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

Delivered Cheyenne 3/12/44; Hunter 23/12/44; Grenier 20/1/45; Assigned 463BG PFF Celone 7/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/12/44; Hunter 26/12/44; Dow Fd 21/1/45; Assigned 91BG HSX Bassingbourn 23/1/45; transferred 775BS/463BG PFF Celone 7/2/45; Missing in Action Linz 25/2/45 with Don Mateske, Co-pilot: Jack Nendell, Navigator: Rich Owen, Bombardier: Chas Kendrick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edgar Rabideau, Radio Operator: Bob Swanson, Ball turret gunner: Vernon Mauk, Waist gunner: Bob Davis, Waist gunner: Gene McMahon,Tail gunner: Tony Affito (fate ?); flak, crashed Zheresienfeld; Missing Air Crew Report 12716.

Delivered Lincoln 27/9/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-L] Bassingbourn 4/11/44; 45m Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; Columbus 9/6/45; with Joe Maddox to Memphis Apt 12/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 5/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45. JUDY’S LITTLE ASS.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Salina 20/3/43; Assigned 2BG Navarin 4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila 17/6/43; Massicault 31/7/43; {26m} transferred 32BS/301BG Oudna 14/11/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {40m} Steyr, Aus. 2/4/44 with Calvin Miller, Co-pilot: Joshua Adame, Navigator: Belot, Bombardier: Reese, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dora, Radio Operator: Poe, Ball turret gunner: Nicholson, Waist gunner: Taylor, Waist gunner: Pochmursky,Tail gunner: Tiefenbrun (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Kleinrifling, Austria. Missing Air Crew Report 4197.

Delivered Dallas 16/6/44; Langley 10/7/44; Grenier 6/8/44; Assigned 306BG Thurleigh 1/9/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

Delivered Louisville 8/5/45; Syracuse 4/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45.

Delivered Louisville 8/5/45; Syracuse 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/11/45.

Delivered Louisville 4/5/45; Syracuse 6/6/45; Middletown 6/11/45; Morrison 6/12/45; West Palm Beach 31/12/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 27 ADR Waller 1/1/48; 5922 MSU Waller 1/10/48; 5920 ABGp Waller 14/6/49; Panama AD 29/9/49; Recl Comp 25/10/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/10/42; West Palm Beach 11/12/42; Assigned 352BS/301BG Ain M’Lila 16/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; crash landed {52m} Sicily 16/7/43 with Leo Hammond; rep, transferred 347BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; {25m} modified to weather ship 6/8/44; transferred 52FG Madna Fd, It.8/10/44; sal 2/11/44. DIRTY GERTIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/43; Salina 14/2/43; Barksdale 22/2/43; Morrison 5/3/43; Assigned: 423BS/306BG [RD-O] Thurleigh 25/3/43; MIA Wilhelmshafen 21/5/43 Pilot: Bob Smith, Co-Pilot: Bob McCallum, Navigator: Dan Barberis, Bombardier: Wayne Gray{togg], Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ben Buchanan, Radio Operator: Hendrik Cate, Ball Turret Gunner: Art Adrian, Waist Gunner: Clarry Durham, Waist Gunner: ‚, Tail Gunner: Billy Lamb (9RTD); flak & Enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea, rescued by Royal Navy minesweeper. No MACR. DEARLY BELOVED.

Delivered Denver 27/12/43; Gr Island 12/1/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-K] Thurleigh 9/4/44; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; retUS Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 3/12/45. MAMU.

Delivered Pendleton 5/2/42; Salt Lake City 27/3/42; Wendover 8/4/42; Cheyenne 14/5/42; Wendover 28/5/42; Ogden 28/7/42; Westover 1/8/42; Biggs 19/8/42; Boise 14/9/42; Gowen 31/1/43; Hendricks 1/8/43; crash landed 35 miles south east of base 9/8/43 with Joe McClurkin; Written off 11/7/44.

Delivered Long Beach 4/10/43; Gr Island 2/11/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-C] Deenethorpe 19/12/43; Missing in Action Stettin 13/5/44 with Sullivan Tonti, Co-pilot: George Evans, Navigator: Wyndall Lacasse, Bombardier: Bob Rocco, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Bower, Radio Operator: Adolphus Hutchinson, Ball turret gunner: Tom Smith, Waist gunner: Bill Patterson, Waist gunner: John Moultrie,Tail gunner: Mahlon Desso (10INT); mech fault, force landed Bulltofta, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 4785. BAD PENNY. (Left Sweden 11/6/45).

