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

Delivered Dallas 10/7/43; Dow Fd 28/7/43; Kearney 6/8/43; Topeka 12/8/43; Scott 17/8/43; Assigned: 366BS/305BG [KY-B] Chelveston 6/9/43; MIA Augsburg 25/2/44 Pilot: Bob Safranek, Co-Pilot: Capt George Richard, Navigator: Milton Stammann, Bombardier: Harry Hill, Radio Operator: Herb Johnson, Waist Gunner: Bernie Beese, Waist Gunner: Henry Cunningham (7POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Elvin Cox, Ball Turret Gunner: Roy Courtright, Tail Gunner: Vern Barnett (3KIA); flak, crashed Neresheim, N of Stuttgart, Germany. MACR 2765.

Delivered Amarillo 1/7/43; Ephrata 18/7/43; Las Vegas 1/8/43; Tinker 14/12/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 5/10/44; 3010 BU Williams 6/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 9/8/45.

Delivered Amarillo 2/7/43; Ephrata 18/7/43; Love 1/8/43; Kingman 2/8/43; 2528 BU Midland 22/12/44; 231 BU Alamogordo 17/1/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 28/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/10/45.

Delivered Long Beach 13/11/43; Kearney 21/11/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG Thurleigh 13/4/44; sal 2 SAD 5/10/44. PRAYERS AND PATCHES.

Delivered Lincoln 9/12/44; Grenier 21/12/44; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-B] Grafton Underwood 17/1/45; transferred with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/9/46; re-ass AF 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp 19/11/47. PRIMO’S GIN MILL.

Delivered Long Beach 30/7/43; Dallas 1/8/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 23/6/44; 6BG Gr isle 7/8/44; 202 BU Galveston 4/10/44; 224 BU Sioux City 23/2/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 27/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.

Delivered Long Beach 24/7/43; Denver 16/8/43; 246 BU Pratt 4/6/44; 232 BU Dalhart 9/7/44; Written off 24/10/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 24/12/44; Recl Comp 7/6/46.

Delivered Denver 16/7/43; Sioux City 30/7/43; Kearney 3/8/43; Topeka 14/8/43; Scott 17/8/43; Assigned Soxo 2/9/43; left Gander 7/9/43 with Capt Morrill Gatcomb, Co-pilot: Capt Russell Shaw, Navigator: John Friedebach, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vic Caragianif, Radio Operator: Bob Cvengros; (5 Returned to Duty); crash landed Prestwick, Scotland; Salvaged Prestwick 8/9/43.

Delivered Long Beach 25/7/43; Amarillo 30/7/43; Denver 17/8/43; 499BG Smoky Hill 9/6/44; with John Armstrong crashed two miles N of Valley, Ks 15/6/44; Written off 16/6/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/5/43; Kearney 9/6/43; Dow Fd 5/7/43; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL-P] Rougham 7/7/43 SUGAR PUSS III; MIA Emden 11/12/43 Pilot: Henry Berwaldt, Navigator: Joe Fishbein, Bombardier: Theo Nardone, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Yates, Radio Operator: Art Jungwirth, Ball Turret Gunner: Maurice Noonan, Waist Gunner: John Narducci, Waist Gunner: Roland Sims, Tail Gunner: Warren Thaxton, foto-Al Lepkosky (10POW); Co-Pilot: John Robertson (KIA-by small arms fire from ground); Enemy aircraft, crashed Orvelte, Drente, Hol; MACR 1257. LUCKY LADY

Delivered Amarillo 7/7/43; Dallas 19/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 3/9/43; MIA Rostock 24/2/44 Pilot: Albt Montgomery, Co-Pilot: Russ Tyler, Navigator: Howard Carpenter, Bombardier: Jim Driscoll, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Doyle Thomas, Radio Operator: Bob Anliker, Ball Turret Gunner: Graham Nye, Waist Gunner: Bob Oda, Waist Gunner: Rolland Trantner, Tail Gunner: Bob Buckler. (10INT); mechanical problem and losing gas, forced landing Rinkaby, Sweden. MACR 3080. VENI, VIDI, VICI. (Became Swedish air liner SE-BAK, WO 12/46.)

Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/43; Dyersburg 28/7/43; with Omar Kelsay, crashed Dyersburg, 21/12/43; Written off 24/4/44.

