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

B-17 #42-6037

Delivered Long Beach 30/6/43; Amarillo 3/7/43; Love Fd 9/8/43; Dallas 10/8/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-P] Rougham 9/10/43; MIA Cognac 31/12/43 Pilot: Stan Wainwright, Navigator: Norbert Lorenz, Ball Turret Gunner: John Silvia, Waist Gunner: Paul Schatzau (4POW); Co-Pilot: John Bickley, Bombardier: Ed Allard, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Art Mahy, Radio Operator: Paul McGill, Waist Gunner: Art Dauenhauer, Tail Gunner: Henry Richard, rad-obs-Sgt Henry Patterson{body not recovered} (7KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed between Corme-Royal and La Clisse (12km west of Saintes (17100)), France; MACR 1755.

B-17 #41-24464 / Excalibur

Assigned 367BS/306BG Westover 17-Aug-42; Thurleigh 13-Oct-42; transferred 324BS/91BG [DF-J] Bassingbourn 20-Feb-43; Missing in Action (MIA) 2m Hamm 4-Mar-43. Shot down by Lt Kostler (IV/NJG1) in Me 110, KO’d #1 & #3,oil pouring away before #4 was feathered ditched 40 miles west of Texel Is, Holland, in North Sea; five rescued by Royal Navy minesweeper and landed at Grimsby; EXCALIBUR. 3KIA 7RTD (Rescued by Royal Navy). No MACR issued.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29820

B-17 #42-29820

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Memphis 8/4/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-V] Alconbury 24/4/43; Missing in Action Wangerooge 15/5/43 with Capt Larche Washer, Co-pilot: Bob Kennedy, Bombardier: Bill Haenel, Radio Operator: Jack Roebuck, Ball turret gunner: Art Davis (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Martin Healey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Sikorski, Waist gunner: Art Blasenak, Waist gunner: Jim McDermott,Tail gunner: Ken Murray (5 Killed in Action); flak, ditched North Sea, before target [near Cuxhaven?]; Missing Air Crew Report 16060.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29677 / Battlin‘ B

B-17 #42-29677 / Battlin‘ B

Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 10/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Stephenville, Nfd, 12/4/43; Assigned: 96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43; Transferred: 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 20/4/43; MIA Heligoland 15/5/43 Pilot: Alden Mann{wia}, Co-Pilot: Leo Kisamore, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Myers, Radio Operator: Alf Schatz, Ball Turret Gunner: Woodrow Mosbarger, Waist Gunner: Sherman Coleman, Tail Gunner: John McElroy (7KIA); Navigator: Larry Wolfe, Bombardier: Claude Toyek{wia}, Waist Gunner: Reg Harris (3POW); Enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea. MACR 16059, BATTLIN‘ B.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-107185

B-17 #42-107185

Delivered Tulsa 16/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-V] Rougham 8/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/8/44 with Orville Spenst, Co-pilot: Larry Metzroth, Navigator: Ed Pacek, Bombardier: Ira Dodd, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Brown, Radio Operator: Forest Crosman, Ball turret gunner: Jim Theiss, Waist gunner: Bob Hurd (8POW-rescued by German Sea patrol);Tail gunner: Frank Trilling (KIA-drowned); flak damage and three engines out, ditched North Sea, off Frisian Islands [54°14’N – 07°25’E]. Missing Air Crew Report 8075.

B-17 #43-37606 / Big Time Operator

Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/44; Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned: 750BS/457BG [L] Glatton 7/6/44; MIA Misburg 17/10/44 Pilot: Norman Chapman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Marshall Windham, Radio Operator: Bob Brady, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Dixon, Waist Gunner: Joe Budich, Tail Gunner: Carl Weibel (6POW); Co-Pilot: Ray Mills, Navigator: Ken Johnson, Bombardier: Oliver Wicks (3KIA); flak, crashed Flammersheim [KU-11058A], Germany [21km south-west of Bonn]. MACR 9634. BIG TIME OPERATOR.

B-17 #42-5970

Delivered Long Beach 3/6/43; Gore 3/7/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-T] with HSC radar scanner fitted Alconbury 29/7/43; crash landed Eye, Sfk 13/12/43, Salvaged. Re-ass 369BS/306BG [WW-K] Thurleigh 21/4/44; Missing in Action 16/7/44.

B-17 #42-31897

Delivered: Cheyenne 31/12/43; Kearney 19/1/44; Assigned: 423BS/306BG [RD-S] Thurleigh 6/2/44; MIA Merseburg 20/7/44 Pilot: Dave McNaught, Co-Pilot: John Wollack, Navigator: Bill Glass, Bombardier: Marylyn Watson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jerome Scherr, Radio Operator: Theo Hansen, Ball Turret Gunner: Mike Gesine, Waist Gunner: Bill Burke, Tail Gunner: Harry Eckenrode (9POW); flak, crashed Vielau, Germany. MACR 7277.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97999

B-17 #42-97999

Delivered Dallas 27/4/44; Kearney 6/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF- ] Bassingbourn 10/7/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/7/44 with Capt Francis Holmes, Co-pilot: John Neal, Navigator: Walter Kast, Bombardier: Fred Dignon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Seaton, Radio Operator: Drexel Lange, bto-Otto Draege, Waist gunner: Allen Meeker,Tail gunner: Don Potter (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Manderscheid, N of Eifel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7273.

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b17flyingfortress.de am 23. März 2026 bei 42-31504 / Rosie’s Riveter

Danke für die Buchempfehlung. Kannte ich bisher noch nicht.

Michele L Raine am 23. März 2026 bei 42-30837 / Ole Bassar

My grandfather was Roland Bowman, the navigator. My father was only 3 mos old when Roland was killed. Roland remains an important person in my family and we hope to...

Ole Wernecke am 23. März 2026 bei 42-31504 / Rosie’s Riveter

Hey, do you know this book. Der letzte Flug: Die Geschichte und die Hintergründe eines Flugzeuges, seines Absturzes und seiner Besatzung Gebundene Ausgabe – 14. November 2018 von Markus Obel...

David Berran am 22. März 2026 bei 41-2489 / Suzy Q

I’m curious to find out any information on my Dad, Ignatius E. Berran, 5th AAF, 19th Bomb group (Heavy). He was a waist gunner on the Suzy-Q in the Pacific...

Teddy Milton am 22. März 2026 bei 42-30301 / Idiots‘ Delight aka Missy G

Hey Tim, My great Uncle Theodore Milton was the pilot. I’ve been searching for any crew members families to connect with. My wife and I are heading to Normandy this...

A. Nickelhoff am 21. März 2026 bei 42-97505 / The Dinglebury Kids

My Dad flew 34 missions out of Thurleigh. I have a "Pilots Navigation Kit" satchel with all of his records, including battle orders (including D-Day) and many other contemporaneous records...

Andrés am 18. März 2026 bei 42-107068 / Powerful Katrinka

mi abuelo se llamaba Manuel Castaño y era guardia civil destinado en el lugar del accidente del powerful katrinka. Se que atendió a los americanos y que les dio buen...

Andrés Castaño Ezcurra am 18. März 2026 bei 42-107068 / Powerful Katrinka

My grandfather, Manuel Castaño, was a member of the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) stationed at the crash site of the B-17 bomber 'Powerful Katrinka.' I know he assisted the...

Kenneth Johnson am 18. März 2026 bei 43-37606 / Big Time Operator

I am the son of Kenneth H. Johnson, navigator on BTO. I would love to see more pictures if anyone has their location on the web. I thought the crash...

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