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

Delivered Long Beach 1/6/43; Gore 1/7/43; Walla Walla 23/7/43; force landed two miles south east of base 26/7/43 with Bob Borrman; Written off 2/9/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/8/44; Hunter 19/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-T] Deenethorpe 7/10/44; Missing in Action Rosenheim 18/4/45 with Gene Viehman, Harry Coutts, Jim Stalzer, Pete Orlando, Edwin Schwartz, Jim Retzlaff, Ken Hobson, Dave Hay, Joe Rutkowsky, Joe Allaire{rcm} (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Krallsheim, Ger; 10POW; Missing Air Crew Report 14175.

Delivered Hunter 13/1/45; Dow Fd 28/1/45; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-B] Kimbolton 20/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; Independence 20/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; Dorval (Montreal) 10/3/44; Assigned RAF [HB783]; transferred USAAF 26/3/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG [L] Knettishall 22/3/44; battle damaged Merseburg 28/9/44 with Elroy Gierach, Co-pilot: Percy Mead, Navigator: Harry Hobbs, Bombardier: Milton Gunnarson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Smith, Radio Operator: Martin Krey, Ball turret gunner: Daryl Daugherty, Waist gunner: Jim Hyde,Tail gunner: Jim Hodgin (9 Returned to Duty); flak damaged two engines, crash landed Les Villette, near Brasur-Liennes, SW of Malmedy, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 9379. PANHANDLE KID.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-V] Bassingbourn 22/4/44; Missing in Action 70m Nurnburg 20/2/45 with Eddie McKnight, Bombardier: Bruce Becker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Hudson, Radio Operator: Esequiel Guajardo, Ball turret gunner: Joe Montpetit, Waist gunner: Morley Colvin (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Milton Rohr, Navigator: Pete Chamberlain,Tail gunner: Elmer Russell (3 Prisoner of War); direct flak hit, crashed Nurnburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12556. WICKED WITCH.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Spokane 26/11/43; Geiger 2/12/43; Gt Falls 5/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Madison, WI 3/1/44; Rome 4/1/44; Presque Is 8/1/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-L] Deenethorpe 1/2/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 20/4/44 with Frank Daughtery, Bombardier: Rito Arellano, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Jones, Radio Operator: Joe Pavloski, Ball turret gunner: Pat Leffler, Waist gunner: Bill Williams, Waist gunner: Larry Skehan,Tail gunner: Jerome Nelson (8 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Maher, Navigator: Dennis Beach (2 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #3 and #4 on fire, exploded in mid-air, crashed Pont Remy, five miles SE of Abbeville, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4054. CARRIE B.

Delivered Dallas 23/4/44; Langley 12/6/44; Dow Fd 2/7/44; slated 96BG, Assigned 305BG Chelveston 4/7/44; transferred 384BG Grafton Underwood 29/7/44; transferred 526BS/379BG [LF-X] Kimbolton 4/8/44; Missing in Action Dresden 14/2/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 13/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; 1SAG Langley 21/5/44; Grenier 23/6/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 27/7/44; transferred 384BG Grafton Underwood 30/7/44; 524BS/379BG [WA-F] Kimbolton 4/8/44; on training test mission 9/8/44 with Capt John Martin (?), rest unknown except Radio Operator: Henry Lazarek (Killed in Service), when he bailed out too low for chute to open, another broke leg when hitting a barracks roof; crashed near Grafton Underwood base; Salvaged 2 SAD 25/8/44. FOUR OF A KIND.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/43; Gr Island 30/12/43; Presque Is 20/1/44; Assigned: 525BS/379BG Kimbolton 29/1/44; Co-Pilot: Jerome Bowers (KIA), p-Paul Breeding{wia} 20/2/44; MIA Oschersleben 22/2/44 Pilot: Sanderson Sloane, cp-Hartley Seymour, Navigator: Jim Leary, Bombardier: Don Makins, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Louis Courtney, Radio Operator: Ed Harke, Ball Turret Gunner: Rich Spens, Waist Gunner: Francis Chard, Tail Gunner: Cletis Campbell (9KIA); Waist Gunner: Bob Kritzer (POW); flak, crashed woods near Schlebusch, Lippmanstraase, Germany. MACR 2881.

Delivered Lincoln 2/1/45; Dow Fd 25/1/45; Assigned 750BS/457BG [J] Glatton 26/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 31/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/10/44; Hunter 9/12/44; Grenier 22/12/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-E] Bassingbourn 23/1/45; 324BS [DF-E]; transferred 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 24/5/45; with Col Immanuel Klette led 91st BG on the last mission of war, Klette’s 91st sortie, the highest in the 8AF, also the highest with 73 as formation leader; Salvaged 9AF Germany 7/11/46; KLETTE’S WILD HARES.

