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

Delivered Denver 13/8/43; Tulsa 17/8/43; Scott 1/10/43; Assigned 1 CCRC Gp Bovingdon, then 8AF Weather Flight, Bovingdon 10/6/43; crashed on t/o from Cheddington 9/12/43 with LaVerne Rissinger, Co-pilot: Bill Holcomb, Navigator: Otto Ahlers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pete Costello, Radio Operator: Bernie Cohen, a/ettg-Matt Ekes, cr/ch-John Buchanan, g-Ralph Harding, Met/Ob-Sq/Ldr Jack Osborne (RAF-517Sq), Met/Ob-F/Lt John Leigh-Clark (RAF-517Sq) (10 Killed in Service). T/O using all of runway and crashed down a slope through the trees in Bourne Wood, burning as it hit the ground.

Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Long Beach 14/4/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-H] Thurleigh 19/5/43; Missing in Action Kassel 28/7/43 with Steve Peck, Co-pilot: John Bartlett, Navigator: Dan Barberis, Bombardier: Ben Irons, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Davis, Radio Operator: Bob Jones, Ball turret gunner: Dan DeFlorio, Waist gunner: John Guiterrez, Waist gunner: Walt Berthold,Tail gunner: Henry Winkeller (10 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #1 & #2, crashed near Detmold, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 125. PECK’S BAD BOYS.

Delivered Tulsa 14/8/43; Denver 15/8/43; Scott 26/9/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-A] Rougham 30/9/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 5/12/43 with Jerome Devine, Co-pilot: Osborne Ficklen, Navigator: Frank Hubbs, Bombardier: Randy Schaefer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Norm Thompson, Radio Operator: George Priddy, Ball turret gunner: Pete Colla, Waist gunner: Roger Mathers, Waist gunner: Russell Barker, Tail gunner: Fred Frommhagen (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Callac, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1174. BUCKET OF BOLTS.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/12/43; Savannah 16/1/44; Morrison 27/1/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action first mission, Pontadera 14/2/44 with Harold Bond, Ralph Carlisle (2 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: James Runte, Navigator: Charles Miller, Bombardier: George Kulick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Thomas Greenway {Wounded in Action}, Radio Operator: James Ratliff, Ball turret gunner: Thomas Jarman, Waist Gunner: Thomas Higgins, Waist Gunner: George Wegman; (8 Prisoners of War); rammed by enemy aircraft, crashed Foggia; Missing Air Crew Report 2303.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-M] Bassingbourn 14/12/43; Returned to the USA SSTA Homestead 16/7/44; 4100 BU Patterson 24/7/44; 610 BU Eglin 20/10/44; Wright Fd 24/10/44; 610 BU Eglin 19/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/12/45. DAME SATAN II.

Delivered Denver 14/8/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY- ] Chelveston 18/9/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/10/43 with Clyde Bailey, Co-pilot: Fred Maas, Bombardier: Paul Trainer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Fodor, Radio Operator: Bill Bhame, Waist gunner: Ken Sayles, Waist gunner: Ed Dapkeiwicz (7 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Bob Pickering{chute failed}, Ball turret gunner: Bill Hall,Tail gunner: Walt Dozkuse (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Troisdforf, near Winterscheid, SE of Cologne,Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 779.

Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Dalhart 17/8/43; Gr Island 5/9/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-R] Kimbolton 19/10/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 25/2/44 with Joe Bochna, Co-pilot: Bob Edwards, Navigator: Ray Frenk, Bombardier: Don Haverman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Chappelle, Radio Operator: Ed Zieman, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Paulk, Waist gunner: Andy Langford, Waist gunner: Zancel Campbell,Tail gunner: Harry Carson (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Saarbrucken area; Missing Air Crew Report 2879. THE CELESTIAL SIREN.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Orlando 7/2/44, modifieed for Azon bombing; Morrison 28/3/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 19/4/44; Salvaged 20/4/45.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; Bismark 5/4/44; MacDill 10/4/44; 4050 BU Daniel 6/11/44; 325 BU Avon Park 22/11/44; 554 BU Memphis 5/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/12/45.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 4204 BU Atlanta 10/1/45; 326 BU MacDill 4/2/45; with Bob Stitt force landed base 12/2/45; 329 BU Alexandra 23/3/45; 327 BU Drew 20/7/45; 203 BU Jackson 21/8/45; 268 BU Peterson 30/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45.

Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Gr Island 3/9/43; with D.H. Keller at Buffalo, NY 4/9/43 where navigator was killed when stepping from aircraft into still spinning prop; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-W] Alconbury 12/9/43 with Oboe Mk I radar; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-M] Ridgewell 22/2/44; Missing in Action Oranienberg 18/4/44 with Harlan Soeder, Co-pilot: Phil Mulhall, Navigator: Jerome Becker, Bombardier: George Grote, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Sedoryk, Radio Operator: John Boland, Ball turret gunner: Frank Marushack, Waist gunner: Alan Hawkinson,Tail gunner: Milton Bailes (9 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #4, then #2 caught fire, crew bailed, crashed Eldena, six miles SW of Ludwigslust, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4051. PATCHES N’ PRAYERS.

Delivered Long Beach 3/6/43; Gore 3/7/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-T] with HSC radar scanner fitted Alconbury 29/7/43; crash landed Eye, Sfk 13/12/43, Salvaged. Re-ass 369BS/306BG [WW-K] Thurleigh 21/4/44; Missing in Action 16/7/44.

Delivered Lincoln 9/12/44; Dow Fd 22/12/44; Ass 772BS/463BG Celone 23/1/45; n/b/d Linz 1/8/45 w/Joe Johnson, cp-Caraway, n-Hale, b-Hendrix, ettg-Eaton, ro-Hartzheim, btg-Andrews, wg Offerbach, (?Garcia), wg-Hardy, tg-Garrientez (10MIA?); burning engine drops off, a/c ditched in Tyrrhenian Sea; MACR 16474. Report of Major Accident #46-8-1-509

Delivered Denver 10/8/43 Pilot: John Hartlieb; Gr Island 20/20/43; ass 546BS/384BG Grafton Underwood 19/12/43; MIA Bordeaux 31/12/43 w/John Rich, Co-Pilot: George Wehry, Navigator: Joe Indest, Bombardier: Bill Marvin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Howard Eklund, Radio Operator: Henry Montagne, Ball Turret Gunner: Norman Henken, Waist Gunner: D. Jacobson, Waist Gunner: Jack Louden, Tail Gunner: K. Goddard (10RTD); target obscured so no bombs were dropped, on return aircraft ditched of Sussex, but the crew bailed out over Chailey area, Sussex. No MACR.

Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-N] Chelveston 1/10/43, before 422NLS [JJ-L]; transferred 856BS/492BG Cheddington/Harrington 26/6/44; sal 18/7/45; SHADY LADY.

Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-G] Kimbolton 3/10/43; Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43 with Jim Lash, Co-pilot: Gene Zepek, Navigator: Kerwin Butler, Bombardier: Steve Souris, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Blair, Radio Operator: John Howell, Ball turret gunner: Jim Culley, Waist gunner: Larry Preston, Waist gunner: Ben Irvin,Tail gunner: John Reggie (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Odense, Den. Missing Air Crew Report 1045.

Delivered Boeing 31/7/43; Seattle 12/8/43; Mat Com Eglin 7/10/43 for first aircraft to be tested with new chin turret and cheek guns which ultimately became B-17G; Assigned to 8AF ; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 11/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Dorval 1/2/44, with Louis Johnson force landed Hector Apt, ND, 1/2/44; Assigned RAF [HB-765] 214 Sq BU-B RCM Sculthorpe, Oulton, Nfk; (overshot runway at Oulton 10/7/45?); transferred 562BS/388BG Knettishall /44; force landed Fouches, Lux? 9/11/44; 2KIA 7RTD; Salvaged 24/10/45. CICERO KID.

Delivered Tulsa 10/11/42; West Palm Beach 11/12/42; Assigned 340BS/97BG Biskra 31/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; transferred 346BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; {22m/99} 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; retUS Morrison 5/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario, Cal 29/6/45. YE OLD BATTLE AXE.

Delivered Tulsa 25/5/44; Hunter 13/6/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 3/7/44; Salvaged 5/5/45.