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

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-L] Framlingham 14/7/43; Missing in Action Vitry-En-Artois 15/8/43 with Bill Lawrence (Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bill Middledorf, Navigator: Joe Birdwell, Bombardier: Francis Harkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Sentkoski (4 evaded capture); Radio Operator: Bill Murphy, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Stevens, Waist gunner: Pat Caron, Waist gunner: Romaine Fiffe,Tail gunner: Pete Mrjenovich (5 Killed in Action); aircraft broke in half in mid-air coll with 42-30320 over target area, crashed Bonvinchen, near St Omer, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 258. PHOENIX.

Delivered Sth Plains 8/5/45; Patterson 13/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 2/11/45.

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

Delivered Pendleton 6/2/42; Boise 19/2/42; with ? in taxi accident Gowen 23/2/42; Ogden 3/9/42; Boise 16/10/42; Oklahoma City 5/12/42; Wendover 5/1/43; Lockbourn 8/4/43; with Jim Gould crash landed base 10/3/44; Written off 11/3/44.

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

Delivered Sth Plains 7/5/45; Patterson 12/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 2/11/45.

Delivered Tulsa 11/2/44; Gr Island 15/2/44; Grenier 5/3/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-M/N/W] Bassingbourn 1/4/44; battle damaged {70m} Altenbeken 26/11/44 with Warren Smith; enemy aircraft set #2 & on fire but ship managed to reach UK and crash landed Halesworth A/fd, Sfk., hit two trucks and concrete mixer and burnt out; Salvaged 2 SAD 28/11/44; ROUND TRIP TOPSY.

Delivered Pendleton 6/2/42; with W. L. Johnson crashed 15 miles NW of base 26/3/42. Salvaged.

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

Delivered Sth Plains 8/5/45; Patterson 12/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 31/10/45.

as QB-17 with Joe Gallagher force landed Eglin 17/10/51;

Delivered Pendleton 5/2/42; with Lawler Neighbors crashed 20 miles south west of base 16/3/42; Salvaged.

Delivered Lincoln 28/10/44; Grenier 2/11/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-X] Horham 3/11/44; 53m, Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 15/12/45. THE CREAMER.

Delivered Denver 28/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 29/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Bill Gingold, Co-pilot: Clyde Gunderson, Bombardier: Walter Koch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Schinner, Radio Operator: Leon Mecklenburg, Waist gunner: Rudie Blomseth, Waist gunner: Vernon Nelson (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John Thornhillthrown out on explosion, Ball turret gunner: Merle Willumsendirect hit on turret,Tail gunner: Tom Dowdashot out of tail (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines then ship exploded, crashed Voltlage, 12 miles NE of Devern, Ger.[German records give crash site as Sudmerzen]. Missing Air Crew Report 2370. SACK TIME CHARLIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; New Castle 24/1/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-M] Deenethorpe 7/2/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Loy Shanks, Co-pilot: Alf Mayne, Navigator: Ed Wenrich, Bombardier: Tom Edkin, Radio Operator: Mario Santangelo, Ball turret gunner: Hardney Gibson, Waist gunner: Glen Hauck, Waist gunner: Fred Anderson, Tail gunner: Harry Rodgers (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Jarrett (KIA-took the spare chute, after giving his own to Shanks, but it failed to open); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, crashed Luchtringen, due W of Hoxter, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2660.

Delivered Pendleton 5/2/42; Cheyenne 14/5/42; Wright 15/6/42; Blythe 2/7/42; Geiger 1/9/42; Topeka 28/9/42; Oklahoma 27/11/42; Lockbourn 30/3/43; with Kurt Ahlstrom crashed near base 22/6/43. Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 7/2/43; Gt Falls 15/2/43; converted to F-9 photo-recon Patterson 17/2/43; Amarillo 10/3/43; Colorado Springs 17/3/43; Orlando 11/6/43; Eglin 2/6/44; Brookley 4/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 6/12/45.

Delivered Denver 7/2/43; Gt Falls 20/2/43; Walla Walla 24/2/43; Madras 19/6/43; Walla Walla 17/7/43; Spokane 6/8/43; 325 BU Avon Park 26/7/44; 4139 BU Birmingham 8/11/44; 325 BU Avon Park 2/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 25/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/9/44; Hunter 1/11/44; Dow Fd 16/11/44; Assigned PFF 322BS/91BG [LG-C] Bassingbourn 11/12/44; {18m including a Rubberneck trip} transferred 306BG Thurleigh 24/5/45; 1st BD 18/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46. IRISH LASSIE.

Delivered Pendleton 5/2/42; with Don Appert force landed SE of base 24/4/42; repaired and transferred Alamogordo 3/8/42; crashed on take off base with Joe Downing 10/8/42. Salvaged.