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

Delivered Cheyenne 21/2/43; Salina 8/3/43; Nashville 8/4/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-K] Thurleigh 16/4/43; transferred 322BS/91BG [LG-0] Bassingbourn 11/9/43; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Leon Anderson, Co-pilot: Harry Hollinger, Navigator: Steve Dormladovac, Bombardier: Clint Copeland, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Everett Ross, Radio Operator: Bob Pendergast, Ball turret gunner: Alby Rose, Waist gunner: Joe Campbell, Waist gunner: Wayne Houser,Tail gunner: Chas Shelley (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Vossenack, S of Duren, 15 miles SE of Aachen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1321.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Morrison 4/5/43; Warner Robins 11/5/43; Assigned 414BS/97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 29/5/43; crashed on take off 6/7/43 with Paul Slaten, Co-pilot: Leo Johnson, Navigator: Gordon Lowe, Bombardier: Bill Studek, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: J Showers, Radio Operator: Walter L Wall, Ball turret gunner: A Wopodian, Waist gunner: John Gold, Waist gunner: George Gallant,Tail gunner: B Morris (10 Killed in Action), hit oil drums and burned. All killed. Missing Air Crew Report 16152.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Morrison 5/5/43; Warner Robins 10/5/43; Morrison 18/5/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 14/6/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; Missing in Action Foggia 22/7/43 with Frank Hunter, Dickell, Andrews, Creadon, Morris, Ishum, Smith (8 Killed in Action); Titus, Walker (2 Prisoner of War). Missing Air Crew Report 414. HUNTER’S ANSWER.

Delivered Sebring 27/1/42; Cheyenne 20/5/42; Eglin 29/11/42; crash landed with Bill Yeats, Hendricks 10/4/43; rep. then force landed base with R.A. Hobbs 7/7/43; Salvaged 5/2/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/4/43; Tinker 12/5/43; Lincoln 20/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-R] Framlingham 6/6/43 EXTERMINATOR; Horham 12/6/43; 4m, Missing in Action Le Bourget 10/7/43 with Jim Sarchet, Co-pilot: Ron McMullen, Bombardier: Arthur Price, Ball turret gunner: Leon Budnick, Waist gunner: John Lutrell,Tail gunner: Edwin Harmon (6 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Ruska, Waist gunner: Jennings Liller (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bob McCowen, Radio Operator: Don Harding (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed St Didier des Bois, near Elbent, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4902. SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/4/43; Denver 16/4/43; Patterson 18/4/43; Peterson 5/5/43; with Leroy Walton, crashed two miles east of base 22/5/43; Written off 22/5/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/5/43; Wright 30/6/43; Smoky Hill 20/7/43; Kearney 22/7/43; Dow Fd 25/7/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-B] Horham 28/7/43; 54m, transferred APH with Azon for Aphrodite missions, Knettishall; Aphrodite remote controllled drone attack on Watten with Lt F Pool & S/Sgt P Enterline 4/8/44. TAINT A BIRD II.

Delivered Sebring 27/1/42; missing from Hendricks, FL 15/4/42 with Tom Kennington MIS (at sea?). Written off 21/4/42.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Wilmington 5/11/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-M] Horham 11/11/43; (4m), Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43 with Bill Kelly, Co-pilot: Neil Compa, Navigator: Tom Vollbrecht, Bombardier: Ed McGonagle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Brann, Ball turret gunner: Dick Hamilton, Waist gunner: Bill Mowels (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Howard Ballard, Waist gunner: Dave Turpin,Tail gunner: Felix StockunasRIP- died of wounds 28/1/44 (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, crashed Osterholz-Scharmbeck, near Bremen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1557.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/10/43; Gr Island 2/11/43; Dallas 6/11/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG Horham 12/11/43; with John Miller 11/12/43 Tail gunner: Wallace Petzack KIA; 36m, Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Earl Leaser, Co-pilot: Ken Braden, Navigator: Ray Moeller, Bombardier: Howard Erricson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Wildman, Radio Operator: George Wright, Ball turret gunner: Bill Miller, Waist gunner: Bill Glass, Waist gunner: Owen Irby,Tail gunner: Joe Hollamon (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Hamstede, Holland; Missing Air Crew Report 4469. I’LL BE AROUND.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/43; Sioux City 16/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 22/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-Q] Kimbolton 24/4/43; Missing in Action Nantes 16/9/43 with Floyd Jamerson, Navigator: Joe Burkowski, Radio Operator: John Paznar (3 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Earl Guyette, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alvin Rabun, Ball turret gunner: Chas Gray, Waist gunner: Jim Reid, Waist gunner: Howie Moody (5 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: John Beilstein,Tail gunner: John Semach (2 evaded capture); flak, crashed 15 miles N of Nantes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1346.

