B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies Aktuelle Einträge in der Datenbank

Delivered Syracuse 18/5/45; Middletown 8/11/45; Morrison 27/12/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 3 BC Albrook (CZ) 1/1/48; 5702 MA Albrook 26/7/48; 5701 MSU Gp Albrook 28/3/49; AMC Olmstead Recl Comp 8/9/49.

Delivered Syracuse 17/5/45; Slated Oahu 7AF, transferred Love Fd 20/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45.

Das Schicksal dieser B-17 Fliegenden Festung ist nicht bekannt.

Delivered Hunter 23/11/44; Grenier 16/12/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-D] Grafton Underwood 28/1/45; transferred with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged 9AF Germany 20/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/1/43; Blythe 26/1/43; Geiger 8/5/43; Pendleton 25/7/43; Geiger 2/9/43; 273 BU Lincoln 23/6/44; 243 BU Gt Bend 25/6/44; 498BG Gt Bend 8/8/44; 271 BU Kearney 10/8/44; 243 BU Gt Bend 22/9/44; with Floyd Maupin force landed base 5/10/44; Recl Comp 3/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/1/43; Smyrna 28/1/43; Lockbourn 7/2/43; Assigned 1174 PTTS Luke Fd 5/3/43; with Keith Busch (Killed in Service+ crew) crashed 20 miles SW of Springerville, AZ 10/3/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/1/43; Wendover 23/1/43; Tinker 15/5/43; Casper 18/5/43; Scribner 25/7/43; Kearney 3/8/43; crash landed base 2/9/43 with Harlan Inglis; Written off 3/11/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/4/43; Denver 14/4/43; 3030 BU Roswell 7/10/44; 3010 BU Williams 16/11/44; 3020 BU La Junta 26/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater 4/8/45.

Delivered Denver 4/1/43; Casper 15/1/43; Lowry 22/2/43; Ephrata 27/2/43; with Wade Sneed taxi accident on base 6/4/43; Felts Fd 8/4/43; Ephrata 29/4/43; Spokane 1/6/43; Rapid City 2/8/43; with Walter Wascher crashed 10 miles N of Rosebud, SD 13/12/43; Written off 15/12/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/43; as 18BS/34BG Blythe 25/1/43; mech. problems led to taxi accident with Ben Chaneles 20/2/43; Orlando 10/4/43; Ephrata 29/4/43; Geiger 5/5/43; Rapid City 21/6/43; 325 BU Avon Park, with Bon Krahn crash landed Immokalee Fd, FL 5/8/44; Written off 10/11/44; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/43; Smyrna 21/1/43; Gt Falls 31/1/43; Smyrna 13/2/43; Hobbs 17/3/43; Roswell 30/3/43; Hobbs 6/4/43; Kelly 27/7/43; with Jack Greenfield force landed Hobbs, NM 22/4/44; with Walter Bradie force landed Hobbs 25/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 15/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 27/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/6/44; Kearney 19/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 833BS/486BG [4N-G] Sudbury 2/7/44; 61m battle damaged Leipzig 27/2/45 with Lloyd E. Moore; 9 POW?; force landed Bernstadtgram, Ger; Salvaged 1/4/45. Missing Air Crew Report 12782. THE FERTILE TURTLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/43; Sioux City 19/1/43; Casper 5/3/43; Assigned 398BG Rapid City 7/6/43; Geiger 8/6/43; Gore Fd 8/7/43; force landed Hill Fd, Ogden, UT with Bob Siegel 2/8/43; Written off 11/8/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/43; Biggs 20/1/43; Blythe 18/3/43; Moses Lake 2/5/43; Geiger 2/8/43; Sioux City 15/12/43; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/44; 4160 BU Albuquerque 20/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 19/6/45.

Delivered Boeing 2/12/43; Mat Com (crash testing, no u/c) Seattle 2/6/44; 4100 BU Patterson 18/3/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 8/6/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 22/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 26/10/43; ass 305BG Chelveston 21/1/44; Transferred: 401BG Deenethorpe 20/5/45; retUS 121 BU Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 12/9/45; Scrapped: Kingman 29/11/45. YOU’VE HAD IT.

