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

Delivered Cheyenne 7/8/44; Lincoln 18/8/44; Grenier 6/9/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 9/9/44; (radio compt gun fitted); Salvaged 10/10/44.

Delivered Lincoln 2/2/45; Dow Fd 12/2/45; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-X] Ridgewell 12/4/45; {4+m} Returned to the USA Bradley 29/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 31/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/11/45.

Delivered Lincoln 31/1/45; Dow Fd 13/2/45; Assigned 490BG Eye 16/2/45; battle damaged Nurnberg 5/4/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 10/4/45; Missing Air Crew Report 13741.

Delivered Geiger 301BG 8/4/42; Lowry 31/5/42; Assigned 72BS/5BG Hawaii 7/6/42; transferred 431BS/11BG; retUS 2138 BU Tyndall 27/12/43; Kingman 22/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45. SPOOK!

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/43; Gore 2/7/43; Dyersburg 3/7/43; Gulfport 8/8/43; Galveston 12/8/43; Dalhart 15/8/43; 223 BU Dyersburg 15/8/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; 327 BU Drew 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 7/8/45.

Delivered Sacramento 10/1/42; Assigned MacDill; with A.J. Francisco crashed north of Pendleton Fd. OR 17/1/42. Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/6/44; Kearney 14/7/44; Grenier 20/7/44; Assigned 849BS/490BG Eye 22/7/44; crashed on take off for Ahrweiler 25/12/44 with Ray Hann; Salvaged 27/12/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/4/44; Kingman 28/4/44; crash landed 17/9/44 with Rich Howell Yucca Aux Fd, AZ; 3018 BU Kingman, W/O 19/9/44; Recl Comp 16/10/44.

Delivered and assigned to Wright Field, Air Material Command as test aircraft. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) (sold for scrap metal in USA) storage at Davis-Monthan 1-Aug-46. Never served in the UK

Delivered Denver 13/3/43; Assigned 27BS/2BG New Castle 6/4/43; force landed Meeks Fd, Iceland with John O’Brien 17/4/43; transferred 324BS/91BG [DF-Z] Bassingbourn 23/5/43; Missing in Action 29+m Cognac 31/12/43 with Bayard Dudley, Co-pilot: Glen Neff, Bombardier: Jack Hill, Ball turret gunner: Joe Young,Tail gunner: Roy Adkins (5 Killed in Action), Navigator: Edgar Moore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Orlin Gregory, Radio Operator: Alex Fontecchio, Waist gunner: Jim Ross, Waist gunner: Bill Hennig (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft riddled cockpit, with radio room afire, then #2, crashed Salaces, near Lesperon, 15 miles N of Dax, near Bordeaux, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1976. OKLAHOMA OKIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/8/42; Westover 18/8/42; Hancock Fd, Syracuse 20/8/42, force landed base with Bill Prentice 10/10/42; repaired & Rome 14/11/42; New Castle 9/12/42; West Palm Beach 15/1/43; Assigned 306BG 5/5/43; Patterson 5/8/43; Written off Amarillo 24/10/45; Recl Comp 9/4/46.

Delivered Geiger 1/11/42; Lewiston 31/1/43; Ephrata 17/2/43; Gore 19/5/43; Ephrata 29/7/43; 4127 BU McClellan 18/6/44; 202 BU Galveston 20/6/44; 4136 BU Tinker 29/7/44; 202 BU Galveston 2/8/44; 268 BU Patterson 30/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/10/45.

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 26-Nov-41; Assigned 22BS/7BG Java 13-Jan-42 with Major Ken Hobson; crash landed Madera Is, Category E – Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR), with Ken Hobson 25-Jan-42. Written off 31-Oct-44. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/4/44; Hunter 27/4/44; Dow Fd 15/5/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 20/5/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 7/7/44 with Ed Lindbloom, Co-pilot: John Sant, Navigator: John Beatty, Bombardier: Ray Edgar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Cruea, Radio Operator: Larry Shinnick, Ball turret gunner: Colonel {Christian name} Duncan, Waist gunner: William Allen, Waist gunner: Bill Roberts,Tail gunner: Bill Mack; crashed Hradisch; Missing Air Crew Report 6862.

Delivered Hill 12/7/43; Walla Walla 20/8/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-H] Bassingbourn 22/9/43 then 324BS [DF-B]; crash landed Tannington, UK. no gas 10/10/43; 1 SAD Troston, repaired & ret 19/2/44; Missing in Action 4m Waggum 29/3/44 with Edgar Downing, Co-pilot: Leon Tannenbaum, Navigator: Chris Allison, Bombardier: Stan Sadlo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Heck, Radio Operator: Andy Hrenkvich, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Smith, Waist gunner: Bill McKee, Waist gunner: Curtis Campbell,Tail gunner: Tom Mast (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & #4, ditched off Dutch coast, 50 miles W of Ijmuiden, Hol, picked up by German flotilla boat; Missing Air Crew Report 3473. SIR BABOON McGOON.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 15/1/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-B] Thorpe Abbotts 17/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with George Brannan, Bombardier: Lou Denisco, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Austin, Radio Operator: Bill Teaff (wia & died) 12/7/44, Ball turret gunner: Robin Fulton (Wounded in Action), Waist gunner: Chas Elliott, Waist gunner: Howard Larimore,Tail gunner: Bob Greenleaf (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Tom Leslie, Navigator: Clyde Dale (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, ship exploded and crashed Haustette, near Bakurn, five miles W of Vechta, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3020. LUCKY LEE.

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 24-Nov-41; March Field 18-Dec-41; Langley 11-Jan-42; Bolling 29-Nov-42; Langley 10-Dec-42; Olmstead 22-Feb-43; Langley 6-Mar-43; Mitchell 8-Jun-43; Cherry Point 5-Jul-43; Mitchell 11-Jul-43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman, AZ 19-Oct-45. Never served in combat or in the UK

Delivered Geiger 1/11/42; Glasgow 7/12/42; Gt Falls 4/2/43; Tinker 12/7/43; Dalhart 18/8/43; 2024 BU Walker 10/4/44; 4100 BU Patterson 8/6/44; 248 BU Walker 24/10/44; with Fred Swank crashed Russell, Ks 24/10/44; Written off 25/10/44.

Delivered Geiger 1/11/42; Lewiston 2/12/42; Gt Falls 4/2/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG Geiger, involved in ground loop on base with crew chief Ed Utterback 11/3/433; Gore 12/4/43; with Rich Gilder crashed on take off Lewiston, MT 17/4/43; Ephrata 2/6/43; 4136 BU Tinker 19/6/44; 505BG Harvard 22/6/43; 244 BU Harvard 18/8/44; 3003 BU Luke 2/9/44; 244 BU Harvard 12/10/44; 203 BU Jackson 21/1/45; 232 BU Dalhart 20/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/10/46.

Delivered Lincoln 14/10/44; Dow Fd 28/10/44; Assigned 352BS/301BG Lucera 1/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 25/7/45; Independence 27/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.