Delivered Sebring 8/3/42; Brookley 11/2/43; Hendricks 25/2/42; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Tinker 12/5/43; Lincoln 20/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Ass 336BS/95BG [ET-H] Framlingham; Horham 15/6/43; 29m, tran 457BG Glatton 3/44; 2 BAD Warton 17/3/44; RetUS Homestead 18/7/44; Tinker 24/7/44; Patterson 19/8/44; Eglin 14/12/44; Recl Comp 31/10/45. DESTINY’S TOT aka ANGEL PUMPKIN.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-L] Deenethorpe 29/4/44; Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Paul Scharff, Co-pilot: Chas Eckert, Bombardier: Bob Hoover, Waist gunner: Roscoe Tomlinson (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bernie Schwartz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Karl, Radio Operator: Bob Strong, Ball turret gunner: Chas Bedell, Waist gunner: Fred Pynigar,Tail gunner: Jim Smallin (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Glienecke, 23 miles E of Burg, due N of Magdeburg; Missing Air Crew Report 5306. LONESOME POLECAT.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Kearney 5/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 544th Bomb Squadron/384th Bomb Group [SU-M] Grafton Underwood 20/4/44; 547BS [SO-M]; Missing in Action Stettin 13/5/44 with Charles Washington Baker Jr., Co-pilot: Leonard Koos, Bombardier: William M. Shaner, Radio Operator: William Austin Snead, Waist gunner: Harry Tobias Hamilton, Waist gunner: George Sabo (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Philip Lester Carlin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Louis Gutierrez, Ball turret gunner: Carroll Duane Schwartzendruber,Tail gunner: Salvatore Soto Jr. (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Zamekla, 37 miles East of Rostock, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 4814.

Delivered Sebring 29/1/42; Geiger 29/3/42; Cheyenne 14/5/42; Wendover 27/5/42; Written off 25/5/44. BUZZ KING.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/44; Kearney 18/2/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-B] Gt Ashfield 3/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Everett Isaacson, Filbert Dye, Howard Ryan, Bill Ligon, Joe Mandarano (5 Killed in Action); Warren Story, Don McQuade, Irvin Poole, Joe Matuszak (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Brandenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9521. DOZY DOATS.

Delivered Kearney 11/8/44; Ogden 13/8/44; Grenier 21/8/44; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 26/8/44; transferred 570BS/390BG [DI-N] Framlingham 28/8/44; Missing in Action Kaiserlautern (Morscheid Bridge) 25/12/44 with Elwood Lee, Loran Steen, Bob DeOrsay, Paul Roberts, Stan Wrubleski, Ed Skindingsrude (6 Killed in Action); Alf Walterscheid, Roland Weber, Coy Pledger (3 Prisoner of War); flak hit #4 engine, crashed Bitburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11115. BLONDE BOMBSHELL.

Delivered Tulsa 14/10/42; Salina 25/1/43; Morrison 14/2/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-J] 15/4/43; Missing in Action Bremen 13/6/43 with Bill Marcotte, Navigator: Joe Carvalho, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Dostie, Radio Operator: Mason Houchens, Ball turret gunner: Glenn Loveland, Waist gunner: Larry Huschle, Waist gunner: Capt Chas Patten,Tail gunner: Earl Mason (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Joe Van Troyen, Bombardier: Marc Pitts (2 Killed in Action). Flak hits & crashed north of Bremen, Ger. SKY WOLF.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Grenier 28/4/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-P] Kimbolton 13/5/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 18/6/44 with Steve King, Navigator: Don Casey, Bombardier: Chas Henry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Wheeler, Ball turret gunner: Jim Hagen (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Milton Miller, Radio Operator: Chas Rutishauser, Waist gunner: Zigfryd („Ziggy“) Valentino Czarnecki,Tail gunner: Gene Miller (4 Killed in Action); flak set #3 alight, crashed SW of Pinneberg, near Hamburg; Missing Air Crew Report 5989. G.I. JANE.