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

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/43; Salt Lake City 24/12/43; damaged at Kingman when parked 18/4/45; 3018 BU Kingman 23/3/45; Recl Comp 11/1/46.

Delivered Lincoln 8/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-G] Gt Ashfield 10/11/44; Returned to US: Bradley 26/6/45; Sth Plains 28/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 27/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/11/43; Romulus 16/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Valley, Wales 24/12/43; ass 339BS/96BG [QJ-‚] Snetterton 26/12/43; 413BS [MZ-M]; MIA Brunswick 23/3/44 Pilot: Lee Seeman {wia}, crew ‚ (10RTD); ditched off Aldeburgh, Sfk, UK; all rescued. No MACR.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; Prestwick, UK 17/12/43; ass 413BS/96BG Snetterton 18/12/43; MIA Stuttgart 25/2/44 Pilot: George Smiley{stayed in ship to let crew bale out}, Radio Operator: Ed Fath{chute failed} (2KIA); Co-Pilot: Bob Ketcham, Navigator: Dick Longman, Bombardier: Gordon Williams, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jack Blacker, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Thompson, Waist Gunner: Ben Scoville, Waist Gunner: Walt Brocious, Tail Gunner: Bob Haynes (8POW); crashed Sulzbach a.d.Murr, Germany. MACR 2861.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 10/4/44; battle damage Ludwigshafen 25/9/44 Crew bailed out due to flak damage to three engines, landed on auto-pilot near Mondorf-led-Bains, and was photographed in a field by advancing GIs about a week later; Salvaged 22/12/44. SWING SHIFT BABY.

Delivered Hunter 26/12/44; Grenier 13/1/45; Assigned: 551BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 22/1/45; MIA Berlin 18/3/45 Pilot: Hubert I. Bloom; Howard Marvelle; Robert K. Cavan; Alvin Vaira; Don G. Fink; Sol S. Lipschitz; Robert J. Oglan, Jr.; Wesley R. Brown; Raymond Dahl; 6 POW; 3 KIA; MACR 13147.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Gore 2/7/43; Pendleton 25/7/43; with Gordon Crozier force landed Geiger 29/7/42; 452BG Geiger 31/7/43; 500BG Walker 8/6/44; 901 BU Pinecastle 8/7/44; 902 BU Orlando 2/8/43; 248 BU Walker 16/8/44; 232 BU Dalhart 4/9/44; 241 BU Fairmont 12/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Pyote 4/7/43; Alexandria 7/7/43; 202 BU Galveston 13/7/44; 221 BU Alexandria 21/7/43; Written off 21/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Gore 4/7/43; 19BG Pyote 5/7/43; 221 BU Alexandria 17/1/45; 329 BU Alexandria 1/3/45; 331 BU Barksdale 3/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Gore 2/7/43; Geiger 4/7/43; 452BG Pendleton 25/7/43; with Ben Sisson force landed Tinker 24/2/44; 498BG Gt Bend 23/7/44; 243 BU Gt Bend 20/8/44; 232 BU Dalhart 27/9/44; Assigned Puerto Rico 9/11/44; Salvaged 21/6/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Hunter 22/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned: 390BG Framlingham 4/8/44; Transferred: 549BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 5/8/44; MIA Osnabruck 21/11/44 Pilot: Jim Webb, Francis Riggs, Chas Melhado, Orsen Jensen, Tom Watkins, Tony Vespasiano, Wallace Land, Pryce Spencer (8KIA); Ken Kio (POW); mid air coll w/43-37566 (385BG); crashed Körbecke (District Warburg), Germany. MACR 10413.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/8/44; Lincoln 6/9/44; Grenier 24/9/44; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG-T] Gt Ashfield 25/9/44; returning from Osnabruck 21/11/44 Pilot: Cliff Foss (Cobb), Otho Quick, Myron Loyet, Theo Otto, Bob Houston, John Bevilcqua, Gail Anderson (7RTD); Jim Shaver, Ed Myers (2POW); mid-air coll w/43-38270 (385BG), but returned and repaired; MACR 10468; Returned to US: Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 28/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 5/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/6/43; Dalhart 8/7/43; 202 BU Galveston 8/8/44; 224 BU Sioux City 23/2/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 24/4/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/7/44; Hunter 31/7/44; Grenier 13/8/44; Assigned: 305BG Chelveston 25/8/44; battle damage Hamm 19/9/44 Pilot: ‚; forced landing continent on return; Salvaged. 13/12/44.

Delivered Dallas 20/8/44; Langley 11/9/44; Grenier 5/10/44; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [HR-H] Gt Ashfield 17/10/44; taxi accident Pilot: Brian Thompson 7/12/44; trans 15AF Italy; Salvaged. 9AF Germany. any 23/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-O] Snetterton 11/6/44; ct fire & Salvaged. 21/1/45; Returned to US: Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 6/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 7/12/45. Re-ass USAAF, but finally W/O 21/7/47.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/44; Denver 6/3/44; Alexandra 21/3/45; 215 BU Pueblo 27/8/44; 221 BU Alexandra 8/11/44; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 326 BU MacDill 8/6/45; 324 BU Chatham 16/6/45; 326 BU MacDill 28/6/45; 327 BU Drew 3/7/45; 326 BU MacDill 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 19/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/7/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Dow Fd 10/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG Debach 13/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. FLAK FLIRTER.

Delivered Lincoln 7/12/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 18/12/44; used as ASR/Radar aircraft from Weisbaden, Germany at end of war.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/44; Denver 6/3/44; Alexandra 18/3/44; 221 BU Alexandra 17/1/45; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 325 BU Avon Park 13/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/45; Hunter 12/2/45; Dow Fd 16/2/45; Assigned {H2X} 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 27/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/45; Hunter 17/2/45; Grenier 9/3/45; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 14/3/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/7/44; Kearney 16/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-V] Gt Ashfield 4/8/44; MIA Kiel 4/4/45 Pilot: Bob Ritchie, Adolph Bernacchi, Bill Simmons, Alvin Koblitz, Bill Miller, Gordon Fraser, Chas Chambers, Leo Lynch, Harry Fredericksen (9KIA); mid-air coll w/43-38639 (385BG), crashed North Sea. MACR 13720. ANGEL’S SISTER.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/8/44; Patterson 8/9/44; Hunter 20/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-E] Great Ashfield 1/10/44; MIA Kiel 4/4/45 Pilot: Capt Tim Crimmins, Capt Jim Murphy, Mercer Abernathy, Jim Dodd, Bob Bartlett, Bob Fitzgerald, Chas Cook, Oliver Rapps, Milton Dawidowicz (9KIA); mid-air coll w/43-38210 (385BG), crashed North Sea. MACR 13722.