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

Delivered Tulsa 18/3/44; Kearney 29/9/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-K] AAF-131 Nuthampstead 9/4/44; while on practice mission 4/5/44 with Lt K. Elwood collided in mid-air with 42-102467, but ret to base, vertical fin was damaged. 42-107191 was damaged again on 8 May 1944 at 17:30 hrs when piloted by Cpt William Markey, the right wing tip hit the top of a parked truck and then the lower right wing of parked B-17 42-97394. Aircraft was lost during assembly for mission to Versailles (Buc) and crashed Lude Farm, Loudwater, Bucks. on 12 August 1944; with Charles Searl, Co-pilot: Albert Dion, Navigator: Saul Kempner, Bombardier: Leo Walsh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Beaty, Radio Operator: Cecil Kennedy, Ball turret gunner: Alf Bueffel, Waist gunner: Orville Wilson, Tail gunner: Albt Knight (9 Killed in Action); Salvaged 14/8/44. THE TOMAHAWK WARRIOR.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Gr Isle 14/8/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-U] Thorpe Abbotts 28/8/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Capt John Brady, Co-pilot: John Hoerr, Navigator: Dave Solomon, Bombardier: Howard Hamilton {Wounded in Action}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Adolf Blum, Radio Operator: Joe Hafer, Ball turret gunner: Roly Gangwer{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: George Petrohelos,Tail gunner: Jim McCusker, Com P-Major John Egan (10 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Harry Clanton (KIA-by flak burst); enemy aircraft KO’d #1 & #3, crashed near Elfers Inn, Nottuln-Stevern, 12 miles W of Munster; Missing Air Crew Report 1029. M’LLE ZIG ZAG.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/12/42; Morrison 6/2/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Thurleigh 8/2/43; Missing in Action Antwerp 5/4/43 with Clarry Fischer, Co-pilot: Jim Crouch, Navigator: Joe Consolmagno, Bombardier: Bill Moses, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fran Eastham, Radio Operator: Henry Compton, Ball turret gunner: Walt Kuczynski, Waist gunner: Lee Sanders, Waist gunner: Norris Phifer,Tail gunner: Bill Rhodes (10 Prisoner of War). shot down by Major Priller, crashed Wilrijk, near Hoboken, Antwerp, Bel. L’IL ABNER.

Delivered Dallas 4/8/43; Gore 5/8/43; Dallas 8/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 6/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Chas Walts, Navigator: Louis Oss, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Travis Brumbeau, Waist gunner: Tom Murphy,Tail gunner: Bill Higginbotham (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Jerome Wallace, Bombardier: Dick Dodson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Walker, Ball turret gunner: Henry Gratzfeld, Waist gunner: Frank Fetherston (5 Killed in Action); shot down by FW 190, KO’d #2, wing caught fire, exploded and crashed Wildermann’s Farm, Hohenhalte, six miles W of Munster; Missing Air Crew Report 1025. THE GNOME then INVADIN’ MAIDEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Grand Island 12/11/43; Long Beach 19/11/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-G] Thorpe Abbotts 27/11/43; transferred 34BG; severely damaged on shuttle missions and headed for Italy to land at Foggia with Wiley Smith and Don Ellison; repaired and flown back to base only to be eventually Salvaged WW /45; Returned to the USA (with over 100 missions) 121 BU Bradley 30/6/45; Greenboro 1/7/45; Tinker 2/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. MASON AND DIXON.

Delivered Hunter 23/10/44; Grenier 1/11/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG Snetterton 4/11/44; Missing in Action Cologne 7/1/45 with Theo Yenton, togg-Jim Bowen (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Morton Monasch, Navigator: Ellis Vure, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Romolo Costa, Radio Operator: Lester Soffen, Ball turret gunner: Bill Villetto, sj-John Smith {339BG}, Waist gunner: Len Turner,Tail gunner: Joe Zyra (8 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-38551 (95BG); crashed Hintermulen, W of Westerburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11571.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/8/44; Lincoln 24/8/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-L] Horham 13/9/44; with Oscar Klein force landed Framlingham afb 25/12/44; 33m, Missing in Action Cologne 7/1/45 with Oscar Klein, Co-pilot: Jess Wisner, Navigator: Ed Sul, Bombardier: Bill Yuille, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Pistak, Radio Operator: Dick Wright, Ball turret gunner: Milton Bull, Waist gunner: Frank Gree,Tail gunner: Carl Carlson (9 Killed in Action); near mid air coll with 43-38968 (96BG); crashed Erfelfront, Ger?. Missing Air Crew Report 11569.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Gr Isle 11/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-S] Thorpe Abbotts 25/8/43; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Capt Bill McDonald, Co-pilot: John James, Bombardier: Frank McGlinchey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Ashbaugh, Radio Operator: Fred Pribish, Ball turret gunner: Ross Detillion, Waist gunner: Vic Intoccia,Tail gunner: Paul Sears (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Carl Spicer (EVD, returned via Spain), Waist gunner: Doug Agee (Killed in Action); flak damage, crashed near Zuider Zee, Lippenhuizen, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 952. MY GAL SAL aka SALVO SAL.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/44; Gr Island 18/2/44; Presque Is 4/3/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-A] Thorpe Abbotts 6/3/44; 350BS (LN-A); Missing in Action Bohlen 11/9/44 with Wes Carlton, Bombardier: Jack Eppendorf, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mike Bagdasian, Radio Operator: Milton Edelstein, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Jacobson, Waist gunner: Bill Schaefer,Tail gunner: George Watrous (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Ed Neu, Navigator: Hugh Davidson (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Neudorf, N of Ober Weisenthal, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8817. OUR BABY HUTCHIE aka OUR BABE.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Memphis 30/4/43; Presque Is 6/5/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-C/E] Chelveston 31/5/43; force landed RAF St Eval 4/7/43, ret 12/8/43; Missing in Action Kiel 5/1/44 with Percy Hoag, Co-pilot: Lonnie McGee, Navigator: Hubert Fraker, Bombardier: Chas Howell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Rosenkoff, Radio Operator: Albt Croce, Ball turret gunner: Bob LaFontaine, Waist gunner: Burnette Dethlefsen, Waist gunner: Chas Maerser,Tail gunner: Lyman Franklin (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed mouth of Eider River, off Vollerweik, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1684.

