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 Cheyenne 28/5/43; Gore 7/6/43; Tinker 8/6/43; Memphis 24/6/43; Presque Is 2/7/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Navarin 11/7/43; Oudna 4/8/43; transferred 340BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; crashed base (?) 31/12/43; Salvaged. LUCKY LADY.
Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Rapid City 8/3/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-Z] Thurleigh 2/6/44; Missing in Action Halle 16/8/44 with Young Newsom, Co-pilot: Irving Dudley, Navigator: Harry Pasvoll, Bombardier: Gordon Slocum, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jerry Myers, Ball turret gunner: Milton Bassett, Waist gunner: Orville Werts,Tail gunner: Floyd Owens (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Henry Kantor (KIA-on ground, two Luftwaffe soldiers from Rheine airfield nearby were tried and hung 5/9/47); flak, crashed Rotenkirchen, W of Bohlen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7901. ZAMRO.
Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Kearney 16/11/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 1/1/44; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Henry Hammond, Co-Pilot: Bob Brown, Navigator: Fred Heubner, Bombardier: Lee McDonald, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Louis Koren, Radio Operator: John McMillan, Ball Turret Gunner: Noel Lamarche, Waist Gunner: Matt Kwasny, Tail Gunner: Thurlow Schultz (9POW); Waist Gunner: Frank Maxey (KIA); mid air coll w/42-31151 (96BG); crashed 12 km northeast of Montherme, 25 km north of Charleville-Mezieres, France. MACR 2378.
Assigned 367BS/306BG Westover 17-Aug-42; Thurleigh 13-Oct-42; Missing in Action 20-Dec-42 on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed Melun, 40 km southeast of Paris, France. 3KIA 7POW. No MACR issued.
Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/43; Gr Isle 31/8/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-O] Snetterton 5/9/43; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Lou Kandl, Co-Pilot: Branden Britt, Navigator: Bob Stanton, Bombardier: Albt Combs, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Knapp, Radio Operator: Bob Scanlon, Ball Turret Gunner: Theo Wagner, Waist Gunner: Aaron Shoop (8KIA); Waist Gunner: Theo Brown, Tail Gunner: Chas Harborough (2POW); mid air collision w/42-31151, crashed Gusenburg, 14 miles SE of Trier/Eifel, Germany. MACR 2377. SKYLARK.
Delivered Cheyenne 25/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Long Beach 13/10/43; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-S] Snetterton 15/10/43; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Darrell Sisler, Co-Pilot: Clarry Johnson, Navigator: Montidier Estes, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Lewis, Waist Gunner: Tom Price, Waist Gunner: Larry Rotholtz (6KIA); Bombardier: Jim Kelly, Radio Operator: Phil Rousse, Ball Turret Gunner: Art Brown, Tail Gunner: Walter Wilde (4POW); mid air coll w/42-30859 (96BG), disintegrated and crashed Hermeskeil (14 miles SE of Trier/Eifel), Germany. MACR 2381.
Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/43; Gore 2/6/43; Dow Fd 8/7/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-S] Rougham 9/7/43; considered war weary and sal 31/5/45. DONNA LOU II.
Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Gr Island 28/10/43; Wilmington 04/11/43; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-M] Framlingham 10/11/43; [23m] severe battle damage Berlin, 06/03/44. Pilot: Elbert R. Hoover; forced landing Honington depot; Salvaged. 22/3/44. SHIFLESS SKUNK.
Delivered Lincoln 30/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-M] Ridgewell 19/10/44; {7m} crashed Isle of Man, UK with Chas Ackerman, Edwin Hutcheson, plus passengers Lts Alfred Mata, Jim Hinkle, John Fedak, Martin Matyas and Larry McGhehey; NCOs Angelo Quagliariello, Jose Martinez, Herb Gupton, Harry Super, Edwin Ulman, Andy Piter, Joe Sullivan, Joe Gray, Ed Bailey, Ralph Gibbs, Andy Barbour, Wesley Hagen, Dave Lindon, Irvin Hargraves, Mike Kakos, Earl Ammermann, Les Maxwell, Tom Flaherty, Walt McCullough, Bill Geist, Merle Ramsowr, Wayne Manes. All 31 Killed in Service when aircraft hit North Barrule mountain en route Belfast on a furlough flight 23/4/45 and to attend President Roosevelt’s memorial service; Salvaged.
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Don Nachtwey am 07. November 2026 bei 42-107188 / Ramp Rooster
Chris Thompson and James Morden – I'm Paul Nachtwey's nephew; Paul was the navigator on Ramp Rooster on 29 Dec 1944 and the only one of the nine who didn't...
Clinton Slayton am 06. November 2026 bei 42-30408 / Sharon Belle
Cause of the mid-air explosion near Astley Castle was never determined. Because it would have been the 25th mission for my uncle Charles Slayton, he would have been done Sharon...
Nathan am 06. November 2026 bei 42-102448 / Mexican Hay Ride
HI guys, I'm one of Jim's grandsons (he had many grandchildren). He died on Flag Day 1991 due to complications from a stroke. We, as a family, would love any...
Christopher Lewis am 05. November 2026 bei 42-30140 / King Malfunction II
My uncle. S/Sgt Norman G. Whitman, was the Left Waist Gunner on the same crew & was captured after bailing out of Painter's B-17 on 17 August 1943. Would love...
florentyne am 05. November 2026 bei 44-6691
Hello, I am searching for more information about this ship, #44-6691 (#691), what happened to its remains, and if any of the crew that perished were ever found. Thank you
Florentyne am 05. November 2026 bei 42-32071 / Moonbeam McSwine aka Nine Wolves and Poppa aka Freddie H
Hello, I'm sorry to hear of your father's passing. He must have been strong person to have survived all that he went through. I just read his eyewitness account of...
Florentyne am 05. November 2026 bei 42-32071 / Moonbeam McSwine aka Nine Wolves and Poppa aka Freddie H
Hello, do you know if there were any other burials beside Michael Molnar? I am looking for other members of that mid-air collision between 44-6691 and 42-0791. Is there a...
Leon R. Quarve am 05. November 2026 bei 42-31672 / Buckeye Boomerang II
Todays date: Nov. 5, 2026. My 86th birthday. For some reason I have been blocked from finding names and information about crew of Buckeye Bomerang 2. Why?
Jhazen am 04. November 2026 bei 42-97547
Lee Hazen is my grandfather. I know there have been some video interviews done with him (one I just stumbled upon on YouTube), also newspapers articles. I was fortunate enough...
Jhazen am 04. November 2026 bei 42-97547
Lee Hazen is my grandfather. I know there have been some video interviews done with him, also newspapers articles. I was fortunate enough to hear some of his stories