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

Delivered Denver 6/1/43; Salina 12/1/43; Mobile 23/1/43; Salina 31/1/43; Homestead 4/2/43; Morrison 8/2/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-L] Molesworth 6/4/43; {32m} Missing in Action Duren 20/10/43 with Bill Hartigan, Navigator: Lorin Douthett, Radio Operator: Bob Ward (3 evaded capture), Co-pilot: Ed Goddard, Bombardier: Bernie Dorsey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clement Resto, Ball turret gunner: Val Stoddard,Tail gunner: Jim Ince, foto-Ralph Moffett (6 Prisoner of War), Waist gunner: Chas Dove (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Cambrai, near Mons, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 1033. CHARLIE HORSE.

Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Presque Is 1/8/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG St Donat 2/8/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Missing in Action {32m} Wiener Neustadt 2/11/43 with Jim Veazey, Bombardier: Isbell, Waist gunner: Oliver,Tail gunner: Hill (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Moon, Navigator: Fochtman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rastoggy, Radio Operator: Davsky, Ball turret gunner: Schopper (5RTD/POW?); enemy aircraft, crashed Espang, Missing Air Crew Report 1092. GEORGIA PEACH.

Delivered Tulsa 17/3/44; Kearney 15/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-L] Molesworth 4/6/44; landing accident with Ernie Holtorf 20/2/45; transferred 398BG Nuthampstead 22/5/45; to RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 5/4/43; Denver 12/4/43; Morrison 27/4/43; Assigned 96BG but transferred 96BS/2BG Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 19/5/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Missing in Action {21m} Naples 4/8/43 with Harry Chrismon, Co-pilot: Bob Kurz, Navigator: Ron Beck, Bombardier: Bill Mahood, etg-Bernie Doone, Radio Operator: Wells Macoy, Ball turret gunner: John Haffner, (7 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Rudy Shields, Waist gunner: Herb Borders,Tail gunner: Bill Brady (3 Killed in Action); all bailed out, 7 in sea & 3 on Ischia Is. Missing Air Crew Report 346. LITTLE TANNIE.

Delivered Long Beach 24/4/43; Love Fd 28/4/43; Salinas 2/6/43; Kearney 30/6/43; Eglin 8/7/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Ain M’Lila 20/7/43; Massicault 31/7/43; {12m} transferred 97BG Cerignola 20/12/43; weather aircraft from 3/7/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 29/3/45; Patterson 3/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Pendleton 5/2/42; Geiger 30/4/42; Tucson 26/5/42; Ephrata 4/6/42; Muroc 5/7/42; Geiger 1/9/42; Boise 8/10/42; Pueblo 11/1/43. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 14/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/12/42; New Castle 17/12/42; Assigned 97BG Biskra, Alg 22/1/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs, Tun 1/8/43; Depienne, Tun 15/8/43; transferred 20BS/2BG Massicault, Tun 14/11/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; 347BS/99BG Tortorella, It 28/3/44; {0m/99th} 483BG Sterparone, It 31/3/44; Salvaged 31/10/45. SAHARA SUE.

Delivered Denver 28/9/43; Gr Island 18/10/43; Memphis 24/10/43; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-L] Molesworth 18/11/43; Missing in Action Brux 12/9/44, with Dick Clemensen, Bombardier: Frank Stafford, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene McCrory, Waist gunner: Nick Kriss (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: George Burson, Navigator: Jim Crooke, Radio Operator: Kurt Schubach, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Albern,Tail gunner: John Jauernig (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Bergsdorf, E of Neuruppin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8823. LONESOME POLECAT.

Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-A] Bangor 14-Oct-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42; On the 29-May-43 mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France the aircraft was damaged by flak over the target and then attacked and shot down by fighters and crashed at Menior du Launay in the community of Pluebian,France. 2KIA 8POW No MACR issued.

Delivered Long Beach 17/6/43; Moses Lake 25/7/43; 244 BU Harvard 10/6/44; 505BG Harvard 18/6/44; 272 BU Topeka 15/10/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 23/5/45; 325 BU Avon Park 21/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/42; West Palm Beach 12/12/42; Assigned 353BS/301BG Biskra 31/12/42; Ain M’Lila 17/1/43; Oudna 6/8/43; 48m transferred 20BS/2BG Massicault 14/11/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; 348BS/99BG Tortorella 28/3/44 but no missions; transferred 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Returned to the USA Homestead 18/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 30/7/45. MISS ME.

