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

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Grenier 4/6/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-O] Polebrook 9/6/44; {6m} battle damaged Munich 12/7/44 with Pete Wishnewsky, Co-pilot: Dale Thompson, Navigator: Jim Shaver, Bombardier: Bernie Yarcusko, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Basil Manos, Radio Operator: Tom Cobb, Ball turret gunner: Harry Kistner, Waist gunner: Chas Kazalia,Tail gunner: John Taylor (9 Returned to Duty); crash landed base, #3 engine wrenched off, aircraft caught fire and damaged beyond repair; Salvaged 15/7/44.

Delivered Great Falls, Montana, force landed Nashville, Tennessee with Jim Dale; repaired & assigned 423BS/306BG Westover 15-Aug-42; Thurleigh 8-Sep-42. B-17F 41-24496, was despatched along with 12 other B-17s to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft received severe damage from German FW-190 fighters, killing the Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, TSgt Kenneth R. Aulenbach and wounding three others. The pilot, Capt Robert C. Williams and Co-Pilot, 2LT Warren George managed to fly to damaged aircraft back to England, making an emergency landing at RAF Exeter. The aircraft was salvaged. 1KIA 9RTD-3WIA. No MACR issued.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Presque Is 16/3/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-U] Rougham 13/3/44; 410BS [GL-U]; battle damaged Merseburg 25/11/44 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 13/12/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/43; Denver 1/3/43; Gore 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-W] Polebrook 17/4/43; battle damaged Bordeaux 31/12/43 36m, crash landed Sywell, Notts; 1st Base Air Depot, Burtonwood; Returned to the USA Rome 21/7/44; Roswell 5/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/10/45. SNOOZIN’ SUSAN.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; with Joe Cannon force landed Denver 7/8/43; Lowry 12/8/43; Dyersburg 14/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-R] Thorpe Abbotts 5/9/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Stewart McLain, Co-pilot: John McBride, Navigator: Phil Mordkowitz, Bombardier: Homer Glasco, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Angelo Fernandez, Radio Operator: Sam Kuntz, Ball turret gunner: Larry Bennett, Waist gunner: George Knudsen (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Claude Zukowski,Tail gunner: Bill Cook (2 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #2, crashed Channel, off Sangatte, near Calais, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2760. MISMALOVIN’.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/7/43; Gr Isle 9/8/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-K later J] Thorpe Abbotts 28/8/43; battle damaged Ludwigshafen (14m) 30/12/43 with George Brannan, (rest of crew unknown); crash landed Starston Hall, near Harleston, Nfk, UK, one man with severe wounds and two slightly wounded; Salvaged 2/1/44. SUNNY II.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/8/44; Kearney 13/8/44; Grenier 23/8/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-H] Thorpe Abbotts 30/8/44; force landed Tibenham, Sfk 31/12/44 with Lt Baker, rest unknown; battle damaged Leipzig 27/2/45 with ?; crash landed Trimach, Switz; Salvaged 31/10/45. BACHELOR’S HEAVEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 11/3/44; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-M] Grafton Underwood 12/3/44; crashed on take off for mission 16/6/44 with Ken Ungerman, Co-pilot: Chas Widner, Navigator: Evan Williams, Bombardier: John Dugger, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roger Schlising, Radio Operator: Bob Bailey, Ball turret gunner: Frank Vallone, Waist gunner: Dallas Jacobs,Tail gunner: Herb Stephens (9 Returned to Duty); ground-looped off runway and up against a gun emplacement; Salvaged 18/6/44. FLAK HOPPER.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM- ] Rougham 8/4/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Tom Williams, Co-pilot: Edwin Waite, Navigator: Joe Davis, Bombardier: Lew Ranck, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken McLean, Radio Operator: Herb Schoket, Ball turret gunner: Jerry Pasquale, Waist gunner: Casimir Skomski, Waist gunner: Wayne Waters,Tail gunner: