These numbers correspond with the numbers assigned to each color profile in Ken’s Men Against the Empire, Vol. I.
1. KA-PUHIO-WELA/DOUBLE TROUBLE
B-17F-1 #41-24356
Assigned to: No designated pilot
Profiled in December 1942
Photo above.
5. BLACK JACK
B-17F-20 #41-24521
Assigned to: Capt. Kenneth D. McCullar
Profiled in March 1943
Photo above.
9. TALISMAN
B-17F-20 #41-24537
Assigned to: 1/Lt. William E. O’Brien
Profiled in April 1943
13. LULU BELLE
B-17F #41-24358
Assigned to: Capt. Franklyn T. Green
Profiled in June 1943
Photo above.
17. THE RECKLESS MOUNTAIN BOYS
B-17F-20 #41-24518
Assigned to: Capt. Neill G. Kirby
Profiled in May 1943
21. CAP’N & THE KIDS
B-17F-1 #41-24353
Assigned to: Capt. Edward W. Scott, Jr.
Profiled in September 1943
Photo above.
64th Squadron
2. “SPAWN OF HELL”
B-17E #41-2662
Assigned to: No designated pilot
Profiled in November 1942
6. THE ‘JERSEY SKEETER’
B-17E #41-2664
Assigned to: No designated pilot
Profiled in March 1943
10. HONI KUU OKOLE
B-17E #41-9244
Assigned to: No designated pilot
Profiled in May 1943
Photo above.
14. “FLAGSHIP TEXAS” NO. VI
B-17E #41-9207
Assigned to: No designated pilot
Profiled in April 1943
18. CRAPS FOR THE JAPS
B-17E #41-2653
Assigned to: No designated pilot; often flown by Capt. Marshall E. Nelson
Profiled in May 1943
22. FRISKY
B-24D-135 #42-40667
Assigned to: 1/Lt. Harry N. Young
Profiled in September 1943
3. GEORGIA PEACH
B-17F-10 #41-24454
Assigned to: No designated pilot
Profiled in December 1942
7. THE OLD MAN
B-17F-5 #41-24403
Assigned to: Capt. Jay P. Rousek, Jr.
Profiled in March 1943
11. NAUGHTY BUT NICE
B-17E #41-2430
Assigned to: 1/Lt. Hal C. Winfrey
Profiled in June 1943
15. GYPSY ROSE
B-17E #41-9193
Assigned to: No designated pilot
Profiled in May 1943
19. LUCY
B-17E #41-2666
Assigned to: Capt. Jay Zeamer, Jr.
Profiled in June 1943
23. RED MOOSE EXPRESS
B-17E #41-2634
Assigned to: 1/Lt. Robert B. Corrie
Profiled in August 1943
Photo above.
4. FIRE BALL MAIL
B-17F-25 #41-24551
Assigned to: 1/Lt. James E. Smyth
Profiled in December 1942
8. TOPPER
B-17E #41-2481
Assigned to: No designated pilot
Profiled in February 1943
12. “TAILSKID TOLLY”
B-24D #42-40290
Assigned to: No designated pilot
Profiled in June 1943
16. THE CHAMP
B-24D-30 #42-40060
Assigned to: No designated pilot
Profiled in June 1943
Photo above.
20. JOLTIN’ JANIE
B-24D-30 #42-40065
Assigned to: No designated pilot
Profiled in May 1943
24. RIO RITA
B-24D-20 #41-24127
Assigned to: No designated pilot
Profiled in August 1943