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

Delivered Lincoln 20/11/44; Grenier 12/12/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-O] Ridgewell 11/2/45; 535BS [MS-O]; {26m} battle damaged Plauen 26/3/45 with Hawley; crash landed France & burned; Salvaged 3/4/45.

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 14/1/44; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 17/1/44; MIA Brunswick 23/3/44 Pilot: George McFaull, Co-Pilot: Frank Irizarry, Navigator: Ed Brazis, Bombardier: Roy Eggman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Kemp, Radio Operator: Ernie Alcorn, Ball Turret Gunner: Willy Krupitsch{wia}, Waist Gunner: Alan Grimshaw{wia}, Waist Gunner: Ralph Sirianni{wia}, Tail Gunner: Walt Pawlesh (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Wilderhausen, near Oldenburg, Germany. MACR 3595. HEAVEN CAN WAIT.

Delivered Denver 23/9/42; New Castle 31/1/43; Salina 5/3/43; 247 BU Smoky Hill 4/6/43; with Walter Cross force landed Smoky Hill Fd 5/7/44;

Delivered Cheyenne 10/11/43; Kearney 28/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Romulus 5/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG Chelveston 27/12/43; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 20/5/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. REICH’S RUIN.

Delivered Dallas 25/4/44; Langley 19/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned (PFF) 532BS/381BG [VE-F] Ridgewell 6/8/44; {24+m} Salvaged 6/3/45; re-ass AF 30/4/47; 108 BU Oberpfaffenhofen 18/1/48; Recl Comp 7/1/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/44; Hunter 22/2/44; Presque Is 1/3/44; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-F] Snetterton 6/3/44; Pilot: Joe Miller, Co-Pilot: Jim Thoeness, Navigator: Bob Drum, togg-Ray Freidmann, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Steve Duron, Radio Operator: Leon Grabill, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Flaherty, Waist Gunner: Don Willgus, Tail Gunner: Bill Parten (9KIA); crashed during assembly ten miles N of base at Beachamwell, Nfk, UK 2/1/45; Salvaged.

Delivered Tulsa 21/3/44; Kearney 2/4/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-U] Snetterton 25/4/44; battle damage Berlin 3/2/45 Pilot: Nick Jorgensen, Dave Tritsch, Howard Raab, Henry Bozard, Selberg Moore (5RTD); Leo Fleming, Tom Hooper, Edwin Frogner, Frank Maguire (4KIA); crash-landed Javac, Poland. Salvaged. WHY NOT‘

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Gore 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX–] Snetterton 12/6/43; MIA Kassel 30/7/43 Pilot: Carmelo Pelusi, Navigator: Mayer Hurwitz, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Walter Koch, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Holleman, Waist Gunner: Earl McCloy (5KIA); Co-Pilot: Don Falk, Bombardier: Bruce Yarwood, Radio Operator: Delbert Williams, Waist Gunner: Don Ross, Tail Gunner: Elmon Fisk (5POW); Enemy aircraft, two engines out, another smoking, so jettisoned bomb load, crashed Tielrode, 12 miles W of Antwerp, Belgium. MACR 145. LUCKY LADY II.

Delivered Louisville 4/4/45; Sth Plains 11/4/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 10/10/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 8/11/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 31/1/46; 594 BU Topeka 26/6/46.

Delivered Topeka 3/4/45; Slated 15AF, transferred Sth Plains 20/4/45; Patterson 25/5/45; 4132 BU Garden City 1/10/45; San Antonio 5/2/46; 4121 BU Kelly 14/2/46; 15 TSK Gp Clovis 25/3/46; 556 BU Long Beach 9/6/46; 1503 BU Hamilton 16/6/46; Assigned 509 Comp Gp, Roswell (Operation Crossroads) 21/8/46; 1 EG Eglin 28/2/47; 605 BA Eglin 4/3/48; 4141 BU Pyote 29/3/48; Recl Comp 18/4/50.

Delivered: Cheyenne 11/5/43; Roswell 24/5/43; Assigned: [HR-G] 551BS/385BG; crash-landed base 20/7/43 Pilot: Roy Jewell; Salvaged. 29/7/43. RAUNCHY WOLF.

