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

Delivered Lowry 9/8/42; Salina 16/11/42; Gore Fd 8/5/43; Ephrata 18/6/43; Kelly 5/1/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/1/46.

Delivered Lowry 9/8/42; Denver 12/8/42; Salina 11/11/42; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43, Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; (34m) Returned to the USA Dalhart 13/5/44; Written off Amarillo 17/12/44; Recl Comp 9/4/46.

Delivered Denver 1/9/43; Gr Island 1/10/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-A] Thorpe Abbotts 24/9/43; 39m battle damaged on possibly, an earlier mission with Paul Kahlerc, crew? ; overran the runway ; sal 27/6/44, PICCADILLY LILLY II.

Delivered Denver 1/9/43; Gr Island 1/10/43; Assigned 326BS/Podington (JW-J) 21/10/43; crash landed base on non-op flight 15/2/44 with Ed Larrivee, Co-pilot: Jack White, Navigator: Bill Thompson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe LeBlanc, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Nila, nro-Jack Bogel, g-Frank Adams; ran off runway into the mud (7 Returned to Duty). sal 17/2/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/12/43; Kearney 13/1/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-A] Podington 19/2/44; Missing in Action Munster 23/3/44 with Ed Larrive, Co-pilot: Jack Wilson, b/n-Alvin Lageson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe LeBlanc, Ball turret gunner: Maynard Dunker, Waist gunner: Jim Helms, Waist gunner: Ferman Wilson,Tail gunner: Joe Arant (8 Killed in Action); n/gnr-Frank Adams, Radio Operator: Jack Bogel (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Uentrup, 10 miles E of Hamm, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3416.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/44; Gr Island 9/3/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-P] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; force landed with Lt Ellis at 44ADG Merville, France 2/3/45; taxi accident on base with Carl Schram 9/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/1/46. LITTLE MAX or MAY.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/11/43; Kearney 11/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned 457BG Glatton 20/12/43; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-A] Thorpe Abbotts 25/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Capt Dave Miner, Co-pilot: George Kinsella, Navigator: George Jones{no chute when blown out}, Ball turret gunner: Varden Butler (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Earl Richardson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Zikorus, Radio Operator: Bill Libbert, Waist gunner: Leon Malcuit{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Sam Pry{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: June Robertson (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crashed Addrupp, near Quackenbruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3027.

Delivered Kearney 12/8/44; Grenier 21/8/44; Presque Is 1/9/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 23/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; Sth Plains 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45. FANCY NANCY.

Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-Q] Westover 25/8/42; Thurleigh 13/10/42; AFSC 1/5/44; was longest serving B-17F in 8th BC; Returned to the USA Tinker 28/7/44; to Williamsport Technical Institute, Patterson Fd, Penn.; 20/6/45 for aeronautical programme, the nose section still on display. EAGER BEAVER.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Oklahoma City 6/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 1/5/44; no ops, transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-D] Snetterton 3/5/44; Missing in Action Fallersleben 20/6/44 with Howard Seefurth, Co-pilot: Wylie Wyatt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Elmore, Radio Operator: John Gabri, Waist gunner: John Pepper,Tail gunner: Joe Liptak (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Chas Harris, Bombardier: Claude Kilps, Ball turret gunner: Paul Whitestone, Waist gunner: Ben Aquinaldo (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Letzlingen Forest, seven miles SE of Gardelegen, 25 miles NW of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5895.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Alexandra 8/3/44; Oklahoma City 16/3/44; 221 BU Alexandra 17/1/45; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 327 BU Drew 7/6/45; 326 BU MacDill 12/12/45; 300 BU MacDill 20/3/46; 73 WVG MacDill 27/3/46; 326 BU MacDill 31/5/46; Recl Comp 30/10/46.

Delivered Hunter 21/2/45; Grenier 8/3/45; Assigned 15AF 14/3/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 3/10/44; Dow Fd 16/10/44; Assigned 8AF 18/10/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 22/5/46; Returned to the USA 4000 BU Patterson 23/5/46; 4000 BU Wright 30/6/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 25/5/47; Recl Comp 18/4/48.

