B-17 #41-9057
Delivered Boise 303BG 27/3/42; Alamagordo 18/6/42; Gt Falls 27/8/42; Biggs 3/9/42; Alamogordo 2/10/42; Boise 25/1/43; Hill 2/2/43; Lockbourn 11/3/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 14/9/45.
Die B-17 wurde zu einem Symbol des amerikanischen Luftkriegsbeitrags während des Zweiten Weltkriegs und erlangte aufgrund ihrer Zuverlässigkeit und Kampfkraft einen legendären Ruf.
“Das beste Kampfflugzeug, das jemals gebaut wurde. Sie konnte die meisten Schäden verkraften und blieb immer noch in der Luft.”
General Ira C. Eaker
Die Boeing B-17 Fliegende Festung im Zweiten Weltkrieg mit einer Datenbank über das Schicksal jeder einzelnen Maschine.
Suche in meiner B-17 Datenbank nach Seriennummern, Namen, etc.
Meine B-17 Datenbank umfasst alle gebauten Flugzeug. Die Informationen in der Datenbank regelmäßig aktualisiert.
Delivered Boise 303BG 27/3/42; Alamagordo 18/6/42; Gt Falls 27/8/42; Biggs 3/9/42; Alamogordo 2/10/42; Boise 25/1/43; Hill 2/2/43; Lockbourn 11/3/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 14/9/45.
Delivered Kearney 25/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 15/8/44; Missing in Action Udine 5/4/45 with Wilbur Wetzel, Co-pilot: Dave Rummel, Navigator: Jack Begley, Bombardier: John Van Kirk, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: A.J.Steffanelli, Waist gunner: Bill McPherson, Waist gunner: Bob Puckett,Tail gunner: Jim Mitchell (8RTD/POW?); Radio Operator: Marshall Moore, Ball turret gunner: Paul Walmer (2 Killed in Action); flak, ditched Adriatic; Missing Air Crew Report 13640. OH, MY ACHING BACK.
Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/43; Kearney 10/1/44; Grenier 16/1/44; Assigned: 748BS/457BG [V] Glatton 15/2/44; MIA Merseburg 24/8/44 Pilot: Ted Shaw, Co-Pilot: Dick Parsons, Navigator: Jack Thames, Bombardier: Paul Terjack, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Rob Stewart, Radio Operator: Larry Erlings, Ball Turret Gunner: Elbert Allen, Waist Gunner: J.I. Perry, Tail Gunner: Clarry Cox (9KIA); technical fault, crashed North Sea, west of Island of Sylt, Germany. MACR 8200. TIS ME SUGAR.
Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Nashville 27/2/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [LG-N] Wildflower 21/3/43; Bassingbourn 26/3/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben on its 38th mission, 11 January 1944 to Oschersleben, Germany. Pilot Wayne E. Murdoch chute failed to open; Radio Operator: Teddy J. Morris (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Kenneth L. Manson; Navigator: George F.Young Jr; Bombardier: Robert R. Case; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Arlo L. Roswell; Ball turret gunner: Thomas H. Rogers; Left Waist gunner: Walter T. Romanofski; Right Waist gunner: Russell B. Hoover; Tail gunner: Julius R. Sobieski – foot shot off in action (8POW-baled out over target area); Flak hits and enemy aircraft, crashed between Hornhausen and Ausleben, six miles NW of Oschersleben, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 1918. PICADILLY COMMANDO later BLONDE BOMBER.
Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Presque Isle 25/5/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-G] Ridgewell 26/5/43. Pilot Hamden L. Forkner; Co-Pilot Joseph A. Kelly; Navigator Robert E. Hyatt; Bombardier Edwin L. Vincent (substitute for Keith Moore); Engineer/Top Turret Gunner Paul F. Shipe; Ball Turret Gunner Ralph E. Stease; Radio Operator Chester E. Shattuck; Left Waist Gunner Edward F. Sobolewski; Right Waist Gunner Harry H. Horton; Tail Gunner Lin F. Chew. Missing in Action 9missions Schweinfurt 17 August 1943. Forkner, Shipe, Sobolewski and Horton evaded capture; the six others were made Prisoners of War. 42-3227 was hit by enemy aircraft, crashed near Houthem, about 6km NE of Maastricht, Holland, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 661.
Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/44; Tucson 20/2/44; Grenier 4/3/44; Slated 731BS/452BG, Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-O] Framlingham 7/3/44 AVENGER II; MIA Dusseldorf 9/9/44 Pilot: Bruno Latici, Walt Werby, Mario Valente, Cecil Smith, George Hinds, Grover Swearingen, Frank Brady, Bob Brown, Homer King (9POW); flak hit set #3 engine on fire, plane left formation, exploded and crashed Luedenscheid, Germany. MACR 8913. THE AVENGER III.
Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/44; Kearney 9/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned: 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 29/6/44; MIA Merseburg 25/11/44 Pilot: Harry Blair, John Bante, Valentine Villanueva, Leo Wolfe, Jack Peterson, Ed Todd (6POW); Chas Voyles, Ken Perry, Art Litchfield (3KIA); flak, crashed Pretzsch, 12 km south of Weißenfels [29 km south-south-west of Merseburg], Germany. MACR 10756. BLONDE BOMBER.
Delivered Geiger 6/11/42; Lewiston 8/12/42; Redmond 21/1/43; Blythe 14/3/43; Gowen 3/4/43; Tinker 26/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/7/43; 234 BU Clovis 23/6/44; 2525 BU Liberal 23/11/44; WO 24/11/44 f/l near Ulysses, KS w/Henry M. Marshall, Jr.; Recl Comp 2/2/45. OLGABELLE.
Delivered Denver 21/8/43; ground looped at Prestwick, Scotland, with Peter Dustman 17/9/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-L] Bassingbourn 4/10/43; on take off [29m] for Berlin 6/3/44, with Walt Wilkinson, Co-pilot: Val Maghru, Navigator: Gerald Schottmiller, Bombardier: Rich Matthews, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Wilson, Radio Operator: Russ Schleyer, Ball turret gunner: Alf Love, Waist gunner: Tom Roberts, Waist gunner: George Ferrel,Tail gunner: Earl Williamson (10 Returned to Duty); crew members saw gas leaking from starboard wing and crash landed Steeple Morden A/fd after pilot forgot to lower u/c; sal 2 SAD 7/3/44. BLUE DREAMS.
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Susan Wilcox am 01. Juli 2026 bei 42-3363 / Punchy
Hi Kevin, My Uncle was Robert Ashley. I have located the Army MACR report that details the missing plane/crew and the Daily Mission reports for that day. Please reach out...
Stephan am 01. Juli 2026 bei 43-37869 / Blonde Bomber
Yes, the German KU report as well. Villanueva.
Stephan am 01. Juli 2026 bei 43-37564 / Little Moron
Ayla, the MACRs are now available online for free. Link to MACR 13139 : https://catalog.archives.gov/id/580104451 Viele Grüße Stephan
Roger Pataky am 01. Juli 2026 bei 43-39023 / My Bonnie aka Maiden Prayer aka Starduster
My uncle, Lennis Armstrong, was the pilot of My Bonny for two missions over Germany. His first was Mission ID:253 on 2/09/45 to Weimar, Germany. His second was Mission ID:256...
Marco am 30. Juni 2026 bei 42-5061
Hi Steven, while doing some research I discovered that the plane your grandfather was flying in was shot down near Pavia (Italy) along the Po River, and not near Brescia....
Terry Lowry am 30. Juni 2026 bei 43-37696 / Transit Belle
The smiling crew member who is kneeling on far right is T.Sgt Harold A. Lowry, my father. Dad was assigned to the 509th Bomb Squadron. This photograph of B-17G Transit...
Ayla Fontaine am 30. Juni 2026 bei 43-37564 / Little Moron
Hi Jing, My grandfather, Eugene Freeman, was the pilot of this aircraft. Would it be possible to get the files you mentioned above? Thanks!
Martin Gramont am 29. Juni 2026 bei 41-9057
Thank you
Mark Julius Erickson am 29. Juni 2026 bei 44-6085 / Lili of the Lamplight
Brandon, Meant to add this link to an essay I wrote years ago. The Last Flight of the 'Lili of the Lamplight' (44-6085) Might need some editing, but good enough...
Mark Julius Erickson am 29. Juni 2026 bei 44-6085 / Lili of the Lamplight
Hi Brandon, Well, it seems 6 years have gone by, and I am just seeing this post of yours now. Not sure why I did not get an alert.. If...