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

Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/43; Gr Island 19/10/43; Wilmington 27/10/43; Slated 94BG, Assigned 427BS/303BG Molesworth 18/11/43; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Allan Eckhart, Co-pilot: Elton Jenkins, Navigator: George Arvanites, Bombardier: Bob Meagher, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Nevner, Radio Operator: Fred Kuehl, Ball turret gunner: Angelo Tambe, Waist gunner: Mike Musashe, Waist gunner: Ed Madak,Tail gunner: Nyle Smith (10 Returned to Duty); no gas, ditched Sandwich Flats, Sandwich Bay, off Walmer, Kent, all rescued by Air Sea Rescue and taken to Manston, Kent. No MACR.

Assigned 401BS/91BG Bangor 29/8/42; en route from Gander, Nfd, to Bassingbourn with John McClean, Co-pilot: Capt Dale Lasselle, Navigator: Bob Allen, Bombardier: Leon Koebel, passengers Capt George Wassell {doc}, Bob Vaughan, John Gibson, Justin Hamblin (8 Killed in Service); Norman Wickes, Leon Harrison {both seriously inj- Returned to Duty); poor weather or hit object in flight, crashed Mt Slieveanrro, Cushendall, Co. Antrim, NI. 3/10/42.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/43; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 10/10/43; transferred 303BG Molesworth 19/10/43, then 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 23/10/43; 544BS/384BG [SU-L] Grafton Underwood 2/11/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with John Holland, Co-pilot: Frank Proconio, Bombardier: Tom Witt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Winfree, Radio Operator: Walt Lazarz, Ball turret gunner: Lennon Lisenby, Waist gunner: Stan Duzynski, Waist gunner: Angus Newman,Tail gunner: Julien Britt (9 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Chas East (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Uthlede, six miles SE of Hagen, 18 miles NW of Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1663.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/3/43; Casper 28/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Memphis 16/4/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD- ] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43 JAYBIRD; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-L] Molesworth 13/7/43; Missing in Action Bernburg 22/2/44 with George Underwood, Co-pilot: Joe Massimilliano, Navigator: Duane Parker, Bombardier: George Walter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mack Daniels, Radio Operator: Chas Phipps, Ball turret gunner: Tom Dinneen, Waist gunner: Glen Casselman, Waist gunner: Tom Rike,Tail gunner: Greg Myer (10 Killed in Action); no gas, crashed Channel, about 15 miles NER of North Foreland, Kent, UK. Missing Air Crew Report 3564. SATAN’S WORKSHOP.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/3/43; Casper 29/3/43; Smoky Hill 14/4/43; Walla Walla 5/7/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Dow Fd 3/6/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-J] Thurleigh 17/6/43; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-I] Molesworth 25/9/43; crashed on take off at Keyston, Hunts., 23/10/43 soon after t/o on night training flight with Leon Jokerst, Radio Operator: Sam Morse, Co-pilot: Theo Jackson, gnr-Ralph Long, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Stephens, gnr-Ervin Churain, gnr-Homer Sherman, pass-Dick Morgan (8 Killed in Service). Salvaged. QUI-NINE THE BITTER DOSE aka MISS PATRICIA 2m.

Assigned to Syracuse 16-Sep-42;Presque Isle 19-Oct-42; Grafton Underwood 25-Oct-42; Missing in Action, 6-Dec-42 on a mission to bomb the Atclier d’Hellemmes locomotive factory at Lille, France. Shot down by Uffz Schnell (3/JG26), crashed near Lille, France. First group loss. 9KIA 1POW No MACR issued.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Presque Is 4/1/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 5/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Elmer Johnson, Co-pilot: Bob Stevenson, Navigator: Adger Matthews, Bombardier: Les Walker, Radio Operator: Orville Springstead, Ball turret gunner: John Frisbie, Waist gunner: John Hoegen, Waist gunner: Doug Irvine,Tail gunner: Tom Sproat (9 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Kotulak (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit cockpit and KOd #3, aircraft exploded before crew could bale out, crashed Siestedt, six miles NE of Helmstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4253.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Salina 8/3/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-Y] Thurleigh 19/4/43; transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-X] Molesworth 26/9/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 4/6/44; Long Beach 5/6/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 45/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 27-May-43; Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 4-Jub-43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-N] Thorpe Abbotts 9-Jun-43; on takeoff for Frankfurt the aircraft dove down to miss another aircraft during assembly and coould not recover and was crash landed near base at High London Farm, Shelfhanger, Nfk, setting off incendiaries which demolished ship. Salvaged 25-Jan-44. SKIPPER. Aircraft was Damaged Beyond Repair (DBR) 1KIA 9RTD Survivors all had minor injuries.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/8/42; Hamilton 9/11/42; Assigned 63BS & 403BS/43BG Mareeba, Aus 14/11/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Mareeba, Aus 21/1/43; Port Moresby, NG 11/5/43; Returned to the USA Rapid City 9/11/42 (398BG training at Walker Fd, Kan); Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 30/8/45. TUFFY.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-G] Horham 29/9/43; 10m 16/12/43, with Larry Kerr, Co-pilot: John Murphy, Navigator: Murray Ball, Bombardier: Ed Harty, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marion Brace, Radio Operator: Howard Pollard, Ball turret gunner: Clayton Seymour, Waist gunner: Jim Newell, Waist gunner: Bill Martin,Tail gunner: Eugene Grove (10 Returned to Duty), u/c collapsed on return from mission, sal 6/10/44. DEVIL’S DAUGHTER II.

