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

Delivered Denver 4/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 23/12/43; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 25/12/43; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Bob Bostwick, Co-Pilot: Carlton Grissom, Navigator: Jim Stephenson, Bombardier: Tom Arthur, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Ulsh, Radio Operator: Chas Dierks, Ball Turret Gunner: Norman Lubinsky, Waist Gunner: George DeFilippi, Waist Gunner: Virgil Linn, Tail Gunner: Park Campbell (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Gonnesweiler, N of St Wendel, Germany. MACR 2269.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Gore 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-V] Kimbolton 1/6/43; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 4/8/44; APH Knettishall, Crashed due to flak short of target [Oldenburg power station] on Aphrodite drone flying bomb attack. Control crew Capt Jack L Hodson & Lt Lloyd L Lawing baled out over UK. 1/1/45. STUMP JUMPER.

Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Kearney 28/12/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-S] Snetterton 25/1/44; 337BS [AW- ]; battle damage Berlin 9/3/44 Pilot: Jim Lamb, Co-Pilot: Dan Whitlock, Radio Operator: R.A. Steinberger, Ball Turret Gunner: H.J. Jarezarek, Waist Gunner: M.B. Mags, Waist Gunner: ‚ Ovitkovic, Tail Gunner: V.J. Truppa (7RTD); Navigator: Chas Mason, Bombardier: Cliff Fesler, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Callaghan (3POW); MIA Pas de Calais 22/6/44 w/George Martin, cp-Bill McDonald, n-Ray Pickett, b-Mike Layton, ettg-Lee Gem, ro-Jim Wright, btg-Bob Edinger, wg-Carl Carlson, wg-Joe Puspoki (9KIA); tg-Joe Duch (POW); flak, crashed junction of Rue Pajol and Rue Ricquet, Paris, Fr. MACR 5916.

Delivered Denver 9/2/43; Gt Falls 17/2/43; 381BG Pyote 22/2/43; Tinker 10/8/43; Alexandria 21/9/43; 3701 BU Amarillo 18/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Denver 13/12/43; Langley 14/1/44; Presque Is 11/2/44; Assigned: 482BG (H2S) Alconbury 19/2/44; Transferred: 364BS/305BG [WF-E] Chelveston 20/3/44; 422NLS [JJ-E] /44; MIA Merseburg 24/8/44 Pilot: Bob Polich, Chas Normand, Vernon Nuefeld, Lester Sorensen, Larry Arthurs, Irving Patterson, Walt Russell, Carl Anderson, Lt John Geissler {TG}, Lt Lloyd Gatewood {radar nav} (10POW); MACR 8208.

Delivered Louisville 21/4/45; Grenier 26/4/45; 3 WER Grenier 30/4/45; to 3WRX/311PRG Meeks Fd, Iceland, taxi accident on base with Andy Markhard 1/6/45; 53 RCN Sq Grenier 22/8/45; Buckley 11/3/46; 539 SC Morrison 14/5/46; 575 SR Andrews 7/5/47; 67 BU Robins 9/11/47; 5 RES MacDill 12/1/48; 9 RES Biggs 7/7/48; 47 MSU Biggs 20/9/48; Recl Comp 16/12/48.

Delivered Louisville 23/4/45; Syracuse 7/6/45; Middletown 6/11/45; Morrison 6/12/45; West Palm Beach 31/7/46; re-ass 30/4/47; 91 RLP Howard, CZ 1/1/48; 91 RLP Waller, Trinidad 3/7/48; 1 RLP Maguire 9/2/49; 4205 ABGp Mt Home 28/2/49; 91 RLP Maguire 1/4/49; 3902 ABGp Offutt 30/6/49; to USN, Recl Comp 18/1/50.

Delivered: Lincoln 29/11/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned: 749BS/457BG [S] Glatton 23/12/44; 751BS; slight mid air collision with 42-97934 (457BG) Pilot: Delmar Stanley caused forced landing Belgium. ium 28/3/45; Returned to US: Bradley 22/5/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 24/5/45; Scrapped: Kingman 5/12/45. BETTER, QUICKER & CHEAPER.

Delivered Denver 13/12/43; Columbus 11/1/44; Langley 12/1/44; Assigned: 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 25/1/44; Transferred: 422BS/305BG [JJ-V] Chelveston 26/3/44; detailed flight to Glatton in preparation for the following day’s mission, Pilot: Capt Bill Riegler, Co-Pilot: Tom Cushman, Navigator: Bill Anderson, Bombardier: Leon Babler, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Leonard Click, Radio Operator: Milton Lipa, Ball Turret Gunner: Nisham Ohaiian, Waist Gunner: Francis Malloy, Waist Gunner: Joe Clement, Tail Gunner: John Jack (10RTD); crash-landed base, too far down the runway, causing severe damage to fuselage; sal 2 SAD 26/4/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/6/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Pilot: Joe Vacek forced landing Cheyenne Fd, 21/6/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned: 848BS/490BG Eye 24/8/44; MIA Merseburg 25/11/44 w/Frank Delmerico, Germany. ld Lay, John Fitzgerald, Everett Gille, Herman Savely, Bill Henthorn, Omar Scheidt, George Lee, Clifton Callahan (9POW); Bob Newsome (KIA); flak, crashed Apolda, Ger. MACR 10759. PENNSY-BELLE.

