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

Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Grenier 17/3/45; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-K] Thorpe Abbotts 30/3/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Middleton AD 9/7/42; Bolling 28/7/42; Westover 3/10/42; Assigned 15PRS/3PRG Membury, UK 7/9/42; Steeple Morden, UK 27/10/42; transferred 12AF La Senia, Alg. 6/12/42; Algiers 25/12/42; Le Kroub, Alg. 5/6/43; La Marsa, Tun. 28/6/43; Grottaglie, It. 4/10/43; Bari 28/12/43; Salvaged 1/5/44.

Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-E] Bangor 2-Sep-42; Bassingbourn 1-Oct-42; transferred 324BS [DF-E]; Missing in Action Romilly-sur-Seine 11m 20-Dec-42 (9-man crew) 8KIA 1 POW MACR 5381.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/8/44; Hunter 13/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-P] Horham 11/9/44; with J.P. O’Toole force landed C-15 unknown base on continent 25/2/45; 63m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Grenier 22/3/45; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-R] Thorpe Abbotts 6/4/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 26/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/43; Gore 28/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Tinker 19/6/43; Casper 28/6/43; Kearney 30/6/43; Eglin 6/7/43; Dow Fd 9/7/43; Assigned 12AF 10/7/43; in taxi accident RAF St Eval, Cornwall, UK, with Kurt Richter 14/8/43 when preparing to fly to North Africa; Con Invm 8/7/44.

Delivered Hunter 24/11/44; Dow Fd 8/12/44; slated 8AF 11/12/44; transferred 4121 BU Kelly 17/1/45; re-ass 2ER Kadena, Japan 18/1/45; 3168 VB Kanoya 18/6/45; 13 AR Tachikawa 3/6/48; 3168 VB Kadena 5/6/48; 13 AR Jama 13/7/48; 13 AR Itami 8/10/48; Recl Comp 2/3/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/45; Hunter 27/6/45; WCW San Francisco 16/7/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 24 HBS Harmon 1/1/48; 13 ARE Sq Jama 26/3/49; Recl Comp 6/12/49.

Delivered Louisville 15/3/45; Topeka 21/3/45; Grenier 1/4/45; Assigned 351BS/100BG 23/4/45; Bradley 3/7/45; Sth Plains 5/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.

Delivered: Cheyenne 18/1/43; Assigned: 366BS/305BG [KY-A] Morrison 5/3/43; Chelveston 26/4/43; Transferred: 533BS/381BG [VP-U] Ridgewell 22/8/43; tran 305BG Polebrook 22/8/43; then 524BS/379BG Kimbolton 26/8/43; {24m} Returned to US: Tinker 6/6/44; Patterson 15/2/45; Scrapped: Altus 4/9/45.

Delivered Dyersburg 2/4/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/12/45.

Delivered Dyersburg 2/4/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Dyersburg 2/4/44; 120 BU Greenville 12/6/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 23/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-D] Thorpe Abbotts 11/7/44; 350BS [LN-D]; transferred 482BG Alconbury 20/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45. MY BLUE HEAVEN.

Delivered Geiger 21/9/42; Assigned 18BS/34BG Blythe 11/12/42; force landed base with Joe Gemmill 16/12/42; Written off 27/1/43.

Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-B] Presque Is 20/10/42; Grafton Underwood 29/10/42; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Ray Halliday, Navigator: Bob Curtis, Bombardier: Clarry Veach, Radio Operator: Joe McKegney (4 Prisoner of War) Co-pilot: Russ Brooke, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Shaver, Waist gunner: Alf Jawerewski, Waist gunner: Tony Marandola, Tail gunner: Duane Lawhead (5 evaded capture), Ball turret gunner: Steve Dorko (Killed in Action); mech failure, crashed Buchy, 19 miles SE of Dieppe, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1344 & 2155. RIGOR MORTIS.

Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-U/A] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 26/10/42; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 20/3/44; Returned to the USA Robins 1/8/44; Recl Comp 30/8/45. WHAM BAM.

Delivered Tulsa 16/5/44; Dallas 14/6/44; Langley 21/7/44; Grenier 3/8/44; Assigned 364BS/305BG Chelveston 26/8/44; on non-op flight to Podington 6/9/44 with Jerome Greenberg, Co-pilot: Ken Knowles, Navigator: Alf Gumaer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hubert McCullars, Radio Operator: Bill Neyens (5 Returned to Duty); aircraft landed with u/c still up and skidded onto grass; Salvaged 2 SAD 8/9/44.

elivered Cheyenne 2/5/44; Hunter 2/5/44; Dow Fd 24/5/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR- ] Thorpe Abbotts 27/5/44; Missing in Action Abbeville 5/6/44 with Chas Peterson, Co-pilot: Jim Keefe, Navigator: Elmer Vishion, Bombardier: Jim Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Phillips, Radio Operator: Paul Zima, Ball turret gunner: Jim Heller, Waist gunner: Dick Sawaya,Tail gunner: Corwin Alspach (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Andy Addison (Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 42-107095 (100BG); crashed two miles E of Hardelot, four miles S of Boulogne, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 5383.

Delivered Tulsa 18/2/44; Gr Island 2/3/44; Grenier 3/4/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-F] Thorpe Abbotts 7/4/44; Missing in Action French A/Fds 5/6/44 with Mark Wilson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John McAuliffe, Radio Operator: Gene Sweeney, Ball turret gunner: Don Rohasek, Waist gunner: Bill Moreland, Waist gunner: Glover Nall,Tail gunner: Cecil Davis (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Don Roth, Navigator: John Johnson, Bombardier: Ralph Kroenke (3 Killed in Action); hit by ground rocket and veered into collision with 43-37591 (100BG); crashed Channel ten miles off Hardelot, S of Boulougne, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 5384. LITTLE BIT.

Delivered MacDill 24/2/42; Cheyenne 14/5/42; force landed with Bill Bloodgood MacDill 20/6/42; Walla Walla 26/6/42; Eglin 3/8/42; Wright 25/9/42; Lockbourn 22/4/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/10/45.

Delivered Alexandra 2/4/44; used in training by 452BG; 221 BU Alexandra 17/1/45; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 325 BU Avon Park 29/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/44; Gr Island 22/2/44; Grenier 23/3/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-K] Thurleigh 2/4/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/9/44 with Marvin Freeman, Navigator: Chas Stansbury, Bombardier: Francis Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marlin Summer, Radio Operator: Ken Lovens, Ball turret gunner: John Holmes (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Curtis Barber, Waist gunner: Jim Highes,Tail gunner: Bob Appell (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed near Britz, N of Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 8832.

Delivered Long Beach 17/8/43; 356 Sub Dep Dalhart 17/10/43; 232 BU Dalhart 9/6/44; 421 BU Muroc 15/7/44; 232 BU Dalhart 3/12/44; 357 BU Kellogg 29/12/44; 246 BU Pratt 23/1/45; 902 BU Orlando 17/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.