„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 #42-31226 / The Saint and Ten Sinners
Abschuss durch Flak (29 April 1944)
Boeing B-17 #42-31393 / Snafu
Abschuss durch Flak (29 April 1944)
Boeing B-17 #42-102918 / Idiot’s Delight
Abschuss durch Flak (19 Juli 1944)
Boeing B-17 #44-6408 / Hammerhead
Abschuss durch Flak (07 November 1944)
Boeing B-17 #42-30094 / Belle of the Blue
Abgewrackt (06 September 1945)
Datenbank - Aktuelle Einträge in der Datenbank
42-3359
Delivered Denver 25/5/43; Dow Fd 9/7/43; Assigned HQ Bovingdon; Salvaged n/battle damaged with Albert Lentz 23/12/44.
44-8221
Delivered Dallas 14/7/44; Langley 8/8/44; Hunter 5/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-X] Grafton Underwood 5/11/44; 545BS [JD-W]; transferred 305BG Chelveston 9/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/4/46.
43-38812
Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 749BS/457BG [U] Glatton 17/10/44; diverted to RAF Portreath on 19-Dec-44 following a raid on Koblenz, when base socked in. Whilst returning to base 23-Dec-44 and letting down on instruments through the clag, crashed two miles north of Gt Rollright, Oxfordshire, UK (the crash site was actually in Warwickshire) with Cliff Hendrickson, Walter Graves, Co-pilot, Joe Kilmer, Bombardier: Dave Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Bruer, Radio Operator: Bob Reidel, Ball turret gunner: Edmund Fitzgerald, Waist gunner: George Hawley, Tail gunner: Cliff Henrich Waist gunner; (8 Killed in Service) (1 Returned to Duty) Salvaged 26/12/44.
42-31226 / The Saint and Ten Sinners
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 16/10/43; Memphis 19/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-G] Deenethorpe 22/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Don Butterfoss, Co-pilot: Bob Westfall, Navigator: Bernie Boyle, Bombardier: Bob Kerpen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Truszkowski, Radio Operator: Roger McCauley, Ball turret gunner: Everett Stanley, Waist gunner: John Reeves,Tail gunner: Bill Lee (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Bill Watkins (evaded capture); flak KOd #1 and #2, crashed Veldweg, two miles W of Beekbergen, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 4345.
42-3349 / El Mangau aka El Diablo aka Liberty aka El Lobo
Delivered Denver 22/5/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-E] Rougham 7/43 EL MANGAU; re-named EL DIABLO then LIBERTY; Missing in Action Bordeaux 5/12/43 with John Perrine, Co-pilot: Rod Smith, Navigator: Bob Walthers, Bombardier: Bob Wright, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Smith, Radio Operator: Frank Pogwist, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Neumann, Waist gunner: John Peacock, Waist gunner: Frank Scheinbaum,Tail gunner: Dallas Williamson (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set #2 on fire, crashed Bordeaux, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1175. EL LOBO.
42-97390
Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/44; Gt Falls 2/3/44; Kearney 17/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-V] Deopham Green 8/4/44; 730BS; destroyed on ground Poltava with Lt Thomas 21/6/44; Salvaged Russia 2/7/44.