Delivered Wright Fd 1/6/44; 4126 BU San Bernardino 20/11/44; Wright Mat Com ATS 8/12/44; 4119 BU Brookley 14/12/44; 610 BU Eglin 10/2/45; 613 BU Phillips 28/3/45; 620 BU Muroc 17/4/45; 613 BU Phillips as TB-17G 9/7/46; 620 BU Muroc 9/7/46.

Delivered Tulsa 8/5/44; Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG Glatton 15/6/44; on training flight 28/8/44 with Vernon Holland, Co-pilot: Scott Millis, ?-Bob Evans, ?-Cecil Woodruff (4 Returned to Duty), ship overshot end of runway after brakes failed, causing severe damage; Salvaged 29/8/44.

Delivered Lincoln 17/9/44; Grenier 1/10/44; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 3/10/44; MIA Neuburg 9/4/45 Pilot: Rex Berwick, Earl Glancy, Nick Iannelli, Morris Thompson (4KIA);Warren Perkins, Lorenzo Arthur, Bob Hancock, Leroy Barry, Floyd Pernu (5POW); flak, crashed Landsberg, Germany. MACR 13871. SOLID SENDER.

Delivered Denver 11/4/44; Kearney 4/5/44; Dow Fd 23/5/44; Assigned: 525BS/379BG [FR-K] Kimbolton 24/5/44; on returm from mission to Enguine/Catts 19/6/44 Pilot: Lloyd Burns, Bombardier: Jack Gray, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Leon Gibbs, Radio Operator: Leroy Monk, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Farmer, Waist Gunner: Dick Andrews (6RTD); Co-Pilot: Fred Kauffman, Navigator: Ed Sadler, Tail Gunner: Lou Schulte (3KIA); mid air collision w/44-6133, wreckage crashed Canvey pont mud bank, River Thames estuary, UK. MACR 6983.

Delivered Tulsa 10/5/44; Hunter 19/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned: 525BS/379BG [FR-Y] Kimbolton 8/6/44; on return from mission 19/6/44 Pilot: Armand Ramcitti, Co-Pilot: Bill Hager, Navigator: Don Watson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Cecil Tognazzini, Radio Operator: Dick Ritter, Ball Turret Gunner: John Burke, Waist Gunner: Paul Haynes, Tail Gunner: Warren Oaks (8KIA); Bombardier: Theo Chronopolos (RTD); mid air collision w/42-97942, crashed Canvey Is mudbank, Essex, UK; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/43; Pueblo 24/2/43; Tinker 14/3/43; Smoky Hill 29/3/43; Presque Is 10/4/43; Assigned 94BG Bassingbourn 20/4/43; transferred AFSC 14/5/43; 546BS/384BG [BK-B] Grafton Underwood 16/10/43; 2 Base Air Depot, Lt Staughton 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Hendricks 29/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45. WOLF PACK.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/12/43; Gt Falls 25/12/43; Cheyenne 10/1/44; Kearney 18/1/44; Grenier Fd 26/1/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-P] Snetterton 3/2/44; MIA Berlin 8/3/44 Pilot: Jim Swendiman, Co-Pilot: Garnett Brown, Navigator: Franklyn Snyder, Bombardier: Joe Bishop, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Handley, Ball Turret Gunner: Clarry Liddick, Waist Gunner: Paul Franke, Tail Gunner: Leo Naimolski (8POW); Radio Operator: Roland Stallings, Waist Gunner: Emmett Melton{died from anoxia} (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed three miles E of Elze, 11 miles W of Celle, Germany. MACR 3428.

Delivered Hunter 1/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 463BG Celone 4/10/44; Returned to the USA 1377 BU Grenier 18/10/45; 1128 BU Grenier 10/2/46; Recl Comp 3/4/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [3R-L] Sudbury 14/7/44; {65m} Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/12/43; Memphis 24/12/43; Orlando 1/1/44; 236 BU Pyote 8/6/44; 235 BU Biggs 16/8/44; 222 BU Ardmore 1/5/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Lakeland 6/1/44; Morrison 14/1/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 16/2/44; transferred 414BS/97BG Amendola 3/7/44; Missing in Action Brux 21/7/44 with John Cunningham, Gibson, Milburn, Gohnet, Whitt, Bucholz, Milaszewski, McGuire, Thompson, Riber; flak, crashed Teplitz-Schonau; Missing Air Crew Report 6950.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/10/44; Hunter 1/11/44; with Paul Quinn force landed Dow Fd 18/11/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-W] Snetterton 22/1/45; transferred 562BS/388BG Knettishall /45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/1/46. ROUND TRIP.

Delivered Dallas 30/4/44; Kearney 13/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned PFF 832BS/486BG [3R-F] Sudbury 3/7/44; 62m ret POWs from Linz 11/7/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 7/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. THE OLD YARD DOG.

Delivered Lincoln 8/1/46; Dow Fd 31/1/45; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 5/2/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 18/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.