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

Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/44; Alexandra 12/2/44; Presque Is 18/3/44; Assigned: 366BS/305BG Chelveston 31/3/44; MIA Nancy 27/4/44 Pilot: Bob Knight, Navigator: Fred Brown, Bombardier: John Hendrickson, Radio Operator: Leo Fines, Ball Turret Gunner: Alvin Billingsley, Waist Gunner: Joe Casatelli (6KIA); Co-Pilot: Herman Sutter, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Emery Tipton, Waist Gunner: Don Parker, Tail Gunner: Jim Montone (4POW); flak, crashed Sompuis, three miles E of Poivres, six miles E of Mailley le Camp, 19 miles S of Chalons-sur-Marne, Fr; MACR 4277.

Delivered Denver 7/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned: 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 30/4/44; taxi accident 21/2/45, Salvaged.

Delivered Lincoln 7/10/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 5/12/44; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 25/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; Sth Plains 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/12/42; Duncan 25/3/43; Hobbs 4/8/434; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; 3508 BU Truax 17/4/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 231/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/8/45.

Delivered Long Beach 6/10/43; Gr Island 4/11/43; Assigned 8AF 23/11/43; transferred to AFMSC 20/3/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-M] Thurleigh 25/4/44; damaged by base explosion of 42-107086 on adjoining hardstand 6/8/44, Salvaged 2 SAD. FORTUNATE YOUTH.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/10/43; Las Vegas 26/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 9/2/44; with John Monypenny force landed base 24/3/45; Recl Comp 9/5/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/8/44; Lincoln 15/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned: 447BS Rattlesden 5/9/44; Transferred: 524BS/379BG [WA-D] Kimbolton 25/9/44; loaned 15AF 12/11 – 12/12/44; Returned to US: Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 7/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Denver 16/11/42; Sioux City 4/12/42; Assigned 461BS/331BG Casper 4/1/43; with Jack Fowler had landing accident due to bad weather on 15/1/43; Written off 16/2/43.

Delivered Denver 7/3/44; 488BG MacDill 22/4/44; 326 BU MacDill 2/2/45; 329 BU Alexandra 9/3/44; with Rich Ludwig force landed Gandy Bridge, FL 10/7/44; with Wayne Dorsett force landed MacDill 29/10/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 25/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Denver 21/3/44; Yuma 26/4/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 5/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered Tulsa 14/5/44; Kearney 26/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-U] Grafton Underwood 12/6/44; MIA Koblenz 11/10/44 Pilot: Max Levine, Jerome Williams, George Trlica, Bill Allen (4KIA); Dale Yeoman, Bob Gilroy, John Larson, Lloyd Stevenson, Doug McGregor (5POW); flak, crashed Mayen, Germany. MACR 9478. HOT AFTER IT.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/11/42; Wendover 3/12/42; Sioux City 3/1/43; Rapid City 4/2/43; Spokane 24/3/43; Ephrata 27/4/43; with Lloyd Nygard crashed on take off 16/5/43; Written off 10/11/43.

Delivered Tulsa 27/5/44; Hunter 21/6/44; Dow Fd 1/7/44; Assigned 414BS/97BG Amendola 9/7/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 22/7/44 with Roy Glascoe, Asbiry, Granity, Blair, Grayson, Burrows, Curtien, Barr, Carik, Perry; flak, crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 6855.

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Romulus 24/10/43; Assigned: 525BS/379BG [FR-G] Kimbolton 22/11/43; Pilot: Keith Phinney crash-landed into Duxford base quarters, 4 CREW & 5 EM killed 21/1/45; Salvaged. 2 SAD Lt Staughton 25/1/45. LONDON AVENGER.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/10/43; Las Vegas 25/10/43; 4126 BU San Bernadino 16/8/44; 3022 BU Indian Springs 14/9/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 23/3/45; 2126 BU Laredo 10/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 10/6/43; Gore 6/7/43; Pendleton 24/7/43; Gt Falls 12/8/43; 328 BU Gulfport 15/3/44; with Henry Bacon force landed base 14/3/45; Recl Comp 22/3/45.

Delivered Denver 1/1/44; Gr Island 13/1/44; ass 547BS/384BG [SO-L] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44; MIA Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 Pilot: Bill McKichan, Co-Pilot: Bill Hautz, Navigator: Neil Walling, Bombardier: John Lynch, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Elroy Altendorf, Ball Turret Gunner: John Cox, Waist Gunner: Kermit Olstad, Tail Gunner: John Pastorella (8KIA); Radio Operator: Ken Gray, Waist Gunner: Claud Gustafson (2POW); flak, crashed near Leustetten, 11 miles SW of Munich, Germany. MACR 4352.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/7/44; Hunter 22/7/44; Dow Fd 2/8/44; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-C] Kimbolton 15/8/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 8/9/44 with Barton Jones, Co-pilot: Bob Matthews, Navigator: Paul Barbuto, Bombardier: Edwin Woodroof, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Powell, Radio Operator: John Gustin, Ball turret gunner: Alvin Beale, Waist gunner: Fred Madden, Tail gunner: Jim Beyda (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed near Niedermohr, W of Kaiserlautern, Ger; MACR 8846. OUR BABY.

Delivered Tulsa 4/12/42; Ainsworth 21/1/43; Tinker 25/2/43; Rapid City 24/4/43; Lowry 8/5/43; Pendleton 25/7/43; 505BG Harvard 2/6/44; 244 BU Harvard 27/7/44; 4100 BU Patterson 21/11/44; 610 BU Eglin 16/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 10/6/43; Gore 11/7/43; Brooksville 15/7/43; Orlando 20/11/43; 2117 BU Buckingham 23/6/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 14/7/44; 3539 BU Langley 28/12/44; Recl Comp 5/7/45.

Delivered Long Beach 6/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 8AF 2/1/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/11/45. ANNONY MISS

Delivered Long Beach 30/9/43; Harvard 14/10/43; ass 388BG Knettishall 22/11/43; Transferred: 709BS/447BG [IE-J] Rattlesden 23/11/43; on return from Bohlen 29/6/44 Pilot: Selmer Skalitzky, Co-Pilot: Don Erwin, Navigator: Frank Scheible, Bombardier: Leo Goleo, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gilbert Resendez, Radio Operator: Bill Kneupfer, Ball Turret Gunner: Roy May, Waist Gunner: John Porter, Waist Gunner: Alf Morton, Tail Gunner: Roy Fewerhelm (10RTD); stalled on landing, then on second bounce u/c collapsed, Salvaged. 29/6/44. HI MACK..

Delivered Cheyenne 6/10/43; Gr Island 16/10/43; Nashville 26/11/43; Assigned: 544BS/384BG [SU-C] Grafton Underwood 6/1/44; MIA Berlin 7/5/44 Pilot: Theo Goller, Co-Pilot: Greg Martin, Navigator: Joe Cittandin, Bombardier: Gene Grilli, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Clarry Reed, Radio Operator: Irwin Bier, Ball Turret Gunner: Walt Wearne, Waist Gunner: Roy Howell, Waist Gunner: Arthur Way, Tail Gunner: Horace Walton (10POW); flak KOs #2 & #4, crew baled before aircraft crashed Suederschweiburg, S of Jadebusen, Germany. MACR 4811. GOIN‘ DOG.