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

Delivered Cheyenne 4/6/43; Rapid City 15/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Gr Isle 28/6/43; Dow 20/7/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Oudna 7/8/43; transferred 341BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 22/2/44 with 2Lt Milton H Ciscoe, 2Lt Milton C Stanek, 2Lt Eugene Senfield, 2lt Robert S Taylor, S/Sgt Tom B Foote, S/Sgt Sam G Moore Jr, Sgt John S Labuda, Sgt Francis j Mc Caffrey, Sgt Richard L Major, Sgt George T Waters; enemy aircraft, crashed Klagenfurt; MACR 2491. LITTLE CHUM.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/43; Scott 9/8/43; Assigned: 388BG Knettishall 24/8/43; Transferred: 570BS/390BG [DI-M] 25/8/43; on Bremen mission 20/12/43 suffered severe flak damage with two engines out; crewmen McLaughlin, Graber, Bean, Shelby, Cox bailed near Wilhelmshaven, Savage{wia}, pilot brought the ship back to Raydon, Sfk., fighter base before returning the base; MIA Augsburg 16/3/44 Pilot: Vince DeMayo, Co-Pilot: Bob Spicer, Bombardier: Chester Brenizer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jack Willoughby, Ball Turret Gunner: Pvt Jim Dawes, Waist Gunner: Jerome Blatt, Waist Gunner: Erwin Hodsdon (8KIA); Navigator: Harry Button, Tail Gunner: Bill Thornburg (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Lautern-Heubach road, six miles E of Schwabish Gmund, Germany. MACR 3180. THE STORK CLUB.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Gr Isle 11/8/43; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-Y] Snetterton 11/9/43; MIA Munich 18/3/44 Pilot: Bob Muirhead, Co-Pilot: Bob Besse, Navigator: Len Hoenferle, Bombardier: Frank Spencer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John McMillan, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Blackburn, Waist Gunner: Edgar Weislogel (7POW); Radio Operator: Jerry Peck, Waist Gunner: Bob Seal, Tail Gunner: Bob Haase (3KIA); Enemy aircraft, two engines out, then ship snapped in half over Black Forest, crashed Ditteshausen, near Freiburg, Germany. MACR 3422.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Kearney 4/3/44; Presque Is 10/3/44; Assigned: 731BS/452BG [7D-N] Deopham Green 16/3/44; destroyed on ground by Enemy aircraft at Poltava Pilot: John Zimmerman 21/6/44; Salvaged. Russia 2/7/44. BIG TIME OPERATOR.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/6/43; Rapid City 19/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Gr Isle 30/6/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Oudna 8/8/43; crash landed Sardinia 1/10/43 with Crooks, Evans, Raftery, Charak {Wounded in Action}, Grant, Demott, Tirella, Boswell, McKeenan, Ledgerwood (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged. HOT FOR THE BODY.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; ass 410BS/94BG [GL-M] Rougham 16/12/43; MIA Berlin 6/3/44 Pilot: Chas Johnston, Co-Pilot: Jim Howes (2KIA-p held onto cp when baling out but lost grip when chute opened); Navigator: Paul Sullivan, Bombardier: Bob Davenport, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Julian Wiedemann, Radio Operator: Dick Elliott, Ball Turret Gunner: Sanford Minor, Waist Gunner: Bob Beaton, Waist Gunner: Bob Thornton, Tail Gunner: Aaron Lowry (8POW); Enemy aircraft caused fire in cockpit, crashed two miles S of Wieste, 15 miles W of Cloppenberg, Germany. MACR 2977. JEANNE.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/7/43; Dyersburg 7/8/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-M] Snetterton 1/9/43; MIA Anklam 9/10/43 Pilot: Bill Hunt, Co-Pilot: Paul Atkins, Navigator: Roy Schott, Bombardier: Dick Villochi, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Warren Strack, Radio Operator: Bill Chafin, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Swart, Waist Gunner: Joe Pierce, Waist Gunner: Teddy Yurkiewicz, Tail Gunner: Chas Mass (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, on return from target, crashed North Sea, off Denmark; MACR 945.

Delivered Dallas 4/8/43; Gore 5/8/43; Dallas 8/8/43; Dalhart 17/8/43; Gr Isle 3/9/43; Assigned: 571BS/390BG [FC-R] Framlingham 10/9/43; MIA Munster 10/10/43 Pilot: Capt Bob Short, Co-Pilot: Bud Hinckley, Bombardier: Norton Stolair, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Frank Becay, Radio Operator: Don Lowrie, Waist Gunner: Gene Runser, Waist Gunner: Don Armstrong, obs-Joe Easley (8POW); Navigator: Hal Hughes, Ball Turret Gunner: Dick Grace, Tail Gunner: Bill Esslestine (3KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Stadtbaumer Farm, on Schiffahter Damm, ten miles NE of Munster, Germany. MACR 863. SHORT STUFF.

