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

Delivered Cheyenne 4/11/43; Gt Falls 8/11/43; Gr Island 18/11/43; Romulus 26/11/43; Presque Is 27/11/43; Prestwick 1/12/43; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-K] Thurleigh 2/12/43; crash: takeoff for Brunswick with a leaflet drop 26/4/44, Pilot: Don Schaefer, Co-Pilot: Floyd Henry, Navigator: Willard Transeth, Bombardier: Roy McKinney, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Sheldon Kinberg, Radio Operator: Chas Weller, Ball Turret Gunner: John Byrd, Waist Gunner: Ron Minter, Waist Gunner: John Simons (9KIA); Tail Gunner: George Littlefield (RTD); #2 caused problems, ship banked steeply and crashed near base, at Bletsoe, Beds., UK. Salvaged.

Delivered Lincoln 23/11/44; Grenier 12/12/44; Assigned 8AF 31/12/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 11/5/46.

Delivered Lincoln 18/9/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 12/10/44; MIA Nurnberg 17/2/45 Pilot: Capt Bob Gladstone, Bob Murphy, John Gardner, Paul Ballard, Clayton Hamilton, Chas Goldstein, John Grady, Joe Prokop, Ken Hansladen {rcm} (9KIA); Bill Pitts {tg} (POW); flak, crashed Hanau, Germany. MACR 12414.

Delivered Vandalia 26/10/43; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 14/12/43; MIA Frankfurt 10/2/44 Pilot: Bob Tolles, Co-Pilot: Ed Moerbe, Navigator: Bill Conway, Bombardier: Harry Wasserstom, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Cliff Raymond, Radio Operator: Vernon Klenk, Ball Turret Gunner: Larry Jacobson, Waist Gunner: Bob Barrington, Waist Gunner: Dick Evans, Tail Gunner: George Millar (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, probably crashed North Sea. MACR 2347.

Delivered Long Beach 5/9/43; Gr Island 12/10/43; ass 560BS/388BG Knettishall 15/10/43; sal 1SAD 18/4/44; (‘Ret US, forced landing Newfoundland Pilot: Dave Schmidt 27/6/44’);

Delivered Cheyenne 17/7/44; Kearney 26/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 860BS/493BG Debach 10/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. BOMBBAY OF BLUES.

Delivered Dallas 17/9/44; Hunter 16/10/44; Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 833BS/486BG [4N-E] Sudbury 30/10/44; {31m} transferred 15AF 29/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 30/3/48.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; crash landed Dow Fd 15/7/44, Written off.

Delivered Long Beach 2/11/43; Las Vegas 15/11/43; force landed Kingman 2/12/43 with Clarry Gabler; 4126 BU San Bernardino 8/1/45; 3018 BU Kingman 14/1/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 22/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 17/11/44; Dow Fd 28/11/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 11/12/44; battle damaged Siegen 7/3/45 with Herb Cohn, crew OK, #1 hit and force landed back at base; Salvaged 14/3/45. DEAR MOM.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 18/7/44; Assigned: 835BS/486BG [H8-P] Sudbury 19/7/44 RODNEY THE ROCKS; {69} MIA Hamburg 30/3/45 Pilot: Fred Veal, Otis Ruble, Bob Poole, Marion Hord, Jim Webb, Len Kwiatkowski, Phil Gialloreta (7KIA); Don Johns, Bob Herman (2KIA); flak, crashed Pinneberg, Germany. MACR 13550. LIL’ BUTCH.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Assigned: 750BS/457BG [N] Glatton 27/1/44; battle damage Augsburg 25/2/44 Pilot: Bob Lane, rest ‘, Waist Gunner: Winfred Kincaid; flak hit on #3, needed salvo of loose equipment to get back to RAF base on South Coast, but crash-landed France. Salvaged. 10/8/44. TUJUNGA III.

Delivered Long Beach 9/11/43; Kingman 20/11/43; 3018 BU Kingman 23/3/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 22/9/45; RFC Kingman 5/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 5/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-Q] Snetterton 5/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; Sth Plains 7/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 11/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 8AF 6/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/7/45; Sth Plains 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/12/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Prestwick 16/1/44; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-W] Thurleigh 18/1/44; MIA Ruhrland 12/9/44 Pilot: Maj Bob Farwell, Navigator: Warren Tryloff, Bombardier: Oliver Bonner, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Warren Wilson, Radio Operator: Earl Hall, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Winther, Waist Gunner: Chas Williams, Tail Gunner: Ernie Lindsey (8POW); Co-Pilot: Bill Markle (KIA-chute malfunction ‘); flak, crashed Berlin; MACR 8828/3984. BELLE OF THE BRAWL.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/44; Kearney 15/2/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-‘] Snetterton 7/3/44; battle damage Chateaudun, Fr. 28/3/44 Pilot: Bill Young and Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Hatch brought ship back to base (2RTD); Co-Pilot: Dallas Young, Waist Gunner: Ken Hurd (2EVD); Navigator: Jim Kramer, Bombardier: Max Preston, Radio Operator: Clarry Waterworth, Ball Turret Gunner: Asa Gill, Waist Gunner: Reece Pilkington, Tail Gunner: Bill Rogers all bailed out near Beaucerons, Fr. (6POW); MACR 3591; suffered battle damage again, on mission to Brux 24/8/44 w/Ray Bauman, (8RTD); ditched North Sea off Lowestoft, Sfk, UK. all rescued. OLD GATEMOUTH.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/44; Kearney 7/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned: 832BS/486BG [3R-T] Sudbury 28/6/44; 833BS [3R-T]; [75m} MIA Brandenburg 10/4/45 Pilot: Melvin Thaler, Carl Oestreich, Don Wheeler, Art Greenfield {togg), Neal Fielder, Chas Grannis, Wallace Minard, Bob Farrell, Leon Lanier {tg}, George Philips {obs} (10POW); flak, crashed Ziesar, Germany. MACR 13910.

Delivered Hunter 14/11/44; Dow Fd 2/12/44; Assigned 8AF 3/12/44; Returned to the USA 4117 BU Robins 6/7/45; 4121 BU Kelly 2/10/45; re-ass 31/3/47; 4124 BU Kelly 6/11/47; Salvaged 14/7/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/11/44; Hunter 12/12/44; Grenier 20/12/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-V] Grafton Underwood 3/1/45; transferred 305BG Chelveston 9/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.