Looking for B-17G "Madame Queen"

[Steve Greenberg]

Hello,
I am trying to locate the B-17G my father in law flew 27 missions in during WWII. Does anyone know of any good websites that would list what happened to this B-17G? S/N 42 97931 "Madame Queen" Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve

[Todd Hackbarth]

The book "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Design - Production - History" by Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne states the following concering this B-17: "delivered Denver 04/08/1944; to Kearney, NE? 05/04/1944; to Dow Fld, ME 05/21/1944; assigned to 401st BG, 613th BS as "IN Q" at Deenethorpe 06/01/1944; to 614th BS as "IW A"; returned to U.S. Bradley Field, CT 06/08/1945; to 4168th Base Unit, South Plains Fld, TX 06/10/1945; to Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), Kingman, AZ 12/04/1945"

This plane was almost certainly broken up and scrapped at Kingman, Arizona.

Todd

[Steve Greenberg]

Todd,
I presumed that is what happened to it. Just wanted to find out for sure. It would have been nice for my father in law to be able to see his old plane one more time.
Thanks,
Steve

[Paul Krumrei]

401st Bomb Group (H) -- Aircraft Data


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Identification

Serial Number: 42-97931
Model: B-17G
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega Aircraft Corp., Burbank, California
Production Block: B-17G-35-VE
Delivered by Manufacturer: 8 Apr 1944 at Denver

Squadron Codes:
IN-Q (613th), IW-A (614th)
Nickname: Madame Queen
Date Assigned to 401st BG: 1 Jun 1944
Date Arrived at Station 128: 1 Jun 1944
Date Lost: 8 Jun 1945
Nature of Loss: Returned to the USA

Other Details:
15 Dec 1944 - Made an emergency landing in Belgium after losing an engine near the I.P. Crew members returned to the base via ATC.



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Documented Missions
1) 3 Aug 1944 Strasbourg (121) 1st Lt T.D. Carroll and crew
2) 8 Aug 1944 Hautmensil (125) 1st Lt G.L. La Fevor and crew
3) 2 Nov 1944 Merseburg (164) 1st Lt R.B. Campbell and crew
4) 4 Nov 1944 Hamburg (165) 1st Lt R.B. Campbell and crew
5) 5 Nov 1944 Frankfurt (166) 1st Lt R.B. Campbell and crew
6) 8 Nov 1944 Merseburg (168) 1st Lt R.B. Campbell and crew
7) 9 Nov 1944 Metz (169) 1st Lt R.B. Campbell and crew
25 Nov 1944 Merseburg (172) 1st Lt R.B. Campbell and crew
9) 29 Nov 1944 Misburg (174) 2nd Lt A.D. Kelso and crew Spare
10) 30 Nov 1944 Bohlen (175) 1st Lt R.B. Campbell and crew
11) 4 Dec 1944 Kassel (176) 1st Lt R.B. Campbell and crew
12) 6 Dec 1944 Merseburg (178) 1st Lt M.L. King and crew
13) 11 Dec 1944 Frankfurt (179) 1st Lt W.F. Grimm and crew
14) 15 Dec 1944 Kassel (181) 1st Lt H. Tausig and crew
15) 15 Feb 1945 Dresden (208) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
16) 16 Feb 1945 Gelsenkirchen (209) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
17) 21 Feb 1945 Nurnburg (211) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
18) 22 Feb 1945 Ludwigslust (212) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
19) 23 Feb 1945 Ottingen (213) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
20) 23 Feb 1945 Ottingen (213) 1st Lt M.H. Sorensen and crew
21) 25 Feb 1945 Munich (215) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
22) 28 Feb 1945 Soest (218) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
23) 1 Mar 1945 Heilbron (219) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
24) 2 Mar 1945 Chemnitz (220) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
25) 3 Mar 1945 Chemnitz (221) 1st Lt M.H. Sorensen and crew
26) 4 Mar 1945 Schwabmunchen (222) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
27) 7 Mar 1945 Siegen (223) 2nd Lt D.H. Stauffer and crew
28) 8 Mar 1945 Essen (224) 2nd Lt J.E. Lindsey and crew
29) 10 Mar 1945 Hagen (225) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
30) 11 Mar 1945 Bremen (226) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
31) 12 Mar 1945 Swinemunde (227) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
32) 14 Mar 1945 Lohne (228) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
33) 15 Mar 1945 Zossen (Berlin) (229) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
34) 17 Mar 1945 Molbis (230) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
35) 18 Mar 1945 Berlin (231) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
36) 19 Mar 1945 Plauen (232) 2nd Lt J.E. Lindsey and crew
37) 21 Mar 1945 Hopsten (233) 2nd Lt J.E. Lindsey and crew
38) 22 Mar 1945 Barmingholten (234) 1st Lt C.I. Park and crew
39) 23 Mar 1945 Gladbeck (235) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
40) 24 Mar 1945 Rheine (236) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
41) 28 Mar 1945 Berlin (238) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
42) 30 Mar 1945 Bremen (239) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
43) 31 Mar 1945 Weimar (240) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
44) 4 Apr 1945 Unterluss (241) 2nd Lt J.E. Lindsey and crew
45) 10 Apr 1945 Oranienburg (246) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
46) 11 Apr 1945 Freihan (247) 1st Lt R.M. Stehman and crew
47) 14 Apr 1945 Royan (248) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
48) 15 Apr 1945 Royan (249) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
49) 16 Apr 1945 Regensburg (250) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
50) 18 Apr 1945 Traunstein (252) 1st Lt L.E. Ayre and crew
51) 19 Apr 1945 Falkenburg (253) 1st Lt C.I. Park and crew

[Steve Greenberg]

Paul,
Here are the missions my father in law flew in:
Thanks,
Steve

1. Ver-Sur-Mere (84) 6 Jun 1944
2. Caen (87) 10 Jun 1944
3. Bernay/St Martin (88) 11 Jun 1944
4. Le Bourget (90) 14 Jun 1944
5. Hamburg (92) 18 Jun 1944
6. Hamburg (94) 20 Jun 1944
7. Berlin (96) 21 Jun 1944
8. Frevent (97) 22 Jun 1944
9. Rely (103) 6 Jul 1944
10. Leipzig (105) 7 Jul 1944
11. Munich (107) 11 Jul 1944
12. Munich (108) 12 Jul 1944
13. Munich (110) 16 Jul 1944
14. Augsburg (112) 19 Jul 1944
15. Leipzig (113) 20 Jul 1944
16. Schweinfurt (114) 21 Jul 1944
17. Saint-Lo (116) 25 Jul 1944
18. Munich (119) 31 Jul 1944
19. Chartres (120) 1 Aug 1944
20. Anklam (122) 4 Aug 1944
21. Genshagen (124) 6 Aug 1944
22. Luxembourg (126) 9 Aug 1944
23. Brest (127) 11 Aug 1944
24. Elbeuf (128) 13 Aug 1944
25. Haggenau (129) 14 Aug 1944
26. Weimar (132) 24 Aug 1944
27. Coubronne (137) 30 Aug 1944