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

Delivered Denver 25/12/43; Dallas 14/1/44; Lakeland 16/1/44; Morrison 2/2/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 14/2/44; Missing in Action Oradea, Rom. 2/6/44 with Ray Hanson, Co-pilot: Chas Townsend, Navigator: Joe Arborio, Bombardier: Jim Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mike Janasko, Radio Operator: Francis Kriegshauser, Ball turret gunner: Buster Hoeffor, Waist gunner: Chas Houghtaling,Tail gunner: Sylvester Beyer (9 Returned to Duty); mech fault, crashed Taravice, Rom; Missing Air Crew Report 5827.

Delivered Long Beach 30/9/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; ass 535BS/381BG [MS-Y] Ridgewell 22/12/43; {17m} MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Carl Dasso, Co-Pilot: Bill Watson, Bombardier: Norman Isom, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Oscar Wright, Radio Operator: Anthony Madero (5KIA); Navigator: Phil Barkett, Ball Turret Gunner: Paul Williams, Waist Gunner: Marshall Rose, Tail Gunner: Chester Herron (4POW); Enemy aircraft shot off left wing and #1, crashed Wilhelmshof Estate, near Gratze, 19 miles NE of Berlin, Germany. MACR 5179. RETURN TICKET.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Billings 1/3/44; Cheyenne 3/3/44; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/45; 273 BU Lincoln 27/1/45; 222 BU Ardmore 10/5/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/5/44; Kearney 25/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-T] Ridgewell 10/6/44; battle damage Villaroche A/fd 14/4/44 Pilot: Milton Tarr, Co-Pilot: George Reese, Navigator: Chas Gilpin, Bombardier: Ken Cagwin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Russ Chadwick, Radio Operator: Dale Moon, Ball Turret Gunner: Lou Beneke, Waist Gunner: Ken Mason, Tail Gunner: Joe White (9RTD), on return detailed to Lt Staughton depot, Salvaged. 2 SAD 24/6/44. SECOND YEAR.

Delivered Lincoln 19/9/44; Dow Fd 6/10/44; Grenier 16/10/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 17/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 1/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/2/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/10/43; Gr Island 26/10/43; Palm Springs 8/11/43; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-F] Ridgewell 11/12/43; MIA {14m} Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Carl Gardon, Bombardier: Bill Moseley (2KIA); Co-Pilot: Archie Sornberger, Navigator: Ed Soltwedel, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ken Cornell, Radio Operator: Don Schaub, Ball Turret Gunner: Allen Shaw, Waist Gunner: Jacob Rush, Tail Gunner: John O’Neal (7POW); attacked by Me 109s, KOd #3 and set wing on fire, crashed Wilmersdorf, four miles E of Bernau, Germany. MACR 5176. AVENGRESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/43; Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Syracuse 14/4/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned: 410BS/94BG Earls Colne 25/4/43; MIA Emden 21/5/43 Pilot: Olaf Ecklund, Co-Pilot: Harry Port, Navigator: Theo Liebig, Bombardier: Henry Schoedel, Tail Gunner: Byron Burns (5POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lou Poznar, Radio Operator: Joe Conley, Ball Turret Gunner: Marsile Lambert, Waist Gunner: Frank Watts, Waist Gunner: Bill Tiday (5KIA); flak & Enemy aircraft, crashed Pewsum, near Canum, N of Emden, Germany. EASY ACES. (‚TEN ACES‘)

Delivered Long Beach 20/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; ass 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; MIA Brunswick 10/2/44 Pilot: Walt Triska, Co-Pilot: John Symank, Navigator: Lee Mitchell, Bombardier: Warren Heim, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Schultz, Radio Operator: Jim McNeil, Ball Turret Gunner: Earl Spieler, Waist Gunner: Bill Jeffries, Waist Gunner: Virgil Cast (9POW); Tail Gunner: Lew Haas (POW; mid-air coll w/42-31318 (452BG), crashed Hemsloher Bruch, near Diepholz, Germany. MACR 2537.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/10/43; Walla Walla 6/11/43; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; MIA Brunswick 10/2/44 Pilot: Milton Turner, Co-Pilot: Major Don Dilger, Navigator: Francis Bauman, Bombardier: Germany. ld Ranus, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Cunningham, Radio Operator: Norman Parnell, Waist Gunner: Chester Zinis, Waist Gunner: Art Jones (8POW); Ball Turret Gunner: Adam Bomba{turret blown off and body found 17 miles NE of crash site}, Tail Gunner: Claude Westerfield (2KIA); mid air coll w/42-39961, crashed Wagenfelder Brickyard, on Barver road, 15 miles SE of Diepholz, Ger. MACR 2536.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/43; Gore 4/7/43; Cheyenne 26/7/43; Dow Fd 27/7/43; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-O] Framlingham 6/8/43; Transferred: 569BS [CC-O]; MIA Schweinfurt 19/7/44 Pilot: Dick Smith, Ira Pritchett, Dan Sulmazey, Theo Ekdahl, John Tope, Lee tabor, Bill Bruton, Alb Herricht, Bob Milligan, Bob Richardson (10KIA); flak, one engine out, crashed Haren, Belgium. MACR 7555. GERONIMO.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Romulus 26/11/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-V] Rougham 23/12/43; MIA Brandeburg 18/4/44 Pilot: Garrett Craig, Co-Pilot: Roland McGee, Navigator: John Thompson, Bombardier: Tony Maria-Rossi, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Elam Snodgrass, Radio Operator: Bill Courtright, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Speirs, Waist Gunner: Lee Sawyer, Waist Gunner: Germany. ld Apple, Tail Gunner: Jesse Holt (10POW ‚ captured crashed Gnoien, 26 miles SE of Rostock, Ger.); Enemy aircraft, however the Germans reported aircraft went down probably in sea or lake as they found no wreckage on ground. MACR 4152. CHIEF CHILLETACAUX.

