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

Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Gr Island 1/10/43; Assigned: 369BS/306BG [WW-R] Thurleigh 19/10/43; MIA Emden 11/12/43 Pilot: John Noack, Co-Pilot: Bob Schoch, Navigator: Dudley Fay, Bombardier: Hyman Bittman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Frank Wesner, Radio Operator: Mike Gallagher, Ball Turret Gunner: Duncan Williams, Waist Gunner: Albt Sewald, Waist Gunner: Ken Smith, Tail Gunner: Thurman Smith (10POW); flak, crashed sea off Emden, Germany. MACR 1574. (No cheek guns).

Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-O] Horham 11/3/44; with G.M. Jackman force landed B-53 Merville, Belg., 10/5/45; with Lt Henderson force landed A-70 Laon, France 20/5/45; 114m Returned to the USA Bradley 25/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/44; Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-G] Thurleigh 12/6/44; Transferred: 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to US: Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 13//6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 12/12/45. FUDDLES FOLLY.

Delivered Denver 18/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-H] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 20/4/44 with Chas Ksiewiewicz, Navigator: Joe Dastous, Bombardier: John King (3EVD- returned UK by 3/9/44); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Burke, Radio Operator: Maurice Wilbur, Ball turret gunner: Don McEldowney, Waist gunner: Terry Harmon, Waist gunner: John McCarthy,Tail gunner: Ken Rister (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Ken Harrington (KIA-chute failed); flak KOd #4 and set ship on fire, crashed lucy, four miles N of Neufchatel-en-Bray, 42 miles W of Amiens, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4055.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Scott 4/10/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-S] Ridgewell 19/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43 with Waldo Crosson, Navigator: Ed Burke, Bombardier: John Curran, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Allen, Radio Operator: Bob McFarlane, Ball turret gunner: Steve Bulsok, Right Waist gunner: Jesse Glawson (7 Prisoner of war). Left Waist gunner: Norman Klima, Tail gunner: Bob Eloe, Co-pilot: Jim Opitz ( 3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Albstadt, Wesermunde, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1722. THE REBEL.

Delivered Dallas 25/8/43; Tinker 18/11/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 30/7/44; with Bob Howard 20/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Lincoln 11/8/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 24/8/44; Missing in Action Kassel 22/9/44 with Stan Durrett, Co-pilot: Dan Stringham, Navigator: Dick Booth, Bombardier: Ken Ferguson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Welsh, Radio Operator: Chas Roberts, Ball turret gunner: Jay Palmer, Waist gunner: Paul Wingfield,Tail gunner: Bill Hudson (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-38294 (34BG), crashed Hovelhof, NW of Paderborn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10200.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/7/44; Kearney 26/7/44; Grenier 7/8/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG [R2-O] Mendlesham 9/8/44; Missing in Action Kassel 22/9/44 with Dick Whited, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Moyer, Radio Operator: Marcel Washco,Tail gunner: Wallace Brauks (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Myron McDermott, Navigator: Wayne Jorgenson, Bombardier: Ken Lambert, Ball turret gunner: Clayton Mink,Tail gunner: Wallace Brauks (5 Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 43-38399 (34BG), crashed Hovelriege , NW of Paderborn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10199. THE WRANGLER.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-Z] Horham 27/6/43; 334BS [BG-C]; 38m, transferred 388BG Aphrodite Project [remote controlled flying bomb filled with Torpex explosives], Knettishall; 803BS RCM Sculthorpe; Missing in Action Herford, Germany. 5/12/44 with Lts R. Butler & K. Waters. TEN KNIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM.

Delivered Denver 15/3/44; Gr Island 31/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned: 390BG Framlingham but made wheels up landing on ice Lageons Fjord, Greenland en route UK, 9/4/44 Pilot: George Williamson, Co-Pilot: George Shern, Navigator: Ashley Thornburg, Bombardier: Bill Clanton, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gene Leavitt, Radio Operator: Bob Whitman, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Mautz, Waist Gunner: Phil Hersey, Waist Gunner: Joe LaRocco, Tail Gunner: Chas Hock (10RTD-later re-assigned 351BG). Aircraft eventually sunk through the ice. MACR 3637.

Delivered Tulsa 15/3/44; Roswell 19/4/44; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3018 BU Kingman 1/10/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/5/42; Wayne 28/6/42; Dorval 2/7/42; Gander-Prestwick 23/9/42 with Bob Perlick, to RAF [FL450]; 59 Sq (PJ-A) Thorney Is. 15/12/42; 220 Sq (ZZ-U) Benbecula, Scot. 7/4/43; 1 OTU Thornaby, Yorks. 30/8/43; 1674 HCU Longtown, Cumbria, 11/11/43; 519 Sq (Z9-D) Wick, Scot. 2/12/44; 521 Sq (5O-V) Langham 11/5/45; Struck Off Charge 23/9/46.

Das Schicksal dieser B-17 Fliegenden Festung ist nicht bekannt.

Delivered Dallas 25/9/43; Harvard 6/10/43; Assigned 711BS/447BG [IR-F] Rattlesden 18/11/43; returning from Berlin 4/3/44, with Jim Anderson, Co-pilot: Larry Koenig, Navigator: George Shroeder, Bombardier: Theo Bush, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Runkle, Radio Operator: George Bauer, Ball turret gunner: Lynn Dollar, Waist gunner: Bob Garrett,Tail gunner: John Segrest (9 Returned to Duty), Waist gunner: Ed Parry (KIA-chute malfunctioned); mechanical faults, pilot crash landed Snap Hill Barn, Friston, Sussex, with no injury; Salvaged. No MACR.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/43; Gr Island 24/10/43; Wilmington 4/11/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-J] Horham 11/11/43; 36m, Missing in Action Brussels 10/4/44 with Ron Thompson, Co-pilot: Blaine Manahan, Navigator: Everett Enstrom, Waist gunner: Bob Moedebeck (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: John Hedlund, Radio Operator: Grady Justice, Ball turret gunner: Bill Dearing, Waist gunner: Jim Hanrahan (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cliff Golke,Tail gunner: Cletus Hard (2 evaded capture); shot down by Me 109 mid air explosion, crashed Ercis, nine miles W of Creil, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3648. LUCKY STRIKE.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/42; Wayne 30/6/42; Dorval 10/7/42; Gander-Silloth-Prestwick 21/7/42, to RAF [FL459]; 220 Sq (VX-J) Ballykelly 20/8/42, attached to 1402 Met Flight, Aldergrove 18/1/43 in preparation for Operation Torch in the Mediterannean; sank sub U-624 7/2/43 with George Roberson, followed by U-707 9/11/43 with Rod Drummond, Bob Thompson, G. Grundy, L. Parker, J. Fitzpatrick, J. Brodie, F. Galloway, – Fitzgibbon, from Lagens, Azores; yet a third, No. U-575 on 13/3/44 with Wilf Travell, sharing with 179 Wellington Sq; on 14/11/42 out of Ballykelly with George Gamble dropped emergency supplies to crew of ditched Whitley, before returning to Predannack; Benbecula 11/43; 519 Met Sq (Z9-M) Wick, Scot. 23/3/45; 251 Met Sq (-A) Reykjavik, Iceland, 24/7/45. Struck Off Charge 22/12/45; recorded with 51 MU mid 1946.

Das Schicksal dieser B-17 Fliegenden Festung ist nicht bekannt.

Used as radar & electronics test aircraft.

Das Schicksal dieser B-17 Fliegenden Festung ist nicht bekannt.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/42; Boeing AC 9/6/42; Written off 9/10/43; 3098 BU Burbank 31/1/44; Recl Comp 29/1/46.