Delivered Long Beach 25/7/43; Dallas 31/7/43; 3108 BU Kingman 18/6/44; 4100 BU Patterson 21/9/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 30/11/44; 4210 BU Lambert 29/1/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 10/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 11/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/43; Roswell 7/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/43; 3508 BU Truax 23/10/43; 3030 BU Roswell 27/10/43; 4126 BU San Bernadino 13/1/45; 3030 BU Roswell 1/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 3/8/45.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gr Island 7/12/43; New Castle 16/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 1/1/44; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Alex Loslo, Co-Pilot: Bob Wilson, Navigator: Doug Morrison, Bombardier: Presley Phillips, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Albt Seiter, Radio Operator: Bill Veronica, Ball Turret Gunner: Clarry Durling, Waist Gunner: George Regan, Waist Gunner: Archie Jones, Tail Gunner: Carmine Spinella (10POW); Enemy aircraft KOd #4 the caught fire before crew baled, crashed Stammheim, Friedberg, Germany. MACR 4881. JEANNIE.

Delivered Dallas 3/9/43; Scott 25/9/43; Assigned: 560BS/388BG [-J] Knettishall 13/10/43; MIA Emden 11/12/43 Pilot: Clyde Hughes, Navigator: Lester Mensch, Bombardier: Marion Wiles, Ball Turret Gunner: Marcus Magnarelli, Radio Operator: Ed Mayo, Tail Gunner: Ken Wheeler (6POW); Co-Pilot: Art Johnston, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lester Paup, Waist Gunner: Jim Willis, Waist Gunner: Walter Klik (4KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Finsterwalde, Groningen, Hol; MACR 3122.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Gr Isle 12/8/43; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR-U] Gt Ashfield 25/8/43 SHACK BUNNY; Salvaged. n/battle damage 29/5/45 LULU BELLE.

Delivered Long Beach 27/7/43; Dallas 30/7/43; with Edwin Easley force landed four miles short of Hobbs Aux Fd, TX 13/3/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/43; Gore 27/5/43; Tinker 9/6/43; Presque Is 27/6/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Navarin 11/7/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Missing in Action Bologna 2/9/43 with Caraberis, Dean, Hooper, Cox, Sykes, Bass, Bunn, Evans (8 Prisoner of War); Fassoulis returned 5/5/44, Laybe returns 14/6/44 after evading until 5th Army captures Rome, (2 evaded capture); Missing Air Crew Report 565.

Delivered Geiger 26/9/42; Pendleton 9/11/42; Biggs 23/3/43; Orlando 28/4/43; 245 BU McCook 16/6/43; 9BG McCook 1/7/43; 202 BU Galveston 14/11/43; 4121 BU Kelly 6/12/43; 245 BU McCook 21/12/43; with Harry Wilging force landed El Paso Apt, Tx 17/2/44; 4160 BU Albuquerque 20/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/5/45.

Delivered Denver 11/4/44; 1SAG Langley 18/5/44; Dow Fd 5/7/44; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 6/7/44; Returned to US: Bradley 27/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 2/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 9/12/45.

Delivered Denver 28/9/43; Grand Island 20/10/43; ass 560BS/388BG Knettishall 2/11/43; MIA Ludwigshafen 28/9/44 Pilot: Lester Frawley, Ray Klinke, Harry Bouten, Paul Kaufman, Adrian Olson, Carl Ingersoll, Ray Ingram, Harry Belgium. , Howard Miller (9POW); flak, crashed Saalfeld, Germany. any. MACR 9376. MILLIE K.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/10/43; Las Vegas 24/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 10/3/44; 3036 BU Yuma 20/3/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 4/6/44; 4160 BU Hobbs 5/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/43; Grand Island 31/10/43; Wilmington 27/11/43; Assigned: 544BS/384BG [SU-Q] Grafton Underwood 20/1/44; MIA Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 Pilot: Walt Harvey, Co-Pilot: Bob Brown, Navigator: Johnson Rule, Bombardier: Dick Rader, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Roberson, Waist Gunner: Cornelius McManus, (6EVD); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dewey Smith, Radio Operator: Stan Sturak, Waist Gunner: Jim Atkins, Tail Gunner: George Vann (4POW); flak, crashed Ferme de la Plancy l’Abbarye, a mile S of Champfleury Afd, Fr; MACR 4355. SHACK RABBIT.