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

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Kearney 5/2/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-E] Deenethorpe 30/5/44; Missing in Action Dessau 20/7/44 with Jack Frederick, John Kirkbride, John Szungyi, Ray Nagle, Ken Fritts, Emerson Roberts, Walt Jenkins, Morton Warnow, Edgar Pierson (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Numansdorp, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 7546.

Delivered Dallas 16/6/44; Langley 2/7/44 to convert to PFF; Presque Is 7/8/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-G] Framlingham 15/8/44; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 20/7/43; Palm Springs 23/7/43; Cheyenne 25/7/43; Dalhart 15/8/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Snetterton [AW-E] 9/9/43 RUTH L; transferred 339BS [QJ-R]; Missing in Action Oranienburg 22/3/44 with Nathan Young, Co-pilot: Ed Garney, Navigator: Bob Sulzner, Bombardier: Bob Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Kelley, Radio Operator: Henry Lee, Ball turret gunner: Bill Meyer, Waist gunner: Wesley Lane, Waist gunner: Bob Robertson,Tail gunner: Walter May (10 Killed in Action); hit by bomb from own group aircraft above, crashed Falkenhoehe, two miles NE of Falkensee, due E of Berlin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3420. WINNIE C.

Delivered Denver 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [(OQ-J) VP-J] Ridgewell 29/5/43 with Olaf Ballinger, John Carah, Paul McConnell, George Williams, Byron Gronstal, Bob Mandell, Len Fornaro, Albt Wackermann, Harry Bauscher, Tom Childress; virtually destroyed 23/6/43 in base explosion {1m} loading up for Bernay St Martin, Salvaged. CONNIE.

Delivered Denver 30/9/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Wilmington 9/11/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-F] Framlingham 15/11/43; crash landed on base 23/5/44 and salvaged by 1SAD 18/4/44. ROSIE WRECKTUM.

Delivered Louisville 21/2/45; Hunter 4/3/45; Grenier 25/3/45; Assigned 8AF 27/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/9/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 3/4/47; Recl Comp 11/2/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/8/44; Gt Falls 17/8/44; Cheyenne 23/8/44; Hunter 28/8/44; 53 WRS Presque Is 31/8/44 (special communication equip fitted); with Larry Claggett force landed Meeks Fd, Iceland 14/9/44; 53 WRS Grenier 9/11/44; 53 WRS Buckley 11/3/45; Guam 11/3/46; ret 53 WRS Grenier 9/5/46; 53 WRS Morrison 30/6/46; re-ass AF, 373 RV Kindley 18/1/47; 2016 WA Weisbaden 18/8/48; 7165 CMP Erbenheim 19/3/49; Recl Comp 20/5/49.

Delivered Geiger 301BG 8/4/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Wendover 10/7/42; Westover 11/8/42; Sebring 11/9/42; Lockbourn 15/1/43; with Tom Gerzel force landed base 22/9/43; Las Vegas 17/10/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 26/5/45.

Delivered Geiger 301BG 8/4/42; Muroc 29/5/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Wendover 20/7/42; Biggs 19/8/42; with Jim Hudson, crashed 12 miles west of Las Cruces, NM. 24/8/42, in thunderstorm causing structural failure; seven Killed in Service , inc one EM.

Delivered Boise 359BS/303BG 10/4/42; Presque Is 31/5/42; Slated 94BG; transferred 340BS/97BG Polebrook 28/7/42; sustained battle damaged over Rotterdam 7/9/42 and returned to Polebrook. with Capt Hughes, Ball turret gunner: Sgt Julius L. Kleiman KIA, rest unknown but 8RTD with 3WIA; Salvaged.

