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

Delivered Denver 18/3/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-Y] Grafton Underwood 31/5/43; 544BS [SU-J]; MIA Le Mans 4/7/43 Pilot: Gordon Erikson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Penly, Ball Turret Gunner: Willard Freeman, Waist Gunner: George Ashworth, Waist Gunner: Frank Wingerter, Tail Gunner: Chas Mankowitz (6EVD); Co-Pilot: Cliff Dartt, Radio Operator: Paul Welch (2POW); Navigator: Francis Hackley, Bombardier: Don Irvine (2KIA); mid air collision, crashed Fosse de Enfer, near Belgium. onds, 40miles N of Le Mans, Fr. No MACR. NYMOKYMI.

Delivered Denver 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 17/4/43; Pueblo 27/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-L] Ridgewell 29/5/43 with John Martin, Bob Marsh, Harry Long, Wallace Hoag, Jim Lantto, John Hutchinson, Hugh Goswick, Wayne Maloney, Bill Geary, Glenn Witts; Missing in Action Antwerp 22/6/43 (first group loss) with John Martin, Co-pilot: Bob Marsh, Navigator: Wallace Hoag, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Lantto, Radio Operator: Hugh Goswick, Ball turret gunner: Leon Fornaro, Waist gunner: John Hutchison, Waist gunner: Glenn Witts,Tail gunner: Bill Geary (8KIA-seven bodies recovered by divers); Navigator: Harry Long, Bombardier: Wallace Hoag (2 Prisoner of War); flak knocked off wing, crashed Oosterschelde, two miles W of Krabbendijke, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 160.

Delivered Hunter 18/3/45; Grenier 23/3/45; Assigned 8AF 1/4/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 18/1/48; Recl Comp 27/3/48.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/5/43; Geiger 21/5/43; Ephrata 28/5/43; Walla Walla 30/5/43; Hill 31/5/43; Orlando 1/6/43; Brooksville 21/6/43; Rapid City 3/7/43; Harvard 2/8/43; 2531 BU Pampa 4/12/44; 224 BU Sioux City 10/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 22/5/45.

Delivered Tulsa 15/3/44; MacDill 30/3/44; 327 BU Drew 4/5/45; 301 BU Drew 22/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Geiger 2/9/42; Ephrata 6/10/42; Blythe 9/12/42; Tucson 17/1/43; Tinker 1/2/43; Rapid City 27/4/43; Moses Lake 2/8/43; with Simon Celiberti crashed Drew Fd 4/2/44; Written off 5/2/44.

Delivered Denver 29/11/43; Kearney 28/12/43; Presque Is 8/1/44; Prestwick, UK 18/1/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG Kimbolton 29/1/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 26/3/44 with Stan Bielawski, Co-pilot: Tom Young, Navigator: Bob Weinstein, Bombardier: Ray Domergue, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leo Greggs, Radio Operator: Ed Ghiazza, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Colin, Waist gunner: George Frazier, Waist gunner: Edwin Finance,Tail gunner: Lester Fifield (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed St-Marie-Cappel, N of Hazebrouck, seven miles NE of St Omer, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3592. TALETHA ANN.

Delivered Oklahoma City 19/2/45; slated 8AF, transferred Sth Plains 27/4/45; 268 BU Peterson 21/6/45; 484 BU Topeka 22/10/45; 482 BU Merced 24/1/46; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/2/46.

Delivered Denver 11/10/43; Las Vegas 1/11/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 23/3/45; 2126 BU Laredo 16/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered Tulsa 16/8/43; Gr Island 25/9/43; Assigned 812BS/482BG [MI-M] Alconbury (H2S) 28/9/43; sal 22/6/45.

Delivered Long Beach 11/10/43; Gr Island 2/11/43; ass 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 22/11/43; MIA Aschersleben 22/2/44 Pilot: Rudolph Horst III, Co-Pilot: Frank Wright, Navigator: John Joplin, Bombardier: Henry Schmitz, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Osgood, Radio Operator: Art Cook, Ball Turret Gunner: Laurel Kloster, Waist Gunner: Ed Ryan, Waist Gunner: Ed Justice, Tail Gunner: Joe Threlkeld (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, last seen in target area of Bonn, no trace so probably crashed in sea; MACR 2651.

Delivered Long Beach 8/10/43; Hobbs 24/10/43; 4126 BU San Bernardino 23/1/45; 3018 BU Kingman 23/3/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.

Delivered Denver 18/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-B] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; MIA Augsburg 19/7/44 Pilot: Jim Bodker, George Brandon, Albt Steindam, Carlyle Telford, Cyrus Gullekson, Max Hostetler, Henry Chandler, Joda Evans, Warren Robinson (9POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Mils Inntal, Germany. ; MACR 7261. CHALLENGER aka SWEETHEART.

Delivered Tulsa 16/8/43; Long Beach 17/8/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS-M] Rougham 11/9/43; transferred 803BS RCM Sculthorpe 1/44; APH Knettishall; Missing in Action Heligoland 15/10/44 with Lts W. Patton & J. Hinner. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/10/42; 30BS/19BG Pyote 6/2/43; Tinker 13/8/43; 452BG Pendleton 1/11/43; Written off 17/1/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/7/44; Kearney 28/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 860BS/493BG Debach 10/8/44; Salvaged 6/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/7/44; Kearney 28/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 861BS/493BG Debach 11/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 1/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 3/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/8/44; Hunter 19/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL-J] Rougham 1/10/44; battle damage Cologne 10/1/45 Pilot: ‚; forced landing continent; Salvaged. 18/1/45.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Grenier 16/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 19/2/44; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-J] Bassingbourn 11/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 19/5/44 with Bob Wylie, Navigator: Howard Hutchinson, Bombardier: Sid Muzzy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Hageman, Radio Operator: Paul Noll, Ball turret gunner: Williard Walker, Waist gunner: Frank George,Tail gunner: Bill Bracken (8 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Joe Kozina (Prisoner of War); took flak hit in right wing which broke off at #4, crashed Henningsdorf, near Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 4829. THE KEYSTONE MAMA.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Kearney 6/12/43; Presque Is 20/12/43; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-J] Snetterton 26/12/43; MIA Frankfurt 20/3/44 Pilot: Malcolm Denissen, Co-Pilot: – Kondetotas, Ball Turret Gunner: Fiebert, (rest unknown); crew bailed over Liskeard, and aircraft off Newquay, Cornwall; (10RTD). No MACR.

Delivered Denver 15/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 6/12/43; ferry from Goose Bay to UK 23/1/44 with Chas Smith, Co-pilot: John Haning, Navigator: Ralph Stanley, Bombardier: Garven Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Kenmore Rowe, Radio Operator: George Avilez, Ball turret gunner: Glen Johnston, Waist gunner: Tom Durkin, Waist gunner: Paul Abrahamson,Tail gunner: John Inman (10 Returned to Duty); engine failure and gas shortage, crashed Johnston, near Enniskillen, Co. Kilkenny, N.I. Salvaged n/battle damaged 6/6/44.

Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Long Beach 13/8/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-X] with Oboe Mk I radar at Alconbury 8/9/43; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-X] Podington 20/2/44; retUS 121 Bradley Fd 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 27/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. LA PALOMA.

Delivered Hunter 4/3/45; Dallas 13/3/45; Grenier 17/3/45; Assigned 8AF 26/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; Sth Plains 15/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 24/11/45; (US Navy as CB-17 1946.)

Delivered Hunter 14/3/45; Grenier 19/3/45; Assigned 8AF 27/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 23/5/45; Sth Plains 25/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.