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

Delivered Cheyenne 18/11/43; Syracuse 10/12/43; Presque Isle 15/12/43; ass 532BS/381BG [VE-M] Ridgewell 1/3/44; {1m} MIA Berlin 8/3/44 Pilot: Tom Pirtle, Co-Pilot: Paul Schlintz, Navigator: Milton Stern, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Cassody, Radio Operator: Bob Burrows, Waist Gunner: Jim Estep, Waist Gunner: Jim Warren, Tail Gunner: Bill Bull (8POW); Bombardier: Harry Cooper, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Kinney (2EVD-ret 24/9/44); Enemy aircraft, crashed Old Mill, Deventer Road, near Lettele, Hol; MACR 3002.

Delivered Tulsa 2/4/44; Hunter 8/4/44; Dow Fd 25/4/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 19/6/45; Sth Plains 24/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 13/8/43 with Joe Hearn(d); Cheyenne 15/8/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-K] Chelveston 7/11/43 HOME-SICK ANGEL; 858BS/492BG Alconbury (Carpetbagger Ops) 26/6/44. STRIPPED FOR ACTION aka SWING SHIFT.

Delivered Denver 28/2/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned: 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 20/4/44; MIA Berlin 12/5/44 Pilot: Bill Moses, Co-Pilot: Gene Gilbert, Bombardier: Harry Mitchell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Wylie Dumm, Radio Operator: Pete Clark, Ball Turret Gunner: Roy Roesch, Waist Gunner: Walker Tole, (7RTD); Navigator: Meyer Stein, Tail Gunner: Kenyon Miller (2KIA); Waist Gunner: Jim Gatch (POW); flak KOd #4, after turning for home flak hit again, ditched Channel and survivors picked up by ASR Walruses off Dunkirk,. MACR 4769.

Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Walla Walla 11/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-A] Snetterton 13/9/43; battle damage Schweinfurt 14/10/43 Pilot: Bob Bolick{KIA-by shell in cockpit}, Co-Pilot: Ed Downs{wia}, Navigator: Miles McFann, Bombardier: Harry Edelstein, rEngineer / Top Turret Gunner: John O’Rourke, Radio Operator: Vince Caltagirone, Ball Turret Gunner: Teddy Bergstrom, Waist Gunner: Andy Nezolosky, Waist Gunner: Ken Stump, Tail Gunner: Harry Domedion (9RTD); flown by N & B and landed back at RAF Ford, Sx; Salvaged. 20/10/43; Returned to US: 121 BU Bradley 31/7/44. PAPER DOLL.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/43; Kearney 10/1/44; Grenier 16/1/44; Assigned: 748BS/457BG [V] Glatton 15/2/44; MIA Merseburg 24/8/44 Pilot: Ted Shaw, Co-Pilot: Dick Parsons, Navigator: Jack Thames, Bombardier: Paul Terjack, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Rob Stewart, Radio Operator: Larry Erlings, Ball Turret Gunner: Elbert Allen, Waist Gunner: J.I. Perry, Tail Gunner: Clarry Cox (9KIA); Enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Burg, Germany. MACR 8200. TIS ME SUGAR.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/7/44; Kearney 5/8/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 16/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. GOTTA HAVER.

Delivered Long Beach 27/2/43; Cheyenne 4/3/43; Gore Fd 18/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned: 525BS/379BG [FR-G] Kimbolton 21/4/43; battle damage Kassel 28/7/43 Pilot: Kermit Wooldridge, Co-Pilot: Don Herrin, Navigator: Bill Cook, Bombardier: Howard McNeill, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Everett Love, Radio Operator: Don Lavin*, Ball Turret Gunner: Solomon Canter*, Waist Gunner: Duane Lamiell*, Waist Gunner: Stan Larson*, Tail Gunner: Eldred Andruss (10RTD – * slightly wia); crash-landed RAF Foulsham, Nfk. Salvaged.

