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

Delivered Lincoln 22/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-D] Kimbolton 28/10/44; landing accident at RAF West Malling, Kent, UK with Jim Martin, nosed over 17/3/45; Salvaged 18/3/45.

Delivered Lincoln 24/8/44; Grenier 10/9/44; Assigned 8AF 22/9/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Hunter 17/6/44; Grenier 26/6/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 12/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 13/10/44 with Gale Patterson, Co-pilot: Rudolph Kiss, Navigator: Earl Waricher, Bombardier: Earle Barber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Stilinovich, Radio Operator: Alex Bryant, Ball turret gunner: Wilbur High, Waist gunner: Bill Stefanski, Waist gunner: Tony Rizio,Tail gunner: Harry Howland (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Csurga; Missing Air Crew Report 9204. NEVER SATISFIED.

Delivered Hunter 1/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 414BS/97BG Amendola 17/10/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 18/6/45; Sth Plains 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 2/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 24/10/44; Returned to the USA Cincinnati 16/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 6/11/44; Dow Fd 26/11/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 27/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. IRRESISTABLE YOU.

Delivered Hunter 17/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 4/7/44; Salvaged 29/9/45. DEVIL’S BOUQUET.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/12/43; Gr Island 27/12/43; Detroit 26/1/44; Grenier 28/1/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 1/23/44; MIA Pas de Calais 28/2/44 Pilot: Salter Clark, Co-Pilot: Ed Henig, Navigator: Chas Baird, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Clifton Cleaver, Radio Operator: Joe Millins, Ball Turret Gunner: Lee Heitman, Waist Gunner: Jim Gulley, Tail Gunner: Bill Kalenkoski (8KIA); Bombardier: Art Canton, Waist Gunner: Alf Barber (2POW); flak hit in nose, crashed St Martin, near Boulougne, Fr. MACR 2883.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/43; Roswell 9/6/43; Hobbs 7/7/43; Roswell 6/8/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 10/12/44; 3020 BU La Junta 29/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 4/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/7/43; Assigned 346BG Dyersburg 27/7/43; crash landed 16 miles east of Fulton, KY with Harry Anderson 5/9/43; Written off 30/9/43.

Delivered Tulsa 27/5/44; Hunter 21/6/44; Dow Fd 2/7/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 12/7/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 19/8/44 with Gordon Heap, Co-pilot: Jim Terry, Navigator: Warren Laufe, Waist gunner: Edgar Baker (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Sylvan Levey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Goode, Radio Operator: Rolland Nuber, Ball turret gunner: John McGlynchey,Tail gunner: John Creviston (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 9717. BERLIN SLEEPER III.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Grand Island 30/10/43; Wilmington 13/11/43; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-X] Gt Ashfield 19/11/43; slight mid-air collision with ‘ Pilot: Chas McCauley crash-landed five miles E of Cambridge, UK 12/5/45; Salvaged. 15/3/45. HONKY TONK GAL.

Delivered Long Beach 7/9/43; Gr Island 28/9/43; ass 570BS/390BG [BI-N] Framlingham 4/10/43; an engine caught fire during assembly for Rjukan, Norway, mission 16/11/43 Pilot: Elbert R. Hoover, Co-Pilot: Larry Pote, Navigator: Ora Jenkins, Bombardier: Chas Stifford, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Steve Kovacik, Waist Gunner: Sam Johnson, Waist Gunner: Larry Mars, Tail Gunner: Tom Parks (8RTD);Radio Operator: Joe Williams, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Peternell (2KIA); bail out signal given at 4,000ft, but aircraft exploded, and crashed Kings Lane Farm, Tannington , Sfk; sal 17/11/43. YANKEE REBEL.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/7/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Dow Fd 12/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG Debach 13/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45.

Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Grenier 23/8/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-G] Kimbolton 30/8/44; dam in collision with truck when landing 24/3/45, repaired & ret 3/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; Sth Plains 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45.

Delivered Denver 15/10/43; Las Vegas 29/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 2/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 29/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Denver 14/10/43; Gr Island 26/10/43; ass 333BS/94BG [TS-R] Rougham 14/12/43; MIA Poznan 11/4/44 Pilot: Henry Churchwell, Co-Pilot: Henry Jones, Navigator: George Skelton, Bombardier: Jim Stone, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Fellure, Radio Operator: Peter Dewolf, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Caldwell, Waist Gunner: Bill Wolf, Waist Gunner: Lloyd Pearsall, Tail Gunner: Bill Arck (10POW); flak KO’d #1 near Stettin, then Enemy aircraft attack KO’d two more engines, crashed Nemitz, 10 miles SE of Cammin, Pommerania, Germany. Crew captured by German half-track without a shot being fired! MACR 3861. DOG TIRED.

Delivered Lincoln 14/10/44; Grenier 27/10/44; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 2/11/44; Returned to US: Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 28/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 23/11/45.

Delivered Dallas 26/7/44; Cheyenne 18/6/44; Dow Fd 2/10/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 17/10/44; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-C] Kimbolton 7/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/6/45; Sth Plains 1/7/45; 237 BU Kirtland 26/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 6/2/46.

Delivered Denver 8/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Long Beach 2/1/44; Presque Is 5/1/44; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 17/1/44; MIA Kiel 22/5/44 Pilot: Jack Glantz, Co-Pilot: Bill Edwards, Navigator: Morton Berger, Bombardier: Jim Finucane, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Hobbs, Radio Operator: Joe Monteith, Ball Turret Gunner: Marcel Bourgoin, Waist Gunner: Ralph Campbell, Waist Gunner: Art Potter, Tail Gunner: Carl Slicker (10POW); flak & Enemy aircraft KOd three engines, crashed Wennemanns Wisch, four miles W of Holstein, Germany. MACR 4955. JAKE’S JERKS.