 31/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 11/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; transferred 347BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 8/7/44; Jackson 18/12/44; Patterson 12/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 11/9/45. THE RELUCTANT DRAGON. Algiers, Algeria-Men working on a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" motor.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204943036 Local ID: 342-FH-3A27866-23142AC

 42-38078 B-17G Fortress 15AF 97BG414BS Sweet Pea during a shuttle mission to Poltava 13th Jul 1944 NA662

Photo description: 42-38078 / Sweet Pea Delivered Denver 6/12/43; Savannah 23/12/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG 7/1/44; 14m transferred 429BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; severe battle damaged Debreczen 21/9/44 with Guy Miller, Co-pilot: Tom Rybovich, Navigator: Theo Davich, Bombardier: Bob Mullen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald E. McGuire, Radio Operator: Tony Ferrara (Wounded in Action), Ball turret gunner: Bill Steuck; Right Waist Gunner: Jim Maguire (Wounded in Action) (8 Returned to Duty); Left Waist gunner: Jim Totty, Tail gunner: Elmer Buss (2 Killed in Action); crash landed base and broke in half, then after repair aircraft was flown again by Miller 1/12/44; flown with Bill Morton 1/6/45 crash landed Bari, Italy, destroyed by fire. SWEET PEA.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204919974 Local ID: 342-FH-3A27391-54476AC

 42-38078 B-17G Fortress 15AF 2BG429BS Sweet Pea shuttle mission to Russia 1944 NA694

Photo description: 42-38078 / Sweet Pea Delivered Denver 6/12/43; Savannah 23/12/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG 7/1/44; 14m transferred 429BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; severe battle damaged Debreczen 21/9/44 with Guy Miller, Co-pilot: Tom Rybovich, Navigator: Theo Davich, Bombardier: Bob Mullen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald E. McGuire, Radio Operator: Tony Ferrara (Wounded in Action), Ball turret gunner: Bill Steuck; Right Waist Gunner: Jim Maguire (Wounded in Action) (8 Returned to Duty); Left Waist gunner: Jim Totty, Tail gunner: Elmer Buss (2 Killed in Action); crash landed base and broke in half, then after repair aircraft was flown again by Miller 1/12/44; flown with Bill Morton 1/6/45 crash landed Bari, Italy, destroyed by fire. SWEET PEA. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on shuttle mission to Russia.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204920014 Local ID: 342-FH-3A27411-B54407AC

 42-38078 B-17G Fortress 15AF 2BG429BS Sweet Pea shuttle mission to Russia 1944 NA692

Photo description: 42-38078 / Sweet Pea Delivered Denver 6/12/43; Savannah 23/12/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG 7/1/44; 14m transferred 429BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; severe battle damaged Debreczen 21/9/44 with Guy Miller, Co-pilot: Tom Rybovich, Navigator: Theo Davich, Bombardier: Bob Mullen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald E. McGuire, Radio Operator: Tony Ferrara (Wounded in Action), Ball turret gunner: Bill Steuck; Right Waist Gunner: Jim Maguire (Wounded in Action) (8 Returned to Duty); Left Waist gunner: Jim Totty, Tail gunner: Elmer Buss (2 Killed in Action); crash landed base and broke in half, then after repair aircraft was flown again by Miller 1/12/44; flown with Bill Morton 1/6/45 crash landed Bari, Italy, destroyed by fire. SWEET PEA. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on shuttle mission to Russia.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204920010 Local ID: 342-FH-3A27409-54407AC

FRIDAY, 2 JUNE 1944 MTO - STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (15AF): Shuttle-bombing between Italy and the USSR (Operation FRANTIC) is started. Under command of Lieutenant General Ira C Eaker, 130 B-17s, escorted by 70 P-51s, bomb the marshalling yard at Debreczen, Hungary and land in the Soviet Union-the B-17s at Poltava and Mirgorod, the P-51s at Piryatin. 1 B-17 is lost over the target; 27 other B-17s, forced off course en route to the Oradea, Rumania marshalling yard, also hit Debreczen. Nearly 400 other B-24s attack marshalling yards at Szeged, Miskolc and Szolnok, Hungary and Simeria, Rumania. P-51s and P-38s provide escort.

 42-31857 B-17G Fortress 15AF 97BG340BS bombs the railroad yards at Brod Yugoslavia 2nd Jun 1944 NA542

Photo description: 42-31857 Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/43; Lincoln 10/1/44; Savannah 13/1/44; Morrison 26/1/44; Assigned 340BS/97BG Amendola 28/1/44; Missing in Action Wollersdorf A/fd, Aus. 29/5/44 with Jacob Rosenberg, Kelley, Covington, Jones, Cooper, Gibson, Lavereaux, Ashe, Kalfsbeck, Meinecke; flak, crashed Ransdorf, Aus; Missing Air Crew Report 5437. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces drop their bombs on the railroad yards at Brod, Yugoslavia on 2 June 44. Heavy bombers of the MAAP were continously striking at the enemy’s rail system, preventing supplies from reaching the Hun Armies.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204919764 Local ID: 342-FH-3A27320-62060AC

TUESDAY, 4 JULY 1944 MTO - STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (15AF): 250+ bombers attack targets in Rumania; B-24s bomb a bridge and railroad repair works at Pitesti and B-17s bomb an oil refinery at Brasov; 350+ fighters escort the bombers and carry out sweeps in the target area; claims of enemy fighters destroyed total 17; 1 FG strafes 2 landing grounds and a troop train in Yugoslavia on the return trip to base.

 42-32040 B-17G Fortress 15AF 97BG416BS Turnip Termite over Brasov Oil Refineries on 4th Jul 1944 NA969

Photo description: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 15th Air Force attacked the Brasov Oil Refineries on 4 July 44 sending huge columns of smoke into the air as bombs found their marks in the target area. 42-32040 / Turnip Termite Delivered Cheyenne 17/1/44; MacDill 2/2/44; Morrison 7/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Tortorella 14/3/44; transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {66m} to depot 26/11/44; Salvaged 12/3/46. TURNIP TERMITE. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 15th Air Force attacked the Brasov Oil Refineries on 4 July 44 sending huge columns of smoke into the air as bombs found their marks in the target area.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204918411 Local ID: 342-FH-3A26800-119033AC

TUESDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 1944 MTO - STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (15AF): In Germany, nearly 330 B-17s and B-24s supported by P-38s and P-51s bomb Lechfeld Airfield, Munich/Allach engine works, and Wasserburg jet aircraft factory. 50+ B-24s fly supply

 44-6181 B-17G Fortress 15AF 97BG341BS drop their payloads on Lechfeld airdrome 12th Sep 1944 NA1693

Photo description: 44-6181 Delivered Tulsa 24/5/44; Hunter 15/6/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 341BS/97BG Amendola 2/7/44; flak damage, to depot 18/3/45.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204904925 Local ID: 342-FH-3A21810-62004AC

 Boeing B-17 Fortresses 15AF 97BG414BS-bomb the Brod South Marshalling Fards Yugoslavia 8th Sep 1944 NA544

Photo description: B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 97Th Bomb Group, 414Th Bomb Squadron, Carry Out Their Mission As Bombs Burst On The Brod South Marshalling Fards, Yugoslavia, On 8 September 1944.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204919955 Local ID: 342-FH-3A27321-93645AC

 41-24376 B-17 Fortress 12AF 97BG341BS Hellzapoppin bombed by Luftwaffe on take off 20th Nov 1942 crew KIA Algeria NA822

Photo description: 41-24376 / Hellzapoppin Assigned originally to RAF [FA691], transferred 92BG Bangor 14/7/42; 341BS/97BG Polebrook 8/42; bombed by Luftwaffe on base at Maison Blanche, Algeria 20/11/42 with Art Hughes, Bone, Peklenk, Cogdill, Cooper, Faith, Richardson, Hagan, Evans, Hinson (10 Killed in Action). HELLZAPOPPIN. War Theatre # 12 (England) Crews: Crew Members Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Stand In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" " Hellzapoppin." 19 Agust 1942, England. (U.S. Air Force Number 124331)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204919955 Local ID: 342-FH-3A27321-93645AC

 41-24376 B-17F Fortress 12AF 92BG Hellzapoppin with crew England 19th Aug 1942 NA365

Photo description: 41-24376 / Hellzapoppin Assigned originally to RAF [FA691], transferred 92BG Bangor 14/7/42; 341BS/97BG Polebrook 8/42; bombed by Luftwaffe on base at Maison Blanche, Algeria 20/11/42 with Art Hughes, Bone, Peklenk, Cogdill, Cooper, Faith, Richardson, Hagan, Evans, Hinson (10 Killed in Action). HELLZAPOPPIN. War Theatre # 12 (England) Crews: Crew Members Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Stand In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" " Hellzapoppin." 19 Agust 1942, England. (U.S. Air Force Number 124331)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204852205 Local ID: 342-FH-3A09041-124331

