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

Assigned 353BS/301BG Westover 7/42; Chelveston 6/8/42; Tafaraoui 24/11/42; Maison Blanche 5/12/42; Biskra 16/12/42; Ain M’Lila 17/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Missing in Action Castelventrano {21m} 13/4/43 with Jerry Thomas, Cummings, Loeheome, Wann, Busby, Jacobs, Agee, Carigman, Weeks, Godwin. Missing Air Crew Report 16302. HOCKAMOLOCK JOCK VI BB.

Delivered Dallas 11/5/44; Langley 19/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned as PFF 95BG Horham 8/7/44; 8m, (tran 349BS/100BG [XR-E] Thorpe Abbotts 9/7/44?); Returned to the USA Charleston 2/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Wright Field 24-Nov-40; Eglin Air Proving Ground May-42 for gunnery testing of two 20mm cannon mounted in the nose; to Wright Field 7-Feb- 42; Chanute 18-Dec-43; with Joe McKinstray force landed Tulsa Field, OK 14-Sep-44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus, Oklahoma 4-Oct-45.

Delivered Hunter 27/11/44; Grenier 7/12/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 12/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 22/6/45; Sth Plains 24/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45. (npo) WOODY WOODPECKER.

Delivered Denver 12/7/43; Gore Fd 15/8/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-O] Horham 8/9/43; 5m, Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Lionel Correia, Co-pilot: Don Dunhaver, Navigator: Dick Coffey, Bombardier: Fred Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Otis Ashworth, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bailey, Waist gunner: Roger Black, Waist gunner: Roly Alexenberg,Tail gunner: Dick Crawford (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jerome Schneider (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ruhof Farm at Vreden-Lunten, near Haaksbergen, Holl, 32 miles NW of Munster. Missing Air Crew Report 943.

Assigned 352BS/301BG Westover 8/7/42; Chelveston 9/8/42; detailed mission to Meaulte, Fr 2/10/42; crash landed RAF Gatwick 2/10/42 with 1Lt. Charles W. Paine, Jr. Co-pilot: 1Lt Robert H. Long, Navigator: 2Lt John A. Thomson, Bombardier: 2Lt Stanley A. Komarik, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: H.M. Peterson Wounded in Action, Radio Operator: SSgt Walter G. Parcells, Ball turret gunner: Sgt A.N. Bouthillier, Waist gunner: Sgt Tom J. Coburn, Jr. Wounded in Action, Waist gunner: SSgt T.L.Sheeder, Tail gunner: SSgt B.T. Taucher Wounded in Action. Salvaged battle damaged. Nose cut off to release injured crewmen; 16 cannon holes, over 300 bullet holes plus flak damage. PHYLLIS.

Assigned 14BS/19BG Hickam Field, HI 14-May-41; Clark Field, Philippines 16-Jul-41 with Bill Fisher, Francis Thompson, John Wright, Bob McIntyre, Henry Whitley, John Labreche, Jim Schoen, Bill Fought, Lt Don Flickinger Flt/surg; to Del Monte, Mindanao 6-Dec-41; strafed Del Monte 19-Dec-41. Salvaged. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Denver 13/12/43; Presque Is 16/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-Z] Alconbury 4/9/43; on practice mission with Chas Buhler, Co-pilot: Capt Bob Parkinson, Navigator: Harry Roklling, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Bershke, Radio Operator: Don Rakestran, (5 Returned to Duty); crash landed base after stall by pilot under instruction, left tyre blew then u/c collapsed 15/5/44, Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 16/5/44.

Delivered Denver 10/7/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-F] Podington 4/9/43; transferred 407BS [PY-F]; Missing in Action Kiel 4/1/44 with Ray Mancu, Co-pilot: Bob Owen, Navigator: Lee Brennan, Bombardier: Jim Hughes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Wolf, Radio Operator: Mo Helsom, Ball turret gunner: Francis McEngry, Waist gunner: Ken Miller, Waist gunner: Howard Benson,Tail gunner: Russell Sehm (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Oppendorf, near Schoenkirchen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1961.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/43; Seattle 30/6/43; Kearney 14/7/43; Dow Fd 18/7/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-D] Thorpe Abbotts 20/7/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Capt Henry Henington, Co-pilot: Homer Tripp, Navigator: Ward Dalton, Bombardier: Capt Alf Fahlstedt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: W.J. Meyer, Radio Operator: Joe Badrick, Ball turret gunner: ?, Waist gunner: ?, Waist gunner: Joe Raff,Tail gunner: Frank Kintash (10 Returned to Duty); flak hit in engine, ditched Channel about 60 miles off coast, all rescued by RAF Walruses from Shoreham, Sx. No MACR. HORNY.

