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

Delivered Cheyenne 10/9/43; Gr Island 23/9/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-U] Thorpe Abbotts 5/10/43; Returned to the USA 12/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 18/9/45. SUPERSTITUOUS ALOYSIUS.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/44; Hunter 1/1/45; Grenier 20/1/45; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-B] Nuthampstead 3/2/45; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 4/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.

Delivered Denver 15/10/42; Brooksville 23/12/42; Eglin 3/2/43; Leesburg 22/6/43; to Brooksville, TX with Herman Keppen, crash landed base 3/10/43; Written off 4/10/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/9/43; Gr Isle 7/10/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-A] Framlingham 7/10/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 5/11/43 with Bob Hoyt, Co-pilot: George Nunan, Navigator: Tim Lyons, Bombardier: Rudi Nelson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leroy Portier, Radio Operator: Jack Miller, Ball turret gunner: Dave Randle, Waist gunner: Covely Jones, Waist gunner: Elmer McClelland,Tail gunner: Leon Kegresse (10 Killed in Action); mech fault after take off, went into spin at 3,000ft, crashed North Sea off Aldeburgh, Sfk., UK. Missing Air Crew Report 1162. SHY ANN.

Delivered Hunter 3/3/45; Grenier 17/3/45; Assigned 8AF 20/3/45; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 13/12/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Dallas 7/9/43; Scott 5/10/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-E] Thorpe Abbotts 8/10/43; unofficial test flight 26//11/43 with Frank E. Valesh, Co-pilot: Russell J. Flack, Navigator: Andrew H. Campion and two American Red Cross nurses, Mary J. Cooke & June Yeager; tail wheel assembly pin sheared and aircraft veered off runway to hit Lodge Farm buildings, Dickleburgh, which caught fire; all three men were fined $100 at a court martial. Salvaged 29/11/43. HANG THE EXPENSE.

Delivered Denver 15/10/42; West Palm Beach 18/11/42; Morrison 31/1/43; Assigned 342BS/97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 19/4/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; transferred 347BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; {36m} 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44, Returned to the USA Tinker 3/7/45; Salvaged Arledge 12/7/45; Recl Comp 27/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/11/43; Wendover 8/12/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 26/2/44; 457BG Glatton 12/3/44; 527BS/379BG [FO-I] Kimbolton 18/3/44; transferred to RAF Binbrook 12/44 and declared war weary 11/1/45; 34BG Mendlesham /45; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 22/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 3/12/45. BUSY BABY.

Delivered Pendleton 4/2/42; Boise 20/3/42; Cheyenne 19/5/42; Alamogordo 19/6/42; with Bob Beebe in taxi accident,at Gowen 23/2/42, with Carl Morales crashed on take off Alamagordo 17/7/42; Written off 21/7/42;

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 2/4/43; force landed base with Walter Flora 2/6/43; with Leland Arperson force landed four miles NE Brown Fd, TX 24/1/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 20/2/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/3/43; with Loyal Austin force landed Hobbs NM 19/3/44; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; Hobbs 30/5/43; 3036 BU Yuma 6/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 30/5/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Hill 5/5/43; Wendover 10/5/43; Kearney 21/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Q] Thorpe Abbotts 2/6/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Rich Atchison, Co-pilot: Willard Secor, Navigator: Ken Baron, Bombardier: Sol Goldstein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Bennett,Tail gunner: Van Write (6 Prisoner of War); , Radio Operator: Elder Lisch, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Coombs, Waist gunner: Westley Field, Waist gunner: Elliott Preble (4 Killed in Action); hit by wreckage of B-17 & Me 109, crashed Schirl-Beverstrang, four miles E of Ostberven, near Munster, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1031. SWEATER GIRL.

Delivered Dallas 17/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Pendleton 22/8/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-D] Thorpe Abbotts 31/8/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Bill Beddow, Navigator: Israel Levine, Radio Operator: John Sullivan, Ball turret gunner: Walt Zoldak, Waist gunner: Bob Lynch, Waist gunner: Sam Hicks (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Dick Brooks, Bombardier: Milton Harness, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dan James,Tail gunner: Dick Munger (4 Prisoner of War); collided with Me 109, went down on fire and exploded flak, crashed Vinneberger Forest, near Ostbevern, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1027. SEXY SUZY, MOTHER OF TEN (not painted on) aka HOLY TERROR.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; Gr Island 30/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-P] Ridgewell 25/2/44; 73+m; first in group to 100m, transferred 34BG Mendelsham, Sfk; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 23/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45. DREAMBABY.

Delivered Cheyenne 134/1/44; Kearney 22/1/44; Presque Is 16/1/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-B/M] Thorpe Abbotts 27/2/44; battle damaged Saarbrucken 9/11/44 with Lewis Williams, force landed continent; Salvaged 8/12/44. ONCE IN A WHILE aka BOOMERANG.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/1/44; Savannah 25/1/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-E] Thorpe Abbotts 6/2/44; with Glenn Rojohn, Co-pilot: Bill Leek, Navigator: Bob Washington, Bombardier: Jim Shirley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Orville Elkin, Radio Operator: Ed Neuhaus, Ball turret gunner: ? , Waist gunner: Roy Little,Tail gunner: Francis Chase; crash landed Honington A/fd 15/5/44; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/1/44; Kearney 31/1/44; Grenier 22/2/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-D] Polebrook 1/3/44 FEVER BEAVER; transferred 350BS [LN-D/T] Thorpe Abbotts RAIFORD’S RAIDERS (npo); {122m} taxi accident 14/5/45 hitting parked B-17 43-38861 causing severe tail damage with Tom Fellows; Salvaged 30/7/45. MISS-CHIEF.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/12/43; Wendover 12/12/43; slated 457BG, with Bill Cruce force landed Gt Bend 16/7/44; transferred 223 BU Gt Bend 3/8/44; 232 BU Dalhart 27/8/44; 242 BU Gr Island 14/9/44; 249 BU Alliance 12/2/45; 202 BU Galveston 15/2/45; 268 BU Peterson 30/30/3/45; 252 BU Lubbock 23/6/45; 253 BU Randolph 13/1/46; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/3/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/11/43; Spokane 20/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Wendover 8/12/43; Assigned 457BG but crashed Wendover on training mission 24/12/43 with Bill Snow, Co-pilot: Dwight Sullivan, Navigator: Bob Oberfeldr, Bombardier: Earl Saucer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vernon Cummings, Radio Operator: Edwin Liseinger, Waist gunner: Jim Henning,Tail gunner: Morris Strong (9 Killed in Service); W/O 24/12/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/44; Hunter 20/12/44; Grenier 6/1/45; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-J] Thorpe Abbotts 8/1/45; transferred as PFF 336BS/95BG [ET-F] Horham 23/1/45; 13m, Returned to the USA Morrison 20/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/10/45. FIREBALL RED aka JOLTIN’ JOSE.