 42-31645 B-17G Fortress 12AF 97BG341BS Babe foreground Russia 1944 NA701

Photo description: 42-31645 "Babe" (97th BG 341st BS 16 jan 44, lost on Pardubice - Czech, 24 aug 44) 97BG341BS Lost Aug 24, 1944. MACR-7971 42-31645 / Babe Delivered Denver 1/12/44; Paine 2/12/43; Gowen 6/12/43; Boise 9/12/43; Denver 10/12/43; Kearney 23/12/43; Memphis 1/1/44; Morrison 4/1/44; Assigned 341BS/97BG Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Pardubice, Czech. 24/8/44 with Roy Boone, Mellon, Ozato, Morris, Council, Badrosian, Auffenkamp, Goldston, Dubis, Starling; Straggling and set upon by fighter, crashed Marburg; 4 x POW, 6 x KIA MACR 7981. BABE. Sgt. Albin Narlock of Miwaukee, Wisc., cleans the guns of a Boeing B-17, assisted by two Russian soldiers. (U.S. Air Force Number 54481AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204920026 Local ID: 342-FH-3A27416-54481AC

 42-38071 B-17G Fortresses 15AF 97BG drop fragmentation bombs on Pardubice Airdrome Czechoslovakia 24th Aug 1944 NA705

Photo description: Hard hitting Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 15th Air Force drop their load of fragmentation bombs on the Pardubice Airdrome in Czechoslovakia, on 24 August 1944.(U.S. Air Force Number 62251AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204917962 Local ID: 342-FH-3A26636-62251AC

 Target 15AF B-17G Fortress 97BG hit in the right wing over Vienna Austria 13th Feb 1945 NA

Photo description: Flak Bit Into The Wing Of This Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 15Th Air Force During Its Attack On A German Supply Depot At Vienna Austria, On 13 February 1945. Bombs Bursting Can Be Seen Behind The Tail Of The Plane. Vienna is high on the priority list for attacks by heavy bombers of the 15th Air Force which is helping to tighten the iron ring around Germany (U.S. Air Force Number 61598AC)

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204841668 Local ID: 342-FH-3A04990-61598AC

USAAF 8th Air Force emblem USAAF 12th Air Force emblem USAAF 15th Air Force emblem

97th Bombardment Group

97th Bombardment Group

Constituted as 97th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 3 Feb 1942. Trained with B-17's; also flew some antisubmarine patrols. Moved to England, May-Jul 1942, for duty with Eighth AF. Entered combat on 17 Aug 1942 by bombing a marshalling yard at Rouen, the first mission flown by AAF's heavy bombers based in England. After that, attacked airfields, marshalling yards, industries, naval installations, and other targets in France and the Low Countries. Moved to the Mediterranean theater in Nov 1942, being assigned first to Twelfth and later (Nov 1943) to Fifteenth AF. Struck shipping in the Mediterranean and airfields, clocks, harbors, and marshalling yards in North Africa, southern France, Sardinia, Sicily, and southern Italy, Nov 1942-May 1943, in the campaign to cut supply lines to German forces in North Africa. Helped to force the capitulation of Pantelleria in Jun 1943. Bombed in preparation for and in support of the invasions of Sicily and southern Italy in the summer and fall of 1943. From Nov 1943 to Apr 1945, engaged chiefly in long-range missions to targets in Italy, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Greece, attacking oil refineries, aircraft factories, marshalling yards, and other strategic objectives. Received a DUC for leading a strike against an aircraft factory at Steyr on 24 Feb 1944 during Big Week, the intensive air campaign against the German aircraft industry. 2nd Lt David R Kingsley, bombardier, was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving the life of a wounded gunner on 23 Jun 1944: during a mission to Ploesti, Kingsley's B-17 was seriously crippled and the tail gunner was injured; when the crew was ordered to bail out, Kingsley gave his parachute to the gunner, whose own had been damaged, and assisted him in bailing out; Kingsley died a few moments later when his bomber crashed and burned. The group received its second DUC for a devastating raid against one of the Ploesti refineries on 18 Aug 1944. Other operations of the 97th included pounding enemy communications, transportation, and airfields in support of Allied forces at Anzio and Cassino; bombing coastal defenses in preparation for the invasion of Southern France; and assisting US Fifth and British Eighth Army in their advance through the Po Valley. Inactivated in Italy on 29 Oct 1945.

Redesignated 97th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy). Activated in the US on 4 Aug 1946. Assigned to Strategic Air Command. Equipped with B-29's. Redesignated 97th Bombardment Group (Medium) in May 1948. Converted to B-50's in 1950. Inactivated on 16 Jun 1952.

Squadrons. 340th: 1942-1945; 1946-1952. 341st: 1942-1945; 1946-1952. 342d: 1942-1945; 1946-1952. 414th: 1942-1945.

Stations. MacDill Field, Fla, 3 Feb 1942; Sarasota, Fla, 29 Mar-c. 16 May 1942; Polebrook, England, c. 13 June-9 Nov 1942; Maison Blanche, Algeria, c. 13 Nov 1942; Tafaraoui, Algeria, c. 22 Nov 1942; Biskra, Algeria, c. 25 Dec 1942; Chateaudun-du-Rhumel, Algeria, c. 8 Feb 1943; Pont-du-Fahs, Tunisia, c. 1 Aug 1943; Depienne, Tunisia, c. 15 Aug 1943; Cerignola, Italy, c. 20 Dec 1943; Amendola, Italy, 16 Jan 1944; Marcianise, Italy, c. 1-29 Oct 1945. Smoky Hill AAFld, Kan, Aug 1946; Biggs AFB, Tex, 17 May 1948-16 Jun 1952.

Commanders. Col Cornelius W Cousland, Feb 1942; Col James H Walsh, c. Jul 1942; Col Frank A Armstrong Jr, c. 2 Aug 1942; Brig Gen Joseph H Atkinson, c. 27 Sep 1942; Col Stanley Donovan, 5 Jan 1943; Col Leroy A Rainey, 29 Jun 1943; Col Frank Allen, Nov 1943; Col Jacob E Smart, 7 Apr 1944; Col Frank Allen, 11 May 1944; Col Elmer Rogers Jr, Jun 1944; Col Nils O Ohman, 22 Aug 1944; Col William K Kincaid, May 1945-unkn. Col Walter S Lee, c. 4 Aug 1946; Lt Col William D Bacon, c. 27 Aug 1946; Col William E McDonald, 9 Oct 1946; Col George L Robinson, 10 Sep 1946-unkn; Col George L Robinson, 30 Sep 1948; Col Dalene E Bailey, 20 Apr 1949; Col Harvey C Dorney, Feb 1951; Col John D Ryan, 16 Jul 1951-16 Jun 1952.

Campaigns. Antisubmarine, American Theater; Air Combat, EAME Theater; Air Offensive, Europe; Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Steyr, Austria, 24 Feb 1944; Ploesti, Rumania, 18 Aug 1944.

Insigne Shield: Azure, a spear in pale or, point to base flammant and embrued proper. Motto: Venit Hora - The Hour Has Come. (Approved 5 Mar 1943.)

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)

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Fifteenth Air Force bombing missions
Date Aircraft Targets
November 1943
1st B-17s Spezia Naval Base; Vezzano RRBr
2nd B-17s and B-24s Wiener Neustadt, Aus I/A
4th B-17s Leghorn-Rome Highway
6th B-17s Orbetello RRBr
8th B-17s Turin I/BB
9th B-24s Villar Perosa I/BB

B-17s Bolzano M/Y
10th B-24s Villar Perosa I/BB

B-17s Bolzano M/Y and RRBr
11th B-24s Annecy, Fr I/BB; Antheor, Fr Viaduct
15th B-24s Athens, Gr Eleusis A/D
16th B-17s Istres Le Tube and Istres Les Pates, Fr A/Ds
17th B-17s Athens, Gr Eleusis A/D
18th B-17s Athens, Gr Eleusis A/D
24th B-24s Sofia, Bul M/Y

B-17s Toulon Sub Pens, Fr; Antheor, Fr Viaduct
25th B-24s Klagenfurt, Aus A/D
26th B-24s Fano RRBr; Falconara RRBr

B-17s Recco RR Viaduct; Rimini M/Y
27th B-17s Grizzano M/Y and RRBrs; Rimini M/Y; Vergato RRBr
28th B-24s Dogna Tunnel

