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

Delivered Cheyenne 23/8/43; Scott 25/9/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-A] Thurleigh 21/10/43; transferred 863BS/493BG [G6- ] Debach 8/44; on local flight 17/8/44 with Jim Linden, Co-pilot: Ed Kaputa, Navigator: Ken Noel, Bombardier: Searle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Norman Depper, Radio Operator: Fred Wolins, Ball turret gunner: Dave farris, Waist gunner: John Murphy,Tail gunner: Jack Barker (9 Returned to Duty); brakes malfunctioned and ship nosed over, with nose, tail and engines badly damaged, due to 100% pilot error; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/44; Hunter 16/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned: 850BS/490BG Eye 26/7/44; battle damage Parchim 7/4/45 Pilot: Cagle; mid air coll w/Me109 (by Sonderkommando Elbe rammer); ret allied territory safely despite two engines out; RetUS, Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/6/44; Hunter 3/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 849BS/490BG Eye 26/7/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 17/3/45 with Arthur Stern, Clifton Nippert, Ed Dewahl, Willard Fay, Jim Rivers, George Devlin, John Terry, Jim Heathman, Ed Holdren (9 Killed in Action); mid-air coll, crashed Kamberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13080.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Gr Island 5/3/44; Grenier 22/3/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 23/3/44; taxi accident Pilot: Herbert Shule 3/5/45; Returned to US: Bradley 29/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 2/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45. HEAVEN’S ABOVE.

Delivered Denver 8/4/44; Kearney 3/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-X] Kimbolton 6/6/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 19/9/44 with ?; flak, crashed Saargemund, Ger. GILDED ORION.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/6/44; Hunter 13/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned: 849BS/490BG Eye 26/7/44; MIA Karlsbad 19/4/45 Pilot: Buford Stovall (EVD); Frank Mateyka (KIA); Ed Nilsson, Harry Shelgren, Bob Rivenburg, Joe Mullins, Dennis Richardson, Don McGinnis, Harry Turk {tg}, Dick Bernery {rcm} (8POW); jet Enemy aircraft, crashed Dresden, Germany. MACR 14195.

Delivered Denver 19/12/43; Phoenix 2/1/44; Kearney 3/1/44; ass 551BS/385BG [HR-E] Gt Ashfield 28/1/44; MIA Pas de Calais 28/2/44 Pilot: Gil Kemman, Co-Pilot: Steve Kruppa, Navigator: Henry Dagg, Bombardier: Ben Gallegos, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Paul Lewis, Radio Operator: Dick Thoos, Waist Gunner: Orin Lee, Tail Gunner: Chas Vobroucek (8KIA); Ball Turret Gunner: Wallace Kuester, Waist Gunner: Horace Hosbach (2POW): flak knocked tail off, crashed in Boulogne town, Fr. MACR 2882.

Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 15/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned: 526BS/379BG [LF-A] Kimbolton 4/6/44; MIA Lutzkendorf 9/2/45 Pilot: Herb Pearlman, John O’Neill, Chas Francescani, Ray Maloney, Alva Bryant, Paul Kondravy, Wesley Wells, Fred White, Al Jervis (9POW); flak, crashed Gierath, Germany. MACR 12337. WHITE LIGHTENING.

Delivered Denver 8/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Morrison 4/1/44; Assigned 341BS/97BG Amendola 21/12/43; Missing in Action Linz 25/7/44 with 1Lt Allan Webster, 2Lt Wells B Grogan, 2Lt Henry A Johnson, 2Lt Stanley A Odlum, T/Sgt Donald A Lower, T/Sgt Walter Dl Sayle, S/Sgt James l Pauley, S/Sgt James C York, S/Sgt Edward J Ostrowski, S/Sgt George A Wilson; flak, crashed Klagenfurt; 10 x POW MACR 7126.

Delivered Denver 20/9/43; Gr Island 30/9/43; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 8/10/43; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-E] Grafton Underwood 18/10/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with George Steir, Co-pilot: Harry Bertram, Navigator: Ralph Harvey, Bombardier: Bob Heine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Kane, Radio Operator: John VanBevern, Ball turret gunner: Alf David, Waist gunner: Francis Klonowski, Waist gunner: Rich Norton,Tail gunner: Jack Louden (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Grivillers, 22 miles SE of Amiens, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3244. SISSY.

