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

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Nashville 21/11/43; Assigned: 350BS/100BG [LN-V] Thorpe Abbotts 26/11/43; trans 548BS/385BG [GX-F] Gt Ashfield; Pilot: crash-landed Honington, Sfk 13/4/44; Salvaged. 15/5/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/43; Gore 5/7/43; Gt Falls 7/7/43; Glasgow 28/7/43; Sioux City 19/12/43; 232 BU Dalhart 9/6/44; 268 BU Peterson 30/9/44; 232 BU Dalhart 11/10/44; 253 BU Selman 6/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/10/45.

Delivered Denver 7/12/43; Chicago 24/12/43; Savannah 31/12/43; Assigned 341BS/97BG Cerignola 4/1/44; to Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Munich 22/9/44 with 1Lt Theodore J Bezold, 2lt Robert F Goss, 2Lt Albert Evans, S/Sgt Joseph Soukup, S/Sgt Glenn R Ellis, T/Sgt Paul G Kochis, S/Sgt Clyde H Carey Jr, S/Sgt Robert L Faulkner, S/Sgt Joseph B Doyle, S/Sgt Kenneth E Wyzard; flak, crashed Munich. 6 x POW, 4 x KIA MACR 9026. Direct flak hit in wing #1 engine came away, #2 engine smoking wing aflame, 6 chutes streamed, wing came off and A/C seen to explode.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/7/44; Kearney 28/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 860BS/493BG Debach 11/8/44; battle damaged Merseburg 2/11/44 with Joe Gualano, cp?, Stan Lucia, Arthur Etter, Ray Butler, Paul Backer, Bob Johnson, Fred Townsend, Travis Jones (8 Returned to Duty); Harry Thomas lwg (Killed in Action); force landed St Trond, Bel. Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45. HANK’S BOTTLE.

Delivered Denver 18/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Presque Is 20/1/44; Nutts Corner, Belgium. ast, N.I. 27/1/44; ass 545BS/384BG [JD-J] Grafton Underwood 10/2/44; MIA Schweinfurt 13/4/44 Pilot: Ed Fioretti, Navigator: Sam Merlo, Bombardier: Leon Griffith, Waist Gunner: Don Vorisek, Waist Gunner: Phil Chaperon, Tail Gunner: Joe Ranchunas (6POW); Co-Pilot: Sid Bush, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Walter Stuhl, Radio Operator: Cecil Morton, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Eyre (4KIA); Enemy aircraft, exploded on way down, crashed Schlierbach, near Lindenfels, 16 miles NE of Darmstadt, Germany. MACR 3869.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Gore 4/7/43; 28BS/19BG Pyote 5/7/43; with Jim Kiernan crashed two miles SW of Martin, SD 17/1/44; Written off 24/3/44.

Delivered Denver 7/11/43; Orlando 20/11/43; with Paul Green crashed three miles E of 224 BU Sioux City 15/9/44; Written off 18/9/44.

Delivered Denver 11/11/43; Romulus 12/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; ass 338BS/96BG [BX- ] Snetterton 17/12/43; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Lee Anthony, Co-Pilot: Ona Accord, Navigator: George Knock, Bombardier: Loren Burber, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dean Marriot, Radio Operator: Ed Toomey, Ball Turret Gunner: John Greider, Waist Gunner: Dick Harding, Waist Gunner: Percy Lyle, Tail Gunner: Bill Fusco (10KIA); collided with Me109, crashed in quarry near Reichweeiler, nr Schartzerden, eight miles NE 0f St Wendel, Germany. MACR 2380.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/11/43; Syracuse 9/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; ass 338BS/96BG Snetterton 16/12/43; MIA Evreux 6/2/44 Pilot: Jake Kurfzberg, Co-Pilot: Bob Miner, Navigator: Bill Frank, Bombardier: Bill Weiner, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Roever, Radio Operator: Bob Huhtala, Ball Turret Gunner: O.S. McIver, Waist Gunner: Ed Majeska, Tail Gunner: Walt Swietoniowski (9KIA); Waist Gunner: Jose Pino (POW); Enemy aircraft hit gas tank in left wing which blew up, the collided with FW190 and crashed Pisseleux, a mile W of Villers-Cotterets, Fr; MACR 2342.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/11/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Dallas 28/11/43; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD- ] Grafton Underwood 8/1/44; detailed Brunswick 30/1/44 Pilot: Ed Fioretti*, Co-Pilot: Scott Briley*, Navigator: Sam Merlo, Bombardier: Leon Griffin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Walt Stuhl (5RTD); Radio Operator: Joe Sylvia, Ball Turret Gunner: Horace House, Waist Gunner: Clark Wolfe, Waist Gunner: Andy Wallo, Tail Gunner: Huley Day (5POW); damaged by Enemy aircraft and some baled out, rest came home crash-landed base 30/1/44; Salvaged. 2 SAD Lt Staughton 17/2/44. (*both awarded Silver Star) HAM-ON-RYE.

