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

Delivered Denver 12/2/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG Rapid City, dep. Natal for Dakar, then UK; with Major Edgar Cole, Co-pilot: Ray Abbott, Navigator: Chas Garvin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Galvin,ro-Harry Dubie, pass:- Theo Thomas, Jack Myers, Ray Johnson, Boyd Barnes, Carl Olbertz; crashed 30 miles off shore near Bathurst due to electrical fire 5/4/43, but picked up by RAF Sunderland and taken to Bathurst (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 17/4/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/2/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 92BG Podington 17/10/43; transferred 332BS/94BG [XM-E] Rougham /43; landing accident at Bovingdon due to structural failure with Chas Cliburn 17/8/43; landing accident at Rougham with Ken Steele 29/9/43; recalled from mission and on landing at base landing gear malfunctioned 9/2/44 with Alwin Kocher, Co-pilot: Henry Wallace, Navigator: Metro Wozniak, Bombardier: Edmond Moreau, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Wood, Radio Operator: Bill Holmes, Ball turret gunner: Joe Anderson, Waist gunner: Herbert Chase, Waist gunner: Gil Debrieski,Tail gunner: Elmer Thomas (10 Returned to Duty); no records until Salvaged 22/6/45. STUD DUCK.

Delivered Denver 5/2/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG Salina 25/2/43; electrical fire caused crew to bail out Rosedale, LA, with George Hendershot 17/3/43, aircraft burnt out. Written off.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Gt Falls 30/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Assigned 750BS/457BG Glatton 25/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44; with Gene Whelan, Co-pilot: Jim Cawley, Navigator: George McPeake, Bombardier: Bob Kuncl, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Vaughn, Radio Operator: Jerome Hartings, Ball turret gunner: Virgil French, Waist gunner: J.W. Bartee, Waist gunner: John McVey,Tail gunner: Alphus Maddox (10 Killed in Action); mid air coll with ME410 after wreckage fell from above off 42-31627; crashed NE of Brachwitz, four miles N of Treuenbrietzen, SW of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3197. FLYING JENNY.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Gt Falls 1/12/43; Cheyenne 3/12/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Assigned 748BS/457BG Glatton 26/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Roy Graves, Co-pilot: Wayne McLeod, Navigator: Jim Salay, Bombardier: Herbert Witte, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Horace Gillespie, Radio Operator: Weldon Brown, Ball turret gunner: Harry Moberg, Waist gunner: Don Lillehaug, Waist gunner: Bob Kent (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Eldon Williams (Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 42-31595 wreckage, crashed near Treuenbrietzen, SW of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3198.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/44; Billings 3/5/44; Kearney 12/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-R] Framlingham 27/5/44 MISSISSIPPI MISSION; Missing in Action Derben, Ger 14/1/45 with Gerald Johnson, Bill Parks, Dayton Kelly, Joe Redpath spot jammer, Jim Lawman tg (5 Killed in Action); Matt Robinson, Don Lash, Frank O’Neill, Russ Hardy, Ben Marshall (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Garlitz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11725. BOB TAIL BATTLER.

Delivered Long Beach 19/2/43; La Guardia 4/5/43; Scott Fd 17/8/43; with Landry Houston force landed Walker, Ks 8/1/44; when parked hit by 42-5083 Walker 21/4/44; Assigned 95BG (not to GB); Written off 15/8/44; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/43; Smoky Hill 14/4/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG, with Capt Larry Elstead, Co-pilot: Fred Plyley, Navigator: Jim Courtright, Bombardier: Art Ciccarello, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Brown, Radio Operator: Lowell Lindblom, Ball turret gunner: Art McKinley, Waist gunner: Art Mahoney, Waist gunner: Alf Garretson, Tail gunner: Tom O’Moore (10 Killed in Service); en route from Gander, Nfd. to Prestwick, Scotland, and to Kimbolton 23/4/43; radio op in another B-17 heard SOS call presumed from ‘3132, no trace found. Missing Air Crew Report 3726.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG Dow Fd 18/4/43; t/o Gander en route UK 10/5/43 with Kurt Freund, Co-pilot: George Kane, Navigator: Bob Dependahl, Bombardier: Harry Ford, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bruce Luhmann, Radio Operator: John Paznar, ae-Jim Dyson, aro-Wilford Bradshaw, g-John Semagh,Tail gunner: Paul Matthew (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Finner Strand, near Bunderan, Co. Donegal, Ire. out of gas heading for Kimbolton. Salvaged. WEREWOLF.

Delivered Barksdale 21/2/42; MacDill 5/3/42; Boise 21/6/42; Yuma 18/10/42; crash landed Gowen Fd, with Royce Glenn when u/c failed 20/11/42, rep; Hendricks 31/3/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 10/6/45.

Delivered Denver 5/1/44; Kearney 15/1/44; Presque Is 29/1/44; Assigned: 334BS/95BG [BG-Q] Horham 2/2/44; over Berlin 18/4/44 Pilot: W.W. Bowden, Tail Gunner: Elbert Hargraves (KIA); 41m, MIA Leipzig 29/5/44 w/Norman Ulrich, Co-Pilot: George Relf, Navigator: Ralph Smithberger, Bombardier: Don Payne, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Leon Anderson, Radio Operator: Norman Phillips, Ball Turret Gunner: Rubin Schulman, Waist Gunner: Gene Buhler, Waist Gunner: Larry English, tg-Norman Hines (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crash-landed Packebusch, 19 miles SW of Salzwedel, Germany. MACR 5343. OL’ DOG.

Delivered Denver 13/2/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW- ] Grafton Underwood 17/4/43; Missing in Action Keil 13/6/43 with Bob Webster, Bombardier: Tom Decaro (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Alf Bramer, Navigator: Norton Marcus, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Zephan Barrows{RIP 19/7/43}, Radio Operator: Joe Tomasello, Ball turret gunner: Berl Cenac, Waist gunner: Walter Feuer, Waist gunner: Berthal Eveland,Tail gunner: Clarry Rude (8 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Doerphof, near Flensburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3687 (?2458). MISS CARRIAGE.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/8/44; Lincoln 4/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-V] Horham 19/9/44; 334BS [BG-V]; with M.C. Ryan force landed RAF Woodbridge, Sfk 25/12/44; 62m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. EVASIVE ACTION.

Delivered MacDill 28/2/42; Assigned 340BS/97BG Sarasota 29/3/42; from Houlton to Presque Is crash landed hitting an embankment and stopped, with Chas Lee, Co-pilot: G. Leland, Navigator: H. Ray, Bombardier: J. Cognatto, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: S. Kendall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: F. Rebello, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Z. Gomsell, g-J. Cummings, g-R. Williams (9 Returned to Duty) 28/6/42. Salvaged. Parts used on 41-9022.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/10/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 19/11/43; battle damaged Berlin 6/3/44; Salvaged 7/3/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/4/43; Brooks Fd 3/6/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/43; 4124 BU Altus; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 22/8/45.

Delivered Hunter 20/12/44; Dow Fd 29/12/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-M] Horham 5/1/45; with F. Beard force landed Framlingham afb, Sfk. 6/2/45 (first op) 56m, Returned to the USA Bradley 5/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 15/12/45. WINGED WARRIORS.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Kearney 3/12/43; Presque Is 9/12/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-D] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; Missing in Action Evere A/fd 10/4/44 with Gaston Fox, Co-pilot: Francis Hoad, Navigator: Darrel Wilson, Bombardier: Leon Mendelson, Ball turret gunner: Don Van Booven, Waist gunner: Chas Sierra (6 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Allen Brown, Radio Operator: Duane Brandt, Waist gunner: Joe Gallas,Tail gunner: Cecil Estess (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ditched Channel, three miles W of Calais, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3939. FOOLS LUCK III.

Delivered Tulsa 14/2/44; Kearney 22/2/44; Presque Is 6/4/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-Q] Bassingbourn 22/3/44 CHAMPAGNE GIRL; Missing in Action 45m Lechfeld 19/7/44 with Cyril Braund, Co-pilot: John Sykes, Navigator: Ken Boltz, Bombardier: John Grubka, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don McBey, Radio Operator: Bill Bridges, Ball turret gunner: Bob Lockhard, Waist gunner: Carl McCardell,Tail gunner: Cliff Johnson (9INT); mid air coll with 42-31542 (BUNKY, cut in half); crashed Ilanz, SE of Zurich, Switz; crew bailed out; Missing Air Crew Report 7407. aka FANCY PANTS.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/11/43; Spokane 22/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Wendover 7/12/43; Assigned 748BS/457BG Glatton 27/1/44 BUNKY; transferred 92BG Podington 11/3/44; 323BS/91BG [OR-T] Bassingbourn 12/3/44; Missing in Action 45m Lechfeld 19/7/44 with Norman Burwick, Co-pilot: Frank Way, Navigator: Carl Sanders, Bombardier: Alby Steelhammer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Cotton, Radio Operator: George Beltz, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Gemmill, Waist gunner: Harry Carlson,Tail gunner: Gordon Smith (9 Killed in Action); propwash caused mid air coll with 42-107075 (91BG); tail broke off, crashed Huglfing, Oberbayen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7417. “BUNKY.”