B-17s Rome, Ciampino A/D
29th B-24s Rome, Casale A/D

B-17s Grosseto A/D
30th B-24s Klagenfurt, Aus A/D

B-17s Marseille Sub Pens, Fr
December 1943
1st B-24s Bolzano M/Y

B-17s Turin I/BB and I/Area
2nd B-24s Bolzano M/Y

B-17s Marseille Sub Pens, Fr
3rd B-24s Rome, Casale A/D
6th B-24s Athens, Gr Eleusis A/D

B-17s Athens, Gr Kalamaki A/D; Grizzano M/Y and RRBr
8th B-24s Athens, Gr Tatoi A/D

B-17s Athens, Gr Eleusis A/D; San Stefano Docks and shippingOrbetello RRBr
9th B-17s Levento RRBrs
10th B-24s Sofia, Bul M/Y
14th B-24s Athens, Gr Tatoi A/D

B-17s Athens, Gr Kalamaki A/D and Eleusis A/D; Piraeus, GrDocks and shipping
15th B-24s Avisio Viaduct

B-17s Innsbruck, Aus M/Y; Bolzano M/Y
16th B-24s Dogna Viaduct

B-17s Padua M/Y and RRBrs
19th B-24s Augsburg, Ger I/A

B-17s Innsbruck, Aus M/Y
20th B-24s Sofia, Bul M/Y

B-17s Athens, Gr Eleusis A/D
25th B-24s Vicenza A/D; Udine M/Y

B-17s Bolzano M/Y; Udine M/Y
28th B-24s Vicenza A/D

B-17s Rimini M/Y
29th B-17s Reggio Emilia I/A; Rimini M/Y; Ferrara M/Y
30th B-17s Padua M/Y and RRBrs; Rimini M/Y; Verona M/Y
January 1944
3rd B-17s Villar Perosa I/BB; Turin M/Y
4th B-17s Dupnitsa, Bul Rail Lines
7th B-17s Maribor, Yugo I/Ac
8th B-24s Mostar, Yugo A/D

B-17s Reggio Emilia I/A and M/Y
9th B-17s Pola Docks and shipping
10th B-24s Skoplje, Yugo M/Y

B-17s Sofia, Bul M/Y
11th B-17s Piraeus, Gr Docks and shipping
13th B-24s Perugia A/D

B-17s Rome, Centocelle and Guidonia A/Ds
14th B-24s Mostar, Yugo A/D

B-17s Mostar, Yugo A/D
15th B-24s Prato M/Y

B-17s Certaldo M/Y; Arezzo M/Y; Bucine RRBr; Fano RRBr
16th B-24s Osoppo A/D

B-17s Villaorba LG; Klagenfurt, Aus I/Ac
17th B-24s Arezzo M/Y

B-17s Prato M/Y; Pontassieve M/Y
18th B-24s Pisa M/Y

B-17s Certaldo and Pontedera M/Ys and RRBrs; Pistoia M/Y;Poggibonsi M/Y
19th B-24s Perugia A/D

B-17s Rome, Ciampino and Centocelle A/Ds
20th B-24s Rome, Guidonia A/D

B-17s Rome, Ciampino and Centocelle A/Ds
21st B-24s Pontedera M/Y; Pisa M/Y; Prato M/Y

B-17s Istres and Salon, Fr A/Ds; Rimini M/Y; Porto CivitanovaM/Y
22nd B-24s Terracina M/Y; Arezzo M/Y

B-17s Pontecorva and Staz Campoleone HWY/RRBrs; Pontedera M/Y;Ternf M/Y and RRBr
23rd B-24s Stimigliano M/Y; Perugia M/Y

B-17s Sienna M/Y; Poggibonsi M/Y; Ceprano and Pontecorvo HWYVrs
24th B-24s Sofia, Bul M/Y

B-17s Sofia, Bul M/Y; Vrattsa, Bul M/Y
25th B-17s Arezzo M/Y; Perugia M/Y
27th B-24s Istres Le Tube, Fr A/D

B-17s Salon, Fr A/D; Montpellier, Fr A/D
28th B-24s Ferrara M/Y

B-17s Verona M/Y; Aviano A/D
29th B-24s Sienna M/Y

B-17s Ancona, Fabriano, Prato and Rimini M/Ys
30th B-24s Udine A/D

B-17s Villaorba LG; Nabiago LG; Lavariano LG
31st B-24s Aviano A/D

B-17s Udine A/D; Klagenfurt, Aus A/D
February 1944
2nd B-24s Durazzo

B-17s Budapest, Hun I/A
3rd B-24s Pontassieve M/Y; Prato M/Y
4th B-24s Toulon, Fr

B-17s Toulon, Fr Docks and shipping; Antheor, Fr RR Viaduct
8th B-24s Vitebo A/D; Tarquinia A/D; Orvieto A/D; Prato M/Y

B-17s Verona M/Y
10th B-17s and B-24s Anzio Beachhead Troop Concentrations
12th B-17s and B-24s Anzio Beachhead Troop Concentrations
14th B-24s Mantua, Arezzo, Ferrara and Prato M/Ys

B-17s Modena M/Y; Verona M/Y
15th B-24s Poggibonsi M/Y; Arezzo M/Y

B-17s Cassino Monastery/Strong Point
16th B-24s M/Ys, Brs and Rail Lines at Certaldo, Poggibonsi, Pontassieve, Prato, Rieti, Sienna and Cecina
17th B-17s and B-24s Anzio Beachhead Troop Concentrations
20th B-24s Anzio Beachhead Troop Concentrations

B-17s (Regensburg, Ger I/A Aborted)
22nd B-24s Regensburg, Ger I/A; Sibenek, Yugo Harbor

B-17s Regensburg, Ger I/Ac; Zagreb, Yugo A/D; Peterhausen, Ger M/Y
23rd B-24s Steyr, Aus I/Area and I/BB

B-17s Steyr, Aus I/Ac
24th B-17s Steyr, Aus I/Ac; Fiume Oil Refinery
25th B-24s Regensburg, Ger I/Ac; Fiume M/Y; Zara, Yugo Port Area; Zell-am-See, Aus M/Y

B-17s Regensburg, Ger I/Ac; Pola Dock Area; Klagenfurt, Aus A/D
March 1944
2nd B-17s and B-24s Anzio Beachhead Troop Concentrations
3rd B-24s Canino LG; Viterbo A/D; Fabrica di Roma A/D

B-17s Rome, Littorio and Tiburtina M/Ys
4th B-17s (Breslau, Ger Aborted)
7th B-24s Poggibonsi M/Y; Pontassieve M/Y; Prato M/Y; Orvieto A/D; Rome A/d; Viterbo A/Ds

B-17s Toulon Sub Base, Fr
11th B-24s Toulon, Fr; Pontassieve M/Y

B-17s Padua M/Y
15th B-17s and B-24s Cassino Strong Point
16th B-17s San Giorgio Troop Concentrations
17th B-24s Vienna, Aus I/Area
18th B-24s Gorizia A/D; Lavariano LG; Maniago LG

B-17s Villaorba LG; Udine A/D
19th B-24s Klagenfurt, Aus A/D; Graz, Aus A/D; Knin, Yugo M/Y; Metkovic, Yugo A/D

B-17s Klagenfurt, Aus A/D
22nd B-24s Bologna M/Y; Rimini M/Y

B-17s Verona M/Ys
24th B-24s Rimini M/Y; Ancona M/Y
26th B-24s Maniago LG; Udine A/D; Rimini M/Y

B-17s Fiume Docks and shipping
28th B-24s Mestre M/Y; Verona M/Y; Fano and Cessno Brs

B-17s Verona M/Ys
29th B-24s Bolzano M/Y; Milan M/Y

B-17s Turin I/BB and M/Y and I/Area
30th B-17s and B-24s Sofia, Bul M/Y
April 1944
2nd B-24s Steyr, Aus I/Ac and A/D and I/BB; Mostar, Yugo A/D; Bihac, Yugo M/Y

B-17s Steyr, Aus I/BB; Brod, Yugo M/Y
3rd B-24s Budapest, Hun M/Ys

B-17s Budapest (Csepel Is.), Hun I/Ac; Brod, Yugo M/Y
4th B-24s Bucharest, Rum M/Ys and A/D

B-17s Bucharest, Rum M/Ys
5th B-24s Ploesti, Rum M/Y; Leskovac, Yugo M/Y

B-17s Ploesti, Rum M/Y; Nis, Yugo M/Y
6th B-17s Zagreb, Yugo A/D
7th B-24s Mestre M/Y; Bologna M/Y

B-17s Treviso M/Ys
8th B-17s Fischamend Markt, Aus I/Ac
12th B-24s Wiener Neustadt, Aus I/A; Bad Voslau, Aus I/A; Zagreb, Yugo M/Y and A/D

