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

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-B] Ridgewell 4/6/43 with Inman Jobe, Jim Hudson, Jim Bradley, Larry Potenza, Kindley Lindsay, Henry Klick, Woodrow Englett, Bob Osborne, Tony Fox, Art Sieber; damaged in base explosion 23/6/43; {26m} transferred RAF 214 Sq [SR377] as BU-M Sculthorpe, Oulton, Nfk.; 29/1/44; Written off 11/3/47.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/8/43; Gore 13/8/43; Cheyenne 14/8/43; Gr Isle 31/8/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-T] Ridgewell 19/9/43; Missing in Action 2m Bremen 8/10/43 with Bill Cormany, Co-pilot: Maj Bill Ingenhutt, Navigator: Edwin Frost, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Miller, Radio Operator: Bob Roeder, Ball turret gunner: Jim O’Hara, Waist gunner: Jim Dwyer, Waist gunner: Dick Smith,Tail gunner: Lt Bob Weniger (9 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: Bob Black (Killed in Action); flak KO’d #2, crashed Haupstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 885.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-E] Bassingbourn 2/6/44; 84m crash landed Weston, near Baldock, Herts, UK on test flight 12/4/45 with Hollis Forbes; all 6KIS-inc crew chief M/Sgt Lester Culp; Salvaged 13/4/45. THE PEACEMAKER.

Delivered Tulsa 26/5/44; Hunter 14/6/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 3/7/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 2/12/44 with Eugene Tillotson, Piekaart, Grant, Naglich, Phillips, Myers (6 Killed in Action); Ferguson, DeHart, Noel, Grigg (4 Returned to Duty); mech failure, ditched Adriatic, four rescued; Missing Air Crew Report 10790.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 4108 BU Newark 22/11/44; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 24/8/45.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 325 BU Avon Park 23/12/44; 4117 BU Robins 3/1/45; 4104 BU Rome 18/1/45; 3704 BU Keesler 6/6/45; with Wiley Sewar force landed base 14/2/46; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 5/6/46; 4136 BU Tinker 8/12/46; 4104 BU Rome 22/1/47; Recl 10/4/47.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/10/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG Cerignola 9/1/44; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {14m} Regensburg 25/2/44 with Bill Thomas, (10 Returned to Duty); ditched Mediterranean Sea, all rescued; Missing Air Crew Report 2616. SCREAMING EAGLE II.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/1/43; Salina 3/2/43; Assigned: 323BS/91BG [OR-L] Bassingbourn 16/3/43; MIA {6m} Meaulte 13/5/43 Pilot: Larry Starke, Co-Pilot: John Evins, Navigator: Walt Sypherd, Bombardier: Art Nicholls, Ball Turret Gunner: John Arihood, Waist Gunner: Dick Wirt, Waist Gunner: Bob Reynolds, photo-Lt Neil Oakley (8KIA); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Tom Bagwell, Radio Operator: Wallace Mooney, Tail Gunner: Ed Brummal (3POW); Enemy aircraft attack KO’d #2, before ship exploded & crashed Allery, ten miles S of Abbeville, Fr. MACR 8015. VULGAR VIRGIN.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/43; Roswell 21/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/6/43; Rapid City 15/6/43; Gt Falls, with Dan Kline crash landed base 19/6/43 Gt Falls; Written off 21/6/43.

Delivered Dallas 19/6/45; Rome 28/7/45; Independence 2/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/6/43; Kearney 16/6/32; Dow Fd 29/6/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG Rougham 1/7/43; detailed to Honington AD 6/8/43 to pick up aircraft 42-30389 with Capt John Wedding, Co-pilot: Tom Beal, Navigator: Joe Ellis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Alamo, Radio Operator: Andy Press (5 Returned to Duty); ship landed on short runway and overshot hitting dirt embankment. Salvaged.

Delivered Dallas 26/6/44; Langley 27/7/44; Dow Fd 23/8/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-Z] Kimbolton 16/9/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/7/44; Kearney 2/8/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-O] Bassingbourn 18/8/44; Missing in Action {5m} Ludwigshafen 8/9/44 with Dave McCarty, Co-pilot: Neil Mylin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Cangemi, Radio Operator: Henry Schulz, Ball turret gunner: Frank Trim, Waist gunner: Chas Beebe,Tail gunner: Floyd Dillon (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Don Brazdzons, Bombardier: Frank Bolen (2POW-blown clear by blast); flak hit #3 and #4, wing blown off before exploded in mid-air, crashed Oggersheim, W of Ludwigshafen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8807. ROXY’S SPECIAL.

Delivered Dallas 19/6/45; Rome 25/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Lincoln 7/12/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-K] Kimbolton 19/1/45; Missing in Action Nurnberg 20/2/45 with Warren Palmer, Spencer Shaw, Josiah Caldwell, Leon Appleby, Bill McCormick, Ray Spaulding, Oliver Michael, Bob Clark, Cliff Shaw (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Nurnberg; Missing Air Crew Report 12541.

Delivered Dallas 22/8/44; Langley 24/9/44; Dow Fd 4/10/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 18/11/44; battle damaged Kassel 14/2/45 with Jim Brown, John Payleitner, Joe Smith, Bill Adams (4 Killed in Action); rest (RTD?); crash landed Bolvoax, Bel; repaired & ret gp; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Denver 15/3/43; Cheyenne 17/3/43; Walla Walla 2/4/43; Metropolitan 13/4/43; Selfridge 27/4/43; Dow Fd 30/4/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-G] Kimbolton 6/6/43; Missing in Action Nantes 16/9/43 with Don Murray, Co-pilot: Bob McGraw, Navigator: Bill Meyer, Bombardier: Chester Gwinn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mike Curtin, Radio Operator: Roger Tatum, Ball turret gunner: Alex Robert, Waist gunner: Carl Moak, Waist gunner: Frank Wininger,Tail gunner: John Rogers (10 Killed in Action); hit by bomb from above, crashed Nantes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1348.

Delivered Dallas 19/6/45; Rome 20/7/45; Independence 2/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/10/45.