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

Delivered Long Beach 15/5/43; Roswell 26/5/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 9/12/44; 3020 BU La Junta 27/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 31/7/45.

Delivered Denver 5/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned: 331BS/94BG Rougham 7/2/44; MIA Bohlen 7/10/44 Pilot: Leon Levy, Harry Hastings, Frank Marksman, Les Cooper, Henry Greenawalt, Lou Ballin, Don Hancey, Jesus Morales (8KIA); Franklin Pitt (POW); Enemy aircraft blew tail off, crashed Ostramonda, Germany. MACR 9550. GOON GIRL.

Delivered Geiger 21/9/42; Assigned 526BS/379BG Sioux City 21/11/42; severely damaged in taxi accident with Jim Wimmer 26/2/43; Written off 3/4/43.

Delivered Amarillo 8/7/43; Dallas 21/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Walla Walla 12/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Gr Isle 3/9/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG NLS [JJ-D] Chelveston 6/9/43; transferred 858BS SOP Cheddington 24/6/44; last known survivor of night leaflet duties; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 12/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/10/45. MISS MICKY FINN.

Delivered Tulsa 14/3/44; Gr Island 23/3/44; Dow Fd 2/4/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-Z] Kimbolton 11/4/44; 526BS; on mission to Merseburg 12/5/44 with Ed Burke, Navigator: Leonard Tew (Killed in Action); Missing in Action Battle support area 13/8/44 with Marshall Miller, Co-pilot: Russell Dey, Navigator: Don Ramage, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Hatfield, Radio Operator: Tony Albach, Ball turret gunner: Ed Preno, Waist gunner: George Richardson (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: George Mikels,Tail gunner: John Lynch (2 Prisoner of War); flak hit caused heavy damage, exploded in mid-air, crashed Pont le Beck, E of Vire, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 7906.

Delivered Denver 14/3/44; Hunter 16/4/44; Dow Fd 30/4/44; Assigned: 569BS/390BG [CC-F] Framlingham 4/5/44; MIA Kaiserlautern, battle damage Bad Kreuznach, Germany. when flak blew off right wing 2/1/45 Pilot: Roger Drinkwater, Henry Plume, Roy Dixon, Dave Walker, Glen Phillips, Paul Porter, Gerald Krauser, Jack Wilson, Dave Keyes (9POW); crashed Pfalz, Ger. MACR 11244; Salvaged. 6/4/45. BELLE OF THE BRAWL.

Delivered Geiger 28/9/42; 379BG Sioux City 21/11/42; Rapid City 21/7/43; 3705 BU Lowry 1/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/10/45.

Delivered Denver 29/9/42; New Castle 16/10/42; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Thurleigh 1/1/43; MIA 4/3/43 Pilot: Capt Bill Friend, Co-Pilot: Aaron Cuddeback, Navigator: George Frederick, Bombardier: George Owens, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Cherry, Radio Operator: Mahlon Snover, Ball Turret Gunner: Gil Shoemaker, Waist Gunner: Stan Guiou, Tail Gunner: Ernie Garland (9KIA); shot down by Uffz Flecks & Meissner (6/JG1), crashed North Sea, off Hook of Holland en route to target. MACR 2749.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/43; Morrison 30/4/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Navarin 3/5/43; Oudna 4/8/43; battle damaged Bolzano, It. 10/11/43 with Bob Hain & crew, landed Corsica. Missing in Action Eleusis Afd, Athens 18/11/43 with Carson, Jamison, Rogers, Stuhlman, Vance, Dobbs, Riley, Emond, Mohney, Weide (10 Killed in Action); crashed Ragusa, Sicily.

Delivered Tulsa 2/6/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 12/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.

Delivered Tulsa 30/5/44; Boca Raton 2/9/44; 3035 BU Victorville 5/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/10/45.

Delivered: Cheyenne 24/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Romulus 10/10/43; Assigned: 563BS/388BG (W) Knettishall 14/10/43; MIA Poznan 9/4/44 Pilot: Irving Abramowitz, Co-Pilot: Bill Manifold, Navigator: Albt Buckley, Bombardier: Jan Begg, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Langston, Radio Operator: Leroy Neely, Ball Turret Gunner: Ernie Jones, Waist Gunner: Paul Sorensen, Waist Gunner: Larry Shroyer, Tail Gunner: John Price (10INT); flak, forced landing Kalmar, Sweden. MACR 3654. Ret UK 11/7/45; Returned to US: 121 BU Bradley 16/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 19/8/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45. CLASSY CHASSY.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/42; Casper 14/1/43; Scotts Bluff 15/2/43; Casper 27/6/43; Dalhart 28/7/43; 247 BU Smoky Hill 9/8/44; 235 BU Biggs 6/10/44; 4202 BU Syracuse 5/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 4/6/45.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Boise 24/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Chicago 8/1/44; Romulus 9/1/44; Presque Is 11/1/44; Assigned: 709BS/447BG [IE-B] Rattlesden 18/1/44; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Dean Fleming, Co-Pilot: Lloyd Ittel, Navigator: Carl McCuen, Bombardier: Joe Elliott, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill nShaw, Radio Operator: Sid Stein, Ball Turret Gunner: Andy Leydens, Waist Gunner: Tony Durante, Waist Gunner: Bill Pascocello, Tail Gunner: Leslie Orr (10RTD); ditched North Sea picked up by AFSR.

Delivered Hunter 13/3/45; Grenier 19/3/45; Assigned 8AF 25/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; Sth Plains 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/1/46.

Delivered Denver 20/3/43; Romulus 10/4/43; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-L] Thurleigh 19/4/43; battle damage Kassel 28/7/43, Pilot: Larry Kooima, Co-Pilot: Frank Crawford, Navigator: Don Berkey{inj in crash}, Bombardier: Chas Cressey, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Virgil Struckhoff, Radio Operator: Cecil Brooks, Ball Turret Gunner: Stan Curvillion, Waist Gunner: George Kusnir{wia}, Waist Gunner: W.G. Schmitt, Tail Gunner: Bob Weston (10RTD); crash-landed Framlingham A/fd, Suff. On return Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/42; Salina 4/1/43; Morrison 2/2/43; with Max Davis force landed Atkinson Fd, Br. Guiana 8/2/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Navarin 26/4/43; crashed base ex Bizerte 3/5/43; with Max Davis & crew bailed safely. Salvaged. WAR BIRD.

Delivered Denver 8/3/44; Kearney 15/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-Q] Ridgewell 28/5/44; {35+m} battle damaged Arnsberg 9/2/45 with Williamson; force landed continent, Salvaged 4/3/45. QUEENIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/2/43; Colorado Springs 19/3/43; Patterson 24/3/43; Colorado Springs 6/4/43; Esler Fd 8/5/43; Peterson 4/6/43; Cheyenne 21/7/43; Peterson 29/7/43; Assigned 1st Photo Gp Bolling 1/9/43; Mexico 9/11 – 27/12/43; Returned to the USA Smoky Hill 6/6/44; MacDill 22/6/44; Amarillo 10/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/43; Colorado Springs 24/3/43; Patterson 2/4/43; Colorado Springs 15/4/43; force landed Peterson 17/4/43 with Mark Bagshaw; Kirtland 9/5/43; Peterson 30/5/43; Assigned 1st Photo Gp Colorado Springs 1/9/43; 499BG Smoky Hill 6/6/44; 11 Ph Sq MacDill 13/6/43; 19 Ph Gp MacDill 2/8/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 11/8/44; 3706 BU Sheppard 12/3/45; 3701 BU Amarillo 3/4/45; 4135 BU Hill 22/10/45; 3701 BU Amarillo 26/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.