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

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Kearney 15/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned PFF 603BS/398BG [N7- ] Nuthampstead 15/7/44; battle damaged Orleans 1/8/44 with Col Frank Hunter [Group CO], Co-pilot: Capt Gere Douglas, Navigator: Capt Harry Brown, Xn-H. Nelson, Bombardier: G. Goldman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: A. Burke, Radio Operator: K.H. Shutts, Ball turret gunner: J.Basham,wg-A.N. Ward,Tail gunner: N.Callihan (10 Returned to Duty); intense flak damaged two engines, aircraft limped home to crash landed RAF Merston, West Sussex, UK; Salvaged 2 SAD Abbotts Ripton 4/8/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-M] Morrison 5/3/43; Chelveston 31/5/43; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-C] Grafton Underwood 19/9/43; Returned to the USA Tinker 8/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 22/8/45. HELL’S ANGELS.

Delivered Hunter 11/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 342BS/97BG Amendola 11/8/44; transferred 32BS/301BG Lucera 14/8/44; Missing in Action Vienna 10/9/44 with Ken Wisner, Co-pilot: Hanway, Navigator: Hines, Bombardier: Armstrong, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harris, Radio Operator: Healy, Ball turret gunner: Kersting, Waist gunner: Kessel, Waist gunner: Fisher,Tail gunner: McClure (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Scnorja; Missing Air Crew Report 8622.

Delivered Denver 31/12/43; Kearney 15/1/44; Assigned: 412BS/95BG [QW-K] Horham 15/2/44; 336BS [ET-K], 335BS [OE-F]; 103m, MIA Frankfurt 17/2/45 Pilot: Carlyle Schaad, Co-Pilot: Theo Flora, Navigator: John Keeney, Bombardier: Harry Vaughn, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Emery Hemingway, Radio Operator: Luther Basett, Ball Turret Gunner: Bernie Glanzer, Waist Gunner: Loren Harman, Tail Gunner: Walt Mazurek (9POW); #2 engine out, dropped back,crashed Tillowitz, Germany. . MACR 12378. BIG CASINO.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Memphis 17/4/43; Assigned: 322BS/91BG [LG-Q] Bassingbourn 11/6/43; battle damage Amiens 31/8/43 Pilot: Jess Rogers, Co-Pilot: Bob Bravender, Navigator: Earl Clinton, Bombardier: Dan Shabel, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Paul Kelly, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Wolof, Waist Gunner: Milton Sparks, Waist Gunner: Jim Malone (8KIA); Radio Operator: Howard McGovern, Tail Gunner: Ed Bronski (2RTD) damaged by debris from aircrafts collision above and flak over target; crash-landed Wooten Farm, Polegate, Sussex, UK. MACR 15756. PATTY GREMLIN JR.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/44; Kearney 4/6/44; Grenier 19/6/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-J] Nuthampstead 18/7/44; (60m) Missing in Action Osnabruck, Ger; 14/3/45 with Dick Ellis, Co-pilot: Bill Lewandowski, Bombardier: Leon Snyder, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rufus White, Ball turret gunner: Leo Parr (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ken Peek, Radio Operator: Jim Schofield, Waist gunner: Ed McCracken,Tail gunner: Don Pierson (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Icker, N of Osnabruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10391 [?10390].

Delivered Cheyenne 9/8/44; Kearney 19/8/44; Dow Fd 9/9/44; Assigned 352BS/301BG Lucera 12/10/44; Missing in Action Attnang Pusheim, Aus. 21/4/45 with ?. Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-D] Polebrook 23/5/44; {63m} battle damaged Stuttgart 9/12/44 with Danforth Merrill, Co-pilot: Lou Edwards, ng-Jack McGee, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Poppe, Radio Operator: Jim Williams, Ball turret gunner: Tom Veltry, Waist gunner: Claude Chaffin,Tail gunner: Bill Teel (8 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Vernon Smith (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #2 and ship lost controls temporarily, however p returned controls and returned to base; Salvaged 10/12/45. Missing Air Crew Report 7903; QUEEN OF THE BALL.

Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Spokane 17/12/43; Gt Falls 20/12/43; Denver 27/12/43; Lincoln 5/1/44; Mobile 6/1/44; Lakeland 7/1/44; Morrison 22/2/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 24/2/44; Missing in Action Ploesti, Rom. 24/4/44 with Anthony Namiotka, Co-pilot: Roy Meyer, Navigator: Bob Masneri, Bombardier: Jordan Bell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Schuch, Radio Operator: Haskell Smith, Ball turret gunner: Louis Smith, Waist gunner: Harry Majackrzak,Tail gunner: Alex Spears; enemy aircraft, exploded and five chutes seen with Me109 circling, ship crashed Tirgoviste, Rom; Missing Air Crew Report 4611. HUSTLIN‘ GAL.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/5/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 27/5/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-X] Thurleigh 6/6/44; transferred 398BG Nuthampstead 27/5/45; no ops, RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/9/43; Gt Falls 14/10/43; Bowman 18/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 16/11/43; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 20/11/43; battle damaged Oschersleben 10m 11/1/44 with John Davis, limped back to England and force landed Deopham Green (452BG), UK. Detailed to return to Bassingbourn 4/3/44 with Capt Don Garrett, Co-pilot: Gilbert Falk, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Perkins, Radio Operator: Ron Cannon, pass- John Moran (5 Returned to Duty); after repair crash landed Bunbury Farm, Swaffham Prior, about a mile SW of RAF Newmarket, UK. Salvaged. BUCKEYE BOOMERANG.

Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Gt Falls 17/12/43; Danver 20/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Presque Is 24/1/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-D] Horham 4/2/44; 17m, Missing in Action night practice mission 6/11/44 with George McVay; Co-pilot: Chas O’Brien, Navigator: Dave Kile, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Slivinski, Radio Operator: Gilbert Frazer, obs-Edwd Featherstone (6 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Vince Blazquez (evaded capture); mech fault, aircraft failed to hear recall, crashed ?; Missing Air Crew Report 10418. IKKY POO.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; MacDill 3/2/44; Morrison 1/3/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 10/3/44; transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {27m} Ploesti 23/6/44 with Harry Brazier, Stone, Malone, Iusi, Vandermeer, Hein, Moon, Zeigler (416BS), Gerken, Marshall, Gaghan; enemy aircraft hit two engines, crashed Balsh; Missing Air Crew Report 6076. ANTHONY J.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/44; Kearney 22/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-R] Nuthampstead 20/7/44; Missing in Action 8/1/45 with Thomas, AOC 12/1/45, re-ass as 602BS [K8-R] 5/3/45 from 2 SAD Abbotts Ripton; taxi accident when tail wheel damaged in perimeter track hole with M/Sgt Chas Dreyer 23/5/45; not returned to group, Returned to the USA Bradley 10/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. MISS X.

Delivered Gt Falls 7/9/44; Hunter 15/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned 493BG Debach 28/9/44; transferred 751BS/457BG [H] Glatton 30/9/44; 750BS; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/8/44; Lincoln 25/8/44; Grenier 10/9/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 12/9/44; transferred 860BS/493BG Debach 13/9/44; 861BS; Missing in Action Munster 5/10/44 with Art Bisaro, Bill Johnson, Harry Beradesco, Jose Gonzales, Bill Samford, Tom Cougler, Clarry Campbell (7 Returned to Duty); Rudi Guerrero, Dan Adams (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ludenscheid, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9576.

Delivered Denver 16/1/44; MacDill 3/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 30/3/44; transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {108m} Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 18/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. ACTION PREFERRED.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Kearney 6/8/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [N] Glatton 17/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45. WRECKLESS aka BIG GAS BIRD.

Delivered Denver 27/2/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-H] Nuthampstead 26/4/44; 602BS [K8-H]; detailed Ludwigshafen with ? ; Bombardier: John Sauer (Killed in Action), rest OK;

Delivered Long Beach 15/9/43; Scott 22/10/43; ass 335BS/95BG [OE-Z] Horham 29/10/43; on return from Ludwigshaven 7/1/44 Pilot: Jom Conley, Co-Pilot: Bill Wood, Navigator: Bob Fogaty, Bombardier: Royal Klein, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Clyde Meyer, Radio Operator: Ed McCarraher, Ball Turret Gunner: Gene Lasko, Waist Gunner: Julius Wukitsch, Waist Gunner: Alf Sommers, Tail Gunner: Dave Williams (10RTD); crash-landed Prospect House, Wilby, near Stradbroke, Sfk, UK. Salvaged. 8/1/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/2/43; Gore 7/3/43; Gulfport 31/3/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [ET-U] Alconbury 15/4/43; taxi accident with Bill Adams 4/5/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; Horham 15/6/43; practice mission to RAF St Eval, Cornwall 28/9/43 with Norman Hargert, Co-pilot: R.Coates, Navigator: J.Guess, Bombardier: C. Poe, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: W.Green, Radio Operator: J.DeLoog, Ball turret gunner: W.Strickert, Waist gunner: S.Burella, Waist gunner: W.Isenhour, Tail gunner: L.Larsen, pass-S.Roake, pass-T.Dennis (12 Returned to Duty); engines malfunctioned so returned to St Eval and slewed off runway; salvaged. CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO aka BLASTED EVENT.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Kearney 6/8/44; Dow Fd 17/8/44; Assigned: 18BS/34BG Mendlesham 18/8/44; damaged during assembly for Dessau Pilot: Wyatt Jones, 16/1/45; crash-landed Ampton, five miles N of Bury St Edmunds, Sfk.; 1KIA; Salvaged. OLD CROW.

Delivered Denver 15/3/44; Kearney 4/4/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-A] Nuthampstead 8/5/44; battle damaged French A/fds 9/7/44 with Capt Hal Lamb, Co-pilot: Capt Tracey Petersen, Navigator: Phil Trenkle, Bombardier: John Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Stone, Radio Operator: Chas Suchman, Ball turret gunner: Russ Lachman, Waist gunner: Chas Ruff, Waist gunner: Phil D’Addio,Tail gunner: Lt E.W. Anderson, (10 Returned to Duty). On return from mission crash landed Sandwich, Kent, UK; Salvaged 2 SAD Abbotts Ripton 10/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Hunter 5/8/44; Grenier 14/8/44; Assigned: 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 15/8/44; Returned to US: Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 27/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 20/11/45. HIT AND RUN.