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

Werbung/Advertisement
B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6915

B-17 #44-6915

Delivered Lincoln 16/17/44; Dow Fd 23/12/44; Assigned: 524BS/379BG [WA-M] Kimbolton 28/1/45; battle damage 19/3/45 Pilot: Jim Poynor, ; forced landing Brussels, Belgium. Returned to US: Bradley 3/7/45; Sth Plains 7/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 8/11/45.

B-17 #42-29686 / Pie-Eyed Piper

B-17 #42-29686 / Pie-Eyed Piper

Delivered Denver 2/2/43; 94BG Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Gulfport 10/4/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-R] Earls Colne 12/5/43; Transferred: 547BS/384BG [SO-B] Grafton Underwood 12/7/43; MIA Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 Pilot: Bill Bigelow, Co-Pilot: Earl Price, Navigator: Rich Hill, Radio Operator: Bill Bartels, Ball Turret Gunner: George Fulton, Waist Gunner: Walt Nowotny, Waist Gunner: Mike Lome, Tail Gunner: Martin Parisot (8POW); Bombardier: Walt Humphreys, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Hamilton (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Heisterbacherrott, three miles E of Konigswinter, Germany. MACR 290. PIE-EYED PIPER (aka ‚ KAYO).

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8033

B-17 #44-8033

Delivered Tulsa 17/5/44; Dallas 13/6/44; Langley 3/7/44; Dow Field 24/7/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-C] Deenethorpe 18/8/44; 615BS [IY-C]; transferred 305BG Chelveston 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29697

B-17 #42-29697

Delivered Denver 5/2/43; Gowen 12/2/43; Gt Falls 17/2/43; Gowen 20/5/43; Tinker 22/5/43; on 13/6/43 with Jim Lash force landed seven miles north west Wakeeney, KS; Walker 25/6/43; Tinker 19/6/43; Dalhart 14/7/43; crash landed Amarillo 17/8/43 with Bob Deering (later 381BG); Written off 18/8/43.Delivered Denver 5/2/43; Gowen 12/2/43; Gt Falls 17/2/43; Gowen 20/5/43; Tinker 22/5/43; on 13/6/43 with Jim Lash force landed seven miles north west Wakeeney, KS; Walker 25/6/43; Tinker 19/6/43; Dalhart 14/7/43; crash landed Amarillo 17/8/43 with Bob Deering (later 381BG); Written off 18/8/43.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-32072 / Mary

B-17 #42-32072 / Mary

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Kearney 17/2/44; Grenier 24/2/44; Assigned: 401BS/91BG [LL-L] Bassingbourn 31/3/44; MIA {9m} La Glacerie 27/4/44 Pilot: Thornton Tilton, Co-Pilot: Jim Walsh, Navigator: Otto Mathis {wia}, Bombardier: John Waksymiec, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Boleslaw Zmujewsko, Ball Turret Gunner: Gene Springfield, Waist Gunner: Paul Hermance, Waist Gunner: Norval Wood, Tail Gunner: Jim Burleson (9POW); Radio Operator: Stan Johnson (KIA on board, body found in wreckage); flak set #3 and #4 on fire crashed Rauvulle-la-Bigot, seven miles S of Breuville, Fr; MACR 4258. MARY.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29534

B-17 #42-29534

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/43; Rapid City 17/1/43; Walla Walla 4/3/43; Avon Park 20/11/43; 4117 BU Robins 13/7/44; 328 BU Gulfport 26/8/44; with Jim O’Rourke force landed base 2/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 19/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38731 / Blythe Spirit

B-17 #43-38731 / Blythe Spirit

Delivered Lincoln 13/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned: 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 1/10/44; MIA Oranienburg 15/3/45 Pilot: Harluf Jessen, Harry Pfautz, Karl Laubhan, Dick Kirkorowski, Helmer Gangestad, Claude Gatlin, Ed Evans {tg}, Cecil Campbell {obs} (8KIA); Bob Dwight, Walt Hoffman (2POW); flak, direct hit into bomb bay, crashed Schonhausen, Germany. MACR 13044. BLYTHE SPIRIT.

B-17 #42-97664 / Aw Come On

B-17 #42-97664 / Aw Come On

Delivered Denver 21/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44; Presque Is 21/3/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-F] Deenethorpe 17/4/44; 612BS [SC-X]; force landed continent 10/5/45; Salvaged 2 SAD. AW COME ON.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-37928

B-17 #43-37928

Delivered Cheyenne 6/6/44; Kearney 19/6/44; Grenier 1/7/44; Assigned 851BS/490BS Eye 2/7/44; transferred 832BS/486BG [3R-S] Sudbury 10/44; 43m crash landed base with Bob Snure 18/4/45; taxi accident with Art Gottleib at Meeks Fd, Iceland en route home 9/7/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 16/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29707

B-17 #42-29707

Delivered Cheyenne 7/2/43; Gt Falls 17/2/43; damaged in taxi accident with 41-2453 19/2/43; Pyote 22/2/43; with Russ Girse force landed base 31/5/43; Amarillo 21/7/43; 505BG Harvard 2/6/44; 244 BU Harvard 23/8/44; 4209 BU Des Moines 8/4/45; 244 BU Harvard 18/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97209

B-17 #42-97209

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Kearney 23/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG [A] Deopham Green 11/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Herb Hochstetter, Co-pilot: Julian Hurst, Navigator: Clyde Brown, Bombardier: Jerome Cogitz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Ventura, Radio Operator: Jim Jenkins, Ball turret gunner: Hans Rase, Waist gunner: Elmer Helgren, Waist gunner: Joe Smith,Tail gunner: Arthur Crowe (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd an engine, crashed Bodenrod, ten miles NW of Bad Nauheim, 20 miles E of Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4777.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29616

B-17 #42-29616

Delivered Wright Fd 17/1/43; Assigned 25 Ferry Sq/7 Ferry Gp, Gore Fd 19/3/43, damaged in taxi accident Birmingham, AL with George Isenhower 20/3/43; Memphis 31/3/43; Wright 5/5/43; Eglin 16/6/43; Mat Com Wright 2/6/44; 611 BU Eglin 8/6/44; 4117 BU Robins 22/8/44; 610 BU Eglin 13/10/44; ATS Wright 31/10/44; 4100 BU Patterson 14/11/44; 611 BU Eglin 1/4/45; 4032 BU Ypsilanti 20/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38867

B-17 #43-38867

Delivered Hunter 30/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 652REC/25BG Watton for Met, info gathering missions 17/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 15/11/45, Salvaged 5/1/46.

B-17 #42-30676 / Baby Dumpling

B-17 #42-30676 / Baby Dumpling

Delivered: Dallas 9/7/43; Love 29/7/43; Kearney 1/8/43; Topeka 12/8/43; Assigned: 482BG Alconbury 24/8/43; Transferred: 532BS/381BG [VE-E] Ridgewell 19/9/43; MIA Tours 5/1/44 Pilot: Jack Zeman, Ball Turret Gunner: Harve Leroux, Waist Gunner: Ray Chevraux (3 EVD), Co-Pilot: Otis Montgomery, Navigator: Frank Bisagna, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Sinquefield, Radio Operator: Burton Givan, Waist Gunner: Francis Cater, Tail Gunner: George Day (5 POW), Bombardier: Bill Walker (KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Les Hunes, a mile W of Aubigne-Racan, Fr. MACR 1962. BABY DUMPLING.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97864 / Why Worry

B-17 #42-97864 / Why Worry

Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 11/4/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Capt Bob Patrick, Co-pilot: Bob Kerr, Navigator: John McCracken, Bombardier: Tom Lewis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Herwig, Radio Operator: Theo Otte, Ball turret gunner: Harry Jones, Waist gunner: Millard Sherrell, Waist gunner: Joe Cadle,Tail gunner: Edmond Woods (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #4, crashed Merzhausen, nine miles E of Bad Camberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4779.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29695

B-17 #42-29695

Delivered Denver 5/2/43; Gowen 12/2/43; Lowry 12/3/43; Oklahoma City 12/5/43; Assigned 19BG Pyote 30/5/43; force landed base with Paul Knapp 31/7/43; Tinker 16/10/43; Pyote 9/11/43; 329 BU Alexandra 24/8/43; 3701 BU Amarillo 20/11/43; Written off 27/12/43; Recl Comp 9/4/46.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-32035

B-17 #42-32035

Delivered Cheyenne 16/1/44; Kansas City 1/2/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 13/3/44; transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {10m} Ploesti 24/4/44 with Henry Schmaltz, Co-pilot: Gerald Briggs, Navigator: Chas Paglieri, Bombardier: Marvin Lorder(?Lober), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Verne Shive, Radio Operator: Fred Engel, Ball turret gunner: John Itzcak, Waist gunner: Chas Webb, Waist gunner: ChasWheeler,Tail gunner: Bill Dooley; enemy aircraft, crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 4390.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29533

B-17 #42-29533

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/43; Pyote 20/1/43; Pueblo 6/4/43; Cutbank 21/4/43; Gore Fd 19/5/43; Moses Lake 27/5/43; 4100 BU Patterson 14/6/44; 235 BU Biggs 26/8/44; 233 BU Davis Monthan 18/3/45; 209 BU Galveston 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6494

B-17 #44-6494

Delivered Lincoln 23/8/44; Dow Fd 7/9/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 28/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; Sth Plains 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 12/1/46.

B-17 #44-6286

B-17 #44-6286

Delivered Kearney 24/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 18/7/44; {80m} Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; Sth Plains 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-102681

B-17 #42-102681

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/44; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-T] but re-ass Drew 18/4/44; Oklahoma City 23/4/44; 327 BU Drew 25/8/44; 301 BU Drew 22/10/45; Scrapped: Altus 5/11/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-29563

B-17 #42-29563

Delivered Cheyenne 5/1/43; Hobbs 24/1/43; Gt Falls 31/1/43; Hobbs 20/3/43; with John Gaffney crashed two miles N of Potlatch, ID 2/12/43; Written off 4/12/43.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97386

B-17 #42-97386

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Gr Island 26/2/44; Cheyenne 2/3/44; with Bob Savage force landed Ardmore 10/5/44; 202 BU Galveston 1/12/44; 222 BU Ardmore 11/12/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/8/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38298

B-17 #43-38298

Delivered Cheyenne 18/7/44; Kearney 28/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG [G6-D] Debach 10/8/44; Missing in Action Koblenz 19/9/44 with Capt Bill Holman, Navigator: John Stimek (2 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Schultz, Waist gunner: Byron Johnson (2 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Ransom Chamberlain, Bombardier: Ray Lee, Radio Operator: Albt Henna, Ball turret gunner: Marcel Paternoster,Tail gunner: John Moffatt (5 Prisoner of War); flak hits, seven bailed then aircraft blew up, cr Barvaux/Tohogne, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 9494.