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

Delivered Cheyenne 7/1/44; Kearney 15/1/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 6/2/44; destroyed on base by Luftwaffe bombing 23/5/44, possibly the only B-17 lost this way. POWERFUL KATRINKA.

Delivered Denver 8/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [A] Glatton 23/5/44; taxi accident with Wilmore Flueman and 44-8414 13/1/45; slight mid-air collision with 43-39087 (457BG) with Fred Stevenson and force landed Belgium 28/3/45; landing accident with Harry Schuler 27/4/45; transferred 547BS/384BG [SO-F] Grafton Underwood 9/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 29/12/45. RENE V.

Delivered Tulsa 13/3/44; MacDill 22/3/44; Hunter 27/3/44; Morrison 4/4/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 19/4/44; Missing in Action Memmingen 18/7/44 with Rich Combs, Blake, Hammontree, Mastalski, Daufeldt, Giard, Nichols, Granneman (8 Killed in Action); McGee, Becker (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; Missing Air Crew Report 7153.

Delivered Lincoln 29/1/45; Grenier 12/2/45; Assigned: 748BS/457BG [O] Glatton 21/3/45; Transferred: 547BS/384BG Grafton Underwood 9/5/45; Salvaged. 9AF Germany. any 11/5/46. BUGS BUNNY.

Delivered: Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 26/12/43; Nutts Corner, Belgium. ast, N.I. 14/1/44; ass 525BS/379BG [FR-L] Kimbolton 29/1/44; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Capt Lytle Shumake, Co-Pilot: George Smith, Navigator: Regis Savage, Bombardier: Lionel Carrillo, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Tom Meehan, Radio Operator: Chester Piatkowski, Ball Turret Gunner: Lyle Edmondson, Waist Gunner: Jack Lairmore, Tail Gunner: Jack Lambert (9KIA); hit by 42-37784 which swerved when hit by flak, crashed between Melchow and Biesenthal, NE of Berlin, Germany. MACR 5321.

Delivered Denver 27/8/43; Scott 29/9/43; ass 525BS/379BG [FR-P] Kimbolton 19/10/43; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Wilton Gease (POW); Co-Pilot: Luciano Gastineau, Navigator: Bob Lorentz, Bombardier: Dick O’Neal, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Fenity, Radio Operator: Roger Egan, Ball Turret Gunner: John Almalfitano, Waist Gunner: Bob Chestnut, Tail Gunner: Carl Fetterolf (8KIA); Enemy aircraft attack caused to veer and coll w/42-38082, crashed Melchow, near Eberswalde, NE of Berlin, Germany. MACR 5322. THE OLD FOX.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/12/43; Salt Lake City 9/12/43; Savannah 20/12/43; Assigned 340BS/97BG Amendola 10/1/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 15/4/44 with Tom McConkey, McGowan, Georgoff, Jerolaman, Wade, Valverde, Souders, Prange, Smith, Espey; Missing Air Crew Report 3977.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Gr Island 28/12/43; Grenier 25/1/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [GX-T] Gt Ashfield 24/1/44; ct fire 6/6/45, Salvaged. BACK TO THE SACK aka JERRY BOY.

Delivered Long Beach 1/10/43; Gr Island 30/10/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-L] Rougham 11/11/43; then 410BS [GL-H]; Missing in Action Bohlan 7/10/44 with George Williams, Bob Dean, Andy Weickel, Ray Snodgrass, Hubert McKay, Melvin Gilmer, Lou Pozgay, Bob Landen (8 Killed in Action); George Perrin (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attack set fire to both wings and ship crashed Wiehe, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9954.

Delivered Denver 31/12/43; 1SAG Langley 22/1/44; Presque Is 17/2/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS-H] as PFF at Rougham 18/2/44; 332BS [XM-J]; transferred 550BS/385BG [ -H] Gt Ashfield 3/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45. DIMPLES DARLING.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Dow Fd 7/9/44; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR-F] Gt Ashfield 11/9/44; Returned to US: Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 30/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 30/11/45.

Delivered Denver 3/11/43; Kearney 14/11/43; ass 562BS/388BG [D] Knettishall 1/12/43; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Joe Coyner{wia}, Co-Pilot: Harry Monroe, Navigator: Fulton Sandler, Bombardier: Don Wiley, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Bode{wia}, Radio Operator: Bill Evans, Ball Turret Gunner: Cecil Turner, Waist Gunner: Jim Chearing, Waist Gunner: Audrey Yates{wia}, Tail Gunner: Warren Smith (10POW); flak KOd two engines, crash-landed Watou, 12 miles W of Ypres, Belgium. MACR 4244.

