B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies

Die Boeing B-17 Fliegende Festung im Zweiten Weltkrieg mit einer Datenbank über das Schicksal jeder einzelnen Maschine.

“Das beste Kampfflugzeug, das jemals gebaut wurde. Sie konnte die meisten Schäden verkraften und blieb immer noch in der Luft.”
General Ira C. Eaker

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B-17 #42-107057 / Spirit of 96

B-17 #42-107057 / Spirit of 96

Delivered Tulsa 8/2/44; Gr Island 19/2/44; Presque Is 5/3/44; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-T] Grafton Underwood 11/4/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 25/9/44 with Noel Plowman, Co-pilot: Larry Ferguson, Navigator: Ed Cheresnik, Bombardier: Carl Hart, Radio Operator: Gordon Maxa (5 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Cameron, Ball turret gunner: Armando Oliva, Waist gunner: Frank Anderson,Tail gunner: Ken Lentz (4 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d tailplane just after bombs away, crashed Bad Soden, W of Frankfurt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9414. SPIRIT OF ’96.

B-17 #43-38465 / Favorite Lady

B-17 #43-38465 / Favorite Lady

Delivered Cheyenne 6/8/44; Hunter 15/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-A] Polebrook 10/9/44; {81m} Returned to the USA Bradley 12/6/44; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45. FAVORITE LADY.

B-17 #42-5340 / Madame Lily

B-17 #42-5340 / Madame Lily

Delivered Denver 16/11/42; West Palm Beach 11/12/42; Assigned 97BG Biskra 21/1/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; transferred 347BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; Missing in Action Sofia 24/1/44 with Mike McDonnell (wia), Hoover (wia), Devlin (wia), Pace (wia), Hobby (wia), Larvin (wia), Brown (ret 29/5), Burnett, Eldridge, Molina (9RTD 17/6); crashed Trstenik, Hung?; Missing Air Crew Report 1991.

B-17 #42-5746 / Stardust

B-17 #42-5746 / Stardust

Delivered Tulsa 24/11/42; Salina 10/1/43; Morrison 2/2/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Navarin 23/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; Missing in Action Salon de Provence 27/1/44 with Wesley Coss, Amundson, Jenkins, Johnson, Madigan, Kinnane, Majarian, Rice, Hoskins, Henderson; enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Rognac, Fr. 2 EVD, 1 KIA, 7 POW. Missing Air Crew Report 2039. STARDUST.

B-17 #42-32097 / Sadie Hawkins aka Slipstream

B-17 #42-32097 / Sadie Hawkins aka Slipstream

Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Tortorella 13/3/44 as the SADIE HAWKINS); Transferred to the 347BS/99BG Tortorella, Italy 31/3/44 and renamed “Slipstream”. Missing in Action 90m Odertal, Ger. 18/12/44, crashed Bruenn, Germany;

B-17 #42-29751 / Miss Abortion aka Stuff

B-17 #42-29751 / Miss Abortion aka Stuff

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque Is 5/4/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 19/4/43; transferred gr/crew-Alby McLain (all 6 Killed in Service); left wing dipped on landing and pilot unable to correct, crashed Wood Barns Farm, Belchamp St Paul, Ex, a couple of miles from base. Salvaged. STUFF. 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 7/9/43 MISS ABORTION; {21m} crash landed base 31/3/44 on test flight with Wayne Schomburg, Co-pilot: Capt Paul Stull {an engineering officer, believed to be at the wheel}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Carr, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Carter, Radio Operator: Melvin Wilson,

B-17 #41-2626 / Rokell’s Raider

B-17 #41-2626 / Rokell’s Raider

Delivered MacDill 1/3/42; Assigned 341BS/97BG Polebrook 4/42; transferred 407BS/92BG Bovingdon 8/42; sustained battle damaged Lille 9/10/42; with Capt Jim Griffiths, Lt Col Stuart Porter, crash landed Gatwick, UK, (10RTD remainder unknown); Salvaged. ROKELL’S RAIDER.

B-17 #42-30034 / Nobody’s Baby

B-17 #42-30034 / Nobody’s Baby

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Pueblo 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Presque Is 17/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 19/5/43 NOBODY’S BABY (taken by CO Col Leber to UK as no pilot wanted it !) with Lt Col Joe Nazzaro {Gp CO}, Major Conway Hall {HQ}, Lt Edgar Kurner {HQ}, Lt Warren Berning {HQ}, M/Sgt Russell Faust {radio}, M/Sgt Halston Randall {ettg}, Capt Norman Mackay {HQ nav}, Lt Bill Fullick {HQ bomb}, Sgt Phil Costanzo, Pfc Randall Nichols; {4m} transferred 365BS/305BG [XK-D] Chelveston 22/8/43; RAF 100 Gp 28/12/43, RG 13/1/44; training aircraft 20/3/44 to 27/5/45; Salvaged 26/7/45.

B-17 #44-83440

B-17 #44-83440

Delivered Hunter 4/3/45; Grenier 15/3/45; Assigned 8AF 28/3/45; Returned to the USA 4100 BU Patterson 12/6/45; 1 BU Bolling 6/8/45; 1503 BU Hamilton 23/10/45; 1 BU Bolling 29/10/45; 902 BU Orlando 13/12/45; 621 BU Pinecastle 17/6/46; 554 BU Memphis 19/6/46; 613 BU Phillips 20/8/46.

B-17 #42-102629

B-17 #42-102629

Delivered Cheyenne 19/3/44; MacDill 1/4/44; 327 BU Drew 4/5/45; 301 BU Drew 22/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.