Delivered Tulsa 14/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned: 327BS/379BG Kimbolton 10/6/44; MIA Zeitz 30/11/44 Pilot: Gil Schlesinger, Howard Mertens, Chester Durham, Theo Zivanidis, Bernie Bonderski, Chas Bowles, Shirley Griffith, Stewart Schock (8KIA); Gene Bush (POW); flak, crashed Zeitz; MACR 11126. MISS LACE.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/44; Kearney 9/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned: 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 29/6/44; MIA Merseburg 25/11/44 Pilot: Harry Blair, John Bante, Valentine Williams, Leo Wolfe, Jack Peterson, Ed Todd (6POW); Chas Voyles, Ken Perry, Art Litchfield (3KIA); flak, crashed Plauen, Germany. MACR 10756. BLONDE BOMBER.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/6/43; Rapid City 15/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Gr Isle 28/6/43; Dow 20/7/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Oudna 7/8/43; transferred 341BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 22/2/44 with 2Lt Milton H Ciscoe, 2Lt Milton C Stanek, 2Lt Eugene Senfield, 2lt Robert S Taylor, S/Sgt Tom B Foote, S/Sgt Sam G Moore Jr, Sgt John S Labuda, Sgt Francis j Mc Caffrey, Sgt Richard L Major, Sgt George T Waters; enemy aircraft, crashed Klagenfurt; MACR 2491. LITTLE CHUM.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/43; Scott 9/8/43; Assigned: 388BG Knettishall 24/8/43; Transferred: 570BS/390BG [DI-M] 25/8/43; on Bremen mission 20/12/43 suffered severe flak damage with two engines out; crewmen McLaughlin, Graber, Bean, Shelby, Cox bailed near Wilhelmshaven, Savage{wia}, pilot brought the ship back to Raydon, Sfk., fighter base before returning the base; MIA Augsburg 16/3/44 Pilot: Vince DeMayo, Co-Pilot: Bob Spicer, Bombardier: Chester Brenizer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jack Willoughby, Ball Turret Gunner: Pvt Jim Dawes, Waist Gunner: Jerome Blatt, Waist Gunner: Erwin Hodsdon (8KIA); Navigator: Harry Button, Tail Gunner: Bill Thornburg (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Lautern-Heubach road, six miles E of Schwabish Gmund, Germany. MACR 3180. THE STORK CLUB.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Gr Isle 11/8/43; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-Y] Snetterton 11/9/43; MIA Munich 18/3/44 Pilot: Bob Muirhead, Co-Pilot: Bob Besse, Navigator: Len Hoenferle, Bombardier: Frank Spencer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John McMillan, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Blackburn, Waist Gunner: Edgar Weislogel (7POW); Radio Operator: Jerry Peck, Waist Gunner: Bob Seal, Tail Gunner: Bob Haase (3KIA); Enemy aircraft, two engines out, then ship snapped in half over Black Forest, crashed Ditteshausen, near Freiburg, Germany. MACR 3422.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Kearney 4/3/44; Presque Is 10/3/44; Assigned: 731BS/452BG [7D-N] Deopham Green 16/3/44; destroyed on ground by Enemy aircraft at Poltava Pilot: John Zimmerman 21/6/44; Salvaged. Russia 2/7/44. BIG TIME OPERATOR.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/6/43; Rapid City 19/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Gr Isle 30/6/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Oudna 8/8/43; crash landed Sardinia 1/10/43 with Crooks, Evans, Raftery, Charak {Wounded in Action}, Grant, Demott, Tirella, Boswell, McKeenan, Ledgerwood (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged. HOT FOR THE BODY.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; ass 410BS/94BG [GL-M] Rougham 16/12/43; MIA Berlin 6/3/44 Pilot: Chas Johnston, Co-Pilot: Jim Howes (2KIA-p held onto cp when baling out but lost grip when chute opened); Navigator: Paul Sullivan, Bombardier: Bob Davenport, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Julian Wiedemann, Radio Operator: Dick Elliott, Ball Turret Gunner: Sanford Minor, Waist Gunner: Bob Beaton, Waist Gunner: Bob Thornton, Tail Gunner: Aaron Lowry (8POW); Enemy aircraft caused fire in cockpit, crashed two miles S of Wieste, 15 miles W of Cloppenberg, Germany. MACR 2977. JEANNE.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/7/43; Dyersburg 7/8/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-M] Snetterton 1/9/43; MIA Anklam 9/10/43 Pilot: Bill Hunt, Co-Pilot: Paul Atkins, Navigator: Roy Schott, Bombardier: Dick Villochi, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Warren Strack, Radio Operator: Bill Chafin, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Swart, Waist Gunner: Joe Pierce, Waist Gunner: Teddy Yurkiewicz, Tail Gunner: Chas Mass (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, on return from target, crashed North Sea, off Denmark; MACR 945.

Delivered Dallas 4/8/43; Gore 5/8/43; Dallas 8/8/43; Dalhart 17/8/43; Gr Isle 3/9/43; Assigned: 571BS/390BG [FC-R] Framlingham 10/9/43; MIA Munster 10/10/43 Pilot: Capt Bob Short, Co-Pilot: Bud Hinckley, Bombardier: Norton Stolair, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Frank Becay, Radio Operator: Don Lowrie, Waist Gunner: Gene Runser, Waist Gunner: Don Armstrong, obs-Joe Easley (8POW); Navigator: Hal Hughes, Ball Turret Gunner: Dick Grace, Tail Gunner: Bill Esslestine (3KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Stadtbaumer Farm, on Schiffahter Damm, ten miles NE of Munster, Germany. MACR 863. SHORT STUFF.

Delivered Denver 23/12/42; Salina 5/1/43; Morrison 3/2/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 20/2/43; Missing in Action Gerbini 5/7/43 with Graham, Garner, Dobmeyer, Schnellbacher, Ciovacco, Lloyd, Edwards; (7 Killed in Action); Finnegan, Shafran, Grantham (3 Prisoner of War). Missing Air Crew Report 98A & 1132. RAMBLIN‘ WRECK.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 323BS/306BG [RD-X] Thurleigh 9/6/44; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45. TOGGLE TESSY.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Gr Island 20/2/44; Presque is 12/3/44; Assigned: 333BS/94BG Rougham 16/3/44; 410BS; crash: takeoff for Kaiserlauten 6/1/45 Pilot: Jack Collins, Navigator: Gordon Henry, tog-Clinton Hallman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Tate, Radio Operator: Ray Von Bokel (5KIA); Co-Pilot: Bob Doran, Waist Gunner: Cecil Schermerhorn, Ball Turret Gunner: Ony Carrico, Tail Gunner: Nick Urda (4RTD- wia); lost engine on take off and ploughed into woods at Moreton Hall, near Bury St Edmunds; three civilians were injured and exploding bombs damaged several homes; Salvaged. MISSION MISTRESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/6/44; Hunter 15/7/44; Grenier 22/7/44; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 24/7/44; transferred 379BG Kimbolton 14/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.