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

Delivered Dallas 19/7/43; Gr Isle 11/8/43; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 31/8/43; transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-T] Ridgewell 20/9/43; 28m 8AF Fight Com, Debden (Radwinter) as radio relay aircraft 25/4/44; 610BS/398BG [3O- ] Nuthampstead 15/11/44; to 435 ASGp 3/6/45 then Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/10/45. SWEET AND LOVELY.

Assigned 364BS/305BG Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 22/10/42; transferred 414BS/97BG Polebrook 4/11/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; Biskra 25/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; 346BS/99BG Depienne 24/11/43; {20m}; depot 3/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 8/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 26/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/9/43; Scott 22/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-D] Deenethorpe 8/11/43; on return from Merignac 31/12/43 with Capt Jere Maupin, Co-pilot: Earl Owens, Navigator: Capt Walt Eabererr, Bombardier: Capt Ron WEoodhouse, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Foster DeWees, Radio Operator: Jim Graham, Ball turret gunner: John Farmer, Waist gunner: ? Henderson, Waist gunner: Burton Markle,Tail gunner: Bill Smith (10 Returned to Duty), in poor weather conditions, crash landed Foxhole Hill, Potters Bar, Herts, UK, Salvaged. FOOL’S LUCK.

Delivered Rapid City 1/4/44; 231 BU Pierre 5/1/45; 224 BU Sioux City 10/1/45; 222 BU Ardmore 13/6/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gt Falls 4/10/43; Scott 28/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-M] Deenethorpe 16/11/43; Missing in Action Kiel 4/1/44 with Capt Bill Garland, Co-pilot: Maj Malcolm Martin (Sq. CO), Navigator: Ed Nolte, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Spacek, Radio Operator: Bert Stimmel, Ball turret gunner: Tom McNab, Waist gunner: John Parratt,Tail gunner: Erle Owens (8 Returned to Duty), Bombardier: Floyd Howe(rip when picked up), Waist gunner: Ralph Newton (2 Killed in Action); mechanical fault, ditched North Sea, crew rescued by RN minesweepers Monique & Camille, . Missing Air Crew Report 6468. CAROLYNE.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/10/43; Gr Island 25/10/43; Wilmington 2/11/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-B] Podington 30/11/43; Missing in Action Sorau 11/4/44 with Ernie Fortson {shot while parachuting down}, Navigator: Chas Derose, Bombardier: Dave Manning, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John McDonald, Waist gunner: Joe Soriano,Tail gunner: George Hodges (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Frank Lochocki, Radio Operator: Clyde Grant, Ball turret gunner: Bob Beck, Waist gunner: Clyde Hobbs (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Behnsdorf, nine miles NE of Helmstedt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3669.

Delivered Denver 10/1/44; 1SAG Langley 31/1/44; Grenier 23/2/44; Assigned PFF 413BS/96BG [MZ-T] Snetterton 3/3/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/12/45.

Delivered Denver 19/12/43; Langley 12/1/44; Mitchell 28/1/44; Assigned PFF 413BS/96BG [MZ-F] Snetterton 29/1/44; transferred 95BG Horham 30/1/44 as (H2X); 7m, transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-F] Thorpe Abbotts 31/1/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 28/7/44 with Jim Noble, Co-pilot: Bob Lipps, Navigator: Bob Barry, Xn-Edmund Kauffman, Bombardier: Marcus Hertz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Cruz, Radio Operator: Russ Ellis,Tail gunner: Fred Swartz, Capt Floyd Mason {mission pilot} (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Bill McNalley, Waist gunner: Art Roberts (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Offdilln, N of Dillenberg,, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7880. ISLAND F FOR FOX.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 327 BU Drew, W/O 24/10/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/43; Dow Fd 29/7/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-S] Alconbury 23/8/43; transferred with Azon/Aphrodite duties, Knettishall 17/6/44; with Lt Frank L Houston & T/Sgt Willard D Smith of 452BG l/Wizernes 4/8/44.

Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Dow Fd 1/7/43; Assigned (Oboe MkI radar) 407BS/92BG [PY-K] Alconbury 11/8/43; transferred 813BS/482BG [PC-C] Alconbury 25/8/43 with Oboe Mk I radar; to 9AAF Stansted 5/2/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/43; Gr Island 15/1/44; Presque Is 20/2/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-Q] Podington 2/3/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with Bill Kannapinn, Co-pilot: Jim Morris, Navigator: Dick Pfeiffer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Bansept, Radio Operator: Alton Furbish (5 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Jim Harp, Ball turret gunner: John Pantano, Waist gunner: Jack Rose,Tail gunner: Edgar Walter (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Schwittersdorf, NE of Lutherstadt Eisleben, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8884. JUNKERS JOY.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Grenier 6/1/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-K] Podington 5/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Rex Townsend, Co-pilot: Gunnar Swanson, Navigator: Ken Kinsella, Bombardier: Ralph Ballmer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Horton, Radio Operator: Ingvard Jensen, Ball turret gunner: Bill Bedenk, Waist gunner: Dave Elowitz, Waist gunner: Harry Degroat (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Orlando Maiocco (Prisoner of War); flak hit, ship broke in half, crashed Brookstreek, near Mariendrebber, for miles N of Diepholz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2996.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/11/42; West Palm Beach 12/12/42; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Thurleigh 1/1/43; damaged 1/3/43 coll with 41-24476; transferred AFSC 3/3/43, ret 9/4/43; Missing in Action Bremen 17/4/43 with Walter N. Smiley, Co-pilot: Avory L. Ewan, Navigator: Wilbur W. Breunig, Bombardier: Martin M. Strauss, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Raymond C. Clifton, Radio Operator: Donald B. Hepler, Ball turret gunner: Roderick C. Clark, Waist gunner: William R. Payne, Waist gunner: Lawrence J. Sliff, Tail gunner: Roy K. Staiff; enemy aircraft, crashed Channel. Missing Air Crew Report 15518. PRIDE OF KARIANS aka BODACIOUS CRITTER.

Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-D] Westover 16/8/42; 423BS Thurleigh 13/10/42; slight mid-air collision on training flight with Ralph Jones, coll with 42-5251 with Capt John Regan 1/3/43, both limped back to base with slight cuts & bruises, ‘476 with wheels up (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged NBD Chelveston 19/3/43. ADORABLE – UNBEARABLE.

Delivered Pendleton 5/2/42; Boise 17/2/42; Salt Lake City 24/6/42; Biggs 30/10/42; Pueblo 28/1/43. Recl Comp 19/10/45.

Delivered Pendleton 5/2/42; Boise 30/3/42; Cheyenne 6/5/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Wendover 21/7/42; Westover 11/8/42; Sebring 12/9/42; Hillsboro 23/6/43; Sebring 4/7/43. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 28/6/45.

Delivered Long Beach 2/9/43; Gr Island 21/9/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-W] Thorpe Abbotts 27/9/43; crashed on take off on non operation flight 3/12/43 with Martin Tashjian{inj}, Co-pilot: Bill Fletcher, Navigator: Floyd Hartman{inj}, Bombardier: Bennie Epstein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Floyd Douglas{inj}, Radio Operator: Bob Longworth{inj}, g-Jim Whitton, g-George Reid, pass-Lt John Dutka{inj} (9 Returned to Duty); sal 10/12/43. FLETCHER’S CASTORIA.

Delivered Pendleton 4/2/42; Boise 18/2/42; Assigned 6BS/29BG Cheyenne 3/5/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; with J.F. Shelley force landed Bowman, KY 20/6/42; Assigned 6BS/29BG Gowen 25/6/42; with Richard Allen force landed base 6/12/42; Boise 20/8/42; Lockbourn 22/3/43; with Dennis Lence force landed base 14/10/43; with Stan Brown force landed base 12/1/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 20/8/45.

Delivered Pendleton 4/2/42; Boise 25/2/42; Alamogordo 19/6/42; force landed base with Bob Nolan 25/7/42; St Joseph 21/12/42; Nashville 1/5/43; with Art Howarth force landed Berry Fd, TN 8/5/43; Presque Is 1/7/43; Flushing 20/12/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 6/6/45.