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

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/43; Gr Island 30/12/43; Presque Is 20/1/44; Assigned: 525BS/379BG Kimbolton 29/1/44; Co-Pilot: Jerome Bowers (KIA), p-Paul Breeding{wia} 20/2/44; MIA Oschersleben 22/2/44 Pilot: Sanderson Sloane, cp-Hartley Seymour, Navigator: Jim Leary, Bombardier: Don Makins, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Louis Courtney, Radio Operator: Ed Harke, Ball Turret Gunner: Rich Spens, Waist Gunner: Francis Chard, Tail Gunner: Cletis Campbell (9KIA); Waist Gunner: Bob Kritzer (POW); flak, crashed woods near Schlebusch, Lippmanstraase, Germany. MACR 2881.

Delivered Lincoln 2/1/45; Dow Fd 25/1/45; Assigned 750BS/457BG [J] Glatton 26/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 31/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/10/44; Hunter 9/12/44; Grenier 22/12/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-E] Bassingbourn 23/1/45; 324BS [DF-E]; transferred 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 24/5/45; with Col Immanuel Klette led 91st BG on the last mission of war, Klette’s 91st sortie, the highest in the 8AF, also the highest with 73 as formation leader; Salvaged 9AF Germany 7/11/46; KLETTE’S WILD HARES.

Delivered Tulsa 16/5/44; Dallas 13/6/44; Langley 1/7/44; Dow Fd 25/7/44; Assigned: 457BG Glatton 22/8/44, battle damage damage Gaggenau 10/9/44 Pilot: Gilbert; cp, n, and b all bailed, leaving ettg Dave Foltz to administer oxygen and help pilot land back at Glatton, earning the Silver Star as well as a Purple heart; (original SAL crash-landed on Greenland ice cap en route UK 27/6/42, and discovered buried under ice in October ’64); Salvaged. 12/11/44. MY GAL SAL.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/11/44; Hunter 9/12/44; Dow Fd 22/12/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 24/12/44; 547BS/384BG [SO-W] Grafton Underwood 28/1/45; 457BG Glatton 9/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/4/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Morrison 9/6/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG St Donat 1/7/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Missing in Action {14m} Terni, It. 11/8/43 with Albert Fensel, Bob Follett, Martin Poler, Rodman Robinson, Bob Kennedy, Bill Cummings (6KIA or Prisoner of War); Rich Jameson, Pete Robeck, Jack Ledford (rescued & 3 Returned to Duty); crashed Mediterranean Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 490. BONNIE SUE.

Delivered Denver 23/12/42; Salina 4/1/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Navarin 23/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; battle damaged Foggia 25/8/43 with Warren Whitmore, Drake, Berube {Wounded in Action}, Gough, Deering {Wounded in Action}, Bruce {Wounded in Action}, Lynn {Wounded in Action}, Hofstetter, Manuell, Ciak; {50m} crash landed near base, crew bailed OK. MAVERICK.

Delivered Hunter 22/11/44; Dow Fd 20/12/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG [Y] Glatton 23/12/44; landing accident with Bob Canterella 3/5/45; transferred 849BS/490BG Eye 2/1/45; 850BS; Salvaged n/battle damaged 27/6/46; transferred 9AF Germany. LOVE ‘EM ALL!

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG Bassingbourn 23/1/44; Missing in Action 6m Stuttgart 20/3/44 with Frank Turk, Co-pilot: Franklin Whitcomb, tog-Chester Knowles, ttg-Dale Jackson, Ball turret gunner: Edmond Vogler, Waist gunner: Norman Pero, Waist gunner: Neil Gillis,Tail gunner: Tom Lardin (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Don Stairs (evaded capture – helped by French underground and back to UK 21/5/44); Navigator: Jim Grube (Killed in Action); flak and enemy aircraft KO’d #2 plus other damage, crashed St Ouen-le-Mauger, two miles SW of Bacqueville, 11 miles SW of Dieppe, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3411. BUCKEYE BOOMERANG II.

Delivered Denver 12/2/43; Gt Falls 23/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salinas, Cal 10/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 524BS/379BG [WA-F] Kimbolton 12/7/43; Missing in Action Kassel 30/7/43 with George Kain {wia, died 4/8/43}, Co-pilot: Dan London, Bombardier: John Crawford, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Ferguson, Radio Operator: Bill Cloud, Ball turret gunner: Bob Walker,Tail gunner: Truair Halbert (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ray Mailloux, Waist gunner: Bill Russi, Waist gunner: Vernon Bennett (3 Prisoner of War); flak, ship exploded & crashed Elden S of Arnhem, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1355. EXCALIBER.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/45; Hunter 7/2/45; Dow Fd 12/2/45; Assigned 749BS/457BG [H] Glatton 30/3/45; transferred 305BG Chelveston 23/5/45; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 19/11/47.

