B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies Über diese B-17 Webseite

Guten Tag,

ich suche nach der genauen Angabe der Quelle für diesen Absturz:

11.01.1944, Angriff auf Oscherleben, B-17, 42-37896

Bob Hallden, Co-pilot: Ray Gentry (2 Killed in Action), Navigator: Gerard Limon, Bombardier: John Hubenschmidt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Beben, Radio Operator: Dalton Hutchins, Ball turret gunner: Clyde Moore, Waist gunner: Bob Robinson, Waist gunner: Henry Hays,Tail gunner: Carl Chatoir (8 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft shot off tail, crashed Kirchlengern, 22 miles E of Osnabruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1930.

Ich wohne selbst in Kirchlengern und habe bisher noch nichts über diesen Absturz hier gehört.

MfG
Uwe Klitsch

Thanks for making and keeping up this web site! My uncle was a WWII B-17 mechanic who died in 1998. I recently found his photo albums and it’s like turning back the clock.

Hey there Jing…. I came across your story, and thought you might have some interest in mine. My Uncle was nose gunner/toggelier on B-17G Flying Fortress s/n
44-8436 “FORT WORTH JAIL HOUSE” I created 10 huge artwork plaques to honor each crew member. People around the World have called it the single greatest depiction of a B-17 ever. Send me your direct e-mail so I can discuss making you a Super Gift. R.W.

Hallo Herr Zhou,

very interesting website… In meiner näheren Umgebung sind damals einige B-17 niedergegangen, also abgestürzt. Entsprechende Funde von Trümmerteilen und die riesige Bergungs- und Entschärfungsaktion von elf 500-Pfund-Bomben im Jahr 2013 war und ist noch immer groß im Gespräch. Einer meiner Bekannten befasst sich mit den Geschichten rundherum näher und hat gerade vorletztes Jahr eine ziemlich interessante Story dazu aufgedeckt und ein Buch geschrieben.
Als ich Ihre Website entdeckt habe, dachte ich mir: “This might be interesting for you as well.” If you’d like to have a look:
http://druckerei-verlagshaus-blume.de/index.php/artikel/mid-air-collision.html
Aber vielleicht kennen Sie das auch schon. Kurzinfos zu dem Absturz sind mittlerweile auch für den “Ottonormalverbraucher” bei Wikipedia gelistet, Stichwort “Flugzeugkollision über der Dippoldiswalder Heide”.

Freundliche Grüße

Linda

Your site is very interesting. I have several thousend B-17 photos from a writer that worked for Boeing’ He did 4 B-17 books for detail & scale. Alwyn T. Lloyd. was his name. I have book layout for 25th BG, 91st BG, 92nd BG, 97th BG. and 15 more. I also have folders on other BG with letters from different men that flew in the planes. I also have all the paper work from the 2nd Bombardment Group . Larry

Thank you for your site! My Grandpa is Kenneth Oliver Hale pilot of Queenie. Through your site we actually learned Grandpa’s plane was named “Gremlin’s Hotel” aka Queenie.

Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day in the United States. Grandpa is 102 Years old and is still very much as sharp as ever.

Thank you again for your site.

Sir, I want to thank you for all of the excellent work you have done on this web site. I had the pleasure of knowing Chuck Strode, the bombardier on Command Performance, 42-31508. All of your facts about the plane are just as he told me. The two fatalities on that last mission were both waist gunners. An interesting story about this airplane. The last 3 numbers on the tail, 508, added up to 13. The last mission was Chuck’s 13th, and took place on the 13th of April. After safely parachuting out, Chuck was captured, and spent 13 months as a POW. His camp was liberated by the Russians, who gave the prisoners food and weapons, and told them the GI’s would be along later. Chuck stayed in room 13, with 12 other guys, so there were 13 altogether. thirteen days later, the American army showed up, and after he was liberated, it took him 13 weeks to get home. I know I have forgotten parts of the story, but in all, there were 13 coincidences of 13! Chuck said that the number 13 had always been lucky for him.

Mr. Zhou,
I have a copy of the log book of American pilot Capt. Richard H. Claeys, who flew 71 missions with the 367th Bomb Squadron. It only lists tail numbers, not full serial numbers. Let me know if you would like the pdf of photos of the pages.

Captain Claeys is my brother’s namesake. He was a close friend of my father’s family. He survived the war and continued flying transports in Europe. He was killed in 1946 when his C47 was shot down after straying over Yugoslovia.

Ist vielleicht was für die Seite, MicroProse, die in der Vergangenheit die Spiel B17 Flying Fortress und B17 The Mighty Eight herrausgebracht haben, sind anscheinend wieder im Geschäft. Und sie haben ein B17 Game angekündigt. Ich habe die B17 Spiele lange und ausdauernd gespielt. Vielleicht ist es eine gute Idee, das Spiel hier auf der Seite im Auge zu behalten, da es sicher die Vorgänge im Inneren eines B17 Bombers gut beleuchten wird. So wie es die Vorgänger getan haben. Link zu “The Mighty Eight”
https://www.microprose.com/games/the-mighty-eighth

Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Rai

Thank you for making this site. I am researching the Man-O-War as my Grand Uncle was the 11th man on board that last mission on Nov. 9h, 1942. If you have any more information on this ship please send it to my email address. thank you again for an outstanding contribution to history. Cheers.