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

Delivered Tulsa 13/2/44; Kearney 21/2/44; Presque Is 6/4/44; Assigned: 546BS/384BG [BK-P] Grafton Underwood 15/4/44; {8m} on training mission 2/5/44 Pilot: Jim Miller, Co-Pilot: Ed Thorn, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed McDonald, Radio Operator: Francis Barnes; hitting sharp edge of runway (4RTD); Salvaged. 8/5/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/44; Hunter 19/5/44; Grenier 6/6/44; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 7/6/44; battle damage Cologne 17/10/44 Pilot: ‘; forced landing Le Culot A/fd, Belgium. 1KIA 1MIA 7POW; Salvaged. 14/11/44. BETTY ANN.

Delivered Tulsa 20/9/43; Gr Island 14/10/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG [ -D] Knettishall 26/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 9/3/44 with Bernie Dopko, Co-pilot: Gene Krifka, Navigator: Glenn Cederstrom, Bombardier: Bill Kelly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Naber, Radio Operator: Wilson Gabel, Ball turret gunner: Ed Rydell, Waist gunner: Dick Herzberg, Waist gunner: Lloyd Haller,Tail gunner: Sybrand De Vreis (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Preetze Forest, near Liebenthal, 12 miles NE of Oranienburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3088. LITTLE WILLIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Romulus 9/12/43; Presque Is 16/12/43; Assigned: 544BS/384BG [SU-R] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; MIA Sottevast 8/5/44 Pilot: Jim Foster, Co-Pilot: Cliff Johnson, Navigator: Joe Uriszkiewicz, ng-T/Sgt Bob Corpening, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Boone, Radio Operator: Tom Corbett, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Overcash, Waist Gunner: John Stevens, Waist Gunner: Tom Cochran, Tail Gunner: Sigmund Matican, obs-Maj Russ Sanders{545BS} (11KIA); flak, crashed Le Foyer, 10 miles S of Cherbourg, Fr; MACR 4561. WABBIT TWACKS.

Delivered Tulsa 13/2/44; Kearney 21/2/44; Presque Is 4/4/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green [6K-J] 14/3/44; crash landed Honington base, Sfk. 30/7/44, repaired and returned to operations; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/8/44; Lincoln 12/8/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 23/9/44; battle damage Darmsadt 24/12/44 Pilot: ‘; forced landing Melsbroek, Belgium. Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/7/44; Hunter 8/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 2/9/44; MIA Ludwigshafen 5/11/44 Pilot: Fred McRee, Bill Hershey, Tom Mangan, Doug McKee, Dick Giesler, Leo Hommerson, John Mayo {tg} (7KIA); Theo Elkren, Walt Gilsinger, Bill Milner {photos} (3POW); flak, crashed Mannheim, Germany. MACR 10311.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/6/44; Lincoln 14/7/44; Grenier 20/8/44; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 22/8/44; Returned to US: Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 10/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 8/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 23/7/44; Assigned: 490BG Eye 26/7/44; Returned to US: Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 11/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 18/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/1/44; Memphis 23/1/44; Savannah 24/1/44; Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-G] Framlingham 5/2/44; Returned to US: 121 BU Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 6/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 30/11/45. BOMBOOGIE.

Delivered Lincoln 27/10/44; Grenier 10/11/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG Snetterton, but with Warren Whitson force landed Meeks Fd, Iceland 29/11/44; with Herb Stillwell ditched in North Sea 2/3/45.

Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Kearney 27/12/43; Oklahoma City 12/1/44; Kearney 16/1/44; Assigned: 546BS/384BG [BK-T] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44; MIA Marienburg 9/4/44 Pilot: George Schock, Co-Pilot: Elliott Gadd, Navigator: Ehrhardt Mittendorf, ng-Sgt Jim Yeater, Radio Operator: Chas Hawkins, Ball Turret Gunner: Lester Van Gorkum, Waist Gunner: Morton Hamm (7POW); Waist Gunner: Patrick Benker, Tail Gunner: Chas Mitchell (2EVD); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lucian Shannon (KIA); flak, crashed Ulsnis, near Steinfeld, Germany. MACR 3653.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/10/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 18/11/43; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/7/45; Sth Plains 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Gore 5/7/43; 19BG Pyote 6/7/43; 554 BU Memphis 7/8/44; 222 BU Ardmore 30/8/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/43; Gore 30/6/43; Sioux City 1/7/43; Mitchell 17/7/43; Kearney 3/8/43; with Cleo Aldredge crash landed Sioux City Fd 29/3/44; Written off 21/4/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Kearney 28/12/43; Presque Is 21/1/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-E] Gt Ashfield 25/1/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.

Delivered Geiger 28/9/42; Biggs 3/1/43; Pyote 28/4/43; Tinker 30/7/43; Written off 10/3/44.

Delivered Dallas 17/7/44; Hunter 18/8/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 20/9/44; RetUS, Scrapped: Walnut Ridge 29/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 19/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 21/8/43; 4136 BU Tinker 1/6/44; 497BG Pratt 7/6/44; 4100 BU Patterson 11/6/44; 246 BU Pratt 26/6/44; 222 BU Ardmore 7/8/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 13/11/45.