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

Delivered Lincoln 1/2/45; Grenier 12/2/45; Assigned 8AF 18/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/2/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/45; Hunter 26/2/45; ATC San Francisco 3/4/45; Assigned WCW Manila 27/7/47; 13 AR Clark Fd 5/2/48; Recl Comp 15/1/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/5/42; Assigned 36BS/28 Comp Gp Kodiak 2/6/42; crashed Lake Bennett, Carcross, Yukon Terr.; en route Ft Glenn, AK with Irwin McWilliams 16/10/43; Written off 4/12/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/2/44; Gr Island 5/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-C] Bassingbourn 1/4/44; Missing in Action {50m} Munich 31/7/44 with Henry Supchak, Co-pilot: John Karlac, Navigator: Telson Fineman, Bombardier: Wilson Leahy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Skorpik, Radio Operator: Luigi Lentini, Ball turret gunner: Guy La Rocco, Waist gunner: Lewis Wetzel,Tail gunner: Bill Shepheard (9 Prisoner of War); flak hits in #1 & #2, and dropped back and headed for Switzerland but crashed Pinnistal, SW of Innsbruck, Aus.; Missing Air Crew Report 7806. PRIORITY GAL.

Delivered Hunter 17/1/45; Grenier 31/1/45; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham, transferred 563BS/388BG Knettishall 8/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 31/1/46.

Delivered Hunter 13/1/45; Grenier 31/1/45; Assigned 8AF 7/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/7/45; 613 BU Phillips 6/3/46.

Delivered Long Beach 7/10/43; Gr Island 5/11/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-S] Polebrook 21/1/44; after returning from mission 14/6/44 u/c collapsed, after repairs was stripped of all turrets and armour, then painted all black giving her about 15mph faster and became an assembly ship and re-named; {58m} retUS Bradley 13/6/45; Memphis 16/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45. LUCKY STRIKE aka THE BLACK BITCH.

Delivered & Assigned US Navy Johnsville 12/7/45 as PB-1W {77243}; Assigned VX-4 Mustin Fd 6/46; transferred VP-51 Miramar 1/50; VC-11 San Diego 31/3/50; VX-4 Patuxent River 7/4/52; re-designated VW-2 18/6/52; TD Gardamoen, Norway 30/8/52; RetUS, Patuxent River 11/52; Litchfield Pk 26/7/55; SO 10/7/56; AmComp Steel Corp, Dallas 2/12/57, Civil N5229V; purchased by Columbia Pictures as one of three aircraft for film `The War Lover’ 1961; Written off Bovingdon airfield, UK 1962.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 26/4/44; 730BS; Missing in Action Bremen 31/3/45 with Francis Moore, Co-pilot: Alvin Levine, Radio Operator: Oliver Sheets, Ball turret gunner: Chester Reeves,Tail gunner: Franklin Kincaid (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Schumm, Bombardier: Sgt John O’Brien, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Rhodes, Waist gunner: Fred Jordan (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Biberach, near Ochsenhausen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13733. HAIRLESS JOE.

Returned to the USA Bradley 10/7/45; Independence 30/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/44; Kearney 4/3/44; Grenier 15/3/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 12/3/44; transferred 560BS/388BG Knettishall 13/3/44; detailed from Prestwick with special cargo (probably whiskey!) but lost way in poor weather, and crash landed Isle of Arran, UK 11/12/44 with John Littlejohn; all killed. Wreck not found until weeks later by a local shepherd. Salvaged 15/3/45. SKIPPER ‘N THE KIDS.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/44; Gr Island 27/2/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 22/3/44; Missing in Action Zwickau 12/5/44 with Reg Pettus, Co-pilot: Ken Ingalls, Navigator: Bill Sing, Bombardier: Albt Hinkle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jay Glass, Radio Operator: Jim McInis, Ball turret gunner: Walter Siebert, Waist gunner: Dick Szcechowski, Waist gunner: Otha Stanley,Tail gunner: Joe Klaput (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set wing on fire plus #1 & #2, crew bailed, crashed Budingen, 16 miles SE of Friedberg, NE of Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4768.

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 22/11/43, crashed on take off from Goose Bay, Labrador, at Lake Melville en route UK, with Capt Lester White,cp-Frank Haag, Navigator: Tom Cannon, Bombardier: Gilligen Moseley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Martin Slattery, Radio Operator: Alfd Haag, Ball turret gunner: George Oakley, Waist gunner: Ray Hodges, Waist gunner: Lorenz Kirchoff{body never recovered},Tail gunner: Gus Farmer (10 Killed in Service).

Delivered Cheyenne 1/10/42; West Palm Beach 15/12/42; Assigned 353BS/301BG Ain M’Lila 18/2/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {49m} Salvaged 26/2/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-B] Kimbolton 9/4/44; battle damaged Nordstern 16/2/45 with Edgar Vestey, crash landed New Buckingham ?, UK; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/9/44; Hunter 19/9/44; Grenier 24/9/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-N] Podington 1/10/44; mid air col with 44-6584 3/3/45 with Art Huether (bailed OK), crash landed Havre, near Mons, Bel. 1 killed, 3 injured; Salvaged 9/3/45. WINNIE B.

elivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 1/10/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-D] Podington 9/2/45; battle damaged Chemnitz 3/3/45 with Erwin Schmidt, Bill Dalton, Cletus Brown, Marcus McCrery, Bob Deigan, Chas Ollman, Ray Wold, Dick Fischer (8 Killed in Action); Ed Bartley (Returned to Duty); mid air coll with 43-38675, crash landed Florennes, near Charlroi, Bel; Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 6 May 1943; Dow Field 30 May 1943; assigned 384th BG Grafton Underwood 10 June 1943; transferred to 412th BS/95th BG [QW-Y/V] Horham 28 June 1943; 23missions. Missing in Action Solingen 30 November 1943 with Pilot Arthur C. Hensler Jr; Co-Pilot Robert C. Gilchrist; Bombardier Paul E. Gregory; Navigator William L. Lohmann; Radio Operator/Gunner Max Gottlieb; Engineer/Top Turret gunner Elmer C. Gilcrease; Ball Turret gunner: Francis J. McDermott; Left Waist gunner/Assistant Engineer: Jack B. Hyatt; Right Waist Gunner/Assistant Radio Operator Paul W. Appleby; Tail Gunner Charles J. Higgins. Hit by Flak in right wing after bombs away; oil pressure loss in 2 engines, dropped back, seen leaving the formation 15 minutes before target. Over Holland, at about 1400m altitude, engine #1 exploded and the bail out order was given. Crashed Sterrebos, near Haelen, 5km NW of Roermond, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report 1559.

Delivered Hunter 29/1/45; Grenier 11/2/45; Assigned 8AF 13/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Hunter 28/1/45; Dow Fd 11/2/45; Assigned 8AF 14/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 1/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/2/46.