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

Delivered Lincoln 7/10/44; Grenier 17/10/44; Assigned 416BS/99BG Tortorella 20/12/44; {45m} Returned to the USA Morrison 18/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45;

Delivered Lincoln 3/10/44; Grenier 13/10/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 24/10/44; 483BG Sterparone 24/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; Independence 25/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 5/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; ass 27ATS/310ATG 23/11/43 for ferry trip to Warton from Prestwick, Pilot: Ron Garkie, Co-Pilot: Pat O’Sullivan, crashed two miles NE of Millom, Cumb. (2KIA); originally ass 548BS/385BG [GX-V] Gt Ashfield. (‚crash-landed Capel St Andrew, Sfk, UK 16/7/44; sal 19/7/44. SKY CHIEF ‚)

Delivered Dallas 30/6/45; Rome 31/7/45; Independence 28/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Salina 6/2/43; Duncan 19/2/43; Homestead 28/2/43; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 13/3/43; MIA Bremen 17/4/43 Pilot: Bob Miller, Co-Pilot: John Teare, Navigator: Jack Shaaber, Bombardier: Jim Shelley, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Small, Radio Operator: Joe Spiro, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Phillips, Waist Gunner: Jesse Wade, Waist Gunner: Edwin Truscott, Tail Gunner: Milton Williams (10POW); Enemy aircraft KO’d #2 & flak, crashed Visbek, SW of Bremen, Germany. MACR 15523.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/43; Salina 11/2/43; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 16/3/43; then 369BS; MIA Bremen 17/4/43 Pilot: Frank Watson, Co-Pilot: Bob Kemp, Bombardier: Bob Hansen, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Livington, Waist Gunner: George Kormish (5POW); Navigator: Calvin Bjornsgaard, Radio Operator: Wilbur Giraud, Ball Turret Gunner: Reed Bottomley, Waist Gunner: Art Sanders, Tail Gunner: Larry Davis (5KIA); flak, crashed Stotel, eight miles S of Bremehaven, Germany. MACR 15446.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Assigned: 365BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 8/4/43; damaged in coll Pilot: Halifax at RAF St Eval 29/3/43; MIA Meaulte 13/5/43 w/Harry Pierce, Co-Pilot: Austin Borland, Ball Turret Gunner: Ken Brooks, Waist Gunner: Guadalupe Ramirez, Waist Gunner: Earl Tharp, pass-Ralph Olbert (6KIA); Navigator: Bob Ramsaur, Bombardier: Joe Wernheuer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Albert Brandt, Radio Operator: Tom Gilbert, Tail Gunner: Bob Vertefeville (5POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed near target. MACR 16542.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/43; Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Smoky Hill 18/3/43; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Earls Colne 12/5/43; MIA Rennes 29/5/43 Pilot: Merle Brown, Co-Pilot: Otho Wood, Navigator: Quentin Sandahl, Bombardier: Bill O’Brien, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Willis Dow, Radio Operator: Ralph Johnson, Ball Turret Gunner: Edmond Hamic, Waist Gunner: Steve Ukropen, Tail Gunner: Ambrose Chott (9KIA); Waist Gunner: Chas Gregory (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed near Dinard, Rennes, Fr. No MACR.

Delivered Denver 29/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-L] Ridgewell 23/12/43; 54m sal n/battle damaged 2 SAD 315/45. OLD IRONGUT.

Delivered Denver 2/2/43; Gt Falls 17/2/43; Walla Walla 23/2/43; Madras 19/6/43; Walla Walla 17/7/43; McChord 10/8/43; 4117 BU Robins 26/7/44; 325 BU Avon Park 27/7/44; with Paul Snow 10/2/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 10/5/45; 325 BU Avon Park 23/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 22/8/45.

Delivered Syracuse 4/7/45; 4104 BU Rome 14/7/45; 593 BU Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; Grenier 5/4/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-U] Snetterton 8/4/44; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Bob Laurie, Co-Pilot: Leo Rangers, Bombardier: Bob Little, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Whitman, Radio Operator: Preston Henderson, Ball Turret Gunner: Fred Stone, Waist Gunner: Bob Corwin, Waist Gunner: Albt Kohan (8KIA); Navigator: Cliff Jones, Tail Gunner: Lew Lanham (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed near RR station, Kamberg, Germany. MACR 4863.

Delivered Syracuse 5/7/45; Topeka 27/8/45; Long Beach 21/9/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 338 RV Momote 1/1/48; 13 ARE Clark Fd 9/3/48; 5 Ph Recon Clark 9/3/48; 358 SR Clark 1/4/48; 567 BA Clark 16/7/48; 5 RVP Clark 18/7/48; ditched in 10 feet of water near Alibijabam Island, PI en route from New Guinea after running out of fuel 15/11/48 (all 12 aboard rescued from sand bar). Recl Comp 29/7/49.

