These numbers correspond with the numbers assigned to each color profile in Ken’s Men Against the Empire, Vol. I.

 

63rd Squadron
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

65th Squadron
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.

403rd Squadron
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