Delivered Denver 3/3/44; Kearney 11/4/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 22/5/44; Missing in Action Liepzig 29/5/44 with Stan Lowell, Co-pilot: Ed Matsel, Navigator: Edgar Smith, Bombardier: Boyd Bellamy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Wright, Radio Operator: Jay Sterrett, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Little, Waist gunner: Carlyle Gardner, Waist gunner: John Kinsler,Tail gunner: Ray Sutton (10 Prisoner of War); flak KOd two engines, then a third failed, crash landed Grand-Leez, near Gembloux, nine miles NW of Namur, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 5227.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/44; Kearney 1/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 8/11/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 22/10/44 with Capt Joe Mathis, Co-pilot: Maj Joe Lowe, Navigator: Gorman Siler, Bombardier: Ivan Brill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Maupin, Radio Operator: Bill Covington, Ball turret gunner: Creston Cooke, Waist gunner: Joe Kasmiersky,Tail gunner: Carroll Reimann (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 44-8099(306BG), crashed sea off Clacton, Essex, UK; Missing Air Crew Report 9656. LILLY MARLENE.

Delivered Dallas 17/8/44; Hunter 3/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 28/9/44; Salvaged 27/10/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 9/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Gr Island 11/2/44; Presque Is 23/2/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-N] Bassingbourn 11/3/44; transferred 731BS/452BG Deopham Green [7D-M] 12/3/44; Missing in Action Kassel 4/12/44 with Larry Downey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stan Monikitas,Tail gunner: Don Woodwick (3KIA, all still in wreckage); Co-pilot: Chas Gillette, Navigator: Ed O’Neill, Bombardier: Jack Short, Radio Operator: Ray Crewson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Vidulich, Waist gunner: Cliff Haas (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Bitburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11050. MON TETE ROUGE II.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/10/44; Hunter 22/11/44; Dow Fd 2/12/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-Z] Grafton Underwood 28/1/45; 544BS [SU-Z]; transferred 457BG Glatton 9/5/45; 305BG Chelveston 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/43; Kearney 28/11/43; Des Moines 4/12/43; Romulus 6/12/43; Presque Is 9/12/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-L] Thurleigh 4/1/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Francis Macomber, Co-pilot: Chas Wickham, Navigator: Bob Wigton, Bombardier: Larry MacNeil, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Graham, Radio Operator: Leo Tortora, Ball turret gunner: Emil Bohaty, Waist gunner: Don Shinners, Waist gunner: Gunnard Johnson,Tail gunner: Bruce Cox (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, two miles E of crashed Gran-Hallet, 11 miles SW of St Trond, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 2653. THE DUCHESS.

Delivered Denver 12/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Kearney 16/5/44; Dow Fd 2/6/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Thurleigh 14/6/44; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 26/8/44 with Dean Allen, Waist gunner: Dick Huebotter,Tail gunner: Jim Carey (3 Prisoner of War); co-Chas Rapp, Navigator: Chas Evans, Bombardier: Mike Vlahos, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harvey Purkey, Radio Operator: Bob Newbigle, Ball turret gunner: Gene LeVeque (6 Killed in Action); flak knocked off wing tip, crashed Budberg, near Jagergitternetz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8464. HARD T’ GET.

Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-D] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; forced landing base Pilot: Sydney Smith 26/1/42; on 27/1/43 battle damage w/Lyle M. Adams, 2POW (bailed) 8RTD; MIA Wilhelmshafen 26/2/43 w/Capt Everett Tribbett, Co-Pilot: Harry Reardon, Navigator: Gene Valhala, Bombardier: Walt Ewing, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Carroll Johns, Radio Operator: Bernie Saltz, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Ford, Waist Gunner: Alby Schlosser, Tail Gunner: Darrell Coats, passengers-Lts Arnold Mercier, Julius Dorfman (12POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Hookseil, 10 miles N of Wilhelmshafen, Germany. MACR 15443. ARKIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/43; Kearney 14/7/43; Dow Fd 18/7/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW- ] Snetterton 18/7/43; Missing in Action Paris 15/9/43 with Ken Murphy, Co-pilot: John Young, Navigator: Dave Lachterman, Bombardier: Myron Newell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vernon Mullin, Radio Operator: Fred Sheldon, Ball turret gunner: Ray Orloski, Waist gunner: Clarry Heidrich,Tail gunner: Bill Mings, obs-Lt John Jackson (10 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Sol Ferrucci (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Paris city centre; Missing Air Crew Report 728. PAT HAND.