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

Delivered Lincoln 18/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-B] Molesworth 31/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 16/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/11/43; Kearney 28/11/43; Romulus 5/12/43; Presque Is 8/12/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG (LN-Q) Thorpe Abbotts 16/12/43; transferred 418BS [LD-E]; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Alex Kinder, Co-pilot: Theo Schmuck, Navigator: Dale Wynn, Bombardier: Bill Dodd, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Wilson, Radio Operator: Bob Mazzacane, Ball turret gunner: Chas Daniels, Waist gunner: Dave Castle, Waist gunner: Gene Wayrynen,Tail gunner: Chas Stewart (10 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d two engines, one windmilling, crashed S of Niederbacheim, near St Goarhausen, Ger Missing Air Crew Report 4865. ROSIE’S RIVETERS.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/43; Smoky Hill 24/4/43; Presque Is 16/5/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-Z] Thurleigh 22/6/43; Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Wes Courson, Co-pilot: Roy Bronson, Navigator: Ted Grezlak, Bombardier: Henry Lynch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Champion, Waist gunner: Cedric White,Tail gunner: Bill Lamb (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bill Dayton, Ball turret gunner: Dock Thomas, Waist gunner: Bob Stevens{wia & drowned in River Ems} (3 Killed in Action); flak over Frisian Is took off vertical stabiliser, crashed Hofkamp Farm, Vriescheloo, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 127.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-X] Thorpe Abbotts 4/7/43; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Frank Meadows, Co-pilot: Lloyd Evans, Navigator: Frank Bush, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Jackson, Radio Operator: Bob Wussow, Ball turret gunner: Rich Agor, Waist gunner: Dexter Pate,Tail gunner: Vince Sapone (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Bill Hubbard, Waist gunner: Jim Ward{Wounded in Action} (2 Prisoner of War); flak hit bombs dropping from above, the explosions caused severe damage, crashed on road to Ottersburg, E of Bremen; Missing Air Crew Report 947. PHARTZAC.

Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-G] Presque Is 27/11/42; Molesworth 13/12/42; Returned to the USA 2/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge 22/11/44. IZA VAILABLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Scott 30/9/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-U] Thurleigh 19/10/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 3/2/44 with Rich Wong, Co-pilot: Walt McBroom, Navigator: John Rogers, Bombardier: Curtis Dunlap, Radio Operator: George Collins, Ball turret gunner: Chas Whetsone, Waist gunner: Armand Cournoyer (7 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Walker{originally escaped but shot by guard after surrender 29/4/44}, Waist gunner: Bob Sykes,Tail gunner: Walt Kels (3 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #4, crashed on sandbank near Ruteplate, between Benserseil & Langeoog Is, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2494.

Delivered Amarillo 2/7/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-Y] Alconbury 31/8/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 2/3/44 with Bernie Swart, Co-pilot: Everett Brown, Navigator: Jim Good, Bombardier: Walt Verbanic, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Jodrie, Radio Operator: Emmett Tucker, Ball turret gunner: George Smith, Waist gunner: Roy Davis, Waist gunner: Bob Blohm,Tail gunner: Wesley Daniel (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed between Sieglar & Siegburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2853.

Delivered Denver 9/1/44; 1SAG Langley 22/1/44; Hendricks 26/2/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-A] Thorpe Abbotts PFF 3/3/44; 349BS (XR-P); Missing in Action Merseburg 28/7/44 with Wesley Stansbury, Co-pilot: John Baxter, Navigator: Bill Fischer, Bombardier: Dick Hawkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: G.W. Moxley, Radio Operator: Wesson Stetson, Ball turret gunner: Henry Inskeep, Waist gunner: Melvin Rogoff,Tail gunner: John Myers (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-32009 (96BG); crashed North Sea off Lowestoft, Sfk. Missing Air Crew Report 8173.

Delivered Denver 15/1/44; Gr Island 29/1/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-X] Thorpe Abbotts 14/2/44; Missing in Action Brussels 28/7/44 with Albert Spear, Co-pilot: Stan Diamond, Navigator: John Spillane, Bombardier: C.P. Pate, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Pieczynski, Radio Operator: Art Marshall, Ball turret gunner: Arthur Gens,Tail gunner: Bob Bass (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Rob Gill (RTD- picked up by ASR); mid air coll with 42-97621 (100BG), the fuselage snapped in half and crashed in North Sea off Lowestoft, Sfk; Missing Air Crew Report 8174. BUFFALO GAL aka BLACK CAT 13.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-K] Alconbury 25/4/43; transferred 812BS/482BG [MI-K] Alconbury 25/8/43; 360BS/303BG Molesworth 15/1/44; Salvaged 25/5/45.

Delivered Long Beach 11/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 8/10/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 11/1/44 with Don Sharps, Co-pilot: Tom Sheedy, Navigator: Fred Irwin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Deutsch, Radio Operator: Gus Lobone, Ball turret gunner: John Fees, Waist gunner: Bill Nall,Tail gunner: Joe Miksic (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Lou Nargi, Waist gunner: Ken Majeska (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crash landed near Holsten, three miles N of Rheine, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1887.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/44; 396BG Drew 24/4/44; 327 BU Drew, W/O 9/7/44; Recl Comp 6/7/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/4/44; Roswell 1/5/44; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 20/1/45; 3020 BU La Junta 19/4/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 25/6/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 4/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/1/46.

Delivered Dallas 24/7/44; Hunter 22/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Slated 418BS/100BG [LD-R] as PFF a/c, switched 457BG Glatton 12/9/44; transferred 359BS/303BG [BN-Y] Molesworth 2/10/44; 306BG Thurleigh 9/12/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46. YANKEE GIRL.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/4/44; 488BG MacDill 21/4/44; 326 BU MacDill 5/2/45; 325 BU Avon Park 17/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/4/44; Gulfport 21/4/44; 328 BU Gulfport 30/3/45; 329 BU Alexandra 4/4/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 5/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-J] Framlingham 25/5/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 30/11/44 with Edwin Booth, Quentin Davidson, John Walsh, Joe Jackson (4 Killed in Action); Herb Gates, Bill Long, Tony Morreale, Bruce Greeno (4 Prisoner of War); Abe Elhai (evaded capture); flak hit and exploded, crashed Zwickau, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11133. JOKER.

Delivered Tucson 2/5/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Alamogordo 7/8/42; Biggs 28/11/42; Oklahoma City 11/12/42; Pueblo 4/1/43; Written off 30/4/43.

Delivered Long Beach 15/6/43; New Orleans 14/7/43; Orlando 15/12/43; 331 BU Barksdale 24/6/44; to Gore Fd, from where with J. Schumacher force landed New Orleans Apt 14/7/43; 3036 BU Yuma 5/7/44; 331 BU Barksdale 15/7/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 27/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/10/45.

Delivered Long Beach 12/6/43; Kearney 15/7/43; 541BS/383BG Pendleton 24/7/43; with George Thompson force landed Rapid City 18/1/44; 3507 BU Sioux Falls 2/8/44; 225 BU Rapid City 10/8/44; 249 BU Alliance 29/12/44; 225 BU Rapid City 7/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/8/45.