B-17 #43-38625 / Ole Doodle Bug
Delivered Cheyenne 25/8/44; Hunter 20/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR-X] Gt Ashfield 29/9/44; Returned to US: Bradley 27/6/44; 4168 BU Sth Plains 29/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 14/12/45. OLE DOODLE BUG!
Delivered Cheyenne 25/8/44; Hunter 20/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR-X] Gt Ashfield 29/9/44; Returned to US: Bradley 27/6/44; 4168 BU Sth Plains 29/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 14/12/45. OLE DOODLE BUG!
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Casper 4/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned: 546BS/384BG [BK-F] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; MIA Villacoublay 26/6/43 Pilot: Lykes Henderson, Co-Pilot: Paul Shinsky, Navigator: Claudius Belgium. , Bombardier: Andy Conway, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ivan Schultz, Radio Operator: Howie Baker, Ball Turret Gunner: Ralph Hemmick, Waist Gunner: Harry McKnight, Waist Gunner: George Smith, Tail Gunner: Joe Lally(10POW); flak hits then Enemy aircraft, crash-landed Gouchaupre, nine miles E of Dieppe, Fr. No MACR.
Delivered: Tulsa 9/2/44; Hunter 17/2/44; Grenier 2/3/44; Assigned: 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 7/3/44; crash-landed non op flight 3/12/44; Salvaged.
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 2/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned: 546BS/384BG Grafton Underwood 1/6/43; involved in mid air collison with 42-30131 which chewed off ‚036 tailplane over base during training operation 12/6/43, Pilot: Elwood Kowalski, Co-Pilot: Jack Griffin, N-Sam Eggers, B-Leo Murphy, pass-Sgt Jean Blaise (5KIA); Salvaged. 12/6/43.
Delivered Denver 28/6/44; Dorval 5/7/44; slated RAF HB 807; transferred 94BG Rougham 8/44; transferred 833BS/486BG [2N-J] Sudbury 10/44; {24m} Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.
Delivered Tulsa 15/5/44; Dallas 13/6/44; Boca Raton 1/7/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 7/7/44; 3539 BU Langley 14/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 8/5/43; Sioux City 10/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 12/6/43; Assigned: 561BS/388BG [–W] Knettishall 15/6/43; MIA Kassel 30/7/43 Pilot: Chas Penn, Bombardier: Frank Pelkowski, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Spiga, Ball Turret Gunner: Roland Jacobson, Waist Gunner: Julius Colonna, Waist Gunner: Marion O’Neal, Tail Gunner: Jim Pacella (7POW); Co-Pilot: Dick Washbourne, Navigator: Jim Berryhill, Radio Operator: Bill Nadler (3KIA); flak & Enemy aircraft crashed Nettersheim, 15 miles SW of Eukirchen, Germany. ; MACR 3264.
Delivered Lincoln 12/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-U] Framlingham 12/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/7/45; 237 BU Kirtland 12/12/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 7/2/46. SHE DOOD IT.
Delivered Tulsa 16/5/44; Dallas 13/6/44; Boca Raton 1/7/44; Key Fd 5/7/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 7/7/44; 4006 BU Miami 18/8/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 24/8/44; 3539 BU Langley 14/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.
Delivered Tulsa 16/5/44; Dallas 12/6/44; Boca Raton 1/7/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 6/7/44; 110 BU Mitchell 23/9/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 27/9/44; 3539 BU Langley 16/10/44; 334 BU Florence 26/1/45; 127 BU Florence 1/2/45; 3539 BU Langley 5/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.
Delivered Geiger 26/9/42; Redmond 26/12/42; Pueblo 7/2/43; with Jim Havey 26/2/43; Dalhart 16/5/43; 247 BU Smoky Hill 26/6/43; 4136 BU Tinker 27/6/43; 232 BU Dalhart 26/8/43; 244 BU Harvard 2/9/43; 249 BU Alliance 16/12/43; 519 BU Fort Worth; 244 BU Harvard 20/1/44; 202 BU Galveston 15/2/44; 237 BU Kirtland 25/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/10/45.