Assigned 23BS/5BG Hickam Filed, HI 14-May-41; (aircraft No.41) Returned to the USA Long Beach 22-Oct-42; Love Field 23-Nov-42; Smyrna 2-Jan-43; Lockbourn 23-Jan-43; crashed Newark Army Air Field, NJ with Dan Kingman 15-Jul-43; Salvaged. Ended as trainer for Aviation Engineering Cadet Detachment at Yale Univ. 1944-45. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Hunter 8/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned 493BG Debach 1/9/44; transferred 351BS/100BG [EP-D] Thorpe Abbotts 2/9/44; battle damaged Chemnitz 6/2/45 with Jerome Garrison; force landed Chagny, Fr?; Salvaged 13/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/7/44; Kearney 25/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-N] Podington 27/8/44; Green Project 6/12/45; Salvaged 29/1/46. ALLEY OOP.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/7/44; Kearney 26/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 12/8/44; mia ? with R. Martin, Co-pilot: Ferlich, Navigator: George Webster, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fleming, Radio Operator: Desjardines, Ball turret gunner: Marvin Jalving, Waist gunner: George Schmitt; vn- Clarke (7 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: George Bartzee (Killed in Action); Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45. MISSBEHAVIN RAVEN.

Delivered Albuquerque Strategia Arms Depot 5-Jun-41; Hickam Field, HI 17-Oct-41; Assigned 93BS/19BG Clark Field, Philippines 20-Oct-41 with Walter Ford, Percy Hinton, Chas Stevens, Melvin Hunt, Gerald Bloyd, Jim Hanna, Bob Johnson, Albt Collet, Harry Maike; damaged ground accident Del Monte 12-Dec-41. Salvaged. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Denver 20/10/43; Gr Island 2/11/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-K] Horham 25/11/43; with L. Jeffers 13/12/43 Bombardier: J.C. Freeze-wia; 31m, Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Bob Westmyer, Navigator: John Johnson, Waist gunner: John Novak (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Phil Terry, Bombardier: John Rudnicky, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Jett, Radio Operator: Bill Ligoe, Ball turret gunner: Roy Henderson, Waist gunner: Ellsworth Campbell,Tail gunner: Sam Hillwell (7 Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft set #2 & #3 engines on fire, crew landed Bad Dorkran, aircraft crashed Rerik-Mecklenberg, 19 miles W of Rostock, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3805. WEE MISS AMERICA.

Delivered Dallas 21/6/44; Langley 14/7/44; Presque Is 11/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 19/8/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 29/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/44; Hunter 14/12/44; Grenier Fd 29/12/44; Assigned as PFF 351BS/100BG [EP-Z] Thorpe Abbotts 8/1/45; Returned to the USA Charleston 26/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Gr Island 5/12/43; Romulus 15/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-L] Bassingbourn 29/12/43; Missing in Action 11m Berlin 6/3/44 with Bob Tibbetts, Co-pilot: Alex Ellerman, Navigator: Leo Sharum, Bombardier: Rich Wertheim, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Brady, Radio Operator: Bob Kidder, Ball turret gunner: Harry Rhode, Waist gunner: Syd Barrett (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Dana Morse,Tail gunner: Walt Davis (2 Prisoner of War); another B-17 was hit mid air coll with FW190, the wreckage falling on ‘578 and all three crashed near Letzlingen, seven SE of Javenitz, six miles E of, Gardelegen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2898. MY DARLING ALSO.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/7/44; Hunter 7/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN- ] Thorpe Abbotts 2/9/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 31/12/44 with Leo Ross, Co-pilot: Raigh Mason {Wounded in Action}, Navigator: Bill Burreuss, Bombardier: Russ Koechel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jerry Angelots, Radio Operator: Carl Anderon, Ball turret gunner: Oscar Johnson, Waist gunner: John Affleck,Tail gunner: Jim Wynne (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Bartelsdorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11360. FAITHFUL FOREVER.