Delivered Long Beach 30/7/43; Dallas 4/8/43; Dyersburg 4/10/43; Dalhart 19/10/43; 247 BU Smoky Hill 3/6/44; 232 BU Dalhart 10/7/44; 4121 BU Kelly 2/11/44; 224 BU Sioux City 1/12/44; with Don Jones force landed base 17/4/45; 235 BU Biggs 12/5/45; 555 BU Love Fd 3/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Biggs 1/4/46.

Delivered Long Beach 30/7/43; Dallas 2/8/43; 4119 BU Brookley 21/6/44; with Chas O’Bryan 15/1/45 to 223 BU Dyersburg; Recl Comp 29/1/45.

Delivered Denver 31/5/44; Dorval 26/6/44; slated RAF HB 810; transferred 551BS/385BG [HR-F] Gt Ashfield 3/8/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 1/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 30/7/43; Dallas 2/8/43; 3501 BU Boca Raton 16/7/44; 3704 BU Keesler 11/4/45; 3501 BU Boca Raton 20/9/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 17/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 29/7/43; Dallas 3/8/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 23/6/44; 9BG Gr Isle 8/7/44; 563 BU Homestead 10/2/45; 242 BU Gr Isle 9/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/7/44; Hunter 4/8/44; Grenier 14/8/44; Assigned: 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 15/8/44; 729BS; MIA Zwickau 19/3/45 Pilot: Vic Ettredge, Don Franklin, Art Burstein, George Peden, Jack Johnson, Jim Fitzgerald, Don Borden, Howard Towns, Art Darling {tg}, Lew Carter {rcm} (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Zwickau, Germany. MACR 13562. DAISY MAE.

Delivered Lincoln 26/12/44; Dow Fd 10/1/45; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 22/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 418 BU Sth Plains 7/7/45; 613 BU Phillips 3/3/46.

Delivered Denver 9/11/43; Orlando 21/11/43; with Torleif Melo crashed five miles W of Worthington, Mn, en route 224 BU Sioux City 24/10/44; Written off 28/10/44.

Delivered: Denver 9/11/43; Presque Is 29/11/43; Prestwick, UK 1/12/43; ass 482BG Alconbury 2/12/43; Transferred: 422BS/305BG [JJ-E] Chelveston 10/12/43; battle damage Berlin 6/3/44; sal 2 SAD, by 2 MRR Sq.

Delivered Denver 9/11/43; Kingman 21/11/43; 3018 BU Kingman 23/3/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 22/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/44; Hunter 13/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-S] Gt Ashfield 28/6/44; mid air coll with 43-38233 (385BG) 24/12/44; ret base & rep; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45. BETTY JO.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/7/44; Kearney 19/7/44; Dow Fd 1/8/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 5/8/44; MIA Darmstadt 24/12/44 Pilot: Larry Vogt, Jim Anding, Vic Hammond, Roy Capwell, Harry Sevick, Dick Rudd, Cliff Canterberry, Bill Johnson (8KIA); Calvin Rhodes (POW); flak, mid air coll w/43-37893 (385BG); crashed Namur, Belgium. MACR 11113.

Delivered Kearney 4/7/44; Grenier 16/7/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 17/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 16/3/45 with Homer Anderson, Hatcher, Axler, Alexander, Kramp, Leal, Owens, Bob Smith, Schraeder, Zachritz (10 evaded capture & ret. 30/3/45); flak, crashed Igal, Hungary; Missing Air Crew Report 13059.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Assigned 582BS/393BG Kearney 26/7/43; crash landed base 6/8/43 with Homer Fitzer; Written off 9/8/43.