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

Delivered Denver 7/5/44; Dorval 6/6/44; Assigned RAF [HB804], but transferred USAAF, Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-Y] Kimbolton 4/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; Romulus Fd, Mi 29/6/45; with Bill Pike force landed base 29/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 21/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IY-Q] Deenethorpe 21/3/45; damaged in taxi accident on base with Bob Nowlin 8/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Kearney 27/3/44; Grenier 20/4/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-O] Gt Ashfield 22/4/44; force landed continent 2/1/45; Salvaged 18/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/44; Orlando 8/2/44, modified for Azon bombing; Morrison 30/3/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 19/4/44; Salvaged 2/8/45.

Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-H] Thurleigh 18/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Chas Smith, Co-pilot: Merle Brown, Navigator: Stan Buck, Bombardier: Herman Allen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Heuser, Radio Operator: Vic Marcotte, Ball turret gunner: Tom Stillson, Waist gunner: Joe Paul, Waist gunner: Don Courson,Tail gunner: R.B. Trumble (10INT); flak KO’d two engines, & set on fire by crew after crash landing Hemse, on Gotland Island, Sweden; eventually some parts were used as spares for others; Missing Air Crew Report 2735. LIBERTY LADY.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; 1SAG Langley 3/6/44; Grenier 27/6/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 19/5/44; transferred 333BS/94BG [TS-Q] Rougham 1/7/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-D] Kimbolton 20/1/44; transferred AFSC with Azon/Aphrodite (388BG) Knettishall 7/6/44; Missing in Action v-sites Watten, Fr; 6/8/44 with Lt J. Sollars & T/Sgt H. Graves (2 Returned to Duty); lost control and crashed off Suffolk coast. ‘Mother’ ship B-24J 44-40066.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 28/4/43; Smoky Hill 4/5/43; Lowry 6/5/43; Walla Walla 15/5/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 5/6/43; transferred 524BS/379BG [WA- ] Kimbolton 21/6/43; Missing in Action {1m} Wangerooge 25/6/43 with Paul Hartman, Co-pilot: Chas Howe, Navigator: Jim Gore, Bombardier: John Francis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Gullace, Ball turret gunner: Clyde Slagowski, Waist gunner: Bob Greeley,Tail gunner: Bryant Fannin (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jim Blick, Waist gunner: Harry Schrader (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Wiestel, near Sogel, Aschendorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1356.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Paine Fd 28/11/43; Toledo 1/12/43; Felts Fd 4/12/43; Gt falls 5/12/43; Cheyenne 7/12/43; Kearney 19/12/43; Detroit 8/1/44; Montreal 10/1/44; Presque 12/1/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 23/1/44; Missing in Action Holzwickede 23/3/45 with Chas Bruckman, Ivan Gerwig, John Gorman, Ed Blattner, Tom Iveans, John Collette, Carlton Highley (8 Killed in Action); Edmund Shibble, Byron Schlag (2 Returned to Duty); force landed continent. Missing Air Crew Report 13617; Salvaged 8/4/45. OL’ SCRAPIRON.

Delivered Hunter 24/10/44; Dow Fd 9/11/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 10/11/44; 18BS; Missing in Action Ahlhorn, Ger 23/3/45 with Myron Bolser, Co-pilot: Roger Maillard, Navigator: Homer Lancaster, tog-Jay Esholman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Jerris, Radio Operator: John Heckman, Ball turret gunner: Don Stamos, Waist gunner: Russell Frost, Tail gunner: Albert Pegg (9 Killed in Action); crash landed continent; Salvaged 23/3/45; Missing Air Crew Report 13598.

