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

Delivered Long Beach 2/1/43; Brookley 27/1/43; Morrison 7/2/43; crashed mud-flats 25 miles off shore at Bathhurst, Gambia, on ferry mission to North Africa 14/2/43 ran out of gas, with Richard Underwood and crew OK.. Written off.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-R] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43 DORIS MAE; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 4/1/44; transferred RAF [SR389]; 214 Sq BU-P Sculthorpe, Oulton, Nfk.; Salvaged 4/4/45, Struck Off Charge 11/3/47.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Dalhart 25/7/43; crashed 12 miles south of base with Jim Wingate 27/7/43; Written off 28/7/43.

Delivered Denver 24/6/43; to Harvard 11/10/43 with Hayden Hughes, crash landed base; 242 BU Grand Isle 18/6/44; 396BG Grand Is 8/7/44; force landed base with Jeff Richards 19/7/44; 202 BU Galveston 5/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 13/12/45.

Delivered Dallas 19/2/45; Hunter 7/3/45; Grenier 17/3/45; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 21/3/45 (last aircraft assgd to grp); Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/2/46.

Delivered Denver 4/7/43; 4501 BU Moses Lake 14/8/43; 327 BU Drew 20/8/43; 4100 BU Patterson 17/10/43; Drew 4/5/44; with Lafe Henderson force landed base 29/6/44; with John Rice force landed base 11/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Drew 11/8/45.

Delivered Denver 3/7/43; 244 BU Harvard 13/9/43; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/44; 327 BU Drew 14/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/7/45.

Delivered Denver 25/6/43; Assigned 395BG to Ephrata with Orville Castle, force landed Moses Lake 3/8/43; 497BG Pratt 11/8/43; with Hayden Hughes force landed Harvard Fd, NE 11/10/43; 225 ASC Rapid City 29/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 19/6/45. Filmed at Ontario for movie The Best Years of Our Lives with nose art „Round ? Trip“ added by studio.

Delivered Denver 25/8/43; Scott 30/9/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-G] Chelveston 20/11/43; Missing in Action Stettin 13/5/44 with Walter Schultz, Co-pilot: Max Bernstein, Navigator: Harry Friedman, Bombardier: George Grewe, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sterling Studer, Radio Operator: Paul Hodonowitz, Ball turret gunner: Earl Mills, Waist gunner: Bernie Lynch, Waist gunner: John Cekado,Tail gunner: Alden Prescott (10INT); flak KOd #3, force landed Bulltofta Afd, near Malmo, Sweden, Missing Air Crew Report 4871. Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 2/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 12/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/12/45. BETTY CLUB.

Delivered Tulsa 4/4/44; Hunter 26/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 10/7/44; crashed on take off for Blechhammer 17/10/44 with Devereaux Bush, Hull, Bunnelo, Tomczyk, Ebinger, Ream, Breiner, Boyes, Wallis, Delory; (6wia), aircraft Salvaged.

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 16/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 3/7/44; Missing in Action Moosbeirbaum, Aus 28/8/44 with Jonas Blank, Corenthal, Penn, Emmett Jones, Perperone, Schreiner, Nicholaisen (7 Prisoner of War); Whye, Tucker, Cunningham (3 evaded capture & reurn 10/9/44); mechanical failure, crashed Karlstadt; Missing Air Crew Report 11278.

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 13/7/44; ret from Moosbeirbaum, Aus 31/1/45 with George Carenbauer, Lundstrom, Oie, Wiker, Dragoo, (rest ?); 500lb bomb exploded on landing, the concussion killed WG Cesarz.

Delivered Denver 22/3/44; 88BG Avon Park 24/4/44; Des Moines 29/4/44; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 22/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/1/45; Hunter 14/2/45; Grenier 20/2/45; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 22/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46. „JUST ONCE MORE.“

Delivered Tulsa 26/1/44; Grenier 2/3/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-O] Deenethorpe 7/3/44; transferred 423BS/306BG [RD- ] Thurleigh 14/3/44; returned after t/o for mission 28/3/44 with John Baldwin, Co-pilot: L.W. Halverson, Navigator: A.J. Bugni, Bombardier: H.A. Bryant, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: G.B. Grant, Radio Operator: I.L. Johnson, Ball turret gunner: T.W. Fowler, Waist gunner: J. McCord, Waist gunner: H.G. Spence,Tail gunner: C.J. Nasby (10 Returned to Duty); pilot taken ill soon after t/o and returned to crash landed base as u/c collapsed; Salvaged 28/3/44.

Delivered Hunter 20/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 8AF 4/12/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/42; Salina 10/1/43; Morrison 5/3/43; Brookley 8/3/43; Morrison 10/4/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Navarin 5/6/43; Oudna 4/8/43; battle damaged Messina 6/8/43 with Barton, Trentadue {Wounded in Action}, Lesney {Wounded in Action}, May, Shay, Harper, Valleau {Wounded in Action}, Steele, Kellerman, Cunningham; force landed Comiso, 2 engines out & 3 WIA, aircraft repaired 12/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Salvaged 2/8/45. JIG-JIG.

Delivered Denver 23/8/43; Scott 30/9/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-Q] Chelveston 18/10/43; transferred 858BS Watton 24/6/44; retUS 121 BU Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45.

Delivered Denver 19/1/44; 1SAG Langley 1/2/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 367BS/306NG [GY-S] Thurleigh 8/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/35 with Roland Lissner, Co-pilot: Chester Britton, Navigator: Finley Robbins, Bombardier: Don Haagenson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Miller, Radio Operator: Vere Fennerty, Ball turret gunner: Harry Bemetz, Waist gunner: George Beck, radar/nav-Lt Jim White (9INT); flak, force landed Bulltofta, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 12495; (Left 5/6/45). THE JONES FAMILY.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/10/43; Gr Island 29/10/43; Memphis 5/11/43; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 20/12/43; crash: takeoff {2m} Kiel 4/1/44 Pilot: Cecil Clore, Co-Pilot: John Newell, Navigator: Ralph Waldman, Bombardier: Marvin Dille, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Hamed Howard, Radio Operator: Walt Trainer, Ball Turret Gunner: Salvaged. Bozzette, Waist Gunner: Harry Robinson, Waist Gunner: Richard Streicher, Tail Gunner: Richard Ingmire (10KIA); c/t/o at Blooms Farm, Sible Hedingham, four miles from Halstead, Essex, UK. Sal n/battle damage.