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

Das Schicksal dieser B-17 Fliegenden Festung ist nicht bekannt.

Delivered Long Beach 14/9/43; Scott 24/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-L] Deenethorpe 9/11/43; Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Gerald F. Carter; 10 RTD. RED’S ROGUES.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/4/43; Smoky Hill 29/4/43; Walla Walla 7/5/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Smoky Hill 24/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL-X] Rougham 13/6/43; MIA Kiel 4/1/44 Pilot: Bill Hudgens, Co-Pilot: John Hinchey, Navigator: Bill McAndrews, Bombardier: Abe Miller, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Killough, Radio Operator: Rich Morrison, Ball Turret Gunner: Rhody Benson, Waist Gunner: Bill Smith, Waist Gunner: Bill Thompson, Tail Gunner: Rich Lynn (10KIA); foto-Melvin Seldin (POW); Enemy aircraft attack and were seen going down under control, dived into sea off Heligoland, most had Mae Wests on but only Seldon swum away and was picked up; MACR 1756. THE PICCADILLY VIRGIN.

Delivered Long Beach 16/9/43; Gt Falls 21/9/43; Scott 24/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-J] Deenethorpe 5/11/43; on return from Osnabruck was hit by bomb from above and abandoned 22/12/43 with Stuart Smith, Co-pilot: Stan Chmuro, Navigator: Vic Reese, Bombardier: Lewis Majewski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Flynn, Radio Operator: Fred McCawley, Ball turret gunner: L.F. Davis, Waist gunner: Frank Scicchihano, Waist gunner: Calvin Hopkins,Tail gunner: Harry Parker (10 Returned to Duty); crashed Washingley, Northamptonshire, UK; sal 2 SAD. CHANNEL EXPRESS.

Delivered Tulsa 10/4/45; Patterson 15/4/45; Sth Plains 6/11/45; 4121 BU Kelly 20/2/46; 15 TSK Gp Clovis 25/3/46; 556 BU Long Beach 9/6/46; 1503 BU Hamilton 16/6/46; 1 EG Eglin 15/8/46; 509 Comp Gp Roswell 21/8/46 Operation Crossroads; re-ass 31/3/47; with Clarry Shambeck force landed Eglin 23/7/47; 1 EG Eglin 8/9/47; 605 BU Eglin 4/3/48; 4141 BU Pyote 17/3/48; Recl Comp 18/4/50.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned: 546BS/384BG [BK-S] Grafton Underwood 3/6/44; MIA Zeitz 30/11/44 Pilot: Hugh Evans, Tom Kohlhass, Milton Erich, John Belgium. ovary (4KIA); Chas Rinkovsky, John Norstrom, Reg Gwin, Bill Haskell, Lester Russell (5POW); flak, crashed Zeitz; MACR 11129.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Gr Island 7/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Assigned: 333BS/94BG [TS-E] Rougham 3/3/44 DARLING DORIS; 410BS [GL-X], 331BS; battle damage Bohlen 11/9/44 Pilot: Chas Duda, Norman Tipton, Dick Bishop, John Caro, Ed Moore, Joe Cunneen, Walt Howard, Tom Kulak, Tom Mazurkiewicz (9KIA); mid air coll w/42-31653 (94BG), and broke in half at ball turret, crashed Audigast, Germany. MACR 8841. DARING DORIS.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/43; Helena 4/12/43; Gt Falls 5/12/43; Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 12/12/43; New Castle 17/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL-V] Rougham 26/12/43 ERIE FERRY; MIA Bohlen 11/9/44 Pilot: Merle Green, Irving Metzger, Frank Jones, Lou Lehere, Pete Riley, Jim Gegenheimer, George Ostrowski (7POW); Jack Williams, Sid Hatfield (2KIA); mid air coll w/42-97153 (94BG) badly damaging nose, crashed Gelnhausen, Germany. MACR 8840. KAC’S FLAK SHAK aka GREEN HORNETS.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/44; Hunyer 4/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned: 410BS/94BG Rougham 26/7/44 ERIE FERRY; 332BS [XM-E]; battle damage Mainz 18/12/44 Pilot: Bob Ogren (MIA); rest of crew bailed out and returned; three engines out, crash-landed Dinant, Fr; Salvaged. 18/1/45. ROBIN HOOD.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/12/44; Hunter 5/1/45; Grenier 21/1/45; taxi accident with Edwin Nicola at Goose Bay, Labrador,22/1/45 en route to 306BG Thurleigh 23/1/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10HB Oberpfaffenhofen 14/1/48; Recl Comp 5/8/48. LOW AND SLOW.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL-R] Earls Colne 5/6/43; Rougham 13/6/43; MIA Bordeaux 5/1/44 Pilot: Ray Born, Co-Pilot: Harry Erikson (2POW); Navigator: Norman King, Bombardier: Ernie Hugonnet, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Don McLeod, Radio Operator: Harry Gilley, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Southers, Waist Gunner: Marion Hall, Waist Gunner: Bob Schwartzburg (7EVD); Tail Gunner: Arlie Thomson (KIA); Enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & #4, crash-landed Kergrist-Moelou, near Gouarec,Fr; MACR 1892. (The pilot’s brother, an infantry Sgt, arranged to meet at base on return from mission). SLO-TIME SALLY.