Delivered Dallas 14/5/44; Langley 3/7/44; Dow Fd 24/7/44; Assigned: 833BS/486BG [4N-B] Sudbury 26/7/44; Salvaged. 9AF 10/5/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 9/1/44; Gr Island 21/1/44; ass 560BS/388BG [D] Knettishall 9/2/44; damaged by Luftwaffe at Poltava, Rus, Pilot: Lt Malaniak 21/4/44; rep & ret to base; retUS 4100 BU Patterson 23/3/45; Recl Comp 2/5/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 14/1/44; Kearney 23/1/44; Assigned: 560BS/388BG [B] Knettishall 9/2/44; MIA Magdeburg 20/6/44 Pilot: Joe Patrick, Bombardier: Andy Vuksta, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Rick Rarick, Radio Operator: Erroll Bingham, Ball Turret Gunner: Frank Heiden, Waist Gunner: Joe Ford, Waist Gunner: Don Harter (7POW); Co-Pilot: Alex McDonnell, Navigator: Jim Spear, Tail Gunner: Bob Rupe (3KIA-drowned); flak, ditched North Sea near Terschelling Is, Holl. MACR 5921. PRIDE OF THE YANKS.
Delivered Geiger 20/9/42; Redmond 24/12/42; Assigned 316BS/88BG Walla Walla 21/9/42; badly damaged by fire 15/1/43 with Bob Doak; rep. to Tinker 10/4/43; Walla Walla 17/5/43; 4117 BU Robins 6/8/43; 325 BU Avon Park 16/12/43; with Henry Rosine crash landed Avon Park 16/3/44; Augusta 9/5/44; 4142 BU Altus 31/7/44, from Avon Park with Dick Humphries 18/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/9/45.
Delivered Denver 20/9/43; Gr Island 30/9/43; ass 413BS/96BG [MZ-V] Snetterton 9/10/43; Transferred: to Med. Theatre Ops ’44; from Bovingdon Pilot: Walter Hottenstein forced landing two miles S of base 31/3/45; ret 9SF to USR 24/1/47. BOOTS IV.
Delivered Denver 20/9/43; Gr Island 30/9/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 11/10/43; damaged in taxi accident with Ken Kuehl 15/2/45; sal 31/5/45. MISS FORTUNE.
Delivered Lincoln 18/9/44; Grenier 1/10/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 6/10/44; battle damaged Bad Kreuznach 2/1/45 with ?; force landed continent, sal 3/1/45.
Delivered Geiger 26/9/43; Assigned 541BS/383BG Pierre 16/12/42; on 29/1/43 ground looped with Harry Mullen; rep. to Rapid City 15/2/43; Portland 13/6/43; McChord 8/7/43; 243 BU Gt Bend 20/6/44; 232 BU Dalhart 16/7/44; 273 BU Lincoln 9/1/45; 241 BU Fairmont 23/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.
Delivered: Denver 3/11/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; ass 544BS/384BG [SU-K] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; MIA Hamm 19/9/44 Pilot: Joe Carnes, W. Wyatt, A. Benjamin, R. Chanter, C. Ford, F.Shick, J. King, R.Panici, E. Lucynski ‚ MACR ‚ . THE TREMBLIN‘ GREMLIN.
Delivered Tulsa 28/3/44; Kearney 11/4/44; Grenier 28/4/44; Assigned: 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 1/5/44; MIA Rechlin 25/8/44 Pilot: E.Henningson, H.Manuel, A.Wallstrom, Chas McGuire, O.Lumpkin, W.Holloman, L.Plant, H.Long (9RTD); ditched Channel, crew rescued. ROWDY REBEL.
Delivered Topeka 14/10/44; Lincoln 20/10/44; Grenier 7/11/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 10/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.
Delivered Geiger 28/9/42; Blythe 15/12/42; Hobbs 11/3/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/43; 3010 BU Williams 20/11/43; 3020 BU La Junta 23/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) San Angelo 4/8/45.
Delivered Patterson 7/9/44; Hunter 18/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 26/9/44; 710BS; battle damaged Frankfurt 8/1/45 with ?; force landed Laon, Fr; Salvaged 6/2/45.