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

Delivered Cheyenne 18/11/42; Sioux City 3/1/43; Rapid City 3/2/43; Tinker 1/5/43; Smoky Hill 6/8/43; 4006 BU Miami 14/6/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 16/6/44; with Jim Weldon force landed FL 7/10/44; 120 BU Richmond 20/12/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 4/2/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 2/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Hunter 25/7/44; Dow Fd 7/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG Debach 8/8/44; Missing in Action Mainz 13/1/45 with Norman Lamoreaux, Sam Gordon, Tom Tucker, Ralend Rhodes, Dick Pearce, Irving Weiss (6 Killed in Action); Doug Carlock, Jerome Eaton, Ellsworth Gustafson (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Bauscheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11736. BIG BUSTER.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/12/42; Sioux City 8/1/43; Rapid City 2/2/43; Minneapolis 19/3/43; Ephrata 12/4/43; Spokane 3/5/43; 390BG crash landed Moses Lake 26/7/43 with Lionel Coon; Written off 20/8/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/44; Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 9/6/44; MIA Stuttgart 5/9/44 Pilot: Ray Paaske, Garis Jacoby {died in captivity}, Tony Santos, Sam George, Henry Mays (5POW); Gene Sydlowski, Bill Baker, John Wells, Ernie Haygood, (4EVD); flak, crashed Rottweil, Germany. MACR 8454. MOONLIGHT SERENADE.

Delivered Denver 24/2/43; Eglin 9/3/43; Englewood 12/3/43; Eglin 14/4/43; Midland 21/6/43; Eglin 24/6/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 1/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/6/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Grenier 1/7/44; Assigned: 527BS/379BG Kimbolton 15/7/44; MIA Permasens, Germany. 9/8/44 Pilot: Howard Hamilton, Rexford Feaster, Hector Kaufman, Walt Nielson, Vince Miller, Howard Siegle, Harry Willey, Dale Dorning, Bob Wilmoth (9EVD); flak, crashed Antwerp; MACR 7393. RED DRAGON.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/12/42; Assigned 391BS/34BG Blythe 29/12/42; mech. problems led to taxi accident with Milton Sherman 21/2/43; Assigned 504BS/346BG Dyersburg 20/5/43; 505BG Harvard 19/6/44; 4136 BU Tinker 15/7/44; force landed Dyersburg 16/8/43 with Hiram Fisher when u/c gear collapsed; 235 BU Biggs 28/8/44; 4104 Rome 17/1/45; 235 BU Biggs 19/3/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 17/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 3/8/45.

Delivered Tulsa 4/12/43; Boise 15/1/43; Wendover 27/2/43; Gowen 19/4/43; Tinker 9/6/43; Dalhart 9/7/43; with Chas Watkins force landed base 27/7/43; Written off 23/10/43.

Delivered Denver 24/2/43; Eglin 10/3/43; 611 BU Eglin 2/6/43; 610 BU Eglin 4/9/44; 611 BU Eglin 1/4/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 25/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/9/43; Harvard 16/10/43; Assigned: 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; MIA Pirna (111m)19/4/45 Pilot: Bob Glazener, Ray Fortier, Ernie Purcifull, Seb Bucceri, Hobart Jarvis, Theo Ciemier, no wg ‘, Jim Burton (7POW); Harry Cramer (KIA); jet Enemy aircraft, crashed Dresden, Germany. MACR 14180. DEAD MAN’S HAND.(Last heavy bomber lost to e/a).

Delivered Denver 28/9/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; ass 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 25/11/43; MIA Munich 11/7/44 Pilot: Bob Jacobs, Frank Pollard, Jim Burkhart, Tom Winborne, Granville Newton, John Tennant, Ed Wellnitz, Art Cooper, Lou Joseph, Bob Scott (10INT); flak, forced landing Dubendorf, Switz; MACR 7223. Returned to US: 1377 BU Grenier 13/9/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45. Scrapped: Kingman 12/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 20/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 390BG Framlingham 17/10/44; transferred 379BG Kimbolton 13/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. THE MERRY MAX.

Delivered Long Beach 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 21/4/43; Warner Robins 8/56/43; Morrison 16/5/43; Assigned 97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 5/6/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/43; weather aircraft from 15/7/44. Salvaged 6/10/45.

Delivered Long Beach 28/8/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned 625BS/25BG Watton 802 Recon Group, 7/10/43, but re-assigned from 1 SAD Lt Staughton, Sfk. as a weather ship; sal after overshut runway at Watton, with ? no crew named; Salvaged 3SAD 17/9/44. STUMBLE BUTT.

Delivered Tulsa 19/5/44; Kearney 30/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-L] Rougham 7/6/44; 333BS [TS-L]; Returned to US: Bradley 24/6/45; Sth Plains 28/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 30/11/45. VIE’S GUYS.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned: 544BS/384BG [SU-K] Grafton Underwood 12/6/43; MIA Villacoublay 26/6/43 Pilot: Delton Wheat, Navigator: Bob Brown, Bombardier: Tom Ketcham, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Bossinger, Radio Operator: Theo Finck, Ball Turret Gunner: John Katuzney, Waist Gunner: Warren Pursch, Tail Gunner: Dere Hurst (8EVD); Co-Pilot: Dave McMullen, Waist Gunner: Ralph Wood (2 fate unknown, possibly POW)); crash-landed Laon, Fr. FLAK DODGER aka FLAK DANCER. (restored and used by Luftwaffe ‘ KG200).

Delivered Long Beach 2/4/43; Ainsworth 17/4/43; Ephrata 11/5/43; 248 BU Walker 9/6/44; 4136 BU Tinker 25/6/44; 235 BU Biggs 19/8/43; 231 BU Alamogordo 12/1/45; 202 BU Galveston 28/1/45; 283 BU Galveston 30/3/45; 209 BU Galveston 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/12/45.

Delivered Tulsa 9/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned: 709BS/447BG [IE-O] Rattlesden 1/5/44; MIA Bohlen 29/6/44 Pilot: Bill Hoyer, Co-Pilot: Joe Syoen, Navigator: John Riddell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bernie Duwel, Radio Operator: Walt Degutis, Ball Turret Gunner: Tom Burke, Waist Gunner: Edwin Thornton, Waist Gunner: Floyd Broman (8KIA); Bombardier: Chas Pearson, Tail Gunner: Tom Holland (2POW); flak KOd #2 setting fire to bomb bay and radio room, ship exploded crashed around Jahnsheim, eight miles E of Altenburg, Germany. MACR 6730.

Delivered Long Beach 3/11/43; Kearney 14/11/43; ass 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Snetterton 30/11/43; Bombardier: Douglas Leeper (KIA-by 20mm shell, pilot was Chas Wunnerberg who landed back at RAF Woodbridge, Sfk) 10/2/44; MIA Augsburg 13/4/44 Pilot: John Daniel Jr, Radio Operator: Chas Gilmore, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Preston, Waist Gunner: Jim Curran, Waist Gunner: Emery Raiman, Tail Gunner: Cyril Mullin (6KIA); Co-Pilot: Joe Kiska, Navigator: Jim Hathaway, b-Andy Detmers, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Drozd (4POW); flak, crashed 30 miles SW of Augsburg, Germany. MACR 4267. THE CHARACTER.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/42; Wendover 28/12/42; Sioux City 10/5/43; Kearney 3/8/43; with Don Lowe force landed Rapid City 23/1/44; 225 BU Rapid City 27/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 14/6/45.