Delivered Long Beach 26/10/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-C] Kimbolton 14/1/44; Missing in Action Poix, Fr 13/3/44 with Tom Soso, Alf Edes, Leo Chruby, Jim O’Connor, Jim Pearce, Tony Dalberto (6 Killed in Action); Sid Mogol, Julius Friedland, Sid Kirkpatrick, John Spencer (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Boulogne, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3240, JUST SO.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/9/43; Gr Isle 8/10/43; Romulus 12/10/43; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 14/10/43; MIA Berlin 6/3/44 Pilot: Montgomery Givens, Co-Pilot: Harry Teat, Navigator: Ken Betts, Bombardier: Larry McMillan, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Kesanen, Radio Operator: Jim Germany. ghty, Ball Turret Gunner: Tom Foulds, Waist Gunner: Jack Karr, Tail Gunner: Dan Walstra (9POW); Waist Gunner: Willard McGee (KIA-chute failed); Enemy aircraft, crashed Oud Schoonebekerveld, alongside Dommerkanaal, near Emmen, Hol. MACR 3082. SUSIE-SAG-TITZ.

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG Rougham 11/10/44; battle damaged Weisbaden 9/11/44 with Prigmore; force landed continent; Salvaged 10/11/44; ret UK re-ass 303BG Molesworth; transferred 457BG Glatton 23/5/45; Returned to the USA 4/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/8/44; Lincoln 22/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden, Sfk [IJ- ] 17/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45. BLONDE BOMBER II.

Delivered Tulsa 17/2/44; Gr Island 27/2/44; Grenier 6/3/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 13/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Boris Slanin, Waist gunner: Clarry Palmeter,Tail gunner: Fred Myron (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Lt Col Bob Tuttle, Navigator: Irving Mortin, Bombardier: Chas Prigmore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Goodwin{Wounded in Action}, Radio Operator: Bob Griffin{Wounded in Action}, Ball turret gunner: Gene McRay, Waist gunner: Rinaldo Giombetti{Wounded in Action} (7 Prisoner of War); shot down by FW 190 which KOd #3 and cockpit, crashed Budesheim, six miles NW of Hanau, near Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4780.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Assigned: 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 19/10/43; battle damage Oschersleben 11/1/44 Pilot: Ken Dowell, Co-Pilot: Chas Young, Navigator: D.A. Sharkey, Bombardier: Jim Worth*, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Hugo Okokonem*, Radio Operator: John Mellynn*, Ball Turret Gunner: T.L. Overn, Waist Gunner: H. Yarnka, Waist Gunner: Jim Cannon*, Tail Gunner: E.B. Steinman; (*all were wia) (10RTD); Enemy aircraft, shot off #3 engine, crash-landed Andrews Fd, Braintree, Essex,UK. Salvaged. 2 SAD Lt Staughton 12/1/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/44; Kearney 12/2/44; Presque Is 2/3/44; Assigned 367BS/306BG Thurleigh 26/3/44; transferred 91BG 30/5/45; 105m, Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. PRETTY BABY.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-S] 27/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45. D-DAY DOTTIE.

Delivered Louisville 7/4/45; Sth Plains 13/4/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 25/10/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 31/1/46; 342 BU Smyrna 30/4/46; 4104 BU Rome 10/6/46; 4141 BU Pyote 30/6/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 1/1/48; Recl Comp 22/12/48.

Delivered Louisville 6/4/45; Sth Plains 11/4/45; 2519 BU Ft Worth 18/10/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 31/1/46; 342 BU Smyrna 30/4/46; 613 BU Phillips 25/6/46.

Delivered Denver 7/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-Y] Kimbolton 1/6/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Ken Davis, Co-pilot: Chas Fowler, Navigator: Paul Clark, Bombardier: Stan Dolgin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Hansen{kia?}, Radio Operator: Francis Miller, Ball turret gunner: Tom Stapleton, Waist gunner: McCauley Price, Waist gunner: George Wall,Tail gunner: Joe Susickee (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 2867. PADDY GREMLIN.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/7/44; Lincoln 5/8/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned: 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 15/8/44; Transferred: 96BG Snetterton 16/8/44; Returned to US: Bradley 22/6/45; 4168 Bu Sth Plains 24/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 9/12/45. RAINBOW.