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Cheyenne 20/12/43; Gr Island 24/12/43; Romulus 20/1/44; Grenier 29/1/44; Presque Is 5/2/44; Assigned: 364BS/305BG Chelveston 22/2/44; MIA Munster 23/3/44 Pilot: Edward Forrest, Navigator: Bill Weeks, Bombardier: Bob Donovan, Radio Operator: Don Kosich, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Rushing, Waist Gunner: Bill Kurtz, Waist Gunner: Bill Stoner, Tail Gunner: Earl Royer (8POW); Co-Pilot: Dick Lamie, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Sandusky (2EVD); flak, crashed along Zelham-Halle road, Hol; MACR 3431.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Paine Fd 28/11/43; Portland 2/12/43; Gt Falls 5/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Chicago 21/12/43; La Guardia 22/12/43; Grenier 24/12/43; Presque Is 30/12/43; Assigned Soxo 1/1/44 at Toome, N.I. On a test flight on 13/1/44 it crashed on a hillside near National Children’s Home, at Edgeworth, Bolton, Lancs while flying blind in zero visibility. With Delbert Harris, Co-pilot: Lt McDonald (2 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lt. Larry Tracy; Sgt. Tom Kristin, T/Sgt L.B. Woodall & civilian Bill Killough (4 Killed in Service). Salvaged n/battle damaged 2/10/44.

Delivered Denver 20/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Romulus 31/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-G] Snetterton 16/1/44; MIA Erkner 8/3/44 Pilot: Dick Lemanski, Co-Pilot: Jim Buttermore, Navigator: Leroy Chappell, Bombardier: Frank Sewell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Matt Mendys, Radio Operator: Dave Hohm, Ball Turret Gunner: Phil Kierstead, Waist Gunner: Jeff Roberts, Waist Gunner: Edgar Currie, Tail Gunner: Dean Shuck (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed between Wegenstedt & Calvorden, 13 miles NE of Helmstadt A/Fd, Germany. MACR 3426.

Delivered Long Beach 5/11/43; Las Vegas 15/11/43; with Fred Klopfenstein, crashed McClelland Fd, CA 2/1/44. Written off 6/1/44.

Delivered Denver 29/11/43; Gt Falls 3/12/43; Hobbs 19/12/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 28/9/44; 3022 BU Indian Springs 9/10/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 15/3/45; 2126 BU Laredo 28/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Kearney 19/12/43; Oklahoma City 8/1/44; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-L] Snetterton 5/2/44; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Chas Filer, Co-Pilot: Fred Lavigna, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lido Mochetti, Waist Gunner: Fred Beck, Waist Gunner: Carl Brogren (5KIA); Navigator: John Dink, Bombardier: George Turcott, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Prince, Radio Operator: Chas Williams, Tail Gunner: Chas Thornhill (5POW); Enemy aircraft KOd three engines plus other damage, crashed Bellmuth, 22 miles NE of Frankfurt, Germany. MACR 4856. STORMY WEATHER.

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Cheyenne 12/12/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Meeks Fd 4/1/44; Assigned Soxo at Goose Bay, Labrador as replacement aircraft to Nutts Corner, N. Ireland 13/1/44 with Roy Eisele, Co-pilot: Louis Girand, Navigator: Murray Schenker, Bombardier: Melvin Gladstone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Cowley, Radio Operator: Ralph Milland, Ball turret gunner: Ed Vallee, Waist gunner: Efrain Longoria,Tail gunner: Joe Czerwonka (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Alvin Leonard (Killed in Service); abandoned over Fort William, Scotland when two engines cut out suddenly, crashed Lake Quioch; Salvaged RAF 28/2/44.

Delivered Long Beach 4/11/43; Las Vegas 15/11/43; 3018 BU Kingman, Written off 9/11/44.