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

Delivered Cheyenne 4/4/45; Sth Plains 26/4/45; re-ass 31/3/47; 343 RVM MacDill 14/5/47; 343 RVM Topeka 28/7/48; 55 MSU Topeka 23/3/49; 3902 ABGp Offutt 17/5/49; Recl Comp 2/3/50.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; force landed base with Clark Graham 19/4/44; Dow Fd 24/4/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 3/5/44; crashed on take off with Jesse Sills 1/1/45, Salvaged.

Delivered Tulsa 14/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-R] Deenethorpe 10/6/44; 613BS [IN-R]; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; Sth Plains 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. LITTLE CHEEZER.

Delivered Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-F] Deenethorpe 23/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. BUDD’S DUDDS.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/3/43; Gore 31/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned: 338BS/96BG 17/4/43 GREEN FURY II; re-named LUCKY LADY; Transferred: 524BS/379BG [WA-M] Kimbolton 12/7/43; battle damage Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 Pilot: Capt Lloyd Mason, Co-Pilot: Arvid Dahl, Navigator: Constant Anszpoger, Bombardier: Tom McMorran, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John McCullen, Radio Operator: Jim Carroll{wia}, Ball Turret Gunner: John Hagen, Waist Gunner: Bob Fegan{wia}, Waist Gunner: John Carey, Tail Gunner: Patrick Romano (10RTD); forced landing Framlingham a/fd, Sfk, Uk; 1 BAD Burtonwood 15/8/43; AFMSC 4/2/44.

Delivered Denver 17/5/43; Dow Fd 14/6/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [GX-Y] Gt Ashfield 14/6/43; Salvaged 29/5/45. FICKLE FINGER OF FATE.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/1/44; Morrison 4/2/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-J] Kimbolton 22/2/44; Waist gunner: Charles Noonan (KIA- pilot was Roy Hoowa) Schweinfurt 24/2/44; Returned from mission 8/6/44 with Fred Taylor, Co-pilot: Bill Richardson, Navigator: Matt Karcich, n/g-Sgt Bradley Wages, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Potter, Radio Operator: Chas Neal, Ball turret gunner: Jack Clement, Waist gunner: George Nedlock,Tail gunner: Charles Caselin (9 Returned to Duty); undercarriage collapsed halfway down runway; salvaged 2nd Strategic Air Depot 14/6/44.

Delivered Denver 12/1/44; Gr Island 28/1/44; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-C] Kimbolton 1/3/44; Missing in Action Munich 12/7/44 with Bruce Hutchins, Co-pilot: Bob Webber, no nav, Bombardier: Jim Haile, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George White, Radio Operator: Bob Shaffer, Waist gunner: Grover Bowen, Waist gunner: Harry Dengenhart,Tail gunner: Walt Collins (8 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Jim Stutts (Prisoner of War); flak hits then pilot set for Switz but aircraft crashed St Wilhelm, SE of Freiberg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7506.

Delivered Dallas 23/6/45; Rome 30/7/45; Independence 28/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/10/45.

Delivered Lincoln 7/12/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 9/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 15/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 527BS/379BG Kimbolton 1/2/45; Missing in Action Dresden 14/2/45 with Stan Cebuhar, Delton Reopelle, Lloyd Gates, Ray Egstrand, Lester Higginbotham, Francis Beam, John Dillon (7 Prisoner of War); Waldon Hardy, George Byers (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Elsenborn, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 12338.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; Gore 10/6/43; Smoky Hill 13/6/43; Rapid City 19/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Smoky Hill 23/6/43; Tinker 30/6/43; Smoky Hill 4/7/43; Dow Fd 16/7/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-B] Chelveston 12/8/43; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 20/5/44; Returned to the USA 8ATS Homestead 23/7/44; 4136 BU Tinker 6/8/44; Recl Comp 17/5/45. ANY TIME ANNIE.

Delivered Dallas 20/6/45; Rome 27/7/45; Walnut Ridge AD 15/10/45; Grenier 8/1/46; 4117 BU Robins 13/1/46; 304 BU Langley 17/1/46; 53 RCN Morrison 21/4/47; 1103 BU Morrison 31/7/47; Recl Comp 6/10/47.

Delivered Hunter 9/1/45; Dow Fd 19/1/45; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-F] Kimbolton 1/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45.

Delivered Tulsa 14/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG Kimbolton 10/6/44; Missing in Action Stralsund 6/10/44 with Emmett Doherty, Bill Harter, Gottfried Binder, Bob Cooke, Marvin Fossett, George Kozemczak, Jack Bishop, Vic Mortiz, Chas Perry (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Stralsund; Missing Air Crew Report 9362. MISS BEHAVEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/11/43; Syracuse 12/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; slated 447BG, ass 561BS/388BG [B] Knettishall 20/12/43; MIA Poznan 9/4/44 Pilot: Louis Trubia, Co-Pilot: John Walker, Navigator: John Hynes, Bombardier: George Morrow, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Gear, Radio Operator: Bob Storandt, Ball Turret Gunner: John Vasta*, Waist Gunner: Pat Parks, Waist Gunner: Elsel Sommer* (9POW); Tail Gunner: Dick Flagstad (KIA-hit by rifle fire during descent); flak, crashed Berkel, four miles E of Delft, Holl. (* These two evaded capture at crash site, but caught two weeks later in civilian clothes) MACR 3655.

Delivered Dallas 31/6/45; Rome 27/7/45; Andrews Fd 2/10/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 3 BC Albrook, CZ 1/1/48; 5702 MAI Albrook 26/7/48; 5701 MSUGp Albrook 23/3/49; 5700 ABGp Albrook 1/5/49; AMC Olmstead 6/9/49; 3800 AU Maxwell 27/9/49; Recl Comp 25/10/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/45; Hunter 13/1/45; Grenier 7/2/45; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-A] Deenethorpe 20/2/45; transferred 305BG Chelveston 20/5/45; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 7/11/47.

Delivered Hunter 10/1/45; Grenier 24/1/45; Assigned 8AF 3/2/45; re-ass 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp 30/8/48.

Delivered Dallas 28/7/44; Cheyenne 4/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG Snetterton 6/9/44; transferred 379BG Kimbolton 26/9/44; crashed on take off at Bozeat, Northamptonshire., UK 16/12/44 with John Ahearn; 9 bailed, 1KIA; Salvaged n/battle damaged 17/12/44.