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

Delivered Hunter 6/9/44; Grenier 25/9/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 13/10/44; Missing in Action Vienna 7/2/45 with George Fischer, Dacrema, Fish, Rogers, Griffin, Ford, Alvira, Gray, Maynor, Manda, Lilien (11 Prisoner of War); mech fault, crashed Vienna, Austria; Missing Air Crew Report 12375.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 8/7/44; Grenier 15/7/44; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham, transferred 849BS/490BG Eye 25/7/44; returning from Darmstadt with Sam Spiegel hit by landing 43-38838 on base 12/12/44; Salvaged 13/12/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/4/43; Morrison 5/5/43; Warner Robins 11/5/43; Morrison 17/5/43; Assigned 352BS/301BG St Donat 5/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; depot 15/5/44; {67m} Returned to the USA Patterson 10/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Denver 17/4/44; 1SAG Langley 3/6/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-Z] Polebrook 29/6/44; 508BS [YB-Z]; {16m} battle damaged Cologne 15/10/44 with Winfield Muffet, crew OK; lost two engines and third smoking; force landed Belgium; Salvaged 22/11/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/6/44; Kearney 19/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-L] Polebrook 17/7/44; Missing in Action 6m Brandenburg 6/8/44 with George Uttley, Co-pilot: Chas Hayes, Bombardier: Jim Ralston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cecil Badgett, Ball turret gunner: Joe Garza, Waist gunner: Bill Saunders,Tail gunner: Marion Coverdale (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Milton Sheir, Radio Operator: Alvin Bernstein, (2 Prisoner of War); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed Wilhelmshorst, S of Potsdam, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7585.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/10/44; Hunter 9/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned as SH aircraft 602BS/398BG [K8-Y] Nuthampstead 15/1/45; 601BS [3O-Y]; after modification back to HO aircraft at Honington transferred 306BG Thurleigh 25/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 14/3/47.

Delivered Denver 1/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 30/12/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-B] Polebrook 14/1/44; Missing in Action {50m} Saarbrucken 3/8/44 with Ralph Brackens*, Co-pilot: Bill Beals, Navigator: Dan Moseley, Bombardier: George Cobb, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Williamson, Radio Operator: Bill Hardesty, Ball turret gunner: Bob Mattice*, Waist gunner: George McCrary,Tail gunner: Jim Atkins (9POW-* both broke leg on landing)); flak KO’d #3, ship went into spin and exploded, crashed Huttersdorf, NW of Lebach, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 7704. SLOW BALL.

Delivered Lincoln 6/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-G] Ridgewell 14/11/44 HITLER’S HO DO; Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Paul Pucylowski, Co-pilot: Harry Yarnes, tog-A.H. Zichterman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Way, Radio Operator: Joe Noxon, Ball turret gunner: Stuart Mitchell, Waist gunner: Earl Green,Tail gunner: Bob Landes (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John Kelleher (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Tutow, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12295. BLIND DATE.

Delivered Hunter 28/1/45; Dow Fd 13/2/45; Assigned 8AF 15/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

Delivered Tucson 26/2/42; with Bob Coulter force landed Geiger 25/3/42; Muroc 5/7/42; Eglin 18/8/42; Assigned 411BS/29BG Gowen 25/6/42; Geiger 2/9/42; Boise 1/12/42; with Chas Honaker in slight mid air collision with 41-9181 over Gowen 15/1/43; rep. to Lockbourn 21/4/43; with Bill Seaborn force landed base 23/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Pendleton 34BG 9/5/42; Westover 2/7/42; Assigned 411BS/29BG Kellogg, MI, damaged with Ivan Pullen when parking at Patterson 8/10/42 and hit by B-17 41-24582, rep; in mid-air collision over Gowen with Paul Painter (Killed in Service) with 41-2603 15/1/43; Written off 22/1/43.

Delivered Louisville 3/3/45; Hunter 16/3/45; Grenier 28/3/45; Assigned 8AF 29/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 22/5/45; Sth Plains 24/5/45; 247 BU Smoky Hill 17/2/46; 15 TSK Clovis 10/3/46; 234 BU Clovis 20/3/46; with Warder Skaggs force landed base 16/5/46; 401 BU Hamilton 6/8/46; Recl Comp 30/10/46.

Delivered Hunter 28/1/45; Grenier 11/2/45; Assigned 8AF 15/2/45; re-ass 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp 7/1/49.

Delivered Lincoln 28/1/45; Dow Fd 12/2/45; Assigned 8AF 14/2/45; re-ass 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp 18/11/48.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/42; Wayne 8/7/42; Dorval 14/7/42; Gander-Prestwick 17/7/42 with Steuart Reiss, to RAF [FL456]; 220 Sq (ZZ-N painted 2-N) Ballykelly 20/8/42; detailed convoy sweep 3/2/43 with Ken Ramsden, sunk submarine U-265; Azores 18/1/44; 521 Met Sq Langham 22/1/45; Struck Off Charge 14/7/47. NANETTE.

Delivered Lincoln 28/1/45; Dow Fd 15/2/45; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 18/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; 613 BU Phillips 13/3/46.

Delivered Lincoln 27/1/45; Dow Fd 13/2/45; Assigned 8AF 15/2/45; re-ass AMC 3/6/47; 4112 BAS Olmstead 9/1/48; Recl Comp 21/3/48. (US Civil serial N7043C).

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Gr Island 5/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-N] Ridgwell 6/4/44; mech test, with Capt Doug Winters, Lt Jim Turner (533), Lt Julian O’Neal, Sgt Hessle Buck (all 4 Returned to Duty); lost #3 and #4, crash landed and burned at Larkins Farm, Twinstead, near Halstead, Ex. UK 5/5/44; Salvaged 2 SAD.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/42; Wayne 23/6/42; Dorval 25/6/42; Gander-Prestwick 30/6/42 with Henry Morley to RAF [FK207]; 220 Sq (ZZ-J) Ballykelly 17/7/42; detailed convoy escort 10/8/42 with Gordon Sanderson, Co-pilot: Ernie Bristow, gnrs David Capel, Vic Fretter, Phil Foster, Harry Garcia (6 Killed in Action); suffered loss of speed and dived into ground near Nutts Corner base, where its load of depth charges exploded..

Delivered Lincoln 23/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 7/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 1/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. ASPHODEL aka SHAKY.