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

Delivered Tulsa 15/3/44; Kearney 13/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-K/O] Molesworth 4/6/44; on mission 19/7/44 with Jim Hahn,Tail gunner: Leslie Traver (Killed in Action); on training flight, levelled off too high 18/9/44 with Vic Howard, Co-pilot: Aloysius Sapak, Navigator: Bob Ellis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Claude McGraw, Radio Operator: Sheppard Kerman, g-Joe Sofianek, g-George Stewart, g-Tom Baker, g-Duane Odegaard,Tail gunner: Lt Virgil Schuchard (10 Returned to Duty); the strees caused left u/c to fail. Salvaged 21/9/44. LUCKY LINDA.

Assigned to the 368BS/306BG [BO-G] Westover 25/8/42; Thurleigh 17/9/42; transferred SBA trainer 11/4/43; transferred to the 546th BS, squadron code BK-B, 384th BG, Station 106, Grafton Underwood 23/8/43; transferred to the 545th BS, squadron code JD-B; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with James Edwin Armstrong, Radio Operator: Walter L. House, Waist gunner: Clifford Hammock (3 evaded capture), Co-pilot: Robert L. Stoner, Navigator: Charles C. Carlin, Bombardier: Wilbert Y K Yee, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bruno E. Edman, Waist gunner: Olen Grant,Tail gunner: Eldore T. Daudelin, (6 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: James H. Redwing (Killed in Action); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed near old Etrepagny airfield, 11 miles NW of Gisors, France. Missing Air Crew Report 772. YANKEE RAIDER.

Delivered Denver 24/2/43; Gore 13/3/43; Presque Is 10/4/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-V] Polebrook 17/4/43; battle damaged {15m} Offenberg (T/O) 6/9/43 with Lt ? Spika and crew ?; crash landed New Romney, Kent, no gas; (10 Returned to Duty) Salvaged 11/10/43. SHADY LADY.

Delivered Denver 20/3/43; Lowry 17/8/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-L] Alconbury with Oboe Mk I radar 8/9/43; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-A] Thurleigh 22/2/44; AFSC Stansted 12/5/44; Returned to the USA St Paul 12/6/44; transferred USN [34106] Rome, NY 23/3/45, later modified as B-17G and re-designated PB-1 (the first) as all B-17Gs, stripped of all armament and used as flying aeronautical laboratory 28/7/43; Returned to USAFF 2/4/48; eventually assigned US Navy, serial # 34106.

Assigned with a combat crew on 10-Sep-42 at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas then moved to Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 9-Oct-42; Arrived at Molesworth, UK on 22-Oct-42. Missing in Action 23-Jan-43 while on a mission to bomb the port area and U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Three engined were knocked out by flak over the target and then it was shot down by FW-190 fighters. All the crew baled out but the Pilot and Co-Pilot stayed with the aircraft because they only had one usable parachute between them and made a crash landing at Kergolay near Motreff, France The Tail Gunner, SSgt Joseph L. Markiewicz had been wounded but managed to bale out and was captured, but he died of his wounds on 12-Feb-43. 5POW 1POW-DIC 4EVD No MACR issued.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-M] Molesworth 14/1/44. Missing in Action Cologne 15/8/44 with: 6 Killed in Action: Pilot, Henry Clark; Co-pilot, Gilbert Vesey; Navigator, Ralph Davies; Bombardier, Earl Brosius; Flight engineer/top turret gunner, Harry Scott; Radio Operator, Fred Roswal. 3 Prisoner of War: Ball turret gunner, Chas Sikora; Waist gunner, Cyrus Cruttenden; Tail gunner, Edwin Bjorn. Enemy aircraft, exploded in flight, crashed between Oberkail & Steinborn, NE of Bitburg, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 8168. JIGGER ROUCHE aka KRAUT KILLER.

Delivered Denver 27-Oct-42; Bury 6-Dec-42; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-F] Molesworth 29-Jan-43; Missing in Action Lorient 6-Mar-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed into the Bay of Biscay, off Penmarch Point. 2KIA 8POW Missing Air Crew Report 15536.

