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

Delivered Lincoln 19/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 306BG Thurleigh 10/2/45; transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-L] Podington 9/5/45; Green Project, Salvaged 9AF 23/10/46. MILK RUN SPECIAL II.

Delivered Long Beach 17/6/43; Dallas 24/6/43; Kingman 2/8/43; force landed base with Kent Granzow 1/9/43; 2117 BU Buckingham 23/6/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 16/7/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 30/5/45; 3000 BU Orange 8/6/45; 3010 BU Williams 21/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 21/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Kearney 17/2/44; Grenier 3/3/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 12/3/44; 410BS [GL-H]; Missing in Action Warnemunde 9/4/44 with Pete Branson, Navigator: Ross Linsemaier, Waist gunner: Howard Eagle, (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Vogt, Bombardier: Florentino Miranda, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Becht, Radio Operator: Henry Zake, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Westlund, Waist gunner: Paul McErlane,Tail gunner: Doug Monson (7KIA-most drowned); flak, ditched North Sea, 25 miles W of Warnemunde, Ger;. Missing Air Crew Report 3800.

Delivered Long Beach 31/5/43; Pyote 1/7/43; Kearney 19/7/43; Spokane 24/7/43; 328 BU Gulfport 11/7/44; 327 BU Drew 9/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 6/11/44; Dow Fd 26/11/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 6/12/44; t/o accident with Bob Fuchs, force landed Vincenzo A/fd, It 13/7/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 3/11/44; Grenier 14/11/44; Assigned 301BG Lucera 5/12/44; returning from Padua mission 12/4/45 with Tom Clancy; hit five C-47s on landing and burned out. CLANCY’S CREW.

Delivered Denver 22/9/43; Scott 7/10/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P] Horham 15/11/43; (4m); on training mission 10/1/44 with John Casper, Co-pilot: Shirley Galloway, Navigator: Duncan McGregor, Bombardier: Bob Clowes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Evans (5 Returned to Duty); due to u/c failure, mechanical problems forced to belly in at Honington Depot, Sfk, sal 3/4/44.

Delivered Long Beach 31/5/43; Gored Fd 1/7/43; Pyote 7/7/43; Walla Walla 24/7/43; Avon Park 23/11/43; 2117 BU Buckingham 20/11/44; 4100 BU Patterson 26/11/44; 327 BU Drew 31/3/45; 301 BU Drew 23/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.

Delivered Lincoln 3/11/44; Grenier 16/11/44; Assigned 15AF 3/12/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 29/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 2/11/44; Grenier 12/11/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 4/12/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 2/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/42; Assigned 98BS/11BG Hawaii 5/6/42; transferred 13AF (Poppy) 22/7/42; Written off 15/6/44. GALLOPIN’ GUS.

Delivered Lincoln 6/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-R] Rougham 17/10/44; 331BS [QE-Q]; transferred 34BG Mendlesham /44; Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 25/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Gr Island 27/12/43; Presque Is 10/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 26/1/44; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 11/3/44; crashed on take off to Frankfurt on first mission 24/3/44, at Bailey Hill Farm, Birdbrook, Ex, two miles from base; with Ken Haynes, Co-pilot: Ralph Bemis, Navigator: Edmund Cusson, Bombardier: Barry Stahlecker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Sauld, Radio Operator: Harry Loparco, Ball turret gunner: Zeke Herrera, Waist gunner: Ken Ham, Waist gunner: Don McHaffey,Tail gunner: Arthur Plows. (10 Killed in Action). All killed as aircraft exploded with wreckage all over the farm and orchard, while for many years patches of soil would not grow anything due the contamination by aviation fuel and oil.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/42; Assigned 431BS/11BG Hickham 3/6/42; transferred 98BS and 23BS/5BG; ditched 20/3/43 off Russell Is. SWPAC; (?retUS Tyndall 27/12/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 12/6/45.?) THE SKIPPER.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/10/42; Casper 30/5/43; force landed base 23/11/43 with George Winger; Kearney 3/8/43; when parked at MacDill hit in taxi acc. by 42-6001 on 17/2/44; Written off 20/2/44. VERA DE.

Delivered Denver 23/10/42; Orlando 31/1/43; Eglin 5/3/43; Brooksville 25/6/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 2/9/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 24/1/44; 4124 BU Altus 11/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 27/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/7/44; Kearney 29/7/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 22/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.

Das Schicksal dieser B-17 Fliegenden Festung ist nicht bekannt.

Delivered Dallas 7/7/44; Langley 9/8/44; Grenier 10/9/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 12/9/44; transferred 729BS. Ground looped at Gt Ashfield with Wilfred Foeste 7/12/44. Missing in Action Bad Kreuznach 2/1/45 with Bill McDougall, Co-pilot: Dick Vine, Navigator: Joe Bachner, Bombardier: Howard Koratsky, Radio Operator: Don Achenbach, m/op- Lt Lew Kamas, Waist gunner: Clyde Richardson,Tail gunner: Capt Ralph Martin (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albin Martinek (Killed in Action); direct flak hit between #3 and #4, crashed 20 miles from Tier, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 11257. ROSALLE ANN II.

Delivered Tulsa 17/3/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG Thorpe Abbotts 27/5/44; Missing in Action on supply drop on Operation Zebra 25/6/44 with Ken Houghton, Co-pilot: Thornton Bline, Radio Operator: Laverne Deatrich, Waist gunner: Malcolm Eckley (4 evaded capture); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Marion (KIA- chute failed); Navigator: Stan Green, Bombardier: Bill Lichtenstern, Ball turret gunner: John Nelson{390BG},Tail gunner: Warren Moore (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed SE of La Ferte-Vidame, NW of Chartres, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 6542. ANY GUM CHUM?