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

Delivered Denver 24/12/43; Gt Falls 29/12/43; Kearney 13/1/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-Q] Polebrook 22/2/44; {55m}, landing accident at base; Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 4/10/44; Returned to the USA 9/44. THE SHARK.

Delivered Denver 2/1/44; Gr Island 14/1/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-J] Ridgewell 21/2/44; battle damaged Aschaffenburg 21/1/45, force landed Continent, repaired and ret 30/1/45; transferred 91BG Bassingbourn 30/5/45; retUS 8/6/45. COLONEL BUB.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/5/45; Hunter 29/6/45; WCW San Francisco 13/7/45; re-ass 30/4/47; Salvaged Manila, PI 6/8/47. Recl Comp 13/7/49.

Converted to B-17H Air Sea Rescue ship.

Delivered Dallas 25/9/43; Harvard 7/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 19/10/43; Missing in Action Merseburg 25/11/43 with Norman Wiggin, Ray Hansen, Phil Harper, Andy Bezak, Ken Reynolds, Marvin Olson, Chester Lambert (7 Killed in Action); Phil Moscherosch, Jim Martin (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Merseburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10855 (?10755). SHACK HAPPY.

Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-Q] Bassingbourn 27/5/44; Missing in Action Berlin 21/6/44 with Bob O’Bannon, Co-pilot: Tom Fitzgerald, Navigator: Nathan Bartman, Bombardier: Arnold Ostwald, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Irvin Lewis, Radio Operator: Ben Goldman, Ball turret gunner: Herb McCutchan, Waist gunner: Joe Fioretti (8 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Amos Estrada (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed inlake at Castle Stolzenburg,nt Politz, 14 miles NW of Stettin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5980.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/44; Kearney 4/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG- ] Bassingbourn 19/7/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/7/44 with Chas Walby, Radio Operator: Ernie Keene (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Max Bender{Wounded in Action}, Navigator: Jim Dye, Bombardier: Jim Mounts, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Norman Ingram, Ball turret gunner: Byron Burgin{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Karl Dziadula,Tail gunner: Fred Cascone{Wounded in Action} (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Vielau, SE of Zwickau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7284. B.T.O. aka MR FIVE X FIVE.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/2/43; Gore 4/3/43; Souix City 18/3/43; Kearney 9/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-B] Kimbolton 23/4/43; Missing in Action Nantes 16/9/43 with Elton Hoyt, Co-pilot: Norman Schroeder, Navigator: Bill Cook, Bombardier: Lou Glickman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Thomas, Radio Operator: Herb Dulberg, Ball turret gunner: Russ Eldridge, Waist gunner: Bill Miller, Waist gunner: Harry Minor,Tail gunner: Ed Shaffer (10 evaded capture); flak, crashed Redon, 37 miles NW of Nantes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 978. BATTLIN’ BOBBIE.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Assigned 748BS/457BG [ -H] Glatton 26/1/44; damaged in return from mission crash landed base 4/5/44 Waist gunner: Edwin Waggoner (Killed in Service– in the crash); Missing in Action Munich 12/7/44 with Gerald Kerr, Co-pilot: Art Lindskoog, Navigator: Ed Schilling, Bombardier: Milton Levine (4 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Hegedus, Ball turret gunner: Sam Younger, Waist gunner: Harry Ahlfors,Tail gunner: Don Boyle (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon Finneran (INT); flak KO’d two engines, then a third was lost and bail out order readied, crashed Pratigau, near Davos, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 6926. MY BUDDY.

Delivered Long Beach 14/9/43; Scott 26/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 2/11/43; transferred 332BS/91BG [LG-M] Bassingbourn 20/11/43; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Chas Early, Navigator: Roscoe Albright, Bombardier: Wilf Bouchard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl McVey, Radio Operator: Paul Baker, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bumb, Waist gunner: Tabor West,Tail gunner: Bob Holton (8 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Bill Ponder, Waist gunner: Marvin Britt (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Oberelvenich – Zulpich, 20 miles SW of Cologne, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1320.

