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

Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Kearney 17/11/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [ET-R] Horham 13/12/43; S/Sgt Gardner Wright (Killed in Action) 11/4/44; with G. R. Hall force landed RAF Woodbridge 12/12/44, all OK; Missing in Action [97m] Strasburg 20/1/45 with Capt Frank F Beard, Co-pilot: James R Wagner, Navigator: Mervin L Hayne, Bombardier: Maurice O Messenger, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John T Griffth Wounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: George E Treese,Tail gunner: James F Boyer (7 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: Raleigh J Solomon, Waist gunner: Robert M Gallop (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed (Lerchenberg?) near Eutsheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12320. ROARIN’ BILL.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/10/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 9/3/44 with Joe Jurnecka, Co-pilot: Howard McHenry, Navigator: J.G. Heinzelman, Bombardier: J.F. White, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: J. Wodin, Radio Operator: R.R. Shorts, Ball turret gunner: D.B. Thompson, Waist gunner: W.M. Tatum, Waist gunner: C.V. Holden,Tail gunner: J.C. Seidligili (10 Returned to Duty); Ditched North Sea on return, all rescued. No MACR.

Delivered Denver 19/10/43; Gr Island 8AF 10/11/43; arrived UK and while cr/ch Vivian Rees was taxiing to Tech Site at 2AD Warton 21/12/43, aircraft nosed up then fell back on tailwheel, sal n/battle damaged 3/1/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/5/42; Wayne 14/6/42; Gander-Prestwick 11/7/42, to RAF [FK212] ; 220 Sq (ZZ-V) Ballykelly 31/7/42; missing on ‘Musketry 3’ patrol from Chivenor 14/6/43 with Chas Callender, Co-pilot: Jim Verney, Navigator: Jim Harbridge, Bill Comba, Chas Probst, Edw Wight, George Davison, Shadrach Frost, George Patterson (9 Killed in Action); shot down by Lt Lothar Wolfe in Ju88, despite radio operator transmitting position.

Delivered Denver 12/10/43; Gr Island 27/10/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ- ] Snetterton 15/12/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 13/4/44 with Clarry Tate, Co-pilot: Jim Heathcock, Navigator: Bob Carter, Bombardier: Bill Hatcher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Hobbs, Radio Operator: John Augustine, Ball turret gunner: Harry Waldron, Waist gunner: Pete Adams, Waist gunner: Jack Smith,Tail gunner: Mario Romero (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Eglingen, near Aalen, Wurtemberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3768.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Salina 8/3/43; Presque Is 10/4/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE- ] Bassingbourn 17/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; MIA Kiel 13/6/43 Pilot: George Hendershot, Co-Pilot: Henry Rose, Navigator: John Jensen, Bombardier: George Hess, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Leslie Rockwell, Radio Operator: Alexander Justus, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Callaway, Waist Gunner: Marion Boren, Waist Gunner: Bob Byrnes, Tail Gunner: Keith Sebring (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed in sea; VISITING FIREMAN.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/43; Salina, Ks 5/3/43; Salinas, Cal 9/3/43; Assigned: MTO but Transferred: 366BS/305BG [KY-M] Chelveston 8/4/43; MIA St Nazaire 29/5/43 Pilot: Jim Stevenson, Co-Pilot: Clinton Bush, Navigator: Bob Curtis, Bombardier: C. Veach, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: C.L. Bitton, Radio Operator: Fred Huther, Ball Turret Gunner: Chester Hack, Waist Gunner: J.S. Chew, Tail Gunner: Alex Delgado (9RTD); Waist Gunner: Ralph Erwin (KIA); flak, ditched off Start Point, Devon, UK. No MACR.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/5/42; Wayne 6/7/42; Dorval 8/7/42; Gander-Prestwick 17/7/42 with Merrill Phoenix, to RAF [FL463]; 59 Sq (PJ-D) Thorney Is, 31/12/42; last squadron mission 27/3/43 with Stephen DuPlooy before switching to B-24s; 220 Sq (VX-D) Benbecula, Scot., 1674 HCU (-C) Aldergrove, N.I. 3/2/44; changed to –C mid 1945; Struck Off Charge with 51MU at Litchfield 31/7/47.

Delivered Tulsa 12/4/45; Patterson 19/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 3/11/45.

Delivered Tulsa 11/4/45; Patterson 19/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/10/45.

Delivered Tulsa 11/4/45; 4100 BU Patterson 21/9/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/11/45; re-ass 31/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 21/7/47; 4112 BU Olmstead 29/12/47; 605 BU Eglin 7/1/48; AMC Brookley 12/4/49; 3203 MSU Eglin 13/4/49; 1 Experimental Guided Missile Group, Eglin 20/5/49; Recl Comp 17/10/49. (Used in ‘crack-up scene’ in film `12 O’Clock High.’)

Delivered Long Beach 13/10/43; Gr Island 8/11/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-S] Thurleigh 12/12/43; Missing in Action Aschersleben 22/2/44 with J.P. Tooms Jr, co-Howard Taunton, Navigator: Alby Pulver, Bombardier: Buford Branom, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Wheeler, Radio Operator: Paul Gaire,Tail gunner: Virgil Chappie (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Calvin Brend, Waist gunner: John Foley, Waist gunner: Bill Harris (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Herfun, just S of Waldbrol, 19 miles W of Siegen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2649. HOLY HELLCAT.

Delivered SAAD 25/4/42; Langley 25/5/42; Olmstead 18/2/43; Langley 5/3/43; Mitchell 6/6/43; Cherry Pt 7/7/43; Grand Is 23/9/43; 1 MPC Culver 1/1/44; with ? f/landed Nebraska 26/9/44.

Delivered Geiger 301BG 1/5/42 (slated RAF but repainted for USAAF); Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Walla Walla 12/8/42; Boise 26/10/42; Lockbourn 4/4/43; Las Vegas 17/10/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 5/7/45.

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

Civil N7044C.

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 12-Jan-41; with Jim Dubose force landed Ft Fouglas, UT 21-Nov-41; Assigned March 28-Dec-41; Langley 11-Jan-42; Jacksonville, FL 9-May-42; Presque Isle, ME 19-Mar-43; Occident 11-May-43; Mitchell 6-Jun-43; Smoky Hill, 3-Jun-44; San Bernardino, 31-DEc-45; Recl Comp 30-Apr-46. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Tulsa 12/4/45; Patterson 17/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/11/45.

Delivered Tulsa 12/4/45; Patterson 19/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/10/45.

Delivered Lincoln 21/9/44; Dow Fd 8/10/44; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-A] Thurleigh 7/12/44; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 91BG Bassingbourn 30/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; Sth Plains 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45.