Smokey Yunick, I haven't mentioned before, flew for the Flying Tigers

One of the B17s he flew was Smokey and His Firemen

After a couple years of flying B17s in Africa and then in Europe in the 97th Bombing Group of the 15th Air Force out of Amendola Airfield, Foggia, Italy where he did 52 combat missions, and then was transferred to the Pacific theater where he flew search and rescue with the 7th Emergency Rescue

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Yunick
http://www.smokeyyunick.com/bio.php