43rd Bombardment Group "Ken's Men"
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses
See also B-24 Liberator - 43rd Bombardment Group
63rd Bombardment Squadron (63rd BS)
B-17E "Monkey Bizz-Ness" 41-2417 scrapped 1946
B-17E "The Last Straw" 41-2432 scrapped January 1945
B-17E "Guinea Pig" 41-2472 scrapped October 1944
B-17E "Old Topper" 41-2481 crashed July 8, 1942
B-17E "Loose-Goose" 41-2609 Flown back to USA, scrapped
B-17E "Ready Betty - Gone Forever" 41-2637 returned to USA in November 1943
B-17E "Old Faithful" 41-2657 transfered to 54th TCW
B-17F "Cap'n & The Kids / Miss Em" 41-24353 scrapped April 1946
B-17F "Dinah Might ?" 41-24355 transfered to the 64th BS
B-17F "Ka-Puhio-Wela" 41-24356 pilot Moore crashed March 3, 1943
B-17F "Mama Maxie / The Super Chief" 41-24357 scrapped September 1945
B-17F "Lulu Belle" 41-24358 scrapped 1945
B-17F "Panama Hattie" 41-24381 scrapped July 1948
B-17F 41-24383 pilot Christopher MIA January 7, 1943
B-17F "Hoomalimali" 41-24391 pilot Henson destroyed September 14, 1942
B-17F "Lak-A-Nookie" 41-24401 scrapped November 1945
B-17F "Dumbo" 41-24429 pilot Anderson December 4, 1942
B-17F "Old Baldy" 41-24455 scrapped September 1944
B-17F "Reckless Mountain Boys" 41-24518 pilot Heichel force landed May 7, 1943
B-17F "The Fighting Swede" 41-24520 pilot Keatts MIA May 8, 1943
B-17F "Black Jack / The Joker's Wild" 41-24521 pilot De Loach ditched July 11, 1943
B-17F "Talisman" 41-24537 transfered to 403rd BS briefly then back until September 1943 then scrapped September 9, 1945
B-17F 41-24540 destroyed January 17, 1943
B-17F "I Dood It" 41-24543 pilot Barnett crashed June 30, 1943
B-17F "Little Poopsie Adele" 41-24548 converted to a armed transport then to 54th TCW
B-17F "The Mustang" 41-24554 scrapped 1945
B-17F "Tuffy" 41-24574 scrapped August 1945
64th Bombardment Squadron (64th BS)
B-17E "Queenie" 41-2464 transfered to the 46th Service Squadron then returned and transfered to the 65th BS
B-17E "Honi Kuu Okole" 41-9244 pilot Williams shot down May 21, 1943
B-17E "Miss Carriage" 41-2645 pilot Crowell MIA December 1, 1942 search mission
B-17E 41-2649 force landed August 23, 1945
B-17E "Chief of Seattle" 41-2656 pilot Cook MIA August 14, 1942
B-17E "The Jersey Skeeter" 41-2664 pilot Pickard crashed June 14, 1943
B-17E 41-9011 pilot Neumann crashed May 21, 1943
B-17E "Texas No. VI / Strip-Straffer" 41-9207 pilot Naumann crashed June 1, 1943
B-17E "Blues In The Nite" 41-9209 pilot McCullar crashed April 12, 1943
B-17F "Dinah Might ?" 41-24355 transfered to the 65th BS
B-17F 41-24383 pilot Christopher MIA January 7, 1943
B-17F "The Old Man" 41-24403 scrapped 1948
B-17F 41-24420 scrapped 1946
B-17F "Hell From Heaven Men" 41-24424 pilot McMullan ditched March 15, 1943
B-17F 41-24425 pilot McArthur crashed April 17, 1943, 7 missing
B-17F "Taxpayers Pride" 41-24448 pilot McEachran crashed June 26, 1943
B-17F "San Antonio Rose" 41-24458 pilot Lindbergh MIA January 5, 1943
B-17F "Little Poopsie Adele" 41-24548 transfered to the 65th BS
65th Bombardment Squadron (65th BS)
B-17E 41-2408 scrapped October 1944
B-17E "Naughty But Nice" 41-2430 pilot Sarsfield shot down June 26, 1943
B-17E "Queenie" 41-2464 transfered to the 8th PRS
B-17E 41-2472 transfered to the 63rd BS September 20, 1943
B-17E 41-9234 pilot Dau force landed January 8, 1943
B-17E 41-2445 written off December 9, 1942
B-17E "Yankee Diddl'er" 41-2458 scrapped January 1945
B-17E 41-2536 pilot Frost MIA November 22, 1942
B-17E "Tugboat Annie" 41-2599 pilot Lean ditched January 17, 1943
B-17E "Red Moose Express" 41-2634 pilot Brenneman shot down August 3, 1943
B-17E "Craps For The Japs" 41-2653 pilot LaPorte MIA September 2, 1943
B-17E "Old Faithful" 41-2657 transfered to 63rd BS
B-17E "Lucy" 41-2666 scrapped circa 1944
B-17E 41-9015 scrapped 1943
B-17E "Tex/Gypsy Rose" 41-9193 pilot Dau May 24, 1943
B-17E 41-9194 pilot Freeman crashed December 2, 1942
B-17F "Dinah Might ?" 41-24355 damaged September 16, 1943 written off
B-17F "Lak-A-Nookie" 41-24401 scrapped November 1945
B-17F 41-24420 scrapped 1946
B-17F "Little Poopsie Adele" 41-24548 transfered to the 64rd BS, back to the 65th BS before transfered to the 63rd BS
B-17F "Listen Here Tojo" 41-24552 pilot Eberly crashed September 15, 1943
B-17F "Georgia Peach" 41-24454 pilot Woodard crashed June 13, 1943
B-17E "Yankee Diddl'er" 41-2458 scrapped January 1945
403rd Bombardment Squadron (403rd BS)
B-17E "R.F.D. Tojo" 41-2627 transfered to 8th PRS
B-17F 41-24522 destroyed on the ground November 16, 1942
B-17F 41-24538 pilot Jack ditched January 5, 1943
B-17F 41-24540 destroyed January 17, 1943
B-17F "Pluto" 41-24543 pilot Barnett crashed June 30, 1943
B-17F "Omar Khayyam / The Plastered Bastard" 41-24534 pilot Jacobs crashed December 1, 1942
B-17F "Talisman" 41-24537 transfered to 63rd BS
B-17F 41-24546 pilot Titus MIA November 29, 1942
B-17F "Little Poopsie Adele" 41-24548 transfered to the 65th BS
B-17F "The Stingaree No. 2" 41-24550 pilot Hocutt ditched December 14, 1942
B-17F "Fire Ball Mail" 41-24551 destroyed January 17, 1943
B-17F "The Mustang" 41-24554 scrapped 1945
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