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

Delivered Hunter 14/7/44; Presque Is 22/7/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 30/7/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 17/12/44 with Len Waldman, Co-pilot: Clayton Stemwedel, Navigator: Howard Kraus, Bombardier: Milton Bloom, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Price, Radio Operator: John Storey, Ball turret gunner: Chas Walker, Waist gunner: John Deets, Waist gunner: Herb Jacobs,Tail gunner: Bill Schultz (10 evaded capture); force landed Yugoslavia, from where crew flew home on C-47. However on 10/1/44, despite radio nmot working correctly, an attempt to fly their B-17 from Belgrade to Bari ended in disaster when ship crashed at Pristina; with Waldman, Co-pilot: Stemwedel, plus five members of the 324th Service Gp: Maj Roy Covington, S/Sgts Eric Page, Clarry Junnisson, Arthur Brown and Cpl Earl Freed plus an unknown Italian Army captain (9 Killed in Service);MACR 11286. HELEN BELLE.

Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 28/8/44; battle damaged Blechhammer 2/12/44 with John Hickey, Co-pilot: Warren Miller, Navigator: Bob Sullivan, Bombardier: Rich DeNeut, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Goff, Radio Operator: Angelo Collis, Ball turret gunner: Morton Klauber[wia], Waist gunner: Joe McMillan, Waist gunner: Bernard Chassair,Tail gunner: Junior Turknett (10 Returned to Duty) ; direct flak hit #4 and ko’d #2; crash landed Russian lines where equipment was destroyed; crew OK and returned to base 11/12/44. Salvaged. THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD.

Delivered Geiger 28/9/42; Assigned 316BS/88BG Redmond 23/12/42; Walla Walla 23/1/43; mechanical failure on take off with Allison Brooks 3/2/43, rep; Kearney 3/8/43; 232 BU Dalhart 9/6/43; 241 BU (504BG) Fairmont 13/6/43; 249 BU Alliance 30/10/43; 222 BU Ardmore 15/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 14/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Grand Isle 4/6/43; Dow Field 25/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 26/6/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Alan Amman, Co-pilot: Don Wollard, Navigator: Bill Pierson, Navigator: Ralph Diederich, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Carter, Radio Operator: Joe McGonagle, Ball turret gunner: Boyd Iverson, Waist gunner: Harlie Sands,Tail gunner: Frank Metzler (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Harry Quick (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Neu-Ummendorf, near Eisleben, 19 miles W of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3079. SCREAMIN‘ RED ASS.

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 15/6/44; Dow Fd 2/7/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 4/7/44; Missing in Action Moravaska Ostrova 19/8/44 with John Fitzpatrick, Co-pilot: Chas McGhee, Navigator: Rich Hausler, Bombardier: Paul Sumner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Moriarty, Radio Operator: Gene Black, Ball turret gunner: Vincente Martinez, Waist gunner: John Molitor, Waist gunner: Vincent Contrada,Tail gunner: Jim DeLutes (10 Prisoner of War); hit by enemy aircraft; Missing Air Crew Report 7950.

Delivered Denver 11/2/44; 1SAG Langley 8/4/44; Morrison 26/4/44; Assigned (PFF) 49BS/2BG Amendola 7/5/44; transferred to 20BS; Missing in Action Regensburg 9/12/44 with Woodruff Warren, Co-pilot: Don Hart, Navigator: George Mayott{m/op}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Jolly, Radio Operator: Frank Pinto, Waist gunner: Joe Cox (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Burke Jay, Ball turret gunner: Warren Anderson, Waist gunner: Ralph Henry,Tail gunner: Ben Sheppard (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Alps, near Linz, Austria; Missing Air Crew Report 10131.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/6/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Grenier 1/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-F] Sudbury 2/7/44; {3m} Missing in Action Hamburg 4/8/44 with Nathan Adler, Co-pilot: John Williams, Navigator: Sam Lum, Bombardier: Joe Richter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Forse Baisden, Radio Operator: Don Jones, Ball turret gunner: Mike Pesta, Waist gunner: Joe Davis,Tail gunner: Bill Sterfanik (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Einswarden, W of Wesermunde, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7712.

Delivered Denver 11/2/44; 1SAG Langley 11/4/44; Morrison 26/4/44; Assigned (PFF) 49BS/2BG Amendola 7/5/44; 352BS/301BG Lucera 15/5/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer (night mission) 13/11/44 with Wayne Wendt, Hug, John Campbell, Zellner, Jim Campbell, Simonson (6 Killed in Action); Snyder, Workman, Sumner, Patrick (4 Prisoner of War); bad weather, crashed Krauthenn; Missing Air Crew Report 9863.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Seattle 29/11/43; Portland 2/12/43; Felts Fd 4/12/43; Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Cleveland 20/12/43; Syracuse 21/12/43; Presque Is 3/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-L] Ridgewell 21/1/44; battle damaged over Misburg, Ger; 29/11/44 with Joe Nelson, Co-pilot: Ken Schmalz, Navigator: Jerry Pasek, Bombardier: Tom Schnidt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Levington, Radio Operator: George Comery, Ball turret gunner: Francis Bergermeister, Waist gunner: Harlan Van Over,Tail gunner: Joe Walsh (9 Returned to Duty); force landed Meijel, 20 miles E of Eindhoven, Hol. the crew being quickly evacuated by British ground troops; Salvaged 27/1/45. MINNIE THE MERMAID.