Delivered Hunter 28/7/44; Grenier 14/8/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 29/8/44; Missing in Action Lechfeld 12/9/44 with Graham Milner, Co-pilot: Bill Thayer, Navigator: Mitch Seruya, Bombardier: Phil Weitz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Grady Kelley, Radio Operator: Harry Herman, Ball turret gunner: Ray Siems, Waist gunner: George Guderley (?only 8); flak, crashed Munich; Missing Air Crew Report 8360.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/43; Gr Island 6/1/44; 728BS, 452BG Deopham Green 14/2/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 20/3/44 with Bob Cook, Co-pilot: Ron Casey, Navigator: John Osswalt, Bombardier: John Rowland, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald Poplett, Radio Operator: George Silva, Ball turret gunner: Carl Blickman, Waist gunner: Hubert Roughton, Waist gunner: Rich Thayer, Wounded in Action,Tail gunner: John McLaughlinwia) (10 Returned to Duty); landed at Dunsfold, Surrey, on return; sal 27/3/44. No MACR. PASSIONATE WITCH.

Delivered Lincoln 18/11/44; Dow Fd 19/12/44; Assigned 8AF 4/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/12/44; Hunter 4/1/45; with Henry Hale crash landed 302 BU Hunter 19/1/45; Recl Comp 29/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/10/43; Gr Island 25/10/43; Romulus 1/11/43; Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-A] Framlingham 10/11/43; Melvin Adams WIA on Merseburg mission 29/6/44 Returned to US: 4168 BU Sth Plains 11/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 13/11/45. GI WONDER.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Presque Is 8/1/44; Prestwick, UK 17/1/44; ass 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 2/1/44; detailed Merignac 27/3/44 Pilot: Wes Hudson, Co-Pilot: Willard Corley, Navigator: Norman Bishusky, Bombardier: Joe Hendrix, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Cunningham, Radio Operator: Don Jungenbeg, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Gorman, Waist Gunner: Leo St Laurent, Waist Gunner: John Bodenhoffer, Tail Gunner: Jim Penwell (10KIA); fr Green Farm, Bullswood Lane, Cockfield, Sfk, soon after take off, bomb load exploding minutes after impact. Salvaged. 3/4/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/8/43; Gr Isle 14/8/43; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 5/9/43; MIA Bordeaux 5/12/43 Pilot: Paul Todd, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Simco (2POW); Navigator: Roland Bowman, Bombardier: Ray Lull, Radio Operator: Art Stiles, Waist Gunner: Herb Schuman, Waist Gunner: Art Matheiu, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Morris, Tail Gunner: Jim Douglas, foto-Bill Davis (8KIA); Co-Pilot: Clarry Willingham (EVD); flak, crashed Cognac, Fr; MACR 5022 & 7325. OLE BASSAR.

Delivered Lincoln 20/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 561BS/388 Knettishall 6/12/44 MY LIL BABY; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/11/45. SWEET LORRAINE.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/12/44; Hunter 4/1/45; Dow Fd 11/1/45; Assigned: 388BG Knettishall 13/1/45; RetUS, Scrapped: Walnut Ridge 12/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/43; Kearney 23/1/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-Y] Rougham 9/2/44; MIA Handorf, Germany. 8/4/44 Pilot: Jim Burnette, Co-Pilot: Gil Leverance (2KIA); Navigator: Chas Rogy, Bombardier: Ed Boulter, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Vince Hertzog, Radio Operator: Cyril Daly, Ball Turret Gunner: Ben Steres, Waist Gunner: Francis Burke, Waist Gunner: Ralph Benjamin, Tail Gunner: Rich Schnell (8POW); flak KO’d #2, then wing broke off, crashed Kleibolte Farm, Westerode, near Greven, Westfalen, Ger. MACR 3798. MAGGIE’S DRAWERS aka LUSCIOUS DUCHESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/11/42; West Palm Beach 12/12/42; Assigned 414BS/97BG Biskra 31/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 11/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; transferred 347BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 8/7/44; Jackson 18/12/44; Patterson 12/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 11/9/45. THE RELUCTANT DRAGON.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-O] Thurleigh 21/1/44; MIA Aschersleben 22/2/44 Pilot: Tom Symons, Co-Pilot: John Wempe, Navigator: Bob Jobe, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Oscar Ellison, Ball Turret Gunner: Julius Parrish (5KIA); Bombardier: Bob Proctor{wia), Radio Operator: Bob Woodruff, Waist Gunner: Joe Fiddes, Waist Gunner: Hayden Collins, Tail Gunner: Albrt Doine (5POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Dermbach, Co. Altenkirchen, Germany. MACR 2650. ALEXANDER.

Delivered Milwaukee 16/11/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 23/11/44; Columbus 6/1/45; {? in taxi collision with parked aircraft at 40 ADG Stansted, UK. with John Lampe 14/2/45; ?} 121 BU Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 1/7/45; 613 BU Phillips 28/2/46; Aberdeen 6/3/46.