Delivered Long Beach 119/43; Scott 23/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-H] Deenethorpe 31/10/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 with Traian Neag, Navigator: Elmer Santos, Bombardier: Okey Deraimo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Monzingo, Radio Operator: Bill Bardon, Ball turret gunner: Burt Purwin, Waist gunner: Ben Daszkiewicz, Waist gunner: Marvin Hill, Tail gunner: Jim Farrell (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John England (Killed in Action); flak, crashed three miles E of Zierolshofen, eight miles E of Strasbourg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1678. STUBBORN JEAN.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/11/43; Gt Falls 11/11/43; Kearney 28/11/43; Romulus 4/12/43; Bangor 5/12/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-D] Deenethorpe 2/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Dale Peterson, Co-pilot: George Morse, Navigator: Harley Honeberger, Bombardier: Bob Greed, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Delivered Giorno, Radio Operator: John Kuntz, Ball turret gunner: Art Newell, Waist gunner: Joe Jay,Tail gunner: Howard Kneese (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Frank Bailey (KIS-actually died of exhaustion near Neubrandenburg 27/4/45 while marching from the Russian advance); enemy aircraft, crashed Teglingen Sluice, two miles SE of Meppen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2911. SHADE RUFF.

Assigned Cloud Physics Project Olmstead 1950; sold as Civil N7046C; scrapped 1959. NANCY.

Delivered Denver 3/3/43; Sioux City 16/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Selfridge 16/4/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-H] Kimbolton 23/4/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Harry Moses, Co-pilot: Sam Giorgianni, Navigator: Bill Lordan, Bombardier: Delmar Bonham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joshua Rowton (5 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Nick Pallotta, Ball turret gunner: Joe Nicosia, Waist gunner: Bill Gower, Waist gunner: Edgar Montgomery,Tail gunner: Mike Patti (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ripsdorf, five miles S of Blankenheim, 43 miles E of Koblenz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2871. SCHEHERAZADE.

Delivered Denver 23/8/43; Scott 23/10/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-A] Deenethorpe 1/11/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Homer McDanal, Co-pilot: Maj Ivan Eveland, Bombardier: Dan Goetsch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Kirkner (4 evaded capture), Radio Operator: Don Jerue, Ball turret gunner: Hubert Reasoner, Waist gunner: Francis Kelly, Waist gunner: Harry Sanders,Tail gunner: Morton Arinsberg (5 Killed in Action), Navigator: Lucas Springer (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Arjuzanx, E of Morceux, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1871. FLAK RAT.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/7/44; Kearney 31/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-Z] Deenethorpe 21/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 15/11/45. GAMBLER’S CHOICE.

Delivered Patterson 17/4/45; Slated 8AF, transferred Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 3/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/8/44; Lincoln 6/9/44; Dow Fd 21/9/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-X] Deenethorpe 5/10/44; take off accident with Fred Babcock 1/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45. MISS GEE EYEWANNA GO HOME.

Delivered Spokane 13/9/44; Lincoln 18/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-N] Deenethorpe 11/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45. GAPOSIS aka BECOMIN’ BACK.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Presque Is 31/1/44; Assigned: 728BS/452BG [9Z-Z] Deopham Green 27/1/44; MIA Warnemunde 9/4/44 Pilot: Clyde Boy, Navigator: Harry Mulford, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Waters, Radio Operator: Mernie Pierce, Ball Turret Gunner: Tom Cody, Waist Gunner: Dick Wretman, Waist Gunner: Jack Weatherington, Tail Gunner: Chas Hickman (8POW); Co-Pilot: Capt Dain Wirt {Grp HQ}, Bombardier: Owen Quintana (2KIA-hitting bomb bay doors when baling out); Enemy aircraft KOd #2, crashed Todendorf, Fehrman Is, in Baltic Sea. MACR 3663. DINAH MIGHT II.

Das Schicksal dieser B-17 Fliegenden Festung ist nicht bekannt.

Delivered Tulsa 16/2/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 3/4/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-G] Deenethorpe 16/4/44; Missing in Action Politz, Ger 7/10/44 with Alex Harasym, Clarry Barsuk, Glen Topic, Jarvis Friduss, Emanuel Saylor, John Bailey, George Capps (7 Prisoner of War); Albt Parker, John Marshall (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Politz; Missing Air Crew Report 9760. BETTY’S REVENGE.

Delivered Tulsa 12/5/44; Kearney 22/5/44; Grenier 29/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-S] Deenethorpe 12/6/44; Missing in Action Politz 7/10/44 with Harry Silverstein, Larry Crickenberger, Carl Landwehr, Glenn Dotson, Don Gravel, Don Bergstrom, George Dias, Francis Meyers (9 Killed in Action); John Farquhar (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Kienwerder, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9756. COVER GIRL.