Delivered Denver 9/3/43; Gore 20/3/43; Tinker 30/3/43; Homestead 7/4/43; Morrison 12/4/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 12/5/43; Oudna 4/8/43; battle damaged Messina 16/8/43, 1KIA; transferred 342BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Missing in Action Piraeus 11/1/44 with 1Lt Herbert G Easterling, 1Lt Daniel L Rader, 1Lt John D Slusher, 2Lt Melvin G Buck, T/Sgt Robert H Buford, S/Sgt Alvie A Ashcraft, S/Sgt Robert M Butler, S/Sgt Harold R McClung, S/Sgt Roy L Smith Jr, S/Sgt Theodore H Vick, Sgt William F McClain; coll with 42-3251, crashed Kalami, Gr. Missing Air Crew Report 2027 (?9439). WEBFOOT.

Delivered Denver 13/4/43; Morrison 11/5/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Navarin 16/6/43; Oudna 4/8/43; transferred 342BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Missing in Action Piraeus 11/1/44 with F/O Roy F Mayo, 1Lt Harvey M Bigby, 1Lt Gilbert O Fitzell, 2Lt Delbert C Le Jeune, T/Sgt Donald M Bennett, T/Sgt Clarence L Stevens, S/Sgt Wilbur E Cole, S/Sgt Dissler W Hendrickson, S/Sgt Thomas C Huffman, S/Sgt Leonard R Killebrew; collided with 42-29918, crashed Kalami, Greece; 3 x RTD, 7 x KIA MACR 2028.

Delivered Denver 29/11/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Romulus 2/1/44; Westover 10/1/44; Presque Is 14/1/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-W] Thorpe Abbotts 16/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Bill Terry, Co-pilot: Bill Peterson, Bombardier: Ralph Cotter, Radio Operator: Dick Howell, Waist gunner: Chas Anthony, Waist gunner: John Horn,Tail gunner: Carl Hampton (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Schremser, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Aitken, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bain (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d off tailplane which tookTail gunner: Hampton with it, ship crashed Brookstreek, near Cloppenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3033. TERRY AND THE PIRATES.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Romulus 31/12/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-B] Thorpe Abbotts 6/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Dean Radtke, Co-pilot: Gordon Devault, Navigator: Bob Reilly, Bombardier: Bill Agnetti, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Van Pinner{Wounded in Action}, Radio Operator: Bob Ray, Waist gunner: Chas Allen, Waist gunner: Dick Kerwin,Tail gunner: Theo Mangum {Wounded in Action} (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Joe Kroczynski (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Twirstringen (Telbrkae?), two miles E of Vechta, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3043. RONNIE R.

Delivered Denver 7/12/43; Cincinnati 12/1/44; Morrison 26/1/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 29/1/44; transferred 422BS/305BG [JJ-H] Chelveston (H2X) 20/3/44; 482BG Alconbury 6/7/44; 350BS/100BG [LN-P] Thorpe Abbotts 20/5/45; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 14/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Assigned 92BG Bangor 14/7/42; 414BS/97BG Polebrook 24/8/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; Biskra 25/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; coll mid air with 25147, prop sheared part of tail off, crew man bailed out over Mediterranean Sea, with John Holmes, Hadden, Dunn, Ludolph, McDonald, Haygreen, Rich Brown, Leibowitz, Lane, Lewis; crash landed at base 9/5/43. Salvaged. Missing Air Crew Report 16524. YANKEE DOODLE II.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/10/42; West Palm Beach 12/12/42; Assigned 414BS/97BG Biskra 22/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 3/2/43; coll with 41-24415 Palermo with Payne 9/5/43, nose sheared off but returned safely to base and repaired; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Missing in Action Frascati 8/9/43; flak, crashed ? ; Missing Air Crew Report 720. OLD IRONSIDES.

Delivered Denver 5/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Grenier 29/5/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-H] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/44; Missing in Action Brest 3/9/44 with John David, Co-pilot: John Simmons, Navigator: Theron Stookesberry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Barili, Waist gunner: Walt Potter,Tail gunner: Francis Waldschmidt (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: John Goethel, Ball turret gunner: Carl Fong, Radio Operator: Henry Henrickson – picked up by British boat (3 Returned to Duty); Caught fire en route to target, #2 KO’d and blew up, crashed Atlantic Ocean, off Brest, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 8843. PARTY TONIGHT.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/9/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 9/12/44; 3020 BU La Junta 1/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 1/8/45.

Delivered Dallas 2/5/44; Kearney 14/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-N] Thorpe Abbotts 8/4/44; transferred 482BG Alconbury 20/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/11/45. HUNDRED PROOF.