Die B-17 wurde zu einem Symbol des amerikanischen Luftkriegsbeitrags während des Zweiten Weltkriegs und erlangte aufgrund ihrer Zuverlässigkeit und Kampfkraft einen legendären Ruf.

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

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Zuletzt aktualisierte B-17 in der Datenbank

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6197

B-17 #44-6197

Delivered Tulsa 27/5/44; Hunter 21/6/44; Dow Fd 1/7/44; Assigned 414BS/97BG Amendola 9/7/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 22/7/44 with Roy Glascoe, Thomas Asbury, John Granity, Charles Grayson, Donald Burrows, Charlie Brewer, William Carik, Herman Bard, Robert Chretien, Lloyd Berry; flak, crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 6855.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6500

B-17 #44-6500

Delivered Lincoln 25/8/44; Grenier 8/9/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-U] Thorpe Abbotts 11/9/44; Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Orville Cotner, Co-pilot: Bob Coover, Navigator: Elmer Rundy, Bombardier: Steve Monick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Boyd, Radio Operator: Reinhardt Konlaski, Ball turret gunner: John Moss, Waist gunner: Harry Snyder,Tail gunner: Don Andris (9 Killed in Action); direct flak hit cut off wing, crashed Hobrechtstrasse, Berlin, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 12045.

B-17 #41-9057

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.

B-17 #44-6394 / Oh, My Achin Back

B-17 #44-6394 / Oh, My Achin Back

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.

B-17 #42-97558 / Tis Me Sugar

B-17 #42-97558 / Tis Me Sugar

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.

B-17 #42-3057 / Picadilly Commando aka Blonde Bomber

B-17 #42-3057 / Picadilly Commando aka Blonde Bomber

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.

B-17 #42-3227

B-17 #42-3227

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.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97130 / The Avenger II

B-17 #42-97130 / The Avenger II

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.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37869 / Blonde Bomber

B-17 #43-37869 / Blonde Bomber

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.

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Neueste Kommentare

Sara Head am 04. Juli 2026 bei 42-32016 / Swamp Gal

I have a picture of the plane with the crew standing in front of it. The back of the picture has the names of the crew.

Shawn Buffalo am 04. Juli 2026 bei 42-97320 / Hot Rock

Hello. My grandfather, Cecil M. Buffalo was the CPT of this air craft. He had two other aircraft and flew a total of 52 missions. I'd sure love any information.

JULIO ALEJANDRO DAZA FRANCIA am 04. Juli 2026 bei 41-24517 / Kali

There is a fragment of yarnhubs video where alan e magee saw how kali has blown up near him

Roman Susil am 03. Juli 2026 bei 42-31452 / Fifty Packin Mama

Good morning, don't you happen to have pics of Queen or Snafuperman in your possesion? Both these machines crashed in our vicinity on August 29, 1944. Thank you

Joseph Roch Shearer am 02. Juli 2026 bei 42-97169 / My Gal II

My dad, George Fredrick Shearer II is in the photo, he is second from the left on the first row. He was a ball turret gunner. he was almost done...

Dave Morey Jr. am 02. Juli 2026 bei 42-102841 / Shadrack

my dad was the co-pilot

Roger Hackett am 01. Juli 2026 bei 44-6275

I don’t know the name of the bomber but just found out that my Maternal Uncle Robert Haynes Rodgers from Saluda, SC was the pilot who died in this crash....

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...

David Kucera am 01. Juli 2026 bei 42-30706

Lee Laney, the tail gunner, was my step father. His full name was Lee Ray Laney, and he went by RAY. He survived as did his friend, the other waist...

Stephan am 01. Juli 2026 bei 43-37869 / Blonde Bomber

Yes, the German KU report as well. Villanueva.