Delivered Boeing 8/7/43; 11AF Ladd Fd, Alaska, cold weather testing 9/9/43, with Jim Aubrey, crash landed on the tundra 14 miles SE Ruby, AK, 25/9/43. Found in 1996 by Gary Larkins, who returned on 2001 for more parts.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [BK-F] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; transferred 2 SAD Lt Staughton 31/7/43 then 560BS/388BG. Missing in Action La Rochelle 16/9/43 with Henry Nagorka, Co-pilot: Gil Parker, Navigator: John Leverone, Bombardier: Mike Mahoney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Kiesler, Radio Operator: Francis Antalek, Ball turret gunner: Bob Blankenburg,Tail gunner: Jack Harrislost leg in ditching (8 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Ed Christensen, Waist gunner: Claude Whitehead (2 Killed in Action); no gas, ditched near Farne Islands, Northumberland. Survivors reached St Cuthbert’s Island in their dinghy. Missing Air Crew Report 16289. OLD IRONSIDES.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/44; Gt Falls 23/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-I] Molesworth 2/6/44; Missing in Action Cologne 15/8/44 with John Cathey, Co-pilot: Chad Stephens, Navigator: Chas Jackson, Bombardier: Dick Blomberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Reichling, Waist gunner: Nick Raspa (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: LaMar Whittier, Ball turret gunner: Bert Nelson (2 evaded capture);Tail gunner: Arie Moerman (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crew bailed, ship crashed Rommersheim, near Wittlich, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8437.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Presque 2/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 4/1/44; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-A] Grafton Underwood 20/1/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Capt Floyd Edwards, Co-pilot: Capt Bob Langlois{Gp Ldr}, Navigator: Vern Crist, Bombardier: Bill Alles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roger Smith, Radio Operator: Hugh Hopper, Ball turret gunner: Armando Ordaz, Waist gunner: Chester Zink, Waist gunner: Warren Folmer,Tail gunner: Paul Fleming (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Maulbronn, 19 miles E of Karlsruhe, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4348. PORKY’S PIG.

Delivered Tulsa 24/9/42; Assigned 317BS/88BG Walla Walla 28/11/42; Rapid City 28/10/42; Walla Walla 28/11/42; crashed in mountains 17 miles SE of Walla Walla with John Ray 11/2/43; Written off.

Delivered to Denver 23/1/43; Homestead 25/2/43; Assigned to the 303rd Bomb Group Molesworth, 9 April 1943; 369th Bomb Squadron/306th Bomb Group [WW-U] Thurleigh; 544th Bomb Squadron/384th Bomb Group [SU-H] Station 106, Grafton Underwood; Missing in Action on Mission #91 to Stuttgart, 6 September 1943 with James Joseph McMahon Jr., Co-pilot: Rudolph P. Froeschle, Navigator: Lesta E. Shackelford, Bombardier: Arthur R. Dinndorf, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Robert Fred Stahlhut, Radio Operator: Marcus E. Carr, Ball turret gunner: John H. Tripp, Waist gunner: James E Savage, Waist gunner: Schley H. Jessup (9 Prisoner of War),Tail gunner: George J. Kemp (evaded capture); no gas, crashed Dorviller/Elvange, 15 miles East of Metz, France. Missing Air Crew Report 773.

Delivered Lincoln 3/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [L] Glatton 4/11/44; force landed on continent 14/2/45 with John E. Godwin; in base landing accident with Bill Stansbury 12/5/45; Salvaged 13/5/45. RUTH ANNE.

Delivered Denver 26/2/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-M] Molesworth 22/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Joe Worthley, Co-pilot: Alf Clumpner, Navigator: Carroll Binder{body discovered and buried 21/4/50}, Bombardier: Austin Mack, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Baker, Radio Operator: Erwin Zimmer, Ball turret gunner: John Goetz, Waist gunner: Ken Pickell, Waist gunner: Leslie Schweinebraten (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Elmer Simpson (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, six miles SW of St Peter, about 25 miles W of Holstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5173.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/8/42; Hamilton 11/9/42; Assigned 403BS/43BG Mareeba, Aus 15/9/42; Iron Range, Aus 17/10/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Missing in Action Rabual, NG with Capt Jean Jack, Co-pilot: Art Durbeck, Navigator: Jim Knapp, Bombardier: Harry Urban, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Meehan, Radio Operator: Carl Averill, Ball turret gunner: Dave Carlson, Waist gunner: Amando Mancini, Waist gunner: ? Canaan,Tail gunner: Dale Barr 5/1/43; shot down by four Zeros, ditched off 200 yds off Urasi Is. Spotted by RAAF Beaufort and picked up by RAAF Catlina. Written off 31/10/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/12/42; Morrison 8/2/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 9/2/43; transferred 366BS/306BG Thurleigh 2/43; Missing in Action St Nazaire 1/5/43 with Einer Suomi, Co-pilot: Erwin Schott, Navigator: Rene Clark, Bombardier: Clarry Gillespie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fairen Sion, Radio Operator: Chas Hirsch, Ball turret gunner: Willis Gibson, Waist gunner: Bob Markli, Waist gunner: Dick Spelts,Tail gunner: Warden Cain (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ditched Bay of Biscay. Missing Air Crew Report 15721.