B-17s Fischamend Markt, Aus I/Ac; Split, Yugo
13th B-24s Budapest (caepel Is.), Hun I/Ac; Budapest. Tokol and Vecses A/Ds

B-17s Gyor, Hun I/Ac and A/D
15th B-24s Bucharest, Rum M/Ys

B-17s Ploesti, Rum M/Y; Nis, Yugo M/Y
16th B-24s Brasov, Rum M/Y; Turnu Saverin, Rum M/Y

B-17s Belgrade, Yugo I/A and A/D; Brasov, Rum I/Ac
17th B-24s Sofia, Bul M/Y

B-17s Belgrade, Yugo I/A and A/D and M/Y
20th B-24s Mestre M/Y; Reviso M/Y; Fano M/Y; Venice Harbor; Monfalcone Dockyards; Trieste

B-17s Ancona M/Y; Castelfranco M/Y; Padua M/Y; Vicenza M/Y; Venice Harbor Installations
21st B-24s Bucharest, Rum M/Ys
23rd B-24s Schwechat, Aus I/A; Bad Voslau, Aus I/A; Wiener Neustadt, Aus A/D

B-17s Wiener Neustadt, Aus I/A
24th B-24s Ploesti, Rum M/Y; Bucharest, Rum M/Ys

B-17s Ploesti, Rum M/Y; Belgrade, Yugo I/A; Ancona-Rimini RR (first Azon mission by five Fortresses)
25th B-24s Turin I/A; Varese

B-17s Vicenza M/Y
28th B-24s San Stefano Port Area (168 Libs dropped 418 tons); Orbetello Port Area (108 Libs dropped 267 tons)

B-17s Piombino Steel Works and Port (188 Forts dropped 563 tons)
29th B-17s and B-24s Toulon, Fr Harbor Area (573 heavies dropped 1,312 tons); Ancona-Rimini RR (second Azon mission by five Fortresses)
30th B-24s Alessandria M/Y; Milan M/Y

B-17s Milan I/A; Varese I/A; Reggio Emilia A/D
May 1944
2nd B-24s Castel Maggiore; Faenza RRBr

B-17s Bolzano M/Y
5th B-24s Ploesti, Rum M/Y; Podgoricu Troop/Con

B-17s Ploesti, Rum M/Y and I/O; Turnu Severin, Rum M/Y
6th B-24s Ploesti (Campina), Rum M/Y; Brasoc, Rum I/Ac

B-17s Brasov, Rum I/Ac; Turnu Severin, Rum M/Y
7th B-24s Bucharest, Rum M/Ys

B-17s Bucharest, Rum M/Ys; Belgrade, Yugo RRBr
10th B-24s Wiener Neustadt, Aus I/A and A/D

B-17s Wiener Neustadt, Aus I/Ac
12th B-17s and B-24s M/Ys, A/Ds, Troop Cons, Harbors hit in cooperation with ground forces in Italy
13th B-24s Vicenza M/Y; Piacenza M/Y; Bologna M/Y

B-17s Bolzano M/Y and RRBr; Trento M/Y; Bronzola M/Y; AvisioViaduct (third Azon mission)
14th B-24s Vicenza M/Y; Piacenza and Reggio Emilia A/Ds

B-17s Ferrara M/Y; Mantua M/Y; Piacenza A/D
17th B-24s San Stefano, Piombino, Porto Ferraio and Orbetello PortAreas

B-17s Ancona M/Y; Behac, Yugo Troop/Con
18th B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O; Belgrade, Yugo M/Y

B-17s Ploesti, Rum I/O; Belgrade, Yugo M/Y; Nis, Yugo M/Y
19th B-24s La Spezia Port Area; Leghorn Port Area

B-17s Porto Marghera I/O and I/Os; Casarsa, Latisana and RiminiRRBrs
22nd B-24s Fano, Porto Civitanova and La Spezia Port Areas

B-17s Avezzano M/Y
23rd B-24s Frascati M/Y; Marina

B-17s Avezzano M/Y; Ferentino M/Y
24th B-24s Wollersdorf, Aus A/D; Bad Voslau, Aus A/D; Munchendorf,Aus A/D; Graz, Aus A/D

B-17s Atzgersdorf, Aus I/Ac; Avisio RR Viaduct
25th B-24s Monfalcone Port Area (149 tons); Piacenza A/D (300 tons);Porto Marghera I/O (168 tons); and M/Ys in France -Amberieux (98), Toulon (243) and Givors (128)

B-17s Lyon/Venissieux, Fr M/Y (368 tons); Bihac, Yugo TroopConcentration
26th B-24s Var River, Fr Br (95 tons); and M/Ys in France - Lyon/Vaise(248), Lyon/Mouche (247), Chambery (180), Grenoble (159) and Nice (243 tons); Behac, Yugo Troop/Con

B-17s St. Etienne, Fr M/Y (440 tons)
27th B-24s Montpellier, Fr A/D (263 tons); Salon, Fr A/D (252 tons);and M/Ys in Franceand#8212;Nimes (235), Marseille/St. Charles (166)and Marseille/La Blancharde (120 tons)

B-17s Avignon, Fr M/Y (274 tons)
28th B-24s Genoa; Niksic, Yugo Troop Concentration
29th B-24s Wollersdorf, Aus A/D; Wiener Neustadt, Aus I/A; Atzgersdorf, Aus I/Ac; Poderica, Yugo Troop Concentration

B-17s Wollersdorf, Aus A/D
30th B-24s Wels, Aus I/Ac; Ebreichsdorf, Aus I/Ac; Pottendorf, Aus I/Ac; Neudorfl, Aus I/Ac; Neunkirchen, Aus I/Ac (total 614 tons)

B-17s Zagreb, Yugo M/Y
31st B-17s and B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O
June 1944
2nd B-24s Szolnok, Hun M/Y; Miskolc, Hun M/Y; Szeged, Hun M/Y; Simeria, Rum M/Y; Cluj, Rum M/Y

B-17s Debreczen, Hun M/Y (FRANTIC); Oradea, Rum M/Y
3rd B-24s Omis, Yugo
4th B-24s Genoa M/Y; Turin M/Y; Savona M/Y; Novi Ligure M/Y; Recco Viaduct; Orelle and Gad RRBrs

B-17s Antheor, Fr RR Viaduct; Var R. Fr RRBr
5th B-24s Bologna M/Y; Castel Maggiore M/Y; Forli M/Y; Ferrara M/Y; Faenza M/Y; and four Italian railroad bridges

B-17s Pioppi RRBr; Vado RRBr
6th B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O; Brasov, Rum M/Y

B-17s Belgrade, Yugo M/Y; Canal Installations, Yugo; Galati, Rum (FRANTIC)
7th B-24s Voltri Shipyards; Savona M/Y
8th B-17s Pola Submarine Pens
9th B-24s Munich, Ger I/A, Ord Depot, etc.; Porto Marghera I/O

B-17s Munich, Ger I/Area and A/D
10th B-24s Trieste I/O; Ferrara A/D; Ancona

B-17s Mestre M/Y; Porto Marghera M/Y and I/O
11th B-24s Giurgiu, Rum Oil Loading Quay and I/O (1,024 tons); Constanta, Rum

B-17s Smederevo, Yugo M/Y and I/O; Foscani, Rum A/D (FRANTIC)
13th B-24s Munich, Ger M/Y and Industry; Porto Narghera I/O

B-17s Munich, Ger A/D
14th B-24s Five Oil Targets (1,005 tons) - one at Pardubice, Czech and four in the Balkans

B-17s Budapest, Hun I/O (210 tons)
16th B-24s Bratislava, Czech I/O (369 tons); Vienna area Oil Refineries - Lobau (256 tons) and Schwechat (101 tons) - and Oil Depot - Winterhafen (94 tons)

B-17s Vienna area Oil Refineries - Kragan (192 tons) and Florisdorf (195 tons)
22nd B-24s Six M/Ys and two Brs in Italy; Turin M/T works; Chivasso M/T Depot

B-17s Fornova di Taro M/Y; Modena M/Y; Parma M/Y
23rd B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O; Giurgiu, Rum I/O (487)

B-17s Ploesti, Rum I/O
24th B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O; Craieva, Rum RR Depot

B-17s Piatra, Rum RRBr
25th B-24s Sete, Fr I/Os; Avignon, Fr M/Y; Toulon, Fr

B-17s Sete, Fr M/Y and I/Os
26th B-17s and B-24s Five of the seven Oil Refineries in the Vienna area - Moosbierbaum (276 tons), Florisdorf (245), Lobau (222), Korneuberg (236), Schwechat (156) - and Oil Depot - Winterhafen (60)
27th B-24s Brod, Yugo M/Y; Drehobycz, Po I/O (140)

