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

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Salina 5/2/43; Morrison 10/3/43 Oklahoma City 8/4/43; Written off 16/5/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/11/44; Hunter 5/12/44; Dow Fd 2/1/45; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-D] Polebrook 14/2/45; {19m} transferred 305BG Chelveston 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/4/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/43; Assigned 505BS/346BG Salina 11/2/43; damaged when parked and hit by taxying aircraft Smoky Hill, Ks 15/2/43; Written off 20/9/43.

Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Rapid City 10/8/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-Q] Rougham 7/9/43; Transferred: 550BS/385BG [SG-L] Gt Ashfield 9/43; no details except crash-landed Lofts Farm, Gr Totham, near Maldon, Ex, UK. 2/2/44, (10RTD‘); Salvaged. SWINGING DOOR.

Delivered Tulsa 14/1/43; Assigned: 422BS/305BG [JJ-W] New Castle 17/3/43; Chelveston 25/3/43; MIA Villacoublay 14/7/43 Pilot: John Perkins, Co-Pilot: Art Lewis, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Dube, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Wendell, Waist Gunner: Joe Devine, Waist Gunner: Sid Lesneau, Tail Gunner: Ken Meyer (7KIA); Navigator: Chas Otis, Bombardier: George Carruthers, Radio Operator: Harry Fedora, foto-George Friend (4POW); Enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crashed Lieuesant, 10 miles NW of Melun, Fr.; MACR 64. WINDY CITY CHALLENGER.

Delivered Hunter 2/11/44; Grenier 19/11/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-G] Polebrook 20/2/45; 38m Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; Sth Plains 7/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Portland 19/12/43; Gt Falls 20/12/43; Cheyenne 21/12/43; Kansas City 5/1/44; Memphis 6/1/44; Lakeland 7/1/44; Morrison 18/2/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 20/2/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 7/7/44 with Carl Sorensen, Co-pilot: Kingsley Enoch, Navigator: Albert Berrie, Bombardier: Tom Platten, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Sharp, Radio Operator: Danny DeLio, Ball turret gunner: Harry Kennelley, Waist gunner: Ernie Rossi, Waist gunner: Don Nye,Tail gunner: John Leone (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Gyor, Hung; Missing Air Crew Report 6566.

Delivered Denver 2/12/43; Roswell 18/12/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 20/1/45; 3020 BU La Junta 19/4/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 25/6/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 18/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 12/12/43; Romulus 17/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-S] Snetterton 26/12/43; MIA Saarbrucken 23/5/44 Pilot: Rich Debrandes, Co-Pilot: Glen Harrison, Navigator: Sam Fudge, Bombardier: Joe Armstrong, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Alex Lambrecht, Radio Operator: Ken Garwood, Ball Turret Gunner: Glen Smith, Waist Gunner: Terrall Rogers, Tail Gunner: Gene Stauffer (9RTD); ditched Channel 15miles W of Shoreham, Sussex, crew rescued by ASR and taken to RAF Friston; WILDFIRE II.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Morrison 14/4/43; Dow Fd 21/4/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-W] Alconbury 25/4/43; 3m, Written off after another aircraft 42-29685 exploded nearby on base 27/5/43, Salvaged. PASSION FLOWER.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/2/43; Stillwater 8/3/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-C] Alconbury 15/4/43; [QW-X] Alconbury 12/5/43; 5m, Destroyed Beyond Repair DBR by flying debris after bomb loading accident on 42-29685 14/6/43. Parts salvaged post accident.

Delivered: Long Beach 22/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Dow Fd 20/5/43; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-U] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43; MIA Antwerp 22/6/43 Pilot: Fred Disney, Waist Gunner: Joe Kilb, Tail Gunner: Jim Knutson (3POW); Co-Pilot: Dan DiThomas, Navigator: Alex Bredacs, Bombardier: Bernie Nelson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harry Hammond, Radio Operator: Maryville Galloway, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Linehan, Waist Gunner: Clarry Stewart (7KIA); Enemy aircraft, ditched Channel. MACR 14668. SALVAGE QUEEN.