Delivered Lincoln 3/10/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 3/11/44; Missing in Action Maribor, Yugo., on training op 6/11/44 with Emerson, crew ?; (cp Killed in Action); ditched Vis Island. This aircraft was discovered in 2002, when divers found all sorts of equipment, but Croatian law prevented this being brought to the surface. According to former crew member the ship was rushed into service, the group markings were due to be put on the next day. Records show flak damaged 27 aircraft that day, but only one Bf 109 was sighted.

Delivered Tulsa 27/5/44; Hunter 14/6/44; Grenier 23/6/44; Assigned 347BS/99BG Tortorella 4/7/44; 96m Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; Sth Plains 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/44; Hunter 16/1/45; Grenier 24/1/45; Assigned 341BS/97BG Amendola 6/2/45; Missing in Action Linz 25/2/45 with 1Lt Donald B Koerwitz, 2Lt John G Murray, 2Lt Halsey S Nisula, 1Lt Le Roy Teschendorf, 2lt James W Evans Jr, T/Sgt Eugene Troutman, T/Sgt Hanley Johnston, S/Sgt Harold E King, S/Sgt Stanley F Pytko, S/Sgt Nassea Hodge; direct hit by flak, crashed Linz; 6 x POW, 4 x KIA MACR 12715.

Delivered Denver 15/1/44; Gr Island 20/1/44; ass 551BS/385BG [HR-R] Gt Ashfield 27/2/44; MIA Hamm 22/4/44 Pilot: Cleatis Cornwell, Co-Pilot: Harlan Cook, Navigator: Ray Hitzel, tog-S/Sgt Delbert Dimig, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Kennedy, Radio Operator: Wheeler Urban, Ball Turret Gunner: Francis Diemer, Waist Gunner: Bob Peel {broke leg when baled out}, Waist Gunner: George Bartell, Tail Gunner: Irving Jamsen (10POW); Enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Hilbeck, two miles N of Werl, Germany. MACR 4167. GOLDEN GOOSE aka MISS CHEYENNE.

Delivered Denver 23/12/43; Kearney 15/1/44; ass 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 9/2/44; MIA Berlin 21/6/44 Pilot: Marvin Lohmeyer; John Spencer, Marion Tuckett (3KIA); Bill Coulthard, Leon Pease, Bob Tiffany, Tom Greene, John Fagan, Bob Cummings, Hubert Phillips (7INT); Enemy aircraft, forced landing Dorrod, Sweden. MACR 5920.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; with Hal Walker force landed Gore Fd, Mt 23/3/44; Oklahoma City 7/6/44; Cheyenne 27/7/44; Kearney 10/8/44; Manchester, NH 19/8/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-H] Gt Ashfield; 119m Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Wilmington 31/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned: 569BS/390BG [CC-N] Framlingham 16/1/44; MIA Berlin (33m) 8/5/44 Pilot: Otis Miller, Co-Pilot: Ben Chaneles, Radio Operator: Joe Gonos, Ball Turret Gunner: Claude Zanni, Waist Gunner: Darryl Grady, Waist Gunner: Mario Santoriella, Tail Gunner: John Hutson (7KIA); Bombardier: Joe Morris, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Paul Vlahos (2POW); {no navigator carried}; flak, crashed Breuville, seven miles S of Cherbourg, Fr. MACR 4583. BELLE OF THE BRAWL.

Delivered Lincoln 29/11/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Gt Ashfield 17/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. GYPSY PRINCESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; MacDill 5/4/44; 301 BU Pinecastle 2/6/44; 326 BU MacDill 24/12/44; 4117 BU Robins 3/1/45; 4104 BU Rome 17/1/45; Hunter 22/3/45; with Doug Young force landed 30 miles S Biloxi, Ms, 3/8/45; 3704 BU Keesler 30/4/46; 554 BU Memphis 11/5/46; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/6/46; 4136 BU Tinker 8/12/46; 4104 BU Rome 31/12/46; re-ass AMC 31/3/47; Recl Comp 19/6/47.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; with McKinley Soffa force landed Gore Fd, Mt 8/3/44; Dorval 10/3/44; Assigned RAF [HB787]; 214 Sq BU-J RCM Oulton, Nfk.; on return from RCM mission approaching base crashed a mile south of Foulsham, Nfk.; 16/11/44 with C Ashworth, G. Hislop, A. Leitch, W. McLaren, P. Durman, E. Armstrong, T. McCormack,Ogilvie, R. Mooney, A. McLaughlin (10 Killed in Action), Salvaged & Written off.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/5/43; Morrison 8/6/43; Assigned 306BG 9/6/43; transferred 99BG Navarin 8/7/43; Oudna 4/8/43; transferred Service Sq 16/8/43; assigned to UK with 390BG Framlingham 4/1/44; Salvaged 26/3/44.