Delivered Tulsa 16/11/42; New Castle 9/12/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-P] Thurleigh 1/1/43; in taxi accident at base with Warren Grey 27/6/43; transferred 359BS/303BG [BN-Q] Molesworth 25/9/43; Missing in Action Pas De Calais 28/2/44 with Noel Shoup, Co-pilot: Jim Litherland, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ben Bragg, Radio Operator: Don Harrison, Ball turret gunner: Bill Hostetter, Waist gunner: Bob Gribble,Tail gunner: Harry Ross (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Chas McLain, Waist gunner: Nick Asvestos (ret UK mid May ‘44) (2 evaded capture), Navigator: Byron Clark (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed between Ler Translay & Wiammeville, eight miles SW of Abbeville, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2863.

Delivered Long Beach 30-Sep-42; Tulsa 4-Oct-42; Wayne 5-Nov-42; Salina 27-Nov-42; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-D] at Molesworth, UK 13-Feb-43; battle damaged over Vegasak on 18-Mar-43 crash landed with wheels up in field four miles south of the base; Salvaged 19-Mar-43. 10RTD. No MACR issued.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/8/42; Hamilton 4/9/42; Assigned 63BS/43BG Mareeba, Aus 10/9/42 as TALISMAN; Iron Range, Aus 17/10/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Mareeba, Aus 21/1/43; Port Moresby, PNG 11/5/43; with J.H. Powell had landing accident at Jackson Fd 24/4/43; Assigned Gen McArthur aboard to watch 503rd Parachute invasion of Nadzab, PNG 5/9/43; when W/W used as hack by Maj Gen J. L. Frink, Supply CO of SW Pacific; sal Tacloban, Leyte 9/9/45. USASOS WAR-HORSE.

Delivered Hunter 6/11/44; Grenier 17/11/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-A] Molesworth 28/1/45; battle damaged Plauen, Ger 19/3/45 with ?; force landed Soviet territory; Salvaged 1/4/45.

Delivered Tulsa 6/2/44; Gr Island 27/2/44; Assigned 452BG Deopham Green 5/3/44 TANGERINE; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-M] Molesworth 23/3/44; Missing in Action French A/fds 12/6/44 with Roy Eisele, Co-pilot: Lou Girard, Navigator: Murray Schenker, Bombardier: Melvin Gladstone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Cowley, Radio Operator: Ralph Millard, Ball turret gunner: Efraim Longoria, Waist gunner: Szymon Friedman, Waist gunner: Dick Bell (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Ed Vallee (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Eswars, four miles N of Cambrai, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5626. TANGERINE.

Delivered Kearney 27/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-E] Molesworth 26/7/44; Missing in Action Wiesbaden 15/8/44 with Alf Smith, Co-pilot: Bob King {wia-dec. 20 Aug 44}, Emerson Jones, Bombardier: Stan Kemp, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Martin Harbarger, Radio Operator: Dick Swanson, Ball turret gunner: Jack Fischer (7 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Ed Beres,Tail gunner: Sam Bruno (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set ship on fire, crew bailed then it blew up, crashed Orsfeld, E of Bitburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8171.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/8/42; Hamilton,Ca, 5/9/42 orig Assigned 403BS/43BG detailed Mareeba, Aus 5/9/42; transferred 98BS/11BG New Caledonia; Missing in Action Henderson Fd, to New Georgia 1/12/42 with Capt Willis E. Jacobs, Co-pilot: Stan Sommers, Navigator: Clarry Johnson, Bombardier: Bill Jackinczky, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Eino Hamalainen, Radio Operator: Delos Tuffey, Clair Glover, Ray Lindamood, Art Lemar (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Joe Hartman (RTD – bailed out over Bougainville down 150 yds off beach, met natives & returned weeks later); coll with Jap fighter cut aircraft in two. OMAR KHAYYAM, THE PLASTERED BASTARD.