Delivered Denver 16/12/42; West Palm Beach 9/1/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GH-Q] Molesworth 7/2/43; severe battle damaged Bernberg 20/2/44 with Bob Hullar, Co-pilot: Capt Dick Dubell, Navigator: Elmer Brown, Bombardier: McCormick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: , Radio Operator: , Ball turret gunner: , Waist gunner: , Waist gunner: Merlin Miller, t/obs-Lt E. Greenwood (10 Returned to Duty); repaired and transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 7/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 6/1/45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. SCARLET HARLOT aka VAT 69 aka VICIOUS VIRGIN.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Memphis 18/11/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG Molesworth 27/12/43; Co-pilot: Lt Creighton Doering (KIA-hit by .50 cal bullet possibly from another B-17) 6/2/44; Missing in Action Berburg 22/2/44 with Charles Crook, Bombardier: Joe Deluca, Radio Operator: Bob Hannan, Ball turret gunner: Roy Cheek, Waist gunner: Sal Chavez (5EVD-ret UK by 10/9/44); Co-pilot: Bill Clark, Navigator: Roscoe Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Breitenbach, Waist gunner: Norris Williams,Tail gunner: Jim Hensley (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Amerong near the road at Wijk Bij Duurstede, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 2645.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG [R5-] Lavenham 8/7/44; Missing in Action Politz 25/8/44 with Joe Duncan,Tail gunner: Monroe Wolyn (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Jim Hood, Navigator: Ely Friedman, Bombardier: Jim Dolan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Henahan, Radio Operator: Gerard Brown, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Everett, PN-Capt Rich Jones, AL-Capt Winston Rogers (9KIA-several bodies found weeks later) ; flak hit to immediate explosion, crashed Lake Muritz, near Boek, NW of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8470.

Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-J] Bangor 19-Sep-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42; Missing in Action St Nazaire 3-Jan-43, shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed off St Brevin, Bay of Biscay, France. 10KIA Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 7650.

Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-C] Bangor 14-Oct-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42. Sustained a mid-air collision with B-17F 42-29573 „Two Beauts“ 303BG/358BS over Wellingborough, UK in 10/10ths cloud cover while on a mission to bomb the port area of Rotterdam, Holland. The right wing from the #4 engine outward was sheared off and the aircraft crashed at Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire killing 8 of the crew. 2 baled out successfully. 8KOM (Killed on Mission) 2RTD No MACR issued.

Delivered at Denver 6-Jan-43; Salina 12-Jan-43; Morrison 12-Feb-43; Homestead 15-Feb-43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-H] Molesworth 6-Mar-43. 13-Mar-43 Sustained a mid-air collision with B-17F 41-24559 „Ooold Soljer“, 303BG/360BS in 10/10 cloud cover over Wellingboro, Northamptonshire, UK while despatched on a mission to bomb the shipyards at Rotterdam, Holland. Crashed at Mears Abby, UK. 7KIA 3BO/RTD.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Grenier 24/5/44; Assigned 560BS/388BG [F] Knettishall 27/5/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 28/9/44 with Melbourne Michael, Co-pilot: Joe Waickus, Navigator: Ed Stachyra, Bombardier: Dick Perla, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon White, Radio Operator: Don Scott, Ball turret gunner: Thurman Purdham, Waist gunner: Warren Sweeney,Tail gunner: Mike Malinch (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed near Alken, NE of Cochem/Eifel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9375. G.I. JANE.

Delivered Sioux City 9/5/44; 224 BU Sioux City 29/10/44; with Leo Flowers force landed base 30/1/45; 225 BU Rapid City 16/6/45; 203 BU Jackson 30/6/45; 215 BU Pueblo 9/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/1/46.

Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-A] Patterson 17/4/43; then 526BS [LF-A] Kimbolton 30/5/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 11/6/43 with Bill Brinkman, Bombardier: Don Andrews, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Watkins, Radio Operator: Bill Carver, Ball turret gunner: Alf Mitchell, Waist gunner: Ralph Smith, Waist gunner: Bob Todd,Tail gunner: Frank Murphy (8 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Cochran, Navigator: Bill Homes{Wounded in Action} (2 Prisoner of War); coll head on with enemy aircraft, crashed close to airfield at Marx, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1369.

Delivered Long Beach 20/2/43; Morrison 30/4/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 1/6/43; Ain M’Lila 17/6/43; Massicault 31/7/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; {15m} Salvaged 23/1/45. MME DIABLO.

Delivered Tulsa 4/4/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 16/7/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 11/7/44; battle damaged Debrecen, Hun 21/9/44 with Bob Williams, Co-pilot: Pat Margot, Navigator: J.W. Hines, Bombardier: Adrian Sierveld, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: J.B.Crowley, Radio Operator: Jim Miller, Ball turret gunner: Atto Borgia, Waist gunner: J.J.Casey, Waist gunner: Bill Gutman,Tail gunner: Herb Wendt (10 Returned to Duty); two engines out, crash landed base, Salvaged.

Delivered Wright Fd 3/2/42; Eglin 17/5/42; Wright 3/6/42; Phillips 21/6/42; Tinker 19/9/42; Wright-Patterson 19/2/43; force landed base with Hilliard Estes 16/7/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 20/12/45.

Delivered Kearney 24/6/44; Presque Is 7/7/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 11/7/44; Missing in Action {25m} Belgrade 3/9/44 with Kwiatkowski; crash landed Vis.