B-17s Budapest, Hun M/Y
28th B-24s Karlova, Bul A/D; Bucharest, Rum I/O (265)
30th B-17s and B-24s Major targets abandoned; hit rail and airdrome targets in Hun and Yugo
July 1944
2nd B-24s Budapest, Hun I/O, A/D and M/Y

B-17s Almasfuzito, Hun I/O; Blechhammer, Ger I/O; Brod and Vinkovci, Yugo M/Ys
3rd B-24s Giurgiu, Rum I/O (280); Bucharest, Rum I/O (*4); Belgrade, Yugo I/O (70)

B-17s Arad, Rum Repair Shops; Piatra, Rum RRBr
4th B-24s Pitesti, Rum M/Y and RRBr

B-17s Brasov, Rum I/O (426 tons)
5th B-24s Toulon, Fr Docks and sub pens; Bezier, Fr M/Y

B-17s Montpellier, Fr M/Y
6th B-17s and B-24s Italian M/Ys, RRBrs, I/Os and Bergamo Steel Works targets for 711 heavies
7th B-24s Blechhammer N, Ger I/O; Odertal, Ger I/O; Dubnica, Czech Armament Works; Zagreb, Yugo M/Y and A/D

B-17s Blechhammer S, Ger I/O
8th B-24s Vienna, Aus A/Ds; Vienna, Korneuberg (166 tons) and Florisdorf I/O (219) I/Os

B-17s Vienna, Aus, Vosendorf I/O (162 tons)
9th B-17s and B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O
10th B-24s Minor rail targets in Italy
11th B-24s Toulon, Fr Harbor Area (200 tons)
12th B-24s Miramas and Nimes, Fr M/Ys (760 tons); Theoule and Var River, Fr Brs (300 tons)
13th B-24s Brescia M/Y; Mantova M/Y, Verona M/Y; Thriete I/Os; Fiume

B-17s Mestre M/Y; Latisana, Pinzano and Venzone RRBr
14th B-17s and B-24s Four I/O and a M/Y at Budapest, Hun
15th B-17s and B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O
16th B-17s and B-24s Vienna, Aus Oil Storage, Aircraft Engine Works, A/D and M/Y
17th B-24s Avignon, Fr M/Y; Aries, Fr RRBr; Tarascon, Fr RRBr
18th B-17s and B-24s Friedrichshafen, Ger Jet Aircraft Plants; Memmingen, Ger A/D; Casarea RRBr
19th B-24s Neuaubling (Munich Area), Ger I/A

B-17s Munich, Ger Ordnance Depot
20th B-24s Friedrichshafen, Ger I/A and Aircraft Engine Works

B-17s Memmingen, Ger A/D
21st B-24s Brux, Czech I/O; Mestre M/Y

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O
22nd B-17s and B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O
23rd B-24s Berat, Alb I/O
24th B-24s Les Chanoines, Fr A/D; Valence, Fr A/D; Genoa Harbor Area

B-17s Turin I/BB and Tank Works
25th B-17s and B-24s Linz, Aus Tank Works
26th B-24s Vienna Area: Markersdorf, Aus A/D; Graz, Aus A/D; Zwolfaxing, Ays A/D

B-17s Vienna, Aus I/Ac
27th B-17s and B-24s Budapest, Hun Armament Works
28th B-17s and B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O
30th B-24s Lispe, Hun I/O

B-17s Budapest, Hun A/D; Brod, Yugo M/Y
31st B-24s Targoviste, Rum I/O; Bucharest, Rum I/Os

B-17s Ploesti, Rum I/O
August 1944
2nd B-24s Genoa M/Y and Harbor Area

B-17s Portes Les Valences, Fr M/Y and Torpedo Factory; Le Pouzin, Fr I/Os
3rd B-24s Friedrichshafen, Ger I/As; Brenner Brs

B-17s Friedrichshafen, Ger I/A and Chemical Works; Immenstadt, Ger M/Y
6th B-24s Toulon, Fr Sub Pens; Rail Bridges and Oil Storage in France

B-17s Portes Les Valences, Fr M/Y; Le Pouzin, Fr I/Os and RRBr
7th B-24s Blechhammer N, Ger I/O; Novi Sad, Yugo I/Os; Alibunar, Yugo A/D

B-17s Blechhammer S, Ger I/O
9th B-24s Refineries, Oil Storage, A/Ds in Hungary

B-17s Gyor, Hun I/A and Wagon Works; Brod, Yugo M/Y
10th B-17s and B-24s Ploesto, Rum I/O
12th B-24s Gun Positions around Sete, Toulon and Marseille, Fr and around Genoa

B-17s Gun Positions in Savona area
13th B-17s and B-24s Gun Positions and Bridges in southern France and (B-17s) Pec, Yugo
14th B-17s and B-24s Gun Positions near Toulon, Fr, Genoa and Sevona
15th B-17s and B-24s Southern France invasion beaches
16th B-17s and B-24s Rail Bridges in southern France
17th B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O

B-17s Nis, Yugo A/D
18th B-17s and B-24s Ploesti, Rum I/O
19th B-17s Ploesti, Rum I/O (last attack)
20th B-24s Oil Refineries in Czech; Szolnok, Hun M/Y

B-17s Oswiciem, Po I/O
21st B-24s Hadju Boszormeny, Hun A/D
22nd B-24s Vienna, Lobau I/O; Blechhammer S, Ger I/O

B-17s Odertal, Ger I/O
23rd B-24s Vienna, Aus I/Os and A/D; Ferrara RRBr

B-17s Vienna, Aus I/Ac and I Area
24th B-17s and B-24s Oil Refineries in Germany and Czechoslovakia, Pardubice, Czech A/D (B-17s) and Bridges in Hungary, Yugoslavia and Italy attacked by 600 heavies
25th B-24s Brno, Czech I/A

B-17s Brno, Czech I/A and A/D
26th B-24s Bucharest, Rum A/D and Army Barracks; Giurgiu, Rum Ferry

B-17s Avisio, Latisana, Venzone RR Viaducts
27th B-24s Blechhammer S, Ger I/O; Avisio Viaduct; Ferrara Br

B-17s Blechhammer, Ger I/O
28th B-24s Rail Bridges and M/Ys in Hungary and Italy

B-17s Vienna, Moosbierbaum I/O
29th B-17s and B-24s Oil Storage and Rail Targets in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Italy
30th B-24s Cuprija, Yugo Br

B-17s Brod, Yugo M/Y; Novi Sad, Yugo M/Y
31st B-17s Novi Sad, Yugo RRBr; Ploesti Evacuation Mission
September 1944
1st B-24s Kraljevo and Mitrovica, Yugo Brs; Debreczen, Hun M/Y; Ferrara RRBr

B-17s Nis, Yugo A/D; Moravia, Yugo RRBr; Evacuation Mission
2nd B-24s Bridges and M/Ys in Yugoslavia
3rd B-24s Bridges in Yugoslavia and Italy

B-17s Belgrade, Yugo RRBr; Evac Mission
4th B-24s Bridges, Viaducts and M/Ys in Italy

B-17s Genoa Docks and submarines (490 tons)
5th B-24s Bridges in Italy, Hungary, Yugoslavia

B-17s Budapest, Hun RRBrs
6th B-24s Novi Sad, Yugo M/Y; Leskovac, Yugo M/Y and Troop Concentration
8th B-17s and B-24s Bridges and M/Ys in Yugoslavia
10th B-24s Vienna, Aus Ord Depot and I/Area; Horsching, Hun A/D; Trieste Harbor

B-17s Vienna, Lobau and Schwechat I/Os
12th B-24s Munich, Ger Aircraft Engine Works; Lechfeld, Ger A/D

B-17s Lechfeld, Ger A/D
13th B-24s Odertal, Ger I/O; Oswiecim, Po I/O; Avisio Br; Mezza Corona Br

B-17s Blechhammer N, Ger I/O (287 tons)
15th B-24s Athens, Gr M/Y; Athens, Eleusis and Tatoi A/Ds

B-17s Athens, Kalamaki A/D; Salamis, Gr Sub Base
17th B-17s and B-24s Budapest, Hun M/Y
18th B-17s and B-24s Bridges and M/Ys in Hungary and Yugo
19th B-24s Kraljevo and Mitrovica, Yugo Brs
20th B-24s Bratislava, Czech I/O; Malacky, Czech A/D; Gyor, Hun A\I/Ac and M/Y

B-17s Budapest and Szob; Hun RRBr
21st B-17s and B-24s Bridges and M/Ys in Hungary and Yugo
22nd B-24s Munich, Ger A/D; Larissa, Gr M/Y

B-17s Munich, Ger Aircraft Engine Works
23rd B-24s Rail Bridges and Viaducts in Italy

