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

Delivered: Long Beach 27/9/43; Harvard 10/10/43; ass 709BS/447BG [IE-H] Rattlesden 31/10/43; MIA Pas de Calais 22/6/44 Pilot: Paul Fagg, crew unknown ; abandoned over Normandy beach head, (10RTD), sal.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/1/43; Gowen 13/2/43; Sioux City 25/2/43; Casper 25/3/43; Sioux City 30/6/43; Tinker 9/7/43; Dalhart 30/7/43; Written off 26/9/43.

Delivered Hunter 7/10/44; Dow Fd 16/10/44; Assigned 384BG Grafton Underwood 19/10/44; transferred 748BS/457BG [Q] Glatton /45; landed in Poland with ? 18/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45. LADY BE GOOD.

Delivered Denver 2/11/43; Gr Island 11/11/43; ass 364BS/305BG [WF- ] Chelveston 5/1/44; MIA Kiel 22/5/44 Pilot: Cecil M. Gerber, Co-Pilot: Houison Reed, Navigator: Edmund Wageman, Bombardier: Orval Williams, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Anderson, Radio Operator: Junior Leavell, Ball Turret Gunner: John Gault, Waist Gunner: Bill Hamilton, Waist Gunner: Alphonse Kneupper, Tail Gunner: Gordon Willis (10KIA); flak damage, crashed Kiel Navy Yard, Ger. MACR 4951.

Delivered Long Beach 25/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-J] Rougham 14/10/43; severe battle damaged Pas de Calais 14/2/44 with Larry Bradee, (crew unknown?) (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Curtis Webster (Killed in Action). Ditched North Sea, crew rescued. No MACR.

Delivered Denver 29/1/43; Gt Falls 31/1/43; Salina 13/2/43; Assigned: 423BS/306BG [RD- ] Thurleigh 24/3/43; battle damage St Nazaire 1/5/43 Pilot: Lew Johnson, Co-Pilot: Bob McCallum, Navigator: Stan Kissenberth, Bombardier: J.C. Melaun {togg}; Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Fahrenhold, Ball Turret Gunner: Maynard Smith*, Tail Gunner: Roy Gibson (7RTD); Radio Operator: Henry Bean, Waist Gunner: Bob Folliard, Waist Gunner: Joe Bukacek (3KIA); forced landing Predannack, Ornwall, UK, Salvaged. 5/3/43. (*MOH for Sgt Maynard ‘Snuffy’ Smith).

Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/44; Kearney 22/8/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [J] Glatton 20/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. THE THREE JOES.

Delivered Lincoln 19/1/45; Dow Fd 6/2/45; Assigned 8AF 15/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-H] Framlingham 19/2/44; aircraft suffered oxygen fire while on assembly for Boulogne mission 4/6/44 with Leroy Holmberg, Co-pilot: George Benton, Navigator: Ellis McClintick, Bombardier: Jack Pelton, Radio Operator: Bob Pinkus, Ball turret gunner: Dick Autry, Waist gunner: Jim Gates, Waist gunner: Bob Baldi,Tail gunner: Bill Kick (9 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Andy Brown (Killed in Action) ; pilot remained on board in an attempt to land but crashed at Easthorpe, near Colchester, Ex.; rest of crew bailed OK; Salvaged 5/7/44. I’LL BE AROUND aka THE SKILLET.

Delivered Lincoln 17/1/45; Grenier 6/2/45; Assigned 15AF 14/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/10/46; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 19/11/47.

Delivered Hunter 2/10/44; Grenier 10/10/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-V] Snetterton 17/10/44; MIA Kiel 3/4/45 Pilot: Chas McFarland, Co-Pilot: Russell Land, Navigator: Jack Wells, togg-Roman Schmitz, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Al Herrin, Radio Operator: Chas Daley, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Howard, Waist Gunner: Elbert Hardy, Waist Gunner: Bill Hammond, Tail Gunner: Sherman Hickman (10INT); flak, forced landing Bulltofta, Sweden. RetUK 27/6/45; Returned to US: Bradley 2/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 4/8/45; Scrapped: Kingman 15/1/46. RACTUP.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/1/44; Dalhart 26/1/44; Kearney 22/2/44; Presque Is 24/2/44; Assigned: 385BG Gt Ashfield, but Transferred: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 3/44; MIA Rostock 11/4/44 Pilot: Bill Knowles, Co-Pilot: Jim Pennal, Navigator: Guido Rosa, Bombardier: Bob Green, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Albt Herrmann, Radio Operator: Jennings Stutler, Ball Turret Gunner: Paul Pelletier, Waist Gunner: Paul Kret, Waist Gunner: Ray Dearner, Tail Gunner: Harry Gandee (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, off Rostock, Germany. MACR 3774. SHOO SHOO BABY.

Delivered Long Beach 11/9/43; Scott 27/9/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 4/11/43; Aphrodite Project, hit by Flak and crashed on secondary target Herford, Germany, 5/12/44. Command crew Lts T H Barton & F E Bruno baled out over UK. 5/12/44.

Delivered Denver 9/10/43; Las Vegas 26/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 23/3/45; 2126 BU Laredo 21/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/1/46.

Delivered Denver 8/10/43; Las Vegas 24/10/43; with John Holmes crash landed base 14/2/44; W/O 16/2/44.

Delivered Denver 26/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; ass 366BS/305BG [KY-K] Chelveston 12/12/43; MIA Berlin 22/3/44 Pilot: Eldred Whipple, Co-Pilot: Oscar Leibowitz, Navigator: John Murphy, Bombardier: Glenn Freeborn, Waist Gunner: Dan Tremitier (5KIA-all in wreckage); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Frank Ward, Radio Operator: Harry Hawkins, Ball Turret Gunner: Virgil Moore, Waist Gunner: Rich Wilson, Tail Gunner: Alex Grant (5POW); severe flak damage, crashed Pfarlhausen, 10 miles E of Oldenburg, Germany. MACR 3432.

Delivered Long Beach 10/4/43; Denver 14/4/43; Morrison 29/4/43; Patterson 3/5/43; Ass 342BS/97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 15/5/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; MIA Rimini 27/11/43 w/Holmes Elmore, Lignoul, Kloch, Withers, Irwin, Brown, McMillan, Lentz, Reed, Gesso; cr Urbino. MACR 1304.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/8/44; Lincoln 24/8/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned: 748BS/457BG [N] Glatton 13/9/44 MYSTERIOUS WITCH; 749BS; Returned to US: Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 14/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 25/11/45. MURDEROUS WITCH.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 25/12/43; Assigned: 364BS/305BG Chelveston 22/1/44; MIA Leipzig 20/2/44 Pilot: Bill Lingley, Co-Pilot: John Baitsholts, Navigator: John Sulsona, Bombardier: Rich Field{found in nearby woods 18/3/44}, Radio Operator: R.E. Cox, Ball Turret Gunner: Glenn Smith (6KIA); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Donal Novotney, Waist Gunner: Tony Wachaya, Waist Gunner: Murray Adler, Tail Gunner: Malcolm Murray (4POW); flak, crashed forest S of Wohlmerstedt, two miles N of Billroda, Germany. MACR 2429.

Delivered Hunter 17/1/45; Dow Fd 1/2/45; Assigned 15AF 8/2/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 29/9/45; 593 BU Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.