Delivered Denver 1/12/43; Paine 4/12/43; Kearney 26/12/43; Memphis 1/1/44; Morrison 3/1/44; Assigned 347BS/99BG 10/1/44; 2WIA and 2MIA after bailing out 17/2/44 near Lake Albano, Italy with Bob Norton, Collins Wounded in Action, Bush Wounded in Action Muheran mia, Haurihan mia, rest ? ; Missing in Action 18m Regensburg 25/2/44 with Pilot Connie J. Laino; Co-Pilot Hubert Q. Gilliam; Navigator Francis T. Farrell; Bombardier Robert R. McLoughlin; Engineer George B. Garvin; Assistant Engineer Leslie J. Harris; Radio Operator Lonnie M. Denning; Assistant Radio Operator Joe D. Freeland Jr (KIA); Waist Gunner Albert V. Ellison; Tail Gunner Vincent J. Faralli; enemy aircraft, crashed just inside Austria, 3 miles South of Burghausen, Germany, near the German-Austrian border. Missing Air Crew Report 2704. Most of the crew was captured around 13:00 in Braunau am Inn, Austria. Tail Gunner Faralli, wounded, was taken to an hospital in Wels, Austria.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned 560BS/388BG [W] Knettishall 7/4/44; returned early from mission with loss of #1 20/5/44 with Gus Schneider, Co-pilot: Tilrow Morrison, Navigator: Norden Schloss, Bombardier: Leon Starer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilbur Rodehauer, Radio Operator: Ken Yearian, Ball turret gunner: Marvin Peters, Waist gunner: Bob Rodman, Waist gunner: John Harding,Tail gunner: Hubert Schoeman (10 Returned to Duty); on landing in fog overshot runway crashed through a line tent and Nissen hut killing three men and injuring another; Salvaged 20/5/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 22/3/44; MIA Rostock 11/4/44 Pilot: Edmund Ely, Co-Pilot: Fred Pratt, Navigator: Bill Ellis, Bombardier: Dave Ririe, Radio Operator: John Russell, Ball Turret Gunner: Vince Muffoletto (6POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Leo Komoely, Waist Gunner: Harvey Ringer, Waist Gunner: Constantine Scourbys, Tail Gunner: Tom Neill (4KIA-baled over Baltic Sea); Enemy aircraft KOd #1, set fire to radio room, crash-landed Bad Doberan/ Mecklenburg, seven miles W of Rostock, Germany. MACR 3776

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Kearney 4/3/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 12/3/44; MIA Rostock 11/4/44 Pilot: Bill Osterkamp, Co-Pilot: Leo Hughes, Navigator: Ken Perlitch, Bombardier: Harry Solomon, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Newell Ballard, Radio Operator: Elwood Tobias, Ball Turret Gunner: Leo Collins, Waist Gunner: George Taylor, Waist Gunner: Jim Evans, Tail Gunner: Jim Whitehead (10KIA-one body hit stabilizer); Enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea off Rostock, Germany. MACR 3777.

Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Scott 27/10/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-M] Deenethorpe 3/11/43; transferred 487BG Lavenham 15/7/44; then to 860BS/493BG Debach, on local flight 16/8/44 with Capt Wesley(Don Hastings?), Co-pilot: Chas Boyce, Navigator: Fred Hughes, Bombardier: Harry Trumbo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Gittens, Radio Operator: Maurice Spiegle, Ball turret gunner: John West, Waist gunner: Howard Slayton,Tail gunner: Stan Vajda (9 Returned to Duty); on third landing aircraft went down on belly skidding to a stop; Salvaged 16/8/44. WIDDLE TWINKLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 15-Apr-43; Gore 25-Apr-43; Sioux City 30-Apr-43; Kearney 4-May-43; Bangor 20-May-43; 9-Jun-43 Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-Q] Grafton Underwood; involved in mid-air collision over base with 42-30036 during practice flight 9-Sep-43 with Pilot: Francis Witt, Co-pilot: T.L. Carter, Navigator: Arthur Harris, Bombardier: Joe Derer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Boyd Titman, Radio Operator: Bill Sears, passengers-Frank Brasiel, Cyril Knapek, Ed Millerr (9 Returned to Duty); repaired and transferred 2 SAD Lt Staughton 17-Jul-43, for modification in preparation to accompany RAF Halifaxes on Meteorological duties 1CCRC Bovingdon, Herts; transferred RAF 517 Sq, St Eval, Cornwall, Sep-43; Missing in Action from RAF Brawdy, Pembroke on Met. Flight over English Channel, Torquay-Cherbourg 2-Feb-44 – 8KOM MACR 2250

Delivered Denver 11/7/43; Grenier 18/8/43; Assigned 812BS/482BG [MI-F] {549BS/385BG [XA-]} Alconbury 20/8/43 (H2-X); Missing in Action Berlin 21/6/44 with Matt Totter, Bill Lynch, Ernie Ven Der Heyden, Albt Strahle, Warren Rissmiller, Walter Lynch, Roy Rayle, John Ranz, Craig Lewis, Bob Stafford (10INT); force landed Sweden; Missing Air Crew Report 5919. Became Swedish air-liner SE-BAN; Written off 10/1948.

Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Dow Fd 7/7/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 9/7/43 SKY SHY; Missing in Action 6/9/43 with Jim Roe, Co-pilot: Ernie Thompson, Navigator: Milton Schoenborn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Mace, Radio Operator: Dave Tees, Ball turret gunner: Rich Senegal, Waist gunner: Tom Mollenkamp, Waist gunner: Dorman Busse,Tail gunner: Paul Hardin (9 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Manley Frankenberg (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Stuttgart, Missing Air Crew Report 3114. SILVER DOLLAR.