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O and M/Y
24th B-24s Athens, Gr Kalamaki and Tatoi A/Ds
25th B-24s Athens, Gr Harbor Facilities
October 1944
4th B-17s and B-24s Munich, Ger M/Y; Bridges in Italy and on the Brenner Pass route
7th B-24s Vienna, Aus Schwechat, Winterhafen and Komara I/Os; Gyor,Hun A/D

B-17s Vienna, Lobau I/O; Ersekuvar, Hun M/Y
10th B-17s and B-24s Bridges and M/Ys in Italy
11th B-24s Vienna, Aus Motor Works

B-17s Vienna, Aus Ord Depot; Graz, Aus Motor Works
12th B-17s and B-24s Bologna Troop Con, Bivouac Area and Stores (698 heavies, 1271 tons)
13th B-24s Vienna, Aus Motor Works and I/Area; M/Ys in Aus, Czech and Hungary

B-17s Vienna, Aus I/Os; Blechhammer S, Ger I/O
14th B-24s Odertal, Ger I/O; Maribor, Yugo Br

B-17s Blechhammer N, Ger I/O; Ersekuvar, Hun M/Y
16th B-24s St. Valentin, Aus Tank Works; Linz, Aus Benzol Plant; Steyr and Graz, Aus Aero Engine Works

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O; Pilsen, Czech Skoda Works; M/Ys in Austria
17th B-24s Vienna, Aus M/Y

B-17s Blechhammer S, Ger I/O
20th B-24s Innsbruck, Aus M/Y; Bad Aibling, Ger A/D

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O; Regensburg, Ger I/Os
21st B-24s Gyor and Szombathley, Hun M/Y and A/D
23rd B-24s Plauen, Ger Arms Works (100 tons); Regensburg, Ger I/Os; M/Ys and Rail Targets in Italy and Brenner Pass

B-17s Pilsen, Czech Skoda Works; Rosenheim, Ger M/Y
25th B-17s Klagenfurt, Aus I/Ac
26th B-17s Innsbruck, Aus M/Y
28th B-17s Klagenfurt, Aus I/Ac; Munich, Ger M/Y
29th B-24s Munich, Ger M/Y
November 1944
1st B-24s Graz, Aus Ord Depot

B-17s Graz M/Y and A/d; Vienna Ord Depot
2nd B-17s Vienna, Moosbierbaum I/O; Klagenfurt
3rd B-24s Vienna, Moosbierbaum I/O; Klagenfurt, Aus I/Ac

B-17s Vienna, Aus Ord Depot
4th B-24s Munich and Augsburg, Ger M/Ys; Linz M/Y

B-17s Regensburg, Ger I/Os
5th B-17s and B-24s Vienna, Florisdorf I/O (1100 tons); Podgorica, Yugo M/Y; Mitrovica, Yugo Troop Concentrations
6th B-17s and B-24s Vienna, Aus Mosbierbaum I/O (403 tons) and Ord Depot; Bruck, Aus Steel Works; Maribor, Yugo M/Y
7th B-24s Brenner Pass; Yugoslav Troop Cons

B-17s Vienna, Florisdorf I/O; Maribor M/Y
8th B-24s Mitrovica and Prijepolje, Yugo Troop Concentrations
11th B-17s and B-24s Brux, Czech I/O; Rail Targets in Austria and Italy
12th B-24s Bridges in northern Italy
13th B-17s and B-24s Blachhammer, Ger I/O
14th B-24s Linz, Aus Benzol Plant
15th B-24s Novi Pazar, Yugo Troop Con; Linz, Aus

B-17s Linz, Aus Benzol Plant
16th B-24s Munich, Ger M/Y; Visegrad, Yugo Troops

B-17s Munich, Ger M/Y; Innsbruck, Aus M/Y
17th B-24s Vienna, Florisdorf I/O (402 tons); Blechhammer S., Ger (199 tons); Graz, Aus and Gyor, Hun and Maribor, Yugo M/Ys

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O; Salzburg, Aus M/Y
18th B-17s and B-24s Vienna, Aus Florisdorf and Korneuberg I/Os (510 tons); Aviano A/D; Vicanza A/D; Yugoslav Troop Concentrations
19th B-17s and B-24s Vienna, Aus I/Os; Linz, Aus Benzol Plant; Rail Targets in Italy and Yugo
20th B-24s Rail Targets in Italy and Czech

B-17s Blechhammer S, Ger (314 tons) I/O; Brno, Czech M/Y
22nd B-17s and B-24s Rail Targets in Germany, Austria, Italy
23rd B-24s Zenica and Brod, Yugo RRBrs
24th B-17s Linz, Aus Benzol Plant; Klagenfurt M/Y
25th B-24s M/Ys in Germany and Austria

B-17s Linz Benzol Plant; Klagenfurt, Aus M/Y
30th B-24s Munich, Ger M/Y; Innsbruck, Aus M/Y

B-17s Linz, Aus Benzol Plant
December 1944
2nd B-17s and B-24s Blechhammer N and S, Odertal, Ger and Vienna, Florisdorf I/Os (450 heavies)
3rd B-17s and B-24s Linz, Aus I/Area; Villach, Aus M/Y and Goods Station
6th B-24s Szombathely and Sopron, Hun M/Ys; Graz

B-17s Zagreb, Yugo M/Y; Brod, Yugo HWYBr
7th B-24s Innsbruck and Salzburg, Aus M/Ys; Klagenfurt, Aus I/Area

B-17s Salzburg and Klagenfurt, Aus M/Ys; Linz, Aus and Spittal,Ger Benzol Plants; Athens, Gr Supply mission
8th B-17s and B-24s Rail Targets Klagenfurt, Villach, Graz and Volkermarkt, Aus; Moosbierbaum I/O
9th B-24s Linz, Aus I/Area; Vienna, Moosbierbaum I/O; Brux, CzechI/O

B-17s Regensburg, Ger M/Y and I/O
10th B-17s Brux, Czech I/O
11th B-17s and B-24s Vienna, Moosbierbaum I/O * Goods Yard
12th B-17s and B-24s Blechhammer S, Ger I/O
15th B-17s and B-24s M/Ys in Austria and Germany
16th B-17s and B-24s Brux, Czech I/O; Linz, Aus Benzol Plant; Innsbruck, Aus M/Y
17th B-24s Odertal, Ger I/O; Blechhammer S, Ger I/O; M/Ys in Austriaand Germany

B-17s Blechhammer N, Ger I/O
18th B-24s Vienna, Florisdorf, Oswiecim, Po and Blechhammer, GerI/Os; Graz, Aus

B-17s Odertal, Ger I/O
19th B-24s M/Ys in Germany and Austria

B-17s Blechhammer N, Ger I/O; Vienna, Aus M/Y; Sopron, Hun M/Y
20th B-24s Salzburg, Aus M/Y; Villach, Aus M/Y; Pilsen, Czech SkodaWorks

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O; Regensburg, Ger I/Os; Linz, Aus M/Y; Salzburg, Aus M/Y
21st B-24s Rosenheim, Ger M/Y
25th B-24s Innsbruck, Hall and Wells, Aus M/Ys

B-17s Brux, Czech I/O
26th B-24s Oswiecim, Po I/O; Brenner Pass

B-17s Blechhammer S and Odertal, Ger I/Os
27th B-24s Bruck and Klagenfurt, Aus M/Ys; Maribor, Yugo M/Y; Brenner Pass

B-17s Vienna, Aus Vosendorf I/O; Linz and Wiener Beustadt, AusM/Ys
28th B-24s Brenner Pass; Pardubica, Czech I/O

B-17s Regensburg, Ger I/Os; Salzburg, Aus M/Y
29th B-24s Brenner Pass; M/Ys Austria and Germany

B-17s Innsbruck, Aus M/Y; Castel Franco and Udine LocomotiveRepair Depots
January 1945
4th B-17s and B-24s Porto Nuovo Marshalling Yard in Verona
5th B-17s and B-24s Zagreb, Yugoslavia (only one 451st Bomb Group aircraft could bomb the target)
8th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard in Linz Austria and marshalling yard at Graz
15th B-17s and B-24s rail targets in Vienna

B-24s marshalling yards at Treviso, Italy
19th B-17s and B-24s Yugoslav rail targets, marshalling yard at Brod Zagreb East Marshalling Yard
20th B-17s and B-24s Marshalling Yard at Linz, Herman Goering tank factory and a steel mill

B-17s oil storage facility at Regensburg
21st B-17s Schwechat Oil Refinery and marshalling yard at Graz and Lobau Oil Refinery in Vienna
31st B-17s and B-24s oil refinery at Moosebierbaum

