„Das beste Kampfflugzeug, das jemals gebaut wurde. Sie konnte die meisten Schäden verkraften und blieb immer noch in der Luft.“
General Ira C. Eaker
Boeing B-17 #42-3190 / Mr Five by Five aka Nip ‚N Tuck
Abschuss durch Feindflugzeug (14 Juli 1943)
Boeing B-17 #42-102670
Am Boden zerstört (21 Juni 1944)
Boeing B-17 #42-5847 / Margie Mae
Abschuss durch Flak (12 August 1943)
Boeing B-17 #41-2440 / Calamity Jane
Boeing B-17 #42-3540 / Bacta-th‘-Sac aka Lucifer Jr II
Abschuss durch FeindflugzeugAbschuss durch Flak (01 Dezember 1943)
Datenbank - Aktuelle Einträge in der Datenbank
41-2585
Delivered Barksdale 21/2/42; Cheyenne 16/5/42; Boise 21/6/42; Eglin 10/8/42; Assigned 411BS/29BG Gowen force landed base with Dick Underwood 23/10/42; Oklahoma City 5/12/42; Pueblo 5/1/43; Lockbourn 11/3/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/9/45.
41-2591
Delivered Pendleton; Tucson 12/5/42; Alamogordo 19/6/42; force landed base with K.R. Mitchell 29/6/42; repaired & Biggs 7/11/42; Boise 9/1/43; Lockbourne 24/2/43; force landed base with Chas Harris 13/7/43; force landed Atlanta Apt with J.W. Schonlau 9/8/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.
42-3223 / Red Hot Riding Hood
Delivered Cheyenne 14/4/43; Dow Fd 23/5/4 Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-R] Ridgewell 2/6/43 with Chas Hedin, Rudi Duncan, Frank Cappel, Dick Hanna, Bob Potts, Vivian Thomas, Stewart McDonald, Cliff Marhefke, Arnold Lorick; en route Amiens 14/7/43 caught fire and blew up over Rattlesden a/fd, Sfk with Chas Hedin, Co-pilot: Bill Burroughs, Ball turret gunner: Stewart McDonald, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vivian Thomas, Waist gunner: Ed De Cosmo, Waist gunner: Cliff Marhefke (6 Killed in Action), Bombardier: Frank Kappel, Navigator: Don Hamm, Radio Operator: Bob Potts 3wia,Tail gunner: Rich Hanna (4 Returned to Duty). Salvaged. RED HOT RIDING HOOD.
42-29832 / Our Mom aka Spirit Of A Nation
Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-H] Chelveston 18/5/43 SPIRIT OF A NATION; transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-H] Ridgewell 22/8/8/43; AFSC 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 16/6/44; Memphis 13/7/44; Tinker 14/9/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge Fd 23/11/44. OUR MOM.
44-8920
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Grenier 26/3/45; Assigned 8AF 28/3/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.
41-2624
Delivered Ogden 1/3/42; Cheyenne 27/3/42; Lowry 13/5/42; slated for RAF but crashed 10 miles NW of Wendover, UT 15/5/42, lost control in a snowstorm; crew bailed and all found except pilot Lt Jim Payne.