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

Delivered Denver 4/3/43; Sioux City 20/3/43; Kearney 9/4/43; Bangor 14/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-E] Kimbolton 22/4/43; then 526BS [LF-J]; battle damaged Anklam 9/10/43 crash landed base near base on return, with Wayne Maresh, Co-pilot: Frank Mailanander, Navigator: Bob RommeWounded in Action, Bombardier: Leroy Blair, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Patterson, Radio Operator: Emery Davenport, Ball turret gunner: Ken Barnett, Waist gunner: Jerry Gentile, Waist gunner: Maurice Cheramie,Tail gunner: Ed Hobbs wia) (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 10/10/43. MADAME PISONYER aka STUPIFIER.

Delivered Long Beach 30/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Sioux City 19/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Presque Is 14/6/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 16/6/43; Missing in Action 29/7/43 with Heywood Curling, Co-pilot: John Greene, Navigator: Bill Koffman, Bombardier: Bill Gray, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Willis, Radio Operator: Steve Molnar, Ball turret gunner: Alex Gadding, Waist gunner: Hobart Perry, Waist gunner: Larry Holmborn,Tail gunner: Francis Kierszak (10 Killed in Action); coll with 42-30370 (96BG), crashed North Sea, off Cromer, Nfk.; Missing Air Crew Report 3069.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX- ] Snetterton 4/7/43 LITTLE CAESER; then 337BS; Missing in Action Warnemunde 29/7/43 with Cecil Walters, Co-pilot: Jim Olsen, Navigator: Jerome Boland, Bombardier: John McIlvaine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Wolozyn, Radio Operator: Ralph Lewis, Ball turret gunner: Roland Domenick, Waist gunner: Joe Truitt, Waist gunner: Barnett Goodman, Tail gunner: Frank Wade, Observer – Lt Joe Lewis (11 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-5908 (388BG); crashed North Sea, off Cromer, Nfk. Missing Air Crew Report 144. VENI VEDI VICI.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/44; Gr Island 20/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-R] Polebrook 26/3/44; Missing in Action {30m} Berlin 21/6/44 with Jerry Walters, Co-pilot: Lester Driggers, Navigator: John Kewalski, Bombardier: George Black, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lew Freedman, Radio Operator: Bill Oliver, Ball turret gunner: Theo Duggan, Waist gunner: Leon Sandford, Waist gunner: Martin O’Malley,Tail gunner: Mike Marchese (10INT); mech fault, force landed Bulltofta, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 6536.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Tinker 18/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Eglin 21/7/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG St Donat 19/7/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Missing in Action {5m} Ciampino A/Fd 29/11/43 with Bill Hubel, Garner, Anderson, Allen (4 Returned to Duty); Stevens, Kilb, Frazier, Jordan, Lemieux, Hayworth (6 Killed in Action); mech problem, crashed Villaputzu; Missing Air Crew Report 1404.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 8/7/44; Grenier 16/7/44; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham, transferred 849BS/490BG Eye 17/7/44; Missing in Action Pirna 19/4/45 with Bill McCallister, Navigator: Bill Swearengin, Bombardier: Jim Cook, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Iglitzen, Radio Operator: Bill Weales, Ball turret gunner: Larry Boekeloo, Waist gunner: Roy Cripne (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Glen Howard,Tail gunner: Paul Webb (2 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Marienburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 14193.

Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Wilmington 12/10/43; slated 381BG 23/10/43; transferred 32BS/301BG Oudna 1/11/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; battle damaged {27m} Regensburg 25/2/44 with Welsh, (RTD 2 wia, 1 Killed in Action); crashed Trigno, Italy.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Morrison 23/2/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Glen 9/3/43; Navarin 4/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; battle damaged 18/12/43 with Homer Carpenter, crew OK ? (10 Returned to Duty); hit by eight frag. bombs from 347BS ship, crash landed Naples; rep, Assigned ATC Europe as RB-17 30/4/47; Salvaged 28/11/47.

Delivered Amarillo 2/7/43; Dallas 19/7/43; Kingman 5/8/53; 2117 BU Buckingham 24/6/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 3/8/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/3/43; Gore 31/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Dow Fd 11/4/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 27/4/43 HELL-LENA; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 326BS/92BG Alconbury 23/7/43; Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Bob Campbell (Killed in Action) [?Paul Casey?]; John Morgan, Keith Koskel, Asa Irwin, Tyre Weaver, John McClure, Jim Ford, John Foley, Reece Walton, Gene Ponte (9 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft, ditched Nth Sea.

Delivered Lincoln 27/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-N] Rougham 19/10/44 TUTORWOLF; transferred 34BG Mendlesham; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 25/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 15/12/45. FRENESI II.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/11/43; Gt Falls 27/11/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG Cerignola 10/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {18m} Steyr, Aus. 24/2/44 with Cecil Robertson, Co-pilot: Barnes, Navigator: Cobrin, Bombardier: Doll, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fortier, Radio Operator: Nugent, Ball turret gunner: Brennan, Waist gunner: Giles,Tail gunner: Janek, (9 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft, ditched Adriatic Sea but crew rescued. Missing Air Crew Report 2633.