Delivered Tulsa 15/3/44; Kearney 4/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned: 401BS/91BG [LL-K] Bassingbourn 3/6/44; {72m} battle damage Cologne 14/1/45 Pilot: Wilbur Seller; forced landing Denain Afd, Fr; Salvaged. 28/1/45. QUALIFIED QUAIL.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/44; Hunter 17/5/44; Grenier 31/5/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP- ] Ridgewell 18/6/44; Missing in Action {1+m} Hamburg 20/6/44 with Mark Dunkel, Co-pilot: Ken Roehr, Navigator: Frank Kelly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Aaron Kochel, Radio Operator: Bill Stoll, Ball turret gunner: John Pillotti (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Cliff Evans, Waist gunner: Theo Schmidt,Tail gunner: Roger Beaman (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Eastern streets of Hamburg; Missing Air Crew Report 5991. OLD IRON GUT.

Delivered Long Beach 1/6/43; Gore 1/7/43; Walla Walla 23/7/43; force landed two miles south east of base 26/7/43 with Bob Borrman; Written off 2/9/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/8/44; Hunter 19/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-T] Deenethorpe 7/10/44; Missing in Action Rosenheim 18/4/45 with Gene Viehman, Harry Coutts, Jim Stalzer, Pete Orlando, Edwin Schwartz, Jim Retzlaff, Ken Hobson, Dave Hay, Joe Rutkowsky, Joe Allaire{rcm} (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Krallsheim, Ger; 10POW; Missing Air Crew Report 14175.

Delivered Hunter 13/1/45; Dow Fd 28/1/45; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-B] Kimbolton 20/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; Independence 20/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; Dorval (Montreal) 10/3/44; Assigned RAF [HB783]; transferred USAAF 26/3/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG [L] Knettishall 22/3/44; battle damaged Merseburg 28/9/44 with Elroy Gierach, Co-pilot: Percy Mead, Navigator: Harry Hobbs, Bombardier: Milton Gunnarson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Smith, Radio Operator: Martin Krey, Ball turret gunner: Daryl Daugherty, Waist gunner: Jim Hyde,Tail gunner: Jim Hodgin (9 Returned to Duty); flak damaged two engines, crash landed Les Villette, near Brasur-Liennes, SW of Malmedy, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 9379. PANHANDLE KID.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-V] Bassingbourn 22/4/44; Missing in Action 70m Nurnburg 20/2/45 with Eddie McKnight, Bombardier: Bruce Becker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Hudson, Radio Operator: Esequiel Guajardo, Ball turret gunner: Joe Montpetit, Waist gunner: Morley Colvin (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Milton Rohr, Navigator: Pete Chamberlain,Tail gunner: Elmer Russell (3 Prisoner of War); direct flak hit, crashed Nurnburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12556. WICKED WITCH.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Spokane 26/11/43; Geiger 2/12/43; Gt Falls 5/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Madison, WI 3/1/44; Rome 4/1/44; Presque Is 8/1/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-L] Deenethorpe 1/2/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 20/4/44 with Frank Daughtery, Bombardier: Rito Arellano, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Jones, Radio Operator: Joe Pavloski, Ball turret gunner: Pat Leffler, Waist gunner: Bill Williams, Waist gunner: Larry Skehan,Tail gunner: Jerome Nelson (8 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Maher, Navigator: Dennis Beach (2 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #3 and #4 on fire, exploded in mid-air, crashed Pont Remy, five miles SE of Abbeville, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4054. CARRIE B.

Delivered Dallas 23/4/44; Langley 12/6/44; Dow Fd 2/7/44; slated 96BG, Assigned 305BG Chelveston 4/7/44; transferred 384BG Grafton Underwood 29/7/44; transferred 526BS/379BG [LF-X] Kimbolton 4/8/44; Missing in Action Dresden 14/2/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 13/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; 1SAG Langley 21/5/44; Grenier 23/6/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 27/7/44; transferred 384BG Grafton Underwood 30/7/44; 524BS/379BG [WA-F] Kimbolton 4/8/44; on training test mission 9/8/44 with Capt John Martin (?), rest unknown except Radio Operator: Henry Lazarek (Killed in Service), when he bailed out too low for chute to open, another broke leg when hitting a barracks roof; crashed near Grafton Underwood base; Salvaged 2 SAD 25/8/44. FOUR OF A KIND.