Boeing B-17 #42-32086 / You Never Know
Bruchlandung / Im Einsatz beschädigt / (10 September 1944)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.
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„Das beste Kampfflugzeug, das jemals gebaut wurde. Sie konnte die meisten Schäden verkraften und blieb immer noch in der Luft.“
General Ira C. Eaker
Featured B-17s
Boeing B-17 #42-30033 / Little America
Abgestürzt/Verlust durch Technische Probleme / (01 Dezember 1943)
Boeing B-17 #43-37883 / Blue Streak
Abschuss durch Flak / (02 November 1944)
Boeing B-17 #43-38114 / No Comment Needed
Abschuss durch Flak / (06 November 1944)Werbung/Advertisement
Zuletzt aktualisierte B-17 in der Datenbank
B-17 #42-29487 / Ritzy Blitz
Delivered Cheyenne 22/12/42; Salina 2/2/43; Duncan 23/2/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-K] Bassingbourn 9/3/43; 48m Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Wayne Hedglin, Co-pilot: Don Jones, Navigator: Carey Goodwin, Waist gunner: Bill Francisco, Waist gunner: Walt Williams (5 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: John McKewen (chute failed), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cody Wolf, Radio Operator: James Lascu Jr., Ball turret gunner: George Richardson,Tail gunner: Stan Lyttle (5 Killed in Action); hit by 20 enemy aircraft KO’d #1 and fire broke out in fuselage, crashed Wennigsen/Diester, 12 miles SW of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1915. RITZY BLITZ.
B-17 #42-31801
Delivered Denver 16/12/43; Gt Falls 28/12/43; Langley 24/1/44; Mitchell 2/2/44; Assigned 482BG (H2S) Alconbury 11/2/44; transferred 422BS/305BG [JJ-R] Chelveston 20/3/44; 327BG/92BG [UX-Q] Podington 2/8/44; Missing in Action Misburg 26/11/44 with Walt Kirkbride, {rest ? 1kia, I wia}; battle damaged force landed Belgium; Salvaged 13/12/44.
B-17 #42-31002
Delivered Dallas 31/8/43; Slated 94BG; Kearney 19/9/43; 328 BU Gulfport 31/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.
B-17 #44-8900 / Carioco Joe
Delivered Lincoln 29/1/45; Dow Fd 13/2/45; Assigned 525BS/379BG Kimbolton 15/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45. CARICO JO.
B-17 #44-6307 / Blonde Bomber
Delivered Kearney 29/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned 837BS/487BG [4F-K] Lavenham 14/7/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 25/11/44 with Craig Shields, Bob Meier, Dennis Carey, Jim Peyton, Max Alkire, Jim Brooks, Virgil Drake, John Marthaler, Cliff Pflieger (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Stromberg an der Sieg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10757. BLONDE BOMBER.
B-17 #42-39976 / My Achin‘ Back
Delivered Long Beach 23/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-K] Deopham Green 31/12/43; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/45 with Claud Martin, Co-pilot: Leon Eichenbaum, Navigator: Ward Miller, Bombardier: Bill Thompson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Niechniedowicz, Radio Operator: Bob Pinneo, Ball turret gunner: Jack Kimble, Waist gunner: Larry Laurie, Waist gunner: Mike Kutago,Tail gunner: Henry Pruett (10 Prisoner of War); mech fault in #2, crash landed Koegen, near Neckar, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4820. MY ACHIN’ BACK.
B-17 #43-38688
Delivered Patterson 3/9/44; Hunter 20/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-E] Rougham 29/9/44; MIA Munich 8/4/45 Pilot: Sam Rogers, Ralph Loechle (2KIA); Albt Holt, Warren Williams, Chas Lauth, Lowell Williamson, no tg ‚, Edward Carl Massolo, George Burbridge (6POW); flak caused fire and left wing broke off, crashed Hof, Germany. MACR 13880.
B-17 #42-5086 / Wahoo II
Delivered Tulsa 17/9/42; Presque Is 17/11/42; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-J] Thurleigh 25/11/42; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-B] Grafton Underwood 5/9/43; battle damaged Munster 10/10/43 with Bill Wilson, Co-pilot: Carlos Rabby, Navigator: Bob Belk, Bombardier: Rich Crown, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lerster Birnbaum, Radio Operator: Jim Compton, Ball turret gunner: David Heintzelman, Waist gunner: Murray Stamm, Waist gunner: F.O. Miller,Tail gunner: Frank Greene (10 Returned to Duty), crash landed on bank of River Dove, Eye, Sfk, crew bailed over Ipswich; Salvaged. WAHOO II.
B-17 #44-6674
Delivered Lincoln 11/10/44; Grenier 24/10/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 6/11/44; Missing in Action {12m} Ruhland 15/3/45 with Philip Good, Co-pilot: Jim Powers, Navigator: Martin Schlau, Bombardier: Cyril Koepp, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Kirts, Radio Operator: John Cetinich, Ball turret gunner: Chas Nichols, Waist gunner: Felix Janas, Waist gunner: Mike Roll,Tail gunner: Steve Tarby (10 Returned to Duty); lost #4 engine and started down landed Bratagon, near Kieloe, Pol; (classed as Missing in Action because of inaccessability of field); crew safe.
B-17 #41-24573
364BS/305BG [WF-S/N] Bangor 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 29/10/42; Missing in Action Kiel 19/5/43 with Carroll MacCauley, Co-pilot: Adrian Lyon, Radio Operator: Jim Shaw, Ball turret gunner: Elsa Spiva, Waist gunner: John Lukacovic, Waist gunner: Alex Laird; Tail gunner: Jack Milton – 7 KIA; Navigator: Kurt Von Gruben, Bombardier: Heywood Sawyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Schonberger – 3 POW; enemy aircraft, ditched shallow waters SW of Husum, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 15329.