Delivered Denver 23/12/42; Salina 5/1/43; Morrison 3/2/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 20/2/43; Missing in Action Gerbini 5/7/43 with Graham, Garner, Dobmeyer, Schnellbacher, Ciovacco, Lloyd, Edwards; (7 Killed in Action); Finnegan, Shafran, Grantham (3 Prisoner of War). Missing Air Crew Report 98A & 1132. RAMBLIN‘ WRECK.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 323BS/306BG [RD-X] Thurleigh 9/6/44; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45. TOGGLE TESSY.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Gr Island 20/2/44; Presque is 12/3/44; Assigned: 333BS/94BG Rougham 16/3/44; 410BS; crash: takeoff for Kaiserlauten 6/1/45 Pilot: Jack Collins, Navigator: Gordon Henry, tog-Clinton Hallman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Tate, Radio Operator: Ray Von Bokel (5KIA); Co-Pilot: Bob Doran, Waist Gunner: Cecil Schermerhorn, Ball Turret Gunner: Ony Carrico, Tail Gunner: Nick Urda (4RTD- wia); lost engine on take off and ploughed into woods at Moreton Hall, near Bury St Edmunds; three civilians were injured and exploding bombs damaged several homes; Salvaged. MISSION MISTRESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/6/44; Hunter 15/7/44; Grenier 22/7/44; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 24/7/44; transferred 379BG Kimbolton 14/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

Delivered Tulsa 5/10/43; West Palm Beach 15/12/42; Assigned 342BS/97BG Tafaraoui 7/12/42; Biskra 25/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; {11m} transferred 347BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; Missing in Action {11m} Sofia 10/1/44 with Dale Shupe, Whitley, Knox, Lees, Davis, Sheplin, Agliata, Prosch, Lariviere, Piplin (10KIA ?); enemy aircraft, crashed Sofia, Missing Air Crew Report 1819.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Gr Isle 12/8/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-Q] Thurleigh 4/9/43; transferred RAF [SR383]; 214 Sq BU-F Sculthorpe, Nfk, 29/1/44, fitted with radome in place of chin turret; 223 Sq 6G-X Oulton, Nfk.; 1699 Flt 4Z-X Sculthorpe; 1483 Flt Newmarket, Sfk; Written off 1/8/45.

Delivered Denver 14/2/44; 1SAG Langley 11/4/44; Grenier 12/5/44; Assigned Soxo 12/5/44, cleared for t/o from Goose Bay for Meeks Fd, Iceland 15/5/44 with Clarence „Clarry“ Fightmaster*, Co-pilot: Neil Gehret*, Navigator: Gustav Ranzinger, Bombardier: George Silverstein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Phillips, Radio Operator: Harry Clifford*, Ball turret gunner: Carroll Hurdle, Waist gunner: Bernard Nitkin,Tail gunner: Bob Shaver (9 Returned to Duty); lost course and ran out of fuel, ditched beside tramp steamer which picked up crew about 1,000 miles SE of destination.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/44; Alexandra 15/2/44; Presque Is 4/3/44; Assigned: 457BG Glatton 6/3/44; Transferred: 384BG Grafton Underwood 12/3/44; 527BS/379BG [FO-M] Kimbolton 28/12/44; MIA Ingolstadt 5/4/45 Pilot: Joe Hourtal, Martin Kane (2KIA); Ed Robertson, Carlos Whitehead, Dick Rowan, John Roberts, Sam Reeves, Don Millar (6RTD); crashed Bellheim, Germany. SCREWBALL EXPRESS.

Delivered Denver 20/12/42; Salina 3/1/43; DeRidder 31/1/43; Brookley 1/2/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Navarin 2/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; on 26/11/43 turned back from target with Tom Judge, Malwitz, Schaller, Mitchell, Borland, Moore, Messina, Thurston, Ksicinski, Seidl; after {96m} became weather a/c; 650 hrs with original engines, Salvaged 3/11/45. WARRIOR.

Delivered Denver 10/11/43; Orlando 21/11/43; 901 BU Pinecastle 10/9/44; 902 BU Orlando 16/1/45; 903 BU Pinecastle 30/1/45; 902 BU Orlando 29/3/45; 621 BU Pinecastle 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/1/46.

Delivered Lincoln 19/9/44; Grenier 16/10/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-Q] Framlingham 17/10/44; 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 12/1/46.

Delivered Hunter 27/10/44; Dow Fd 7/11/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-H] Ridgewell 8/2/45; {1+m} Returned to the USA Bradley 27/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/11/45. FRENCH DRESSING.