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

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; New Castle 30/12/43; Presque Is 7/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS- ] Ridgewell 20/2/44; Missing in Action {1m} Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Henry Hustedt, Co-pilot: Keith Mauzy, Navigator: Oral Hert, Bombardier: Stan Inglis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Tell, Ball turret gunner: Rocco Russo, Waist gunner: Vito Kuracina,Tail gunner: Bob Pingel (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Abelardo Rodriguez, Waist gunner: Leslie Hanna (2KIA-both killed before bale out); enemy aircraft, crashed Sandebeck, 25 miles SE of Bielefeld, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2932.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/1/43; Rapid City 21/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Salina 31/3/43; Memphis 8/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-K] Alconbury 22/4/43; 2m, transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-Z] Bassingbourn 16/6/43; AFSC 15/4/44; Returned to the USA 4135 BU Hill Fd 22/6/44; 617 BU Tooele 1/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/11/45. THE SHAMROCK SPECIAL.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 19/5/43; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-M] Ridgewell 6/5/43 Pilot: Earl Horr, Bill Roberts, George Griffith, Chester Hoover, Glenn Chapin, George Orin, Herb Clark, Chas Henry, Everett Hodson, Art Jones; MIA {2m} Antwerp 22/6/43 w/Earl Horr, Co-Pilot: Bill Roberts, Bombardier: Chester Hoover, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Glenn Chapin, Radio Operator: Bob Mandell, Waist Gunner: Everett Hodson, Waist Gunner: Hubert Clark, Tail Gunner: Art Jones (8POW); Navigator: George Griffith{body never found}, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Henry{landed in River Scheldt} (2KIA); flak, crashed Hoek, W of Terneuzen, Hol. MACR 134. IRON GUT GERT.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-Y] Ridgewell 8/2/44; battle damaged Cologne 26/3/45 with Archie Nicholls (Wilbur Hawley?); crash landed base, Salvaged 28/3/45.

Delivered Dallas 29/6/44; Langley 24/7/44; Dow Fd 16/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 26/8/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/12/43; Gt Falls 8/12/43; Cheyenne 28/12/43; Gr Island 28/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-N] Ridgewell 23/2/44; Missing in Action {30+m} Berlin 24/5/44 with Clarry Wainwright, Navigator: Harry Dorn, Bombardier: Jim Counts, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lowell Kennedy, Ball turret gunner: Warren Hoga, Radio Operator: Chas Kruger, Waist gunner: T.J. Stephens (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Howard Latton,Tail gunner: Floyd Nalley (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hits blew right wing off then exploded, crashed near Tempelfelde, nine miles SW of Eberswalde, NE of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5319.

Delivered Denver 4/11/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-V] Snetterton 3/12/43; Co-pilot: Curtis Mosier (Killed in Action) Regensburg 25/2/44; Missing in Action Warnemunde 9/4/44 with Oscar Williamson, Co-pilot: Bill Juergens, Navigator: Sam Burdge, Bombardier: Leon Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Clifton, Radio Operator: Leland Flake, Ball turret gunner: Bob Goss, Waist gunner: Bob Yonch, Waist gunner: Bob Elwood,Tail gunner: Frank Anderson (10INT); flak, force landed Bulltofta, Sweden. Missing Air Crew Report 3650. THE SAINT. Left 25/5/45, sal 31/5/45.

Delivered:Hunter 2/11/44; Grenier 19/11/44; Assigned: 835BS/486BG [H8-G] Sudbury 21/11/44; {37m} Returned to US: Bradley 9/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 7/12/45. MARY LOU.

Delivered Long Beach 15/6/43; Las Vegas 1/8/43; Tinker 20/12/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 15/9/44; 3010 BU Williams 5/1/45; 3020 BU La Junta 18/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 31/7/45.

Delivered Denver 4/11/43; Kearney 14/11/43; Presque Is 9/12/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-N] Ridgewell 22/1/44; battle damaged Berlin 6/3/44 with Rod Cahill, crew ? ; crash landed North Foreland, Kent, UK.

Delivered Denver 5/11/43; Kearney 14/11/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-K] Ridgewell 15/1/44; {2} Missing in Action Wilhelmshaven 3/3/44 with Bob Rogers, Co-pilot: Edgar Mills, Navigator: Francis McGrath, Bombardier: Harry Taylor, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Meyer, Radio Operator: John Moses, Ball turret gunner: Elbert Casey, Waist gunner: Philip Poch, Waist gunner: Cecil Jernigan,Tail gunner: Warren Taylor (10 Prisoner of War); mid-air coll, crashed Mrs Doojes’ land at Lutje-Saaksum, near Baflo, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 2737.

Delivered Denver 9/11/43; Long Beach 19/12/43; Cheyenne 27/12/43; Lakeland 10/1/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 9/3/44; Missing in Action Mestre, Italy 10/6/44 with Howard Smith, Co-pilot: Frank Gilbert, Navigator: Joe Russo, Bombardier: Kent Polkinghorne, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Wray, Radio Operator: Scott Rousseau, Ball turret gunner: Grover Jenkins, Waist gunner: Hugh Diggins, Waist gunner: John Palmer,Tail gunner: Lloyd Upchurch (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Adriatic Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 5846. MISS BEHAVEN.

Delivered Long Beach 16/6/43; Love Fd 1/8/43; Las Vegas 8/6/43; Tinker 20/12/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 11/11/44; 200 BU Chicago Mun 24/6/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 25/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 27/8/43, Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-R] Bassingbourn 18/10/43; {26+m} transferred AFSC 3/5/44; DEMO DARLING.

Delivered Hunter 20/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 11/8/44; with Don Johnson crashed ? 4/4/45.

Delivered Hunter 20/7/44; Presque Is 6/8/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 13/8/44; Missing in Action Vienna 20/3/45 with John Lincoln, Co-pilot: Harvey Horne, Navigator: Hubert Wagoner, togg-Ed Linnane, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herb Stover, Radio Operator: Oren Herrick, Ball turret gunner: Bob Brown, Waist gunner: Rich Michel,Tail gunner: Gil Caldwell; mech fault, crashed Koeuje; Missing Air Crew Report 13050. PRETTY BABY’S BOYS.

Delivered Long Beach 11/2/43; Tinker 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 94BG Earls Colne 17/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; Salvaged 18/7/43.

Delivered Kearney 22/6/44; Presque Is 7/7/44; Assigned 414BS/97BG Amendola 17/7/44; crash landed through mechanical malfunction with Ned Hawkins, and burned out 26/2/45, non-ops loss; Salvaged.

Delivered Kearney 22/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 6/7/44; Missing in Action Odertal 22/8/44 with Hollis Daker, Co-pilot: Bob Tacon, Navigator: John Jernigan, Bombardier: John Morrison, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Yell, Radio Operator: Albert Oullette, Ball turret gunner: Nick Salimbene, Waist gunner: Ralph Kischel, Waist gunner: Terrell,Tail gunner: Glenn Knapp; flak, crashed Erenforst; Missing Air Crew Report 7990.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/7/44; Hunter 5/8/44; Dow Fd 20/8/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG Framlingham 2/9/44; transferred 323BS/91BG [OR-O] Bassingbourn 10/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. MARGIE.