Delivered Tulsa 24-Nov-42; Homestead 18-Dec-42; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 1-Jan-43; with Capt Oscar O’Neill 13-Jan-43, suffered mechanical problems on first mission and forced to abort; Missing in Action 4+m Wilhelmshaven 26-Feb-43 10KIA Missing Air Crew Report 15712. SHORT SNORTER II.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; force landed Atlanta 1/6/43 with Cecil Reed; Robins 24/6/43; Memphis 8/8/43; Gr Island 9/8/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-C] Podington 27/9/43; {50m} crash landed base with Harry Avery 28/5/44; Salvaged 2SAD Lt Staughton 29/5/44.

Delivered Denver 7/12/43; Cheyenne 19/12/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Assigned 749BS/457BG [M] Glatton 14/2/44; declared war weary and transferred 1 SAD Burtonwood 24/3/45 modified for airborne lifeboat; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 30/6/45; Jackson 1/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45. SLOW BUT SURE.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 10/3/43; Presque 5/4/43; Assigned: 338BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; Transferred: 533BS/381BG [VP-R] Ridgewell 14/7/43; MIA {17m} Bremen 8/10/43 Pilot: Jim Hartje, Co-Pilot: Joe Jerome, Navigator: Edgar Norton, Bombardier: Joe Channault, Radio Operator: Germany. ld LaPlace, Waist Gunner: Ed Swackhammer, Tail Gunner: Art Seiber (7POW), Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gene Kaseman, Ball Turret Gunner: Clayton Boykin, Waist Gunner: Ed Czyz (3KIA); Enemy aircraft set #2 & #3 on fire, crashed abot 25 miles from Bremen, Ger. MACR 883. NIP ‚N TUCK.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/7/43; Spokane 25/7/43; Westover 26/12/43; Wendover 1/2/44; Cheyenne 24/2/44; Denver 8/3/44; Tampa 9/3/43; 328 BU Gulfport 26/7/44; with Bob Dixon force landed Gulfport 21/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [JW-Q] Podington 9/9/44; Missing in Action Nurnberg 3/10/44 with Niels Nielsen, Clyde Saylor, Rudy Granata, Ken LaPlante, Howard Garrison, Harry Raber, Franklin Adams, Leon Mohr (8 Killed in Action); Bill Stretton (Prisoner of War); mid air coll, crashed Neuhof, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9346.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/43; Dow Fd 27/7/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-U] Framlingham 6/8/43 COY-DE-COY II; severe battle damaged by 20mm cannon on Hanau mission Hanau, Ger 4/10/43. transferred RAF 1699Flt at Oulton, Nfk [SR380]; 214 Sq BU-S Oulton, Nfk., 21/4/44; 1699 Flt 4Z-? Sculthorpe, Nfk. crash landed Oulton with F/O Stainier, aircraft landed heavily and tipped up on to nose, Sgt W. Walsh taken to base SQ for treatment 12/9/44; Written off 20/11/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Presque Is 30/7/43; Assigned 340BS/97BG (MTO-15AF) 6/8/43; three crew detailed by road from RAF St Mawgan to RAF St Eval 10/2/44 & checked off by ground crew; with Walter Kelm, Co-pilot: N.L. Dussing, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: R.E. Wright, on return back to base u/c collapsed (3 Returned to Duty); Con Invm 7/8/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 5/3/43; Gulfport 31/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-G] Alconbury 9/4/43 WINSOME WINN; Framlingham 12/5/43; 4m, battle damaged Lorient 17/5/43 with W. Thomas; crash landed Southern UK, (10 Returned to Duty); The aircraft was repaired and transferred to the 547BS/384BG [SO-X] Grafton Underwood 28/6/43; Missing in Action on a mission to Solingen, Germany, 1 December 1943 with Pilot-Darwin George Nelson, Co-pilot-Elmer Leroy Smith, Navigator-T/Sgt Joseph Horatio Harrison, Bombardier-Sam Ellis Drake, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner-Vincent Gregorich, Ball Turret Gunner-John Harvey Turner, Waist Gunner-Antonio C. Gomez Jr., Waist Gunner-Francis Marvin Seager (8POW); The Radio Operator-Curtis Easley and Tail Gunner-Albert Brewer evaded capture;. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Solingen, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #1336. Aircraft Name: WINSOME WINN II

Delivered Cheyenne 16/10/44; Hunter 4/11/44; Grenier 4/12/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-D] Podington 14/1/45; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 7/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.

Delivered Amarillo 1/7/43; Ephrata 18/7/43; Kingman 1/8/43; to Love with Bill Willis force landed 30/7/43; Written off 29/8/43.

Delivered Long Beach 31/1/43; Tinker 12/3/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Presque Is 7/4/43; Earls Colne, Ex. 12/5/43; Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Harry Johnson, Co-pilot: Henry Kvevli, Navigator: Dave Fussell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Leland, Radio Operator: John Daliski, Ball turret gunner: Harry DeRouchie, Waist gunner: Bob Thomas, Waist gunner: Larry Worthey,Tail gunner: Earl Bennett (9 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Blair Hale (POW-kept afloat by his chute, picked up by German boat and taken to Lubeck.); crashed Baltic Sea, off Langeland Point, Denmark. Missing Air Crew Report 6142. OLE TOBE.