Delivered Denver 13/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 24/5/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-L] Bassingbourn 3/6/44; Missing in Action 38m Merseburg 2/11/44 with Pilot: Hanford Rustand, Bombardier: Roger Keys, Radio Operator: John Griffith, Ball Turret Gunner: John Gercovich, Waist Gunner: John Murphy, Tail Gunner: George Roach (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Wyndham Peck, Navigator: Henry Schwarz, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: Gil Crotte (3 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft while trying to protect damaged colleague HI-HO SILVER; crashed Libehna, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 10148. “PARD.”

Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; ass 322BS/91BG [LG-N] Bassingbourn 14/1/44; {16m} Halle 16/8/44 Pilot: John Dunlap, Navigator: Hubert Carpenter (2POW); Co-Pilot: Joe Cater, Bombardier: Leslie Algee, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Vince Beach, Ball Turret Gunner: Art Mancino, Radio Operator: Frank Simone, Waist Gunner: John Barclay, Tail Gunner: Bob Paster (7KIA); several Enemy aircraft KO’d all four engines, ship caught fire as did some crew who bailed out, crashed Marshausen, Germany. MACR 8179. BOSTON BOMBSHELL.

Delivered Long Beach 1/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Assigned 332BS/91BG Bassingbourn 13/12/43; then 322BS [LG-L]; 14m Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with William Wood, Co-pilot: John Mullens, Navigator: Marv Anderson, Bombardier: Louis Dobbs, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Casimir Lekowski, Ball turret gunner: Oscar Mouton, Waist gunner: Jim Purton,Tail gunner: Bob Mueller (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Garner Walters, Waist gunner: Woodrow Wade (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crash landed Flintrup, near Freckenhorst, three miles S of Warendorf, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2642. BOSTON BOMBSHELL.

Delivered Sarasota 342BS/97BG 15/4/42; Presque Is 31/5/42; from Goose Bay with John Holmes, Co-pilot: Fred Shelton, Navigator: Jones Calloway, Bombardier: Ed Branch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Brennan, Radio Operator: John Fellows, g-John Lynn, g-George Witham. (all 8 Returned to Duty) crashed Egedaminde, Greenland 26/6/42. Written off. ALABAMA EXTERMINATOR.

Delivered Hunter 12/1/45; Grenier 28/1/45; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-V] Bassingbourn 23/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 3/11/45. “Naughty Caroline”.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/1/45; Grenier 12/2/45; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-Q] Bassingbourn 30/3/45; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 24/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 1//9/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/1/44; Savannah 26/2/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-C] Polebrook 30/3/44; detailed training mission 23/4/44 with Maj David Wheeler, Radio Operator: John Corwile(wia), pass-Don Cutler, pass-Porter Black (4 Returned to Duty); Co-pilot: Chester Montgomery, Bombardier: Capt Bill Winter, pass-Bill Manley, pass-Albert Brooks (4 Killed in Service); {3m} lost #2, then Co-pilot: feathered #1 in error causing ship to crash Hemington, Northamptonshire; Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 24/4/44. THE BLONDE BOMBER.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Scott 1/10/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-L] Kimbolton 9/10/43; Missing in Action Kiel 5/1/44 with Tom Eaton, Co-pilot: Henry Hainline, Navigator: Bob Doty, Bombardier: Cliff Wright, Radio Operator: Arnold Clark, Ball turret gunner: Ray Ferrall, Waist gunner: Boleslaw Caglarek,Tail gunner: Chas Blondell (8 Killed in Action), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Matheny, Waist gunner: Arnold Nevella (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Dageling, in Steinburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1944. DEACON’S SINNERS.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Wilmington 10/10/32; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-E] Snetterton 14/10/43; MIA Bordeaux 31/12/43 Pilot: Ralph Woodward, Co-Pilot: Bill O’Neil, Navigator: Alex Yaskel, Bombardier: Henry Reynolds, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Hood, Radio Operator: Harry DeFrain, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Estep, Waist Gunner: Lee Merrick, Waist Gunner: Nathan Brown, Tail Gunner: Joe Welch (10KIA); flak, near Abbeville, Fr; MACR 1673.

Delivered Denver 22/2/43; Gore 9/3/43; Duncan 31/3/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-N] Thurleigh 20/4/43; transferred 322BS/91BG [LG-P] Bassingbourn 11/9/43; AFSC 7/4/44; Returned to the USA Amarillo 16/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46; MIAMI CLIPPER.