Delivered Dallas 18/8/44; Langley 2/9/44; Grenier 19/9/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-Z] Molesworth 2/11/44; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-P] Grafton Underwood 10/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 30/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/44; Hunter 24/11/44; Dow Fd 15/12/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-X] Molesworth 17/1/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Lowry 7/8/42; Assigned 403BS/43BG Mareeba, Aus 18/9/42; then 63BS; Iron Range, Aus 17/10/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; bombed by Japanese and destroyed at base, Milne Bay, 17/1/43. Salvaged. FIRE BALL MAIL (?EXPRESS).

Delivered Lincoln 31/12/44; Dow Fd 25/1/45; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-D] Molesworth 18/2/45; transferred 457BG Glatton 22/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46. EL SCREAMO.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/8/44; Hunter 7/9/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 94BG Rougham 17/9/44; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-I] Molesworth 28/9/44; transferred 398BG Nuthampstead 22/5/45; no ops, RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Dallas 28/9/44; Hunter 27/10/44; Grenier 9/11/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-Y] Molesworth 4/12/44; battle damaged Ingolstadt 10/1/45 with Robert J. Roush (381st BG); 11 RTD (incl. 1 WIA); force landed continent; Salvaged 18/1/45.

Delivered Lowry 6/8/42; Hamilton 15/9/42; Assigned 403BS/43BG Milne Bay, NG 24/9/42, then 63BS; crashed on take off lost two engines, ditched Bootless Bay, Port Moresby 14/12/42 with Ealon Hocutt, crew OK; sal 18/12/42.

Delivered Hunter 28/1/45; Grenier 11/2/45; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-E] Molesworth 11/4/45; transferred 457BG Glatton 23/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 11/1/45; Grenier 31/1/45; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 10/4/45; transferred 457BG Glatton 23/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45.

Delivered Lincoln 22/11/44; Grenier 25/12/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-A] Molesworth 27/12/44; transferred 457BG Glatton 22/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; Sth Plains 10/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45. SWEET TILLIE aka LITTLE TILLIE.

Delivered Lowry 7/8/42; Hamilton 6/10/42; Assigned 403BS/43BG Mareeba, Aus 5/11/42; then 65BS; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Mareeba, Aus 21/1/43; Port Moresby, NG 11/5/43; Missing in Action over Lae, NG 15/9/43 with Howard G. Eberly, Co-pilot: Edgar Townsend, Navigator: George Stacey, Bombardier: Chas ranker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Delmar Dotson, Radio Operator: Joe Ferraiolo, Ball turret gunner: Arthur Jingozian, Waist gunner: Jennings Messer, Waist gunner: Watson Hall, photo/tg-Peter Owens (10KIA, remains recovered and taken home 1996). The last B-17 lost in Pacific, the wreck being found in 1992 at 8,900 ft on a Wau mountain 13 miles SW of Lae. Missing Air Crew Report 648. LISTEN HERE, TOJO.

Delivered Hunter 2/10/44; Dow Fd 12/10/44; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 9/2/45; transferred 457BG Glatton 23/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; 1103 BU Morrision 3/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Hunter 22/3/45; Grenier 30/3/45; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 10/4/45; transferred 457BG Glatton 22/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; 613 BU Phillips 6/3/46.