Delivered Lincoln 6/11/44; Dow Fd 26/11/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 6/12/44; t/o accident with Bob Fuchs, force landed Vincenzo A/fd, It 13/7/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.
Delivered Hunter 3/11/44; Grenier 14/11/44; Assigned 301BG Lucera 5/12/44; returning from Padua mission 12/4/45 with Tom Clancy; hit five C-47s on landing and burned out. CLANCY’S CREW.
Delivered Denver 22/9/43; Scott 7/10/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P] Horham 15/11/43; (4m); on training mission 10/1/44 with John Casper, Co-pilot: Shirley Galloway, Navigator: Duncan McGregor, Bombardier: Bob Clowes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Evans (5 Returned to Duty); due to u/c failure, mechanical problems forced to belly in at Honington Depot, Sfk, sal 3/4/44.
Delivered Long Beach 31/5/43; Gored Fd 1/7/43; Pyote 7/7/43; Walla Walla 24/7/43; Avon Park 23/11/43; 2117 BU Buckingham 20/11/44; 4100 BU Patterson 26/11/44; 327 BU Drew 31/3/45; 301 BU Drew 23/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.
Delivered Lincoln 3/11/44; Grenier 16/11/44; Assigned 15AF 3/12/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 29/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.
Delivered Lincoln 2/11/44; Grenier 12/11/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 4/12/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 2/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/1/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/42; Assigned 98BS/11BG Hawaii 5/6/42; transferred 13AF (Poppy) 22/7/42; Written off 15/6/44. GALLOPIN‘ GUS.
Delivered Lincoln 6/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-R] Rougham 17/10/44; 331BS [QE-Q]; transferred 34BG Mendlesham /44; Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 25/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Gr Island 27/12/43; Presque Is 10/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 26/1/44; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 11/3/44; crashed on take off to Frankfurt on first mission 24/3/44, at Bailey Hill Farm, Birdbrook, Ex, two miles from base; with Ken Haynes, Co-pilot: Ralph Bemis, Navigator: Edmund Cusson, Bombardier: Barry Stahlecker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Sauld, Radio Operator: Harry Loparco, Ball turret gunner: Zeke Herrera, Waist gunner: Ken Ham, Waist gunner: Don McHaffey,Tail gunner: Arthur Plows. (10 Killed in Action). All killed as aircraft exploded with wreckage all over the farm and orchard, while for many years patches of soil would not grow anything due the contamination by aviation fuel and oil.
Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/42; Assigned 431BS/11BG Hickham 3/6/42; transferred 98BS and 23BS/5BG; ditched 20/3/43 off Russell Is. SWPAC; (?retUS Tyndall 27/12/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 12/6/45.?) THE SKIPPER.
Delivered Cheyenne 4/10/42; Casper 30/5/43; force landed base 23/11/43 with George Winger; Kearney 3/8/43; when parked at MacDill hit in taxi acc. by 42-6001 on 17/2/44; Written off 20/2/44. VERA DE.
Delivered Denver 23/10/42; Orlando 31/1/43; Eglin 5/3/43; Brooksville 25/6/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 2/9/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 24/1/44; 4124 BU Altus 11/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 27/8/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 21/7/44; Kearney 29/7/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 22/8/44; 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 7/12/45.
Das Schicksal dieser B-17 Fliegenden Festung ist nicht bekannt.
Delivered Dallas 7/7/44; Langley 9/8/44; Grenier 10/9/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 12/9/44; transferred 729BS. Ground looped at Gt Ashfield with Wilfred Foeste 7/12/44. Missing in Action Bad Kreuznach 2/1/45 with Bill McDougall, Co-pilot: Dick Vine, Navigator: Joe Bachner, Bombardier: Howard Koratsky, Radio Operator: Don Achenbach, m/op- Lt Lew Kamas, Waist gunner: Clyde Richardson,Tail gunner: Capt Ralph Martin (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albin Martinek (Killed in Action); direct flak hit between #3 and #4, crashed 20 miles from Tier, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 11257. ROSALLE ANN II.