Delivered Denver 1/3/43; Morrison 9/5/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 17/5/43; Ain M’Lila 17/6/43; Massicault 31/7/43; {7m} transferred 352BS/301BG Oudna 14/11/43; 483BG Tortorella 4/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; Salvaged {61m} 30/3/45.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Tortorella 1/44; {29m} transferred 96BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; while over Vienna 1/11/44 ship was damaged with Bill Donnell, Co-pilot: Tom Vaughan, Waist gunner: Jim Holbrook, Waist gunner: Jim Pewitt,Tail gunner: Francis Miaers (5 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Roy Compton, Bombardier: Chas Melvin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Gruner, Radio Operator: Stan Pociask(4 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: John Meringola (Killed in Action); ship limped back to land at Bari, Italy; {66m} Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 6/6/45; 4104 BU Rome 28/6/45; 4124 BU Altus 16/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Kearney 28/11/43; Assigned 342BS/97BG Cerignola 5/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Vienna 10/9/44 with Wallace Boyce, Holleran, McGinnis, Wilson, Marion, Jochim, Walt Jones, Lata, Reidy, Cathrall; flak, crashed Karlovacs; Missing Air Crew Report 8365.

Delivered Denver 29/12/43; 1SAG Langley 21/1/44; Assigned (PFF) 457BG Glatton 15/2/44; transferred 49BS/2BG Amendola 2/3/44; transferred 301BG Lucera 14/5/44; 840BS/483BG Sterparone 20/7/44; Missing in Action Brux 25/12/44 with Don Chapman, Utterback, Sheckard, Kittleson, Ashley, Scanio, Johnson, Garrard, Lumpkin, Cafer (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Laibach; Missing Air Crew Report 10730.

Delivered Tulsa 18/18/42; Wayne Co 16/11/42; with Bruce Gimbel in taxi accident Romulus Fd, Mi 22/11/42; repaired and to West Palm Beach 13/12/42; Assigned 32BS/301BG Tafaraoui 31/12/42; Maison Blanche 5/12/42; Biskra 16/12/42; Ain M’Lila 17/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43; {95m} transferred 96BS/2BG Massicault 14/11/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; {19m} 346BS/99BG Tortorella 28/3/44 but no missions; 817BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; with 100+ missions all told returned to US, Homestead 23/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge Fd 23/11/44. RIGOR MORTIS. [?42-5228 – 5233 recorded as RAF FA701 – 706?]

Delivered Louisville 14/5/45; Rome 10/7/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 20/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/11/45; Salvaged 15 TSK Clovis 30/4/46; Assigned ARS sold 26/6/46 TWA as 299AB (Civil NX4600 as excutive transport) for Near East survey work; Converted for His Imperial Majesty, Shah of Persia April 1947 [EP-HIM]; from TWA to IGN France [F-BGOE] in 1952 to 1967; scrapped France 1972.

Delivered Lincoln 15/11/44; Dow Fd 15/12/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 20/12/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/9/46; re-ass USAF 30/4/47; Recl Comp 19/11/47.

Delivered Lincoln 15/11/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 20/12/44; re-ass AF 30/4/47; 43 HBS Erding 18/1/48; 7230 AB Gp Erding 18/7/48; 85 AB Erding 12/10/49; modified as VB-17G Erding 19/7/50.

Delivered Lincoln 12/12/44; Grenier 20/12/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 24/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; Sth Plains 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 31/7/43; Denver 16/8/43; (F-9B) photo recon with cameras fitted and all bombing equipment removed, as are other F-9Bs; Assigned Min Map Asia 1/4/44; Written off 1/6/46.

Delivered Lincoln 15/11/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 31/12/44; with Howard Schmidt crashed on take off Gander, Newfoundland, 3/1/45 {?cr Italy 2/1/45 with Richard Abbey?}. Salvaged.

Delivered Lincoln 11/10/44; Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 7/11/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 5/2/45 with Maurice Porter, Co-pilot: Don Fishback, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Smith, Ball turret gunner: Chris Fredrickson (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John Skoba (Killed in Action); Bombardier: John Olinik, Radio Operator: Ken Hoffman, Waist gunner: Arden Lannigan, Waist gunner: Glen Machnovec,Tail gunner: Franklin Wartman (5INT); no gas, crash landed Bludenz, near Alps Plazer, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 12063.

Delivered Hunter 7/10/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 348BS/99BG Tortorella 12/12/44; {48m} Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; Independence 26/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/1045.

Delivered Lincoln 20/2/45; Grenier 4/3/45; Assigned 838BS/487BG Lavenham 15/4/45 (last aircraft assgd to grp); Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; Independence 15/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 31/12/45.

Delivered Denver 1/4/43; Dow Fd 3/6/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG Snetterton 12/6/43; THE WORRY WART; transferred 336BS/95BG „THE DEVIL’S DAUGHTER“ [ET-A] 7/43; 37missions. Force-landed RAF Headcorn 26/9/43; force-landed Thorpe Abbotts AF 7/1/43; force-landed RAF Wormingford, Essex 10/2/44. Returned to the USA Love Fd 9/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 13/10/45.