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

Delivered Tulsa 25/5/44; Hunter 13/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 5/7/44; Missing in Action {51m} Blechhammer 2/12/44 with Harvey Webb, Timberlake, Oonk, Pepon, Monroe, Corns, Freeman, Burkett, Manzer, Brousseau; flak, crashed Ratibor; no witnesses, only a radio call to lead ship at 12.45hrs; Missing Air Crew Report 10030.

Delivered Oklahoma City 9/3/45; slated 303BG, transferred Sth Plains 27/4/45; 268 BU Peterson 22/6/45; 64 BU Andrews 1/3/46; NAMU Johnsville (for radar conversion) 5/46; 554 BU Memphis 6/8/46; 4149 BU Olmstead 7/8/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4000 BU Wright 6/10/47; 4149 BU Olmstead 27/2/48; 4149 BU Griffiss 1/5/48; 4152 BU Clinton 26/7/48; 2750 AB Wright-Patterson 20/1/49 (to EB-17G); 2751 AB Griffiss 8/2/49; 5 AR McClelland 15/2/49; 2751 AB Griffiss 2/3/49; 3171 ER Sq Griffiss 13/4/49; 373 RVW Sq Kindley 7/9/49; 3171 ER Sq Griffiss 8/12/49; transferred US Navy as PB-1W {77137}, Assigned VC-11 San Diego 1/51; VW-1 Barbers Pt, Hawaii 2/51 and in 1953 served at Pohang, Sth Korea during Korean War; RetUS, NAS Norfolk, Salvaged 10/7/56.

Delivered Denver 9/4/44; Kearney 3/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 23/5/44; transferred 731BS/452BG [M3- ] Deopham Green 24/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Hugh Lane 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 301 BU Pinecastle 10/6/44; 326 BU MacDill 24/6/44; 329 BU Alexandra 24/3/45; 327 BU Drew 20/8/45; 200 BU Peterson 26/2/46; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/2/46.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 4005 BU Robins 29/11/44; 326 BU MacDill 18/12/44; with Lee Shutt(ll)er force landed base 24/1/45; 329 BU Alexandra 3/3/45; 325 BU Avon Park 29/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/12/45.

Delivered Galveston 5/4/44; Gt Falls 8/4/44; 202 BU Galveston 20/9/45; 268 BU Peterson 28/11/44; 202 BU Galveston 29/11/44; 460 BU Hamilton 3/12/44; 202 BU Galveston 18/1/45; 464 BU McChord 20/1/45; 268 BU Peterson 30/3/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 27/6/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 9/10/45; 64 BU Andrews 10/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/44; Hunter 21/7/44; Presque Is 1/8/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-L] Molesworth 15/8/44; assembly for Schweinfurt 9/10/44 with Stan Pursel, Dick McClure, Bill Drew, John King, Phil Schoch, Ken Stuckman, Gildo Fugazzi, Bob Hannah (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-37666; Salvaged 10/11/44. MISS UMBRIAGO.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Dow Fd 17/6/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-T] Molesworth 10/7/44; mid air coll with 43-38057 during assembly 9/11/44, with Bob Davis, Dorwin Sayer, Walt Martin, Fred Bryan, Okey Hibner, Chas Johnson, Lester Pope, Nick Smirmes, Donivan Henry (9 Killed in Action); Salvaged 2 SAD 10/11/44. FULL HOUSE.

Delivered Hunter 18/3/45; Grenier 22/3/45; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-H] Rougham 1/4/45 (last aircraft assgd to grp); Returned to the USA 64 BU Andrews 20/9/45; re-ass 31/3/47; 4 MSU Andrews 21/8/47; 60 BU Andrews 4/11/47; with Cliff Olson force landed 3902 AB Offutt 14/2/49; Salvaged 7/4/49.

Delivered Long Beach 15/2/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; with Rueben Neib, force landed Olmstead 6/4/43 after slight mid-air collision; Tinker 24/5/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-Y] Grafton Underwood 3/7/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Bob Swank, Ball turret gunner: Carl Johnson, Waist gunner: Pete Sorbo, Waist gunner: Chas Richey (4 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Bill Hoffmeyer, Navigator: Harry Bolin, Bombardier: Newell Perkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russell Kosse, Radio Operator: Bill Mattoon,Tail gunner: J.D. Martin (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Vollmershofen-Heidgen, six miles SW of Bonn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 288.

Delivered Dallas 27/7/44; Cheyenne 3/8/44; Kearney 10/8/44; Grenier 5/9/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG Debach 7/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; Sth Plains 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Portland 4/11/43; Billings 7/11/43; Cheyenne 15/11/43; El Paso 16/11/43; Yuma 3/12/43; force landed with Armen Sivaslian 15/7/44; 4126 BU San Bernardino 4/8/45; 303 BU Yuma 25/8/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 22/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/7/44; Kearney 25/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-M] Framlingham 10/8/44; Missing in Action Zellhausen 24/12/44 with Bob Fackelman, LeRoy Schwab, Herb Burger, Irving Gutov, Walter Burd (5 Killed in Action); Gene Weishan, Bob Clark, Jim Carter, Harry Samsel (4 Prisoner of War); flak hit, spun down and exploded, crashed Weisbaden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11117. GALLOPIN’ GREMLIN.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/9/43; Scott 24/9/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG Molesworth 11/10/43; transferred 447BG Rattlesden /43; battle damaged Berlin 7/3/44 with ? ; crash landed Rattlesden ? ; Salvaged 2 SAD Abbotts Ripton 17/3/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 2/7/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-U] Thorpe Abbotts 4/7/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Walter Grenier, Co-pilot: Mike D’Amato, Navigator: Saul Trauner, Bombardier: Dave Plant, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Aufschlag, Radio Operator: Carl Phillips, Ball turret gunner: Tony Fusco, Waist gunner: Francis Donnellan,Tail gunner: Bob Schrum (9 Prisoner of War): Waist gunner: Bill Chang (Killed in Action); flak KO’d #1 and #3, crash landed Colmar, Fr. (?Villingen, NW of Donaueschingen, Ger?); Missing Air Crew Report 687. SANS FINIS.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; with Henry Bailey force landed Avon Park 22/5/44; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 17/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/1/46.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 325 BU Avon Park 1/7/44; with Gordon Thrall crash landed six miles E of St Marks, FL 30/7/44; W/O 7/8/44.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 311 BU Lawson 5/9/45; 327 BU Drew 17/9/45; 301 BU Drew 22/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/44; Savannah 21/1/44; Morrison 2/2/44; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-M] Molesworth 22/2/44; after landing from training trip while running down runway u/c collapsed 5/1/44 with Leroy Daub, Co-pilot: Noel Newell, Navigator: George Trawicki, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Gilmore, Radio Operator: Vic Kelley, 5RTD; sal 2 SAD 22/4/44. DEAR MOM.

Delivered Long Beach 24/6/43; Walla Walla 25/7/43; Redmond 15/8/43; 4104 BU Rome 21/10/44; 611 BU Eglin 9/6/45; 621 BU Pinecastle 1/8/44; 611 BU Eglin 19/9/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 25/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.