Delivered MacDill 11 April 1942. Assigned 342BS/97BG Sarasota 26 April 1942. Presque Isle 29 May 1942. Flying from Goose Bay to Bluie West One at Narsarsuaq, Greenland on 27 June 1942 in foggy weather, with the impossibility to make radio contact and a too low gas supply, the Fortress had to ditch near an island in Narsarsuaq Fjord, near Narsaq, in 1500ft of water, 35 miles SW of Bluie West One, Greenland. With Major Hubert C. Chambers on board, the pilot was John C. Nichols; Co-pilot: John B. Mayes Jr; Navigator: William M. Dorsett; Bombardier: Paul A. Blaida; Asst. Bombardier: Edward B. Weathers; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarence B. Nichols; Radio Operator: Frank Val Alstine (?); Waist Gunner William M. Ivanhoff; Waist Gunner Frederick M. Wilson. The two passengers were Grover C. Williams and Thomas G. Burton (12 Returned to Duty).

Delivered Geiger 301st Bomb Group 5/4/42; Muroc 30/5/42; Alamogordo 19/6/42; Biggs 19/8/42; Boise 15/9/42; Assigned 43BS/29BG Gowen, with Erskine Dollarhide force landed base 29/12/42; Hendricks 23/3/43; with Bob Skerry force landed 19 miles south of base 3/4/43; rep. force landed again with Tom Lee at base 11/7/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 21/1/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-X] Rougham 10/2/44 as GEORGIA’S PEACHES; transferred 547BS/384BG [SO-A] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44; transferred 398BG Nuthampsted 27/5/45; 58m but none with 398BG, to RAF Valley for Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. LILLY BELLE.

Delivered Boise 4/4/42; Presque Is 31/5/42; Assigned 359BS/303BG Houlton 20/6/42; when taxiing u/c retracted 27/6/42 with Lt Don Sheeler, Sgts Flight engineer/top turret gunner: C.S. Wymen and Radio Operator: S.F.Sevick; no injuries; Written off 4/12/42.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-Q] Deenethorpe 3/5/45; Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Bill Protz, Ball turret gunner: Frank Bartak, Waist gunner: Alby Reinhardt, Waist gunner: Glenn Cliff,Tail gunner: Jim Appleby (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Dick Barnett, Navigator: Alvin Stiegel, Bombardier: Sam Bennett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Morrow, Radio Operator: Wayne Wicks (5 Killed in Action); direct flak hit in radio room, causing fire and explosion, crashed four miles E of Aken, three miles W of Dessau, Ger; MACR 5307.

Delivered Dallas 23/8/43; with Bill Salmons crashed three miles N Emerson, NE 8/2/44; Written off 9/2/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/1/44; Gr Island 11/2/44; Presque Is 21/2/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-W] Framlingham 22/2/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg (26m) 28/5/44 with Adolph Mathias, Co-pilot: Henry Gerards, Navigator: Joe Freyland, Bombardier: Quinton Bass, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jerry Wolf, Radio Operator: Chas Abbott, Ball turret gunner: Chas Oliver, Waist gunner: Roy Veale, Waist gunner: Larry Spencer,Tail gunner: Leon Walker (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft shot off #1engine cowling, crashed Holzhausen, 16 miles E of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5257.

Delivered Boise 303BG 4/5/42; Geiger 26/5/42; Assigned 11AF Kodiak 3/6/42; Umnak 4/6/42; Returned to the USA New Castle 29/4/43; Gore 21/8/43; Wilmington 16/9/43; Reno 30/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/3/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-O] Ridgewell 15/6/43 with Edwin Manchester, Bob Weniger, Marvin Smith, Bob Black, Jim O’Donnell, Lorenzo Darrington, Bob Harriman, Art Tucker, Tony Budzic, Wade McCook; Ret Amiens 14/7/43 coll with FW 190 with Ed Manchester, Co-pilot: Bob Weniger, Navigator: Marvin Smith, Bombardier: Bob Black, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim O’Donnell, Radio Operator: Lorenzo Darrington, Ball turret gunner: Art Tucker, Waist gunner: Bob Harriman, Waist gunner: Tony Budzic,Tail gunner: Wade McCook (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed RAF Manston, Kent, UK. Salvaged 4+m used for salvage and spares. T.S.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/8/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 24/10/44; with Gilbert Curtis 8/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.