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

Delivered Geiger 28/9/42; Assigned 464BS/331BG Casper 13/11/42; expoded mid-air over New Mexico 13/1/43 with Lt Bob George, all killed, aircraft came down three miles east of Medio, MN. Cause unknown.

Delivered Amarillo 1/7/43; Dallas 19/7/43; Kingman 4/8/43; 3030 BU Roswell 5/10/44; 3010 BU Williams 11/1/45; 3020 BU La Junta 20/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/8/45.

Delivered Amarillo 1/7/43; Ephrata 18/7/43; Love 1/8/43; Kingman 2/8/43; 231 BU Alamogordo 22/7/44; 203 BU Jackson 2/2/45; 243 BU Gt Bend 6/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/10/45.

Delivered Dallas 8/6/43; Gore 9/6/43; Dallas 11/6/43; Love 5/7/43; Dalhart 7/7/43; crash landed base with Jim Hines 31/8/43; Written off.

Delivered Geiger 25/9/42; Assigned 461BS/331BG Casper 23/10/42; crashed 25 miles north Glenrock, WY with Lewis Machala due to poor weather (crew Killed in Service) 25/2/43; Written off 16/3/43.

Delivered Lincoln 31/12/44; Grenier 25/1/45; Assigned: 546BS/384BG [BK-K] Grafton Underwood 20/2/45; battle damage Pilsen 25/4/45 Pilot: ‚; trans with group to Istres, Fr for mapping duties; crash-landed 66 miles ESE Rome, It w/Morton Hunt 11/11/45; Salvaged. 2/1/46. SCHOOL MARM.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/43; Gore 8/6/43; Roswell 12/6/43; slated for 94BG but with Jim Loveless crashed base 28/7/44; Written off 30/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/43; Roswell 7/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; with Fred Ratcliffe force landed base 24/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 3/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Fairfield 24/5/43; 16th Map Sq Bolling 7/7/43; Accra, Nth Africa 31/10/43; Returned to the USA MacDill 2/10/44; Brazil mapping 1/6/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/43; Kearney 9/6/43; Dyersburg 27/6/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Presque Is 2/8/43; Assigned 97BG Pont-du-Fahs 12/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; transferred 301BG Cerignola, from Cairo 25/11/44; used as weather a/c; Salvaged 1/5/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/5/43; Gore 25/5/43; Kearney 5/6/43; Dalhart 27/6/43; Gr Isle 26/7/43; Pilot: Gordon Crozier forced landing Geiger 29/7/43; Patterson 8/8/43; Gr Isle 11/8/43; Presque Is 16/8/43; Assigned: 365BS/305BG [XK-B] Chelveston 3/9/43; Transferred: 1 BAD Burtonwood 20/5/44; Returned to US: 8STA Homestead 24/7/44; 4136 BU Tinker 25/7/44; Recl Comp 17/7/45. MISS DONNA MAE.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 422NLS/305BG [JJ-O] Chelveston 1/10/43; Tran 858BS 24/6/44 Harrington. PAPER DOLL.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/1/45; Hunter 27/1/45; Grenier 25/2/45; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 30/3/45; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 19/11/47.

Delivered Denver 10/12/42; Wendover 3/2/43; Hammer Fd 7/3/43; Sioux City 6/4/43; Dalhart 15/4/43; with ? at Walker Fd, Ks 28/5/44; 4136 BU Tinker 11/7/44; 4100 BU Patterson 6/1/45; 325 BU Avon Park 2/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/9/45.

Delivered Denver 11/12/42; Wendover 30/12/42; Sioux City 6/4/43; Dyersburg 13/4/43; Tinker 4/11/43; Smoky Hill 12/11/43; 235 BU Biggs 27/7/44; Written off 18/8/44; Recl Comp 3/8/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/12/42; Pocatello 28/12/42; Pyote 16/2/43; crashed five miles south of base with Joe Folsom plus 7 Killed in Service ; Sgt Kennard Stevens (tg) only survivor 6/6/43, Written off 7/6/43.

Delivered Lincoln 11/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 8AF 6/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 1/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 749BS/457BG [T] Glatton 28/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; Cleveland 11/6/45; Scott 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 22/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. BUTCH.

Delivered Denver 11/12/42; Pocatello 31/12/42; Pyote 11/1/43; force landed with Jim Wingate two miles north of Pecos, TX 22/6/43; Written off 24/6/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/12/42; Hobbs 22/12/42; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; 4100 BU Patterson 24/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.

Delivered Lincoln 28/9/44; Bismark 2/10/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned: 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 8/12/44; MIA Sterkrade, Germany. 22/1/45 Pilot: Earle Van Popering, Gene Dzjowski (2KIA); Bill Doheny, Russell Schulz, Dick Pechout, Chas Mathias, Roy Denney (5POW); Jack Ferrell, Albt Maffei (2EVD); flak, crashed Dusseldorf; MACR 11994.

Delivered Denver 4/5/44; Dorval 4/6/44; Assigned: RAF [HB797]; Transferred: 8AF, ass 351BG Polebrook 2/8/44; 544BS/384BG [SU-Z] Grafton Underwood 11/12/44; 547BS [SO-Z]; 305BG Polebrook 9/5/45; Salvaged. 9AF Germany. any 23/5/46. SWAMP ANGEL. [Last 8AF aircraft to drop bombs in WW II on 25-4-45 at 11.16am.]

Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Kearney 10/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-F] Grafton Underwood 20/1/44; 546BS [BK-F]; battle damage Germany. lstein 27/12/44, crash-landed Manston; 9KIA; Salvaged. 28/12/44. MAIRSY DOATS.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 12/6/43; Assigned: 561BS/388BG [ -T] Knettishall 14/6/43; MIA Bordeaux 27/3/44 Pilot: Julius Lenderman, Co-Pilot: Waite Law, Bombardier: John Luzell (3POW); Navigator: John Carroll, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Herman Hermanson (2EVD); Radio Operator: Blair Harman, Ball Turret Gunner: Lou Mizera, Waist Gunner: George Schartzkopf, Waist Gunner: Joe Kapec, Tail Gunner: George Hewett (5KIA); flare set off fire in radio room, circled & crashed La Gombretiere, Aizenay, nine miles NW of La Roche-sur-Yon, 17 miles S of Nantes, Fr. MACR 3540. BIG RED.