Delivered Denver 9/5/43; Gore 10/5/43; Smoky Hill 17/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned: 366BS/305BG [KY-N] Chelveston 10/6/43; MIA Hanover 26/7/43 Pilot: Otto Kuhlmann, Co-Pilot: Sam Swain, Navigator: Bill McCaffrey, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Fred Fryer, Radio Operator: Leo Kelly, Ball Turret Gunner: Leon Miller, Waist Gunner: Milford Roehrborn, Tail Gunner: Harry Britton (8POW ‚ picked up by minesweeper 342); Bombardier: Jim Jennings, Waist Gunner: Sam (Barron‘) Brown (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea, near Borkum Is, Germany. MACR 95.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Grenier 22/7/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-G] Kimbolton 14/8/44; Missing in Action Mannheim 9/9/44 with Ed Butler, Co-pilot: Tony Vietri, Navigator: Francis O’Keefe, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ellsworth Rillings, Radio Operator: John Sweeney, Ball turret gunner: Ellis Kunkle, Waist gunner: Beryl Brown (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Carl Yates,Tail gunner: John Michalski (2 Prisoner of War); flak hit and blew up in ball of fire befire disintegrating, crashed on barracks near Ludwigshaven, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 8845.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Gore 23/5/43; Roswell 24/5/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 9/12/44; 3010 BU La Junta 26/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater 4/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned: 333BS/94BG [TS-M2] Rougham 13/6/43; MIA Duren 20/10/43 Pilot: George Loblein, Co-Pilot: Bob Snyder, Navigator: Bill Troutman, Bombardier: Francis Courtney, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Rae, Radio Operator: Lloyd Caubble, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Owens, Waist Gunner: George Carney, Waist Gunner: Alf Canavan, Tail Gunner: Laverne Pliler (10KIA); mech problem, crashed North Sea; MACR 903. RAIDER II.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-O] Ridgewell 6/4/43 FLYING HOBO Pilot: Jim Alexander, Bill McDaniel, Hubert McDaniel, Paul Tull, Germany. ld Fruit, John Lane, Ed Metcalf, Alphonse Molis, Francis Owens, Bill Howell; {12m} Transferred: 368BS/305BG [BO-A] Chelveston 22/8/43; then 366BS [KY-A]; MIA Bremen 26/11/43 w/Fred Jones, Co-Pilot: Meredith Matzenbacher, Navigator: Bill Hux, n-Chas Allen, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Cox, Radio Operator: Ed Mullner, Ball Turret Gunner: Randall Anderson, Waist Gunner: Paul Gay, Tail Gunner: Joe Daly (9KIA), Waist Gunner: Don Cameron (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Ipweger Moor, near Rastede, S of Oldenburg, Ger.. MACR 1571.FLYING HOBO.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/43; Denver 15/12/43; Langley 12/1/44; Mitchell 31/1/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 5/2/44; transferred 422BS/305BG Chelveston 4/4/44; on training mission with Berton Bordelon, Co-pilot: Chas Coons, Navigator: Fred Cromwell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Forrest Barker, Radio Operator: Joe Fontana, Waist gunner: Joe Ciesielski (6 Returned to Duty); caught fire after landing, pilot rolling aircraft clear of runway, where it was burnt out; Salvaged 2 SAD 1/5/44.

Delivered Hunter 18/3/45; Grenier 26/3/45; Assigned 8AF 6/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/5/45; Sth Plains 31/5/45; 4134 BU Spokane 11/2/46; 65 BU Langley 1/4/46; 65 BU Andrews 26/9/46; 71 BU Robins 11/11/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 8 WEA Mitchell 7/5/47; 65 BU Robins 27/5/47; 4117 BU Robins 7/4/48; 2108 WEA Westover 14/12/48; 1600 MSU Westover 23/12/48; 2108 WEA Westover 4/3/49; AMC Olmstead 10/11/49; Salvaged 19/5/50.

Delivered Hunter 18/3/45; Grenier 22/3/45; Assigned 8AF 30/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 13/6/45; 613 BU Phillips, Salvaged 13/3/46.

Delivered Hunter 24/3/45; Grenier 1/4/45; Assigned 381BG Ridgewell 12/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; Sth Plains 31/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/2/46.