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

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Gt Falls 27/2/44; Cheyenne 2/3/44; 222 BU Ardmore 20/8/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/9/45.

Delivered Tulsa 22/3/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Dow Fd 25/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-A] Deenethorpe 1/6/44; crashed on take off Dutch flak inst. 17/9/44 with Francis Cooke, Co-pilot: Paul Clark, Navigator: Chas Werner, Bombardier: Frank Jorgensen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilford Dahlin, Radio Operator: Bill Weston, Ball turret gunner: Joe Page, Waist gunner: John Browning,Tail gunner: Walt Ambrogetti (9KOM); hit the Weldon/Oundle Road, Northamptonshire, and exploded with full load of gas and bombs. Salvaged. ROSIE’S SWEAT BOX.

Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 15/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-S] Framlingham 27/5/44; MIA Merseburg 29/7/44 Pilot: Chas Norby (KIA); Co-Pilot: Chas Allen, Navigator: Bob Hanrahan, Bombardier: John Christie, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Devine, Radio Operator: Vince Fugarazzo, Ball Turret Gunner: Dale Buffington, Waist Gunner: Sam Turetsky, Tail Gunner: Chas Hauskins (8POW); flak knocked out two engines, crashed Bad Bibra, Germany. MACR 7821. SHACK RAT.

Delivered Denver 15/3/43; Patterson 27/3/43; Cheyenne 8/4/43; Tinker 24/4/43; Mines Fd 4/5/43; Hobbs 14/5/43; Wright Fd 29/5/43; Eglin 10/6/43; Wright 8/7/43; Zanesville 9/7/43; Eglin 15/7/43; Orlando 6/8/43; 610 BU Eglin 2/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/10/45.

Delivered Dallas 7/6/44; Hunter 21/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 10/8/44; Salvaged 21/3/46. FLOOGIE BOO OLD WARHOSS.

Delivered Dallas 14/8/44; Langley 5/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-G] Ridgewell 2/11/44; transferred 305BG Chelveston 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

Delivered Tulsa 21/3/44; Hunter 12/5/44; Dow Fd 26/5/44; Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-P] Framlingham 27/5/44; MIA Dusseldorf 9/9/44 Pilot: Melvin Hobbie, Wilbur Collins, Calvin Straney, George Sempepes, Howard Liederbach, Jesus Porras, Henry Talbot, Bill Zeimerowski, Robert L. Schimdt (9KIA); flak hit in bomb bay, ship exploded, crashed Hubbelrath, Germany. MACR 8915. BUNDLES OF TROUBLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/4/44; Hunter 4/5/44; Grenier 18/5/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-N] Ridgewell 27/5/44; {60m} battle damaged Cologne 10/11/44 with Schilling; force landed Brussels; Salvaged & re-ass 67 Tac Rec Gp; VIA PANOLA EXPRESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/4/44; Hunter 27/4/44; Grenier 11/5/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 17/5/44; Missing in Action Memmingen, Ger 18/7/44 with Bill Vandendries, Wanstrom, Wojciechowski, Rosoff, Hancock, Barlow (6 Prisoner of War); Fuhrman, Bell, Solomon, Allard (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ravensburg; Missing Air Crew Report 6980. BUNKY.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Pueblo 30/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-N] Ridgewell 29/5/43 Pilot: Chas Dowell, Fred Evans, John Lander, Clarry Watkins, Chas Dodge, Herb Kern, Walt Wessler, Chas Miller, Stuart Doll, Ken Hackett; MIA {12m} Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 w/Fred Evans, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Dodge, Radio Operator: Herb Kern{body never found}, Ball Turret Gunner: Walt Messler, Waist Gunner: Chas Miller (5KIA); Co-Pilot: Joe Robbins, Navigator: John Lander, Bombardier: Clarry Watkins, Waist Gunner: Stuart Doll, Tail Gunner: Ken Hackett (5POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Rheurdt, SW of Lintfort, Germany. MACR 385. FORGET ME NOT.

Delivered Lincoln 9/10/44; Grenier 17/10/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG Ridgewell 1/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 19/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Lincoln 23/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 8AF 6/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/1/46.

Delivered Hunter 25/11/44; Grenier 4/12/44; Assigned 8AF 7/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/7/45; 613 BU Phillips 24/3/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/4/44; Kearney 13/5/44; Grenier 24/5/44; Assigned: 323BS/91BG [OR-B/Z] Bassingbourn 2/6/44; {100+m took part in POW return trips}; t/o accident Pilot: Forrest Hunt at Merville, France 14/5/45; Returned to US: Bradley 11/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 12/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 16/12/45. RAMBLIN‘ REBEL.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/44; Hunter 13/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-T] Framlingham 5/9/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Alan Philip, Randolph Martin, Ray Clark, George Hellyer, Gaylon Chapman, Ray Meyers, Elwood McEntire, Dan Knight, John Mercer (9 Killed in Action); flak hit, caught fire, spun in and exploded, crashed Zeitz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11135.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/43; Pendleton 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned: 526BS/379BG [LF-D] Kimbolton 20/6/43; MIA Wangerooge Is 25/6/43 Pilot: Weldon Homes, Co-Pilot: Bill Griffith, Navigator: Leo Gladin, Bombardier: Bob Andrews, Radio Operator: Milton Bailey, Waist Gunner: Marshall Sanford, Waist Gunner: Verne Shovan, Tail Gunner: Roy Dillbeck (8POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Winston Tinker, Ball Turret Gunner: Wilbur Koleon (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Wieste, near Quakenbruck, Germany. MACR 1366. BLACK MAGIC.

Delivered & Assigned US Navy Johnsville 13/7/45 as PB-1W {77237}; Assigned VX-4 Quonset Pt 6/47; transferred VPW-1 Ream Fd 4/48; Norfolk 1/50; VX-4 Patuxent River 3/2/50; re-designated VW-2 18/6/52; Litchfield Pk 9/5/55; SO 10/7/56; AmComp Steel Corp, Dallas 2/12/57, Civil N5236V; Carstedt Air, Long Beach 31/1/62; Written off Love Fd 1963.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/43; Gore 31/3/43; Bangor 14/4/43; Assigned: 524BS/379BG [WA-U] Kimbolton 22/4/43; MIA Wilhelmshafen 11/6/43 Pilot: Ray Zucker, Co-Pilot: Abram Birch, Navigator: Harry Anderson, Bombardier: Tony Amaya, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Julius Lee, Radio Operator: Russell Good, Ball Turret Gunner: John Sneed, Waist Gunner: Paul Hammond*, Waist Gunner: Jim Keeler*, Tail Gunner: Mike Froehlioch (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea; (*bodies washed up a month later). MACR 1760. THUNDER GOD.

Delivered Denver 6/3/43; New Castle 6/4/43; Metropolitan 15/4/43; New Castle 21/4/43; Assigned: 526BS/379BG [LF-K/Z] Kimbolton 21/5/43; AFSC 7/4/44; Returned to US: Rome 29/8/44; Hobbs 11/9/43; Kirtland 7/1/44; Scrapped: Altus 14/9/45. 4-Q-2.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-Q] Deenethorpe 5/8/44 DUKE’S MIXTURE; 614BS [IW-H]; Returned to the USA Bradley 6//6/45; 4169 BU Sth Plains 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45. TAG A LONG.