B-24s marshalling yard at Graz,Maribor in Yugoslavia, marshalling yards at Nagyskanizska, Hungary
February 1945
1st B-17s and B-24s synthetic oil refinery at Moosebierbaum and marshalling yard at Graz
5th B-17s and B-24s Regensburg oil storage facility and marshalling yard at Salzburg, Austria

B-24s railroad at Straubing Germany and marshalling yards at Villach
7th B-17s and B-24s oil refinery at Moosebierbaum, near Vienna and Lobau refinery in Vienna

B-17s Schwechat Oil Refinery in Vienna and airfield at Zwand#246;llfaxing, Austria

B-24s Florisdorf Refinery and oil refinery at Korneuburg near Vienna and Bratislava
8th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards in southern Vienna and marshalling yards at Graz
9th B-17s and B-24s Lone Wolf missions to Moosebierbaum Oil Refinery
13th B-17s and B-24s Southern Ordnance Depot Vienna

B-17s marshalling yard at Maribor, Yugoslavia

B-24s Matzleindorf Marshalling Yard in Vienna

B-24s Southern Freight Yards in Vienna and Vienna Central Repair Shops

B-24s marshalling yard at Sarvar, Yugoslavia

B-24s Rail targets in Maribor and marshalling yards at Zagreb
14th B-17s and B-24s Moosebierbaum Oil Refinery and Schwechat Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-24s marshalling yard at Celje, Yugoslavia and Villachand#8217;s marshalling yards, marshalling yard at Zagreb

B-24s marshalling yard at Graz and marshalling yard at Gleisdorf, Austria

B-24s Florsidorf Oil Refinery in Vienna, marshalling yard at Klagenfurt, and marshalling yard at Maribor

B-17s refinery Lobau Vienna
15th B-17s Southeast Freight Depot in Vienna, but hit the South Ordnance Depot instead

B-17s Matzleindorf Marshalling Yard

B-24s Penszinger Marshalling Yards and Florisdorf Marshalling Yard

B-24s Korneuberg Oil Refinery

B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Wiener Neustadt
16th B-17s and B-24s Obertraubling Aircraft Factory and airfield near Regensburg

B-24s airfield at Neuburg, Germany and Rosenheimand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard at Hall, Austria

B-24s marshalling yard at Innsbruck and yards at Lienz

B-17s Vipitenoand#8217;s marshalling yard, marshalling yard at Campo de Trens and airfield at Landsberg, Germany
17th B-17s and B-24s Main Station marshalling yards in Linz

B-24s St. Valentin tank factory at Steyr and marshalling yards at Graz and steel factory at Judenberg, Austria

B-24s marshalling yards at Wels

B-24s battleship Cavour, and several merchant vessels in the harbor at Trieste, Italy and Italian harbor, at Pola

B-24s shipyard at Fiume, Italy
18th B-17s and B-24s Linz Main Marshalling Yards

B-17s Benzoil plant

B-24s marshalling yard at Salzburg
19th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards in Vienna Klagenfurtand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s Penzinger Rail Road Station marshalling yards and Matzleindorf Marshalling Yards

B-24s marshalling yard at Graz and marshalling yard at Bruck

B-17s and B-24s harbor facilities at Pola Italy

B-24s shipyards at Fiume Italy

B-24s marshalling yards at Maribor Yugoslavia
20th B-17s Lobau Oil Refinery and marshalling yards at Florisdorf and steel factory in Kapfenburg

B-24s shipyards at Fiume and Pola Harbor
21st B-17s and B-24s Viennese marshalling yards

B-24s Matzleindorf Marshalling Yards

B-24s marshalling yard at Sopron, Hungary

B-24s marshalling yards at Wiener Neustadt Austria
22nd B-17s and B-24s Operation Clarion

B-17s marshalling yards at Immedstadt and marshalling yard at Biehl, Germany

B-24s Kemptenand#8217;s marshalling yards and marshalling yards at Memmingen, but missed the yards, marshalling yard at Piesendorf, marshalling yard at Jenbach, marshalling yards at Rattendorf, Wand#246;rgland#8217;s marshalling yards,railroad bridge at Sankt Johann

B-24s marshalling yard at Landshut and marshalling yards at Platting

B-24s Klagenfurtand#8217;s marshalling yards, Traunstein, in Germany, marshalling yards at Altenmarkt, marshalling yard at Bischofschofen, Saalfeldenand#8217;s Marshalling Yards

B-17s marshalling yard at Lienz Austria and marshalling yards at Ruette, Austria

B-24s marshalling yard at Casarsa, Italy

B-17s marshalling yard at Monguelfo, Italy
23rd B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard and Benzoil refinery at Linz

B-24s Amstettenand#8217;s marshalling yards and marshalling yards at Villach
26th B-17s and B-24s returned with their bombs from overcast targets in central Yugoslavia
27th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Ausgburg

B-24s marshalling yards at Jenbach, Austria and Salzburgand#8217;s Marshalling Yards
28th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard at Bolzano and marshalling yard at Conigliano

B-24s marshalling yard at Brescia and marshalling yard at Vincenza, marshalling yard at Ora, and Vipiteno

B-24s Fortezzaand#8217;s marshalling yard
March 1945
1st B-17s and B-24s Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery

B-24s Sankt Pand#246;ltenand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s rail yards at Jesnice, Yugoslavia

B-24s Klagenfurtand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-17s marshalling yards at Villach
2nd B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard at Linz and Herman Goering Steel Factory and the ordnance depot
4th B-17s western marshalling yard at Sopron, Hungary and marshalling yard at Knittelfeld, but missed the yards

B-24s main marshalling yards at Graz and marshalling yards at Celje, Yugoslavia

B-24s Szombathely, Hungaryand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s marshalling yards and main sidings in Wiener Neustad and marshalling yard at Sankt Veit
8th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Hegyeshalom, Hungary

B-24s Komaromand#8217;s marshalling yards and locomotive depot at Maribor

B-24s steel factory in Kapfenburg, Austria
9th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard at Graz

B-24s marshalling yard at Sankt Paul

B-24s marshalling yards at Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
10th B-17s and B-24s Parona Railroad Bridge
12th B-17s and B-24s Florisdorf Oil Refinery and three adjoining marshalling yard in Vienna

B-17s marshalling yard at Graz

B-17s and B-24s Regensburgand#8217;s marshalling yards
14th B-17s Magyar Oil Refinery in Szand#337;ny Hungary

B-24s refinery in Almasfand#252;zitand#337; Hungary

B-24s marshalling yards at Wiener Neustadt

B-17s Komaromand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s Zagreband#8217;s marshalling ya
15th B-17s and B-24s oil refinery at Ruhland

B-17s and B-24s oil refinery at Kolin, Czechoslovakia

B-24s Wiener Neustadtand#8217;s marshalling and Klagenfurtand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery

B-24s marshalling yard at Graz and Schwechat Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-24s Florisdorf Oil Refinery, in Vienna and marshalling yards at Bruck

B-24s marshalling yard at Mand#252;rzzuschlag, Hungary
16th B-17s Florisdorf Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-17s marshalling yards at Sankt Veit

B-17s and B-24s Schwechat Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-24s Moosbierbaum Oil Refinery

B-24s marshalling yards in Pragersko, Yugoslavia

B-24s marshalling yards at Wiener Neustadt
19th B-24s Landshutand#8217;s marshalling yards in Germany

B-24s Lambach, Austria

B-17s marshalling yard at Passau, in Germany

B-24s marshalling yards at Mand#252;hldorf, Germany and marshalling yard at Garching, Germany

B-24s Altenmarktand#8217;s marshalling yards
20th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards in Wels, Austria

B-24s St. Valentin tank factory at Steyr

B-17s and B-24s marshalling yard at Amstetten

B-24s marshalling yards at Sankt Pand#246;lten,

B-24s Korneuberg Oil Refinery near Vienna

B-17s and B-24s Kagran Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-17s Weiner Neustadtand#8217;s marshalling yards
21st B-24s jet aircraft airfield at Neuburg, Germany

B-17s Vosendorf Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-24s Kagran Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-17s Florisdorf Oil Refinery and marshalling yard and marshalling yards at Klagenfurt
22nd B-17s oil refinery at Ruhland

B-17s oil refinery at Kralupy, Czechoslovakia

B-17s marshalling yards at Zeltweg

B-24s Southeast Marshalling Yards and Freight Depot in Vienna

B-24s oil refinery at Kralupy, Czechoslovakia

B-24s marshalling yards at Libiand#353;

B-24s marshalling yard Wels, Austriaand#8217;s

B-24s Kagran Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-24s Kand#246;flacher Marshalling Yards in Graz

B-24s Heilingenstadt Marshalling Yard in Vienna
23rd B-17s and B-24s oil refinery at Ruhland and marshalling yards at Budjovice, Czechoslovakia

B-24s German marshalling yards at Gmund

B-24s St. Valentin Tank Factory at Steyr

B-24s marshalling yards at Steyr.