Delivered Lincoln 1/10/44; Grenier 14/10/44; Assigned 8AF 16/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; Sth Plains 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Stillwater 8/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Z] Polebrook 25/4/43 MAJOR BALL; 9m Nantes 16/9/43 with Maj Jim Stewart, Co-pilot: Geiger, Navigator: Maze, Bombardier: Watts, rest ?; ran out of gas on approach crash landed Lutton, Northamptonshire; (10 Returned to Duty). Salvaged. MEAT BALL.

Delivered Dallas 10/7/44; Langley 3/8/44; Dow Fd 12/9/44; Assigned 95BG as PFF then 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 22/9/44; used to bring home POWs at end of war; RetUS, then 5693BU Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/10/45. THE BRASS HAT.

Delivered Lincoln 30/9/44; Fairfield 16/10/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG Kimbolton 13/11/44; loaned to 91BG for one mission – Missing in Action Cologne 6/1/45 with Cecil McConnell (397BG), Radio Operator: George Merritt, Ball turret gunner: Alf Nichols, Waist gunner: Rhienholdt Strecker,Tail gunner: Marion Hoffman, radar-Don Burkness(379BG) (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Warren Smith, Navigator: Don Williams, Bombardier: Alan Hillman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Turner (4 Killed in Action); flak hit right wing KO’d #3, crashed Plum, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11568. JEANIE.

Delivered Denver 21/6/43; Redmond 14/8/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-V] Snetterton 15/8/43; Missing in Action Düren 20/10/43 with Pilot Charles F. Geyer Jr; Co-pilot: Robert P. Surdez Jr; Navigator William J. Doherty; Bombardier Donald O. Mills; Radio Operator Aaron M. Becker; Engineer / Top Turret Gunner Frank J. Killarney; Right Waist Gunner Charles R. Randel; Left Waist Gunner Alexander J. Guilianelli; Ball Turret Gunner Edward L. Lantron; Tail Gunner James A. Parker. Aaron Becker, Charles Randel, Alexander Guilianelli, Edward Lantron and James Parker were KIA (Killed in Action). Pilot Geyer and Co-Pilot Surdez managed to evade for a short while, but were rapidly arrested and made prisoner (POW). Navigator Doherty and Engineer Killarney were also helped by Dutch underground members, but were arrested on 7 November 1943 and were POWs. Only Bombardier Donald Mills managed to evade, helped by Dutch, Belgian and French patriots and made it back to England via Gibraltar. Crashed on the house of Mr Rijksen, of Soestdijkseweg, in De Bilt, near Utrecht, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 1018.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/43; Geiger 19/7/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 8/43; on mission with 6/2/44; Salvaged. CHARLENE THE BAMA QUEEN.

Delivered Denver 18/6/43; Dow Fd 15/7/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-W] Rougham 9/43; considered war weary and sal 26/7/45. CHARLIE’S DELIGHT.

Delivered Dallas 11/7/44; Langley 8/8/44; Dow Fd 12/9/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-Z] Rougham 14/9/44; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-J] Horham 11/44; with L.W. Jensen, Radio Operator: Paul Rupard, Waist gunner: – Olson [2wia] 24/2/45; 53m, RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/10/45. SWEETHEART OF SEATTLE.

Delivered Denver 23/6/43; 383BG Geiger 26/6/43; force landed 20 miles west Walla Walla with Tom Hayden 18/7/43; 452BG Pendleton 28/10/43; 330 BU Dyersberg 1/3/44; 327 BU Drew 14/5/44; 4124 BU Altus 8/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Denver 23/6/43; Assigned 505BG Harvard 13/7/43; Tinker 19/9/43; 244 BU Harvard 23/9/44; 4121 BU Kelly 12/12/44, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/10/45.

Delivered Dallas 9/7/44; Langley 15/8/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 19/9/44; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-X] Horham 20/9/44; 23m, RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/10/44.