Delivered Tulsa 16/5/44; Dallas 13/6/44; Langley 1/7/44; Dow Fd 25/7/44; Assigned: 457BG Glatton 22/8/44, battle damage damage Gaggenau 10/9/44 Pilot: Gilbert; cp, n, and b all bailed, leaving ettg Dave Foltz to administer oxygen and help pilot land back at Glatton, earning the Silver Star as well as a Purple heart; (original SAL crash-landed on Greenland ice cap en route UK 27/6/42, and discovered buried under ice in October ’64); Salvaged. 12/11/44. MY GAL SAL.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/11/44; Hunter 9/12/44; Dow Fd 22/12/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 24/12/44; 547BS/384BG [SO-W] Grafton Underwood 28/1/45; 457BG Glatton 9/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/4/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Morrison 9/6/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG St Donat 1/7/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Missing in Action {14m} Terni, It. 11/8/43 with Albert Fensel, Bob Follett, Martin Poler, Rodman Robinson, Bob Kennedy, Bill Cummings (6KIA or Prisoner of War); Rich Jameson, Pete Robeck, Jack Ledford (rescued & 3 Returned to Duty); crashed Mediterranean Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 490. BONNIE SUE.

Delivered Denver 23/12/42; Salina 4/1/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Navarin 23/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; battle damaged Foggia 25/8/43 with Warren Whitmore, Drake, Berube {Wounded in Action}, Gough, Deering {Wounded in Action}, Bruce {Wounded in Action}, Lynn {Wounded in Action}, Hofstetter, Manuell, Ciak; {50m} crash landed near base, crew bailed OK. MAVERICK.

Delivered Hunter 22/11/44; Dow Fd 20/12/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG [Y] Glatton 23/12/44; landing accident with Bob Canterella 3/5/45; transferred 849BS/490BG Eye 2/1/45; 850BS; Salvaged n/battle damaged 27/6/46; transferred 9AF Germany. LOVE ‚EM ALL!

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG Bassingbourn 23/1/44; Missing in Action 6m Stuttgart 20/3/44 with Frank Turk, Co-pilot: Franklin Whitcomb, tog-Chester Knowles, ttg-Dale Jackson, Ball turret gunner: Edmond Vogler, Waist gunner: Norman Pero, Waist gunner: Neil Gillis,Tail gunner: Tom Lardin (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Don Stairs (evaded capture – helped by French underground and back to UK 21/5/44); Navigator: Jim Grube (Killed in Action); flak and enemy aircraft KO’d #2 plus other damage, crashed St Ouen-le-Mauger, two miles SW of Bacqueville, 11 miles SW of Dieppe, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3411. BUCKEYE BOOMERANG II.

Delivered Denver 12/2/43; Gt Falls 23/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salinas, Cal 10/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 524BS/379BG [WA-F] Kimbolton 12/7/43; Missing in Action Kassel 30/7/43 with George Kain {wia, died 4/8/43}, Co-pilot: Dan London, Bombardier: John Crawford, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Ferguson, Radio Operator: Bill Cloud, Ball turret gunner: Bob Walker,Tail gunner: Truair Halbert (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ray Mailloux, Waist gunner: Bill Russi, Waist gunner: Vernon Bennett (3 Prisoner of War); flak, ship exploded & crashed Elden S of Arnhem, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1355. EXCALIBER.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/45; Hunter 7/2/45; Dow Fd 12/2/45; Assigned 749BS/457BG [H] Glatton 30/3/45; transferred 305BG Chelveston 23/5/45; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 19/11/47.

Delivered Denver 3/3/44; Kearney 11/4/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 22/5/44; Missing in Action Liepzig 29/5/44 with Stan Lowell, Co-pilot: Ed Matsel, Navigator: Edgar Smith, Bombardier: Boyd Bellamy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Wright, Radio Operator: Jay Sterrett, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Little, Waist gunner: Carlyle Gardner, Waist gunner: John Kinsler,Tail gunner: Ray Sutton (10 Prisoner of War); flak KOd two engines, then a third failed, crash landed Grand-Leez, near Gembloux, nine miles NW of Namur, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 5227.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/44; Kearney 1/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 8/11/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 22/10/44 with Capt Joe Mathis, Co-pilot: Maj Joe Lowe, Navigator: Gorman Siler, Bombardier: Ivan Brill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Maupin, Radio Operator: Bill Covington, Ball turret gunner: Creston Cooke, Waist gunner: Joe Kasmiersky,Tail gunner: Carroll Reimann (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 44-8099(306BG), crashed sea off Clacton, Essex, UK; Missing Air Crew Report 9656. LILLY MARLENE.

Delivered Dallas 17/8/44; Hunter 3/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 28/9/44; Salvaged 27/10/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 9/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Gr Island 11/2/44; Presque Is 23/2/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-N] Bassingbourn 11/3/44; transferred 731BS/452BG Deopham Green [7D-M] 12/3/44; Missing in Action Kassel 4/12/44 with Larry Downey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stan Monikitas,Tail gunner: Don Woodwick (3KIA, all still in wreckage); Co-pilot: Chas Gillette, Navigator: Ed O’Neill, Bombardier: Jack Short, Radio Operator: Ray Crewson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Vidulich, Waist gunner: Cliff Haas (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Bitburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11050. MON TETE ROUGE II.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/10/44; Hunter 22/11/44; Dow Fd 2/12/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-Z] Grafton Underwood 28/1/45; 544BS [SU-Z]; transferred 457BG Glatton 9/5/45; 305BG Chelveston 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.