B-24s Austrian oil target, the Kagran Oil Refinery in Vienna

B-24s Sankt Pand#246;ltenand#8217;s marshalling yards
24th B-17s and B-24s Daimler Tank Factory in the Marienfelde section of Berlin

B-24s jet airfield at Neuburg, Germany

B-24s airfield, Reim Field in Munich

B-24s marshalling yard at Plattling

B-24s marshalling yards at Budjovice, Czechoslovakia
25th B-17s and B-24s Kbely Airfield in Prague, Czechoslovakia

B-24s airfield at Wels, Austria

B-24s Letand#328;any Airfield in Prague

B-24s Lieben Tank Factory in Prague and production facility at Cheb, near Prague
26th B-17s and B-24s Wiener Neustadt and Neunkirchen, Austria

B-24s marshalling yard in Strasshoff, near Vienna

B-24s marshalling yard, at Bruck

B-24s Wiener Neustadt yards

B-24s Rangier Marshalling Yard in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

B-24s Szombathely, Hungary
30th B-17s and B-24s last Lone Wolf mission North Station and freight depot in Vienna

B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Graz

B-24s Klagenfurtand#8217;s marshalling yards but their bombs also missed the yards
31st B-17s and B-24s Main Station Marshalling Yards and sidings in Linz

B-24s Herman Goering Factory, its labor camp, and a chemical factory

B-24s marshalling yard at Villach

B-24s marshalling yard at Treviso, Italy
April - May 1945
1st B-17s railroad bridge at Maribor in Yugoslavia

B-24s marshalling yard at Sankt Pand#246;lten, Austria and railroad bridge at Krieglach, Austria

B-24s marshalling yards at Zeltweg

B-24s marshalling yards at Graz

B-24s flak positions near Venice
2nd B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Graz

B-24s marshalling yards at Sankt Pand#246;lten

B-24s marshalling yard at Krems

B-24s rail bridge near Leibnitz, Austria
5th B-17s Campoformido Airfield at Udine

B-24s railroad bridge at Dravograd, Yugoslavia

B-24s locomotive depot and marshalling yard in Alessandria

B-24s Lingotto Locomotive Depot and Marshalling Yards in Turin
6th B-17s railroad bridge at Verona, Italy

B-24s Porto Nuova Marshalling Yard in Verona

B-24s marshalling yard at Brescia and factory in Brescia
7th B-17s railroad bridge at Mezzacorona and railroad bridge in Verona

B-24s Klagenfurtand#8217;s marshalling yards
8th B-17s railroad bridge at Bressanone, Italy and power station near Trento

B-17s Campodazzoand#8217;s railroad bridge

B-24s Vipitenoand#8217;s railroad bridge

B-24s marshalling yard at Brescia and Goriziaand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s Pordenoneand#8217;s marshalling yards and Fortezzoand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s railroad bridge at Campo di Trens

B-17s and B-24s Avisio River Viaduct at Parona di Valpolicella
9th B-17s and B-24s Bologna, code named and#8220;Appleand#8221; and and#8220;Apricotand#8221; Areas,
10th B-17s and B-24s artillery and infantry positions along the Santerno River, code named and#8220;Bakerand#8221; and and#8220;Charleyand#8221; Areas
11th B-17s Paduaand#8217;s rail bridges and railroad bridge at Vipiteno

B-24s Goito fuel depot

B-24s Campodazzoand#8217;s railroad bridges and vehicle repair depot at Ossopo

B-24s Bronzoloand#8217;s marshalling yard and bridges at Ora

B-24s Campo di Trens railroad bridge

B-24s railroad bridge at Ponte Gardena
12th B-17s Italian ammunition dump at Malcontenta

B-24s railroad bridge at Ponte di Piave and railroad bridge, at Sankt Veit
14th B-17s railroad bridge, at Sankt Veit

B-24s munitions factory in Spilimbergo and ammunition factory near Palmanova

B-24s Ossopoand#8217;s vehicle depot and marshalling yards at Klagenfurt
15th B-17s and B-24s front-line targets in the Bologna area and diversion bridge at Nervesa

B-17s bridge at Ponte di Piave

B-24s railroad bridge near Casarsa

B-24s munitions factory and ammunition storage facility at Ghedi
16th B-17s and B-24s hit gun positions, ammunition dumps, headquarters, and troop concentrations in the Bologna area
17th B-17s and B-24s gun positions, ammunition dumps, headquarters, and troop concentrations in the Bologna area

B-24s railroad bridge at Seefeld, Austria
18th B-17s and B-24s gun positions, ammunition dumps, headquarters, and troop concentrations in the Bologna area
19th B-24s Rosenheimand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s Austrian marshalling yards at Bischofschen

B-24s marshalling yards at Klagenfurt and Lienzand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-17s railroad bridge at Rattenberg, Austria

B-24s Avisio River Viaduct and railroad bridge at Vipiteno
20th B-17s and B-24s rail targets in the Brenner Pass area, in both Austria and Italy

B-24s railroad bridge at Campodazzo

B-17s marshalling yards at Fortezzo, Brennero and marshalling yard, at Vipiteno and marshalling yards at Chiusa and marshalling yard at Mules.

B-17s nnsbruckand#8217;s marshalling yards

B-24s railroad viaduct at Mariahoff, Austria and Avisio River Viaduct at Parona di Valpolicella

B-24s highway and road bridges bridge at Lusia and last bridge struck, at Rovigo in northern Italy
21st B-17s marshalling yards at Rosenheim Germany

B-17s and B-24s Attang-Pucheimand#8217;s marshalling yards and marshalling yards at Spital

B-17s marshalling yards at Vand#246;cklabruck

B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Attang-Pucheim, Germany
23rd B-17s and B-24s road and highway bridges in Italy road bridge at Bonavigo

B-17s road bridge at Zevio and bridge at Albaredo and Zevio bridge

B-24s road bridge at Legnago and three bridges at Padua

B-17s and B-24s supply dump at Peschiera
24th B-17s and B-24s railroad bridges in southern Austria and northern Italy. Malborghettoand#8217;s railroad bridge and Kolbnitz Railroad Bridge in Austria

B-17s and B-24s rail diversion bridge near Casarsa,road bridge near Lendorf, Austria and railroad bridge at Splimbergo

B-24s marshalling yards on the Brenner Pass rail line and bridges in the vicinity of Vincenza

B-24s bridge near Breganza and vehicle depot at Ossopo
25th B-17s and B-24s marshalling yards at Linz and marshalling yards at Wels
26th B-24s vehicle depot at Tarvisio and Sachsenburgand#8217;s marshalling yard.

B-24s marshalling yard at Lienz and Spitaland#8217;s marshalling yards
May 1945

1st B-17s Main Station Marshalling Yards in Salzburg

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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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  • Hess, William N. and Jim Winchester. 'Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: Queen of the Skies' Wings Of Fame. Volume 6, 1997, pp. 38–103. London: Aerospace Publishing. ISBN 1-874023-93-X. ISSN 1361-2034.
  • Hickey, Lawrence J. (with Birdsall, Steve; Jonas, Madison D.; Rogers, Edwards M.; and Tagaya, Osamu). Ken’s Men Against the Empire: The Illustrated History of the 43rd Bombardment Group During World War II (Volume I: Prewar to October 1943, The B-17 Era). International Historical Research Associates, 2016. ISBN 978-0-9135-1107-7.
  • Jablonski, Edward. Flying Fortress. New York: Doubleday, 1965. ISBN 0-385-03855-0.
  • Johnson, Frederick A. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (Warbird Tech Series, Volume 7). Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 2001. ISBN 1-58007-052-3.
  • Listemann, Phil H. Allied Wings No. 7 Boeing Fortress Mk. I. www.raf-in-combat.com, 2009. First edition. ISBN 978-2-9532544-2-6.
  • Lloyd, Alwyn T. B-17 Flying Fortress in Detail and Scale. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers, 1986. ISBN 0-8168-5029-1.
  • O'Leary, Michael. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (Osprey Production Line to Frontline 2). Botley, Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-85532-814-3.
  • B-17E 41-2595 History and Restoration
  • Andrade, John M. . U.S Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicester: Midland Counties Publications, First edition 1979. ISBN 0 904597 22 9.
  • Swanborough, Gordon and Peter M. Bowers. United States Navy Aircraft since 1911. London: Putnam, Second edition 1976. ISBN 0-370-10054-9.
  • Swanborough, F. G. and Peter M. Bowers. United States Military aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam, 1963

    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

    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress

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