Delivered Tulsa 17/3/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG Thorpe Abbotts 27/5/44; Missing in Action on supply drop on Operation Zebra 25/6/44 with Ken Houghton, Co-pilot: Thornton Bline, Radio Operator: Laverne Deatrich, Waist gunner: Malcolm Eckley (4 evaded capture); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Marion (KIA- chute failed); Navigator: Stan Green, Bombardier: Bill Lichtenstern, Ball turret gunner: John Nelson{390BG},Tail gunner: Warren Moore (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed SE of La Ferte-Vidame, NW of Chartres, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 6542. ANY GUM CHUM?
Delivered Lincoln 18/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-B] Molesworth 31/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 16/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 13/11/43; Kearney 28/11/43; Romulus 5/12/43; Presque Is 8/12/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG (LN-Q) Thorpe Abbotts 16/12/43; transferred 418BS [LD-E]; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Alex Kinder, Co-pilot: Theo Schmuck, Navigator: Dale Wynn, Bombardier: Bill Dodd, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Wilson, Radio Operator: Bob Mazzacane, Ball turret gunner: Chas Daniels, Waist gunner: Dave Castle, Waist gunner: Gene Wayrynen,Tail gunner: Chas Stewart (10 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d two engines, one windmilling, crashed S of Niederbacheim, near St Goarhausen, Ger Missing Air Crew Report 4865. ROSIE’S RIVETERS.
Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/43; Smoky Hill 24/4/43; Presque Is 16/5/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-Z] Thurleigh 22/6/43; Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Wes Courson, Co-pilot: Roy Bronson, Navigator: Ted Grezlak, Bombardier: Henry Lynch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Champion, Waist gunner: Cedric White,Tail gunner: Bill Lamb (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bill Dayton, Ball turret gunner: Dock Thomas, Waist gunner: Bob Stevens{wia & drowned in River Ems} (3 Killed in Action); flak over Frisian Is took off vertical stabiliser, crashed Hofkamp Farm, Vriescheloo, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 127.
Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-X] Thorpe Abbotts 4/7/43; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Frank Meadows, Co-pilot: Lloyd Evans, Navigator: Frank Bush, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Jackson, Radio Operator: Bob Wussow, Ball turret gunner: Rich Agor, Waist gunner: Dexter Pate,Tail gunner: Vince Sapone (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Bill Hubbard, Waist gunner: Jim Ward{Wounded in Action} (2 Prisoner of War); flak hit bombs dropping from above, the explosions caused severe damage, crashed on road to Ottersburg, E of Bremen; Missing Air Crew Report 947. PHARTZAC.
Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-G] Presque Is 27/11/42; Molesworth 13/12/42; Returned to the USA 2/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge 22/11/44. IZA VAILABLE.
Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Scott 30/9/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-U] Thurleigh 19/10/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 3/2/44 with Rich Wong, Co-pilot: Walt McBroom, Navigator: John Rogers, Bombardier: Curtis Dunlap, Radio Operator: George Collins, Ball turret gunner: Chas Whetsone, Waist gunner: Armand Cournoyer (7 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Walker{originally escaped but shot by guard after surrender 29/4/44}, Waist gunner: Bob Sykes,Tail gunner: Walt Kels (3 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #4, crashed on sandbank near Ruteplate, between Benserseil & Langeoog Is, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2494.
Delivered Amarillo 2/7/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-Y] Alconbury 31/8/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 2/3/44 with Bernie Swart, Co-pilot: Everett Brown, Navigator: Jim Good, Bombardier: Walt Verbanic, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Jodrie, Radio Operator: Emmett Tucker, Ball turret gunner: George Smith, Waist gunner: Roy Davis, Waist gunner: Bob Blohm,Tail gunner: Wesley Daniel (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed between Sieglar & Siegburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2853.
Delivered Denver 9/1/44; 1SAG Langley 22/1/44; Hendricks 26/2/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-A] Thorpe Abbotts PFF 3/3/44; 349BS (XR-P); Missing in Action Merseburg 28/7/44 with Wesley Stansbury, Co-pilot: John Baxter, Navigator: Bill Fischer, Bombardier: Dick Hawkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: G.W. Moxley, Radio Operator: Wesson Stetson, Ball turret gunner: Henry Inskeep, Waist gunner: Melvin Rogoff,Tail gunner: John Myers (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-32009 (96BG); crashed North Sea off Lowestoft, Sfk. Missing Air Crew Report 8173.