Delivered: Long Beach 27/9/43; Harvard 10/10/43; ass 709BS/447BG [IE-H] Rattlesden 31/10/43; MIA Pas de Calais 22/6/44 Pilot: Paul Fagg, crew unknown ; abandoned over Normandy beach head, (10RTD), sal.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/1/43; Gowen 13/2/43; Sioux City 25/2/43; Casper 25/3/43; Sioux City 30/6/43; Tinker 9/7/43; Dalhart 30/7/43; Written off 26/9/43.

Delivered Hunter 7/10/44; Dow Fd 16/10/44; Assigned 384BG Grafton Underwood 19/10/44; transferred 748BS/457BG [Q] Glatton /45; landed in Poland with ? 18/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45. LADY BE GOOD.

Delivered Denver 2/11/43; Gr Island 11/11/43; ass 364BS/305BG [WF- ] Chelveston 5/1/44; MIA Kiel 22/5/44 Pilot: Cecil M. Gerber, Co-Pilot: Houison Reed, Navigator: Edmund Wageman, Bombardier: Orval Williams, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Anderson, Radio Operator: Junior Leavell, Ball Turret Gunner: John Gault, Waist Gunner: Bill Hamilton, Waist Gunner: Alphonse Kneupper, Tail Gunner: Gordon Willis (10KIA); flak damage, crashed Kiel Navy Yard, Ger. MACR 4951.

Delivered Long Beach 25/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-J] Rougham 14/10/43; severe battle damaged Pas de Calais 14/2/44 with Larry Bradee, (crew unknown?) (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Curtis Webster (Killed in Action). Ditched North Sea, crew rescued. No MACR.

Delivered Denver 29/1/43; Gt Falls 31/1/43; Salina 13/2/43; Assigned: 423BS/306BG [RD- ] Thurleigh 24/3/43; battle damage St Nazaire 1/5/43 Pilot: Lew Johnson, Co-Pilot: Bob McCallum, Navigator: Stan Kissenberth, Bombardier: J.C. Melaun {togg}; Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Fahrenhold, Ball Turret Gunner: Maynard Smith*, Tail Gunner: Roy Gibson (7RTD); Radio Operator: Henry Bean, Waist Gunner: Bob Folliard, Waist Gunner: Joe Bukacek (3KIA); forced landing Predannack, Ornwall, UK, Salvaged. 5/3/43. (*MOH for Sgt Maynard ‚Snuffy‘ Smith).

Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/44; Kearney 22/8/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [J] Glatton 20/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. THE THREE JOES.

Delivered Lincoln 19/1/45; Dow Fd 6/2/45; Assigned 8AF 15/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-H] Framlingham 19/2/44; aircraft suffered oxygen fire while on assembly for Boulogne mission 4/6/44 with Leroy Holmberg, Co-pilot: George Benton, Navigator: Ellis McClintick, Bombardier: Jack Pelton, Radio Operator: Bob Pinkus, Ball turret gunner: Dick Autry, Waist gunner: Jim Gates, Waist gunner: Bob Baldi,Tail gunner: Bill Kick (9 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Andy Brown (Killed in Action) ; pilot remained on board in an attempt to land but crashed at Easthorpe, near Colchester, Ex.; rest of crew bailed OK; Salvaged 5/7/44. I’LL BE AROUND aka THE SKILLET.

Delivered Lincoln 17/1/45; Grenier 6/2/45; Assigned 15AF 14/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/10/46; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 19/11/47.

Delivered Hunter 2/10/44; Grenier 10/10/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-V] Snetterton 17/10/44; MIA Kiel 3/4/45 Pilot: Chas McFarland, Co-Pilot: Russell Land, Navigator: Jack Wells, togg-Roman Schmitz, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Al Herrin, Radio Operator: Chas Daley, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Howard, Waist Gunner: Elbert Hardy, Waist Gunner: Bill Hammond, Tail Gunner: Sherman Hickman (10INT); flak, forced landing Bulltofta, Sweden. RetUK 27/6/45; Returned to US: Bradley 2/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 4/8/45; Scrapped: Kingman 15/1/46. RACTUP.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/1/44; Dalhart 26/1/44; Kearney 22/2/44; Presque Is 24/2/44; Assigned: 385BG Gt Ashfield, but Transferred: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 3/44; MIA Rostock 11/4/44 Pilot: Bill Knowles, Co-Pilot: Jim Pennal, Navigator: Guido Rosa, Bombardier: Bob Green, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Albt Herrmann, Radio Operator: Jennings Stutler, Ball Turret Gunner: Paul Pelletier, Waist Gunner: Paul Kret, Waist Gunner: Ray Dearner, Tail Gunner: Harry Gandee (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, off Rostock, Germany. MACR 3774. SHOO SHOO BABY.