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

Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/43; Hobbs 3/4/43; Roswell 23/5/43; Hobbs 30/5/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; 4100 BU Patterson 24/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Brookley 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 16/4/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 94BG Bassingbourn 24/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-A] Kimbolton 20/5/43; then 526BS [LF-A]; AFSC 7/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 7/6/44; Recl Comp 9/2/45. SACK.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Assigned: 422BS/305BG [JJ-V] Chelveston 21/3/43; MIA Nantes 4/7/43 Pilot: Frank Scott, Co-Pilot: Bob Brazeal, Navigator: Bill Bailey, Bombardier: Leslie Stone, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Marvin Williams, Radio Operator: Ray Malaby, Ball Turret Gunner: John Kowalski, Waist Gunner: Frank Hatzke, Waist Gunner: Aubrey King, Tail Gunner: Albert King (10KIA); flak set radio room on fire SE of Belgium. e Isle, W of St Nazaire, crashed Bay of Biscay. MACR 4483. BLACK SWAN.

Delivered Long Beach 8/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; ass 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Snetterton 14/10/43; MIA Bordeaux 5/1/44 Pilot: Gilford Pierce, Co-Pilot: Walt Cookin, Navigator: Murray Bader, Bombardier: Warren Mullins, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Heilman, Radio Operator: Francis Driscoll, Ball Turret Gunner: Olen McCormick, Waist Gunner: Edwin Nydlencki, Tail Gunner: Jim Brady (9KIA); Waist Gunner: Germany. ld Norman (POW-picked up by French fishermen but captured when boat entered harbour); Enemy aircraft, crashed Bay of Biscay. MACR 2013.

Delivered Denver 20/9/43; Gr Island 12/10/43; ass 527BS/379BG [FO-C] Kimbolton 13/12/43; MIA Bremen 20/12/43 Pilot: Walt Reicheld, Co-Pilot: Henry Levitan, Navigator: Harry Litz, Bombardier: Royce Taylor, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Finis Colburn, Ball Turret Gunner: Glen Brady, Tail Gunner: Chas Campbell (7KIA), Radio Operator: Joe Hennessey, Waist Gunner: Ben Poweske, Waist Gunner: Ralph Mantor (3POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Westerbek, near Osterholz-Scharmbeck, 12 miles N of Bremen, Germany. MACR 1719.

Delivered Hunter 30/9/45; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned: 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 13/10/44; MIA Parchim, Germany. 7/4/45 Pilot: Bill Richardson, Hjalmer Molner, Bob Renaud, Jack Kennedy, Jim Satterfield, John Loveless, Newell Snarr, Julius Albavich {tg}(8KIA); Vance Urban, Robert Pearce {rcm} (2POW); rammed by Sonderkommando Elbe Me109, crashed Hamburg, Ger. MACR 13888.

Delivered Tulsa 6/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Dow Fd 27/4/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 18/5/44; crash landed base? 2/10/44, Salvaged.

Delivered Long Beach 5/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned: 551BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 20/6/43; MIA Duren 20/10/43 Pilot: Lyle Fryer, Co-Pilot: Cliff McIlveen, Navigator: John Durakov, Bombardier: Edwin Rinkenberger, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chester Lisiewski{evaded for a time but captured later}, Radio Operator: Bill Cokins, Ball Turret Gunner: George Good, Waist Gunner: Joe Pittman, Waist Gunner: Fred Browning, Tail Gunner: Dave Carr (10POW); mech trouble, crashed De Slek, two miles S of Echt, Holland. MACR 828. SHACK BUNNY.

Delivered Long Beach 2/6/43; Walla Walla 5/7/43; Hammer Fd 1/8/43; 3705 BU Lowry 12/6/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 23/7/44; 3706 BU Sheppard 2/5/45; 3701 BU Amarillo 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/10/45.

Delivered Dallas 21/7/45; Sth Plains 30/8/45; Rome 25/2/46; NAAF Mustin Fd 4/46 [82856]; United States Coast Guard San Diego 25/8/46; Elizabeth City 8/8/47; NAS Weeksville, NC 10/6/48; NAS Norfolk for salvage, scrapped 1/50 for spares.

Delivered Dallas 20/7/45; Sth Plains 8/45; damaged in taxi accident with 44-85835 in 2/46 in preparation for USN, then United States Coast Guard; repairs uneconomical, scrapped 7/6/46.

Delivered Dallas 19/7/45; Sth Plains 2/1/46; United States Coast Guard Elizabeth City 5/47, probably serialled 85832 instead of Assigned USN 84000; one of four aircraft transferred USN 25/8/48 to NAS Weeksville, NC, then NAS Mustin Fd; NAS Norfolk, scrapped for spares, when conversions proved uneconomical.

Delivered Long Beach 31/5/43; Cheyenne 3/6/43; Pyote 2/7/43; Walla Walla 23/7/43; 4117 BU Robins 3/8/44; 326 BU MacDill 26/9/44; 327 BU Drew 29/4/45; 575 BU Pitts burg 2/7/45; 327 BU Drew 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Dallas 21/9/44; Hunter 30/10/44; Dow Fd 10/11/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola PFF 14/11/44; transferred 772BS/463BG Celone 28/12/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/3/45 with Bill Hatcher, Co-pilot: Lt Col Harry Robb, Navigator: Leroy Swindlehurst, Bombardier: Ernie Roberson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Truman Day, Radio Operator: Wesley Dugan, Ball turret gunner: Jack Maupin, Waist gunner: Gus Koulgianes, Waist gunner: Lloyd Siler,Tail gunner: Lt Don Gaard (10 Returned to Duty); flak, crashed Breslau; Missing Air Crew Report 13258.

Delivered Denver 16/1/44; MacDill 6/2/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella 30/3/44; transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {6m} Missing in Action Fischamend Markt, Aus. 12/4/44 with Adam Hrostowsky, Lawinski, Robison, Colino, Geraghty, Flinht, Thompson (6 Killed in Action); Callmeyer, Perlmeyer, Reynolds, Cabrera (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Zwolfaxing, Ger?; Missing Air Crew Report 3955.

Delivered Denver 9/1/44; Las Vegas 17/1/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 16/3/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 22/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Denver 3/9/43; Gr Island 20/9/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG Framlingham 3/10/43; detailed pick up bombardier from hospital at RAF Hucknall 22/10/43, with Albert Root, Co-pilot: Winifred Alfred, Navigator: Carl Fannin, Bombardier: George Rankin, Radio Operator: Bill Holland, pass-Warren Weisert, Bill Ellett (7 Returned to Duty); skidded on wet field and badly damaged, Salvaged 30/10/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG [9Z- ] Deopham Green 3/5/44; damaged by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Joe Antol 21/6/44; repaired & re-ass 15AF Italy 29/9/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 11/12/44; 18m to depot 4/45; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 28/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/44; Hunter 10/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-M] Gt Ashfield 3/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 11/9/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45. MISSISSIPPI MISS.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/42; Salina 3/1/43; DeRidder 31/1/43; Morrison 2/2/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Navarin 20/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; ret 99BG Tortorella 17/5/44; Salvaged 28/9/45. COTTON EYED JOE.