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

Delivered Cheyenne 20/1/44; Ft Bragg 4/2/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella 15/3/44; transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {64m} became cargo aircraft from 14/11/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45. GOING.

Delivered Chamberlain Fd, Minn 26/4/44; Gt Falls 29/4/44; Minneapolis 1/5/44; MacDill 7/7/44; 328 BU Gulfport 13/12/44; Recl Comp 11/1/45. (force landed Gulfport, Ms 28/7/45?)

Delivered Denver 3/3/44; Hendricks 2/5/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 18/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44; Grenier 23/2/44; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-G] Thurleigh 12/3/44; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Bob Ehrler, Co-Pilot: Alden Maynes, Navigator: John James, Bombardier: Burton Gustafson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Paul Pratt (5POW); Radio Operator: Ben Ferns, Ball Turret Gunner: Gaetano Abbattiello, Waist Gunner: Chester Predko, Tail Gunner: John Hay (4KIA); flak hit severed tail, crashed Perleberger-Brucke, Berlin; MACR 4952.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/7/44; Kearney 10/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned 348BS/99BG Tortorella 10/10/44; Missing in Action {36m} Korneuberg, Aus 20/3/45 with Rich Urban, Turriso, Marilley, Bjustron, Welch, Wamser, Austrian, Whitley, Boorstein, Appleman; flak, crashed Kriszevci; Missing Air Crew Report 13054. GLITTERING GAL.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/5/43; Gore 7/5/43; Roswell 24/6/43; Hobbs 7/7/43; Roswell 4/8/43; 3701 BU Amarillo 2/11/44; 3030 BU Roswell 6/11/44; 3010 BU Williams 10/12/44; 3020 BU La Junta 4/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater 4/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/44; MacDill 7/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella 14/3/44; transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {88m} Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 11/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/1/44; Roswell 20/1/44; 3030 BU Roswell 26/12/44; 3010 BU Williams 20/1/45; 3020 BU La Junta 23/4/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 25/6/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 18/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Rapid City 10/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Gr Isle 28/6/43; Laurel 1/7/43; Gr Isle 18/7/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 340BS/97BG Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; weather aircraft from 9/7/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 13/3/45; 4100 BU Patterson 23/5/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 28/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/9/45. HER DID.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/4/44; Hunter 27/4/44; Grenier 11/5/44; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-H] Ridgewell 22/5/44; MIA {51+m} Bremen 3/2/45 Pilot: John Anderson (KIA); Co-Pilot: Leon Wall, Navigator: Paul Gayori, Bombardier: Carl Forbes, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Carl Kemppainen, Radio Operator: George Nessly, Ball Turret Gunner: Mike Medzic, Waist Gunner: Curtis Wallace, Tail Gunner: Bob McGreevy (8POW); flak, crashed Jagen, Germany. ; MACR 12096. THE JOKER II.

Delivered Lincoln 23/10/44; Dow Fd 2/11/44; Assigned 8AF 9/11/44; 10HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp 1/10/48.

Delivered Hunter 20/10/44; Dow Fd 27/10/44; Assigned: 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 29/10/44; MIA Cologne 10/1/45 Pilot: Bob Larson, Co-Pilot: Bob Jones, Navigator: Ed James, Bombardier: Jim Carr, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Keltner, Radio Operator: Lew Hicks, Ball Turret Gunner: Phil Johnson, Waist Gunner: John Chateau, Tail Gunner: Hugo Peterson (9KIA); flak, crashed Mannheim, Germany. MACR 11585.

Delivered Long Beach 12/1/43; Gt Falls 31/1/43; Hobbs 1/3/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 17/6/44; 3036 BU Yuma 24/6/44; 4160 BU Albuquerque 21/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 27/7/45.

Delivered Hunter 20/10/44; Dow Fd 27/10/44; Assigned 8AF 29/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 11/10/44; Grenier 22/10/44; Assigned: as SH ship 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 24/10/44; MIA Bad Krueznach, Germany. 2/1/45 Pilot: Capt Ralph Jones, Ross Cullen, Ray Childers, Joe Manganello, John Mann, Lt Francis Cusick {mickey op}, John Gabel, Lt Ed Hood {tg} (8KIA); John Everhart (POW); flak, crashed Bitburg, Ger. MACR 11225.

Delivered Denver 16/1/44; Cheyenne 22/1/44; Gr Island 17/2/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 6/4/44; MIA {20+m} Mulhouse 3/8/44 Pilot: John Wilcock, Co-Pilot: Stan Hutchinson, Navigator: Chas Marsh, Bombardier: Norbert Lucas, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Alf Prinz, Radio Operator: Bob Friel, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Evans, Waist Gunner: John Ramsay, Tail Gunner: Dick Fall (9KIA); flak, one engine out, crashed Nth Sea off Holland; (pilot’s body washed up Orfordness, UK, a few days later). MACR 7883. YANKEE REBEL.

Delivered Long Beach 2/1/42; Ainsworth 19/1/43; Rapid City 5/3/43; Ainsworth 23/5/43; Geiger 12/6/43; Hill Fd 1/7/43; Gore Fd 18/8/43; 452BG Pendleton 27/10/43; 235 BU Biggs 28/7/44; 4104 BU Rome 17/1/45; 4121 BU Kelly 30/5/45; 3028 BU Luke Fd 31/1/46; Ferry aircraft for University of Dakota 20/5/46.

Delivered Tulsa 12/2/44; Kearney 25/2/44; Grenier 4/4/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 12/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Capt Ken Johnson, Co-pilot: Bill Phelps, Navigator: Harman Chapman, Bombardier: Bob Bloom, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Brown, Radio Operator: Hamlin Cathey, Ball turret gunner: Frank Tracy, Waist gunner: John Gagliardi, Waist gunner: Tom Kissler,Tail gunner: Leon Addis (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #2, crashed Lutzellinden, four miles SW of Geissen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4774.

Delivered Long Beach 28/9/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 1/11/43; retUS Bradley 10/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 9/10/43; Gr Island 24/10/43; ass 570BS/390BG [DI-R] Framlingham 11/11/43; sustained severe battle damage on mission late 1943, crash-landed at US fighter base at Wormingford, Essex, but repaired and returned to operations; Returned to US: Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 12/9/45; Scrapped: Kingman 16/11/45. THE SKILLET.