Delivered Cheyenne 15/11/44; Hunter 9/12/44; Dow Fd 22/12/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-N] Deenethorpe 21/5/45; 613BS [IN-M]; transferred 305BG Chelveston 20/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/4/46.

Delivered Tulsa 7/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-B] Deenethorpe 15/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45. COVER GIRL.

Delivered Pendleton 5/2/42; 34BG Tucson 14/5/42; Rapid City 5/12/42; Assigned 317BS/88BG Walla Walla 14/1/43; in base landing accident with Joe Bambrough 27/1/43; rep. Lockbourn 9/4/43. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 14/7/45. (Served with 7BG Asanol, India, April 1942?) PER DIEM.

Delivered Tulsa 4/10/42; West Palm Beach 11/12/42; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-T] Chelveston 21/3/43; Missing in Action 19/5/43 with Bill Higgins, Co-pilot: Max Wiggins, Navigator: George Dorrance, Bombardier: John Kirkpatrick, Ball turret gunner: Clyde Garrett, Waist gunner: Tom McDonald, Waist gunner: Fred Nadroski (7 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Norman Shank, Radio Operator: Bradley Gardner,Tail gunner: Vince Barron (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Bohmstedt, seven miles N of Husum, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 15488.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/10/42; Pyote 8/1/43; Kelly 2/7/43; 4100 BU Patterson 9/6/44; 223 BU Dyersburg 8/9/44; 554 BU Memphis 5/12/44; 327 BU Drew 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcy Fd 11/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/10/42; Pyote 12/1/43; Pueblo 6/4/43; Dyersburg 7/6/43; 4006 BU Miami 9/6/43; 3501 BU Boca Raton 2/9/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 17/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Tucson 4/2/42; Las Vegas 6/2/42; MacDill 15/2/42; Cheyenne 21/5/42; Memphis 11/6/42; Walla Walla 19/7/42; Topeka 30/8/42; Assigned 339BS/96BG Albuquerque 16/10/42; Lowry 19/10/42; Topeka 2/11/42; from Pocatello Fd, Id with Alf Lambert crashed 20 miles north of Randolph, Ut. 29/11/42 ran out of gas. Crew bailed OK; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/12/43; Gr Island 1/1/44; ass 334BS/95BG [BG-E] Horham 8/2/44; 38m, MIA Pas de Calais 23/6/44 Pilot: Dan Mangan, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Albt Huff (2KIA); Navigator: Herb Cahn, Bombardier: Corry Bloudt, Waist Gunner: Henry Schultz (3POW); Co-Pilot: Harvey Cox, Radio Operator: Dick Ennis, Ball Turret Gunner: Ray Smith, Waist Gunner: Jim Phillips, Tail Gunner: Ewell Riddle (5EVD); mechanical faults, crashed Outer-Lebeke, 11 km of Aalst, Belgium. MACR 5915. TO HELL OR GLORY.

Assigned as VB-17G with 6AF Caribbean, Canal Zone during 1950s, retired frim service 1956 and set to moved as N7045C to Bolivia; re-ass Hamilton Aircraft, Tucson for dismantling as spares for Bolivia !

Delivered Denver 2/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-K] Chelveston 23/11/43; Missing in Action Ulm 9/8/44 with John Hegendeffer, Co-pilot: Rolland Wing, Ball turret gunner: Bill Horst, Waist gunner: Bill Montandon,Tail gunner: Jack Thaldorf (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Packwood, Bombardier: Herman Steck, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elroy Knollenberg, Radio Operator: Dan Gurspan (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set #1 on fire and another damaged, spinning down aircraft broke in two, crashed Halberstung, near Sinzheim, W of Baden-Baden, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8069. LEAP YEAR LADY.

Delivered Tucson 4/2/42; Geiger 12/2/42; Cheyenne 12/4/42; Wendover 8/5/42; with Hugh Morre, force landed base 31/7/42; Ogden 10/8/42; Pocatello 6/11/42; Boise 20/12/42; Lockbourn 21/2/43; wrecked in taxi accident with truck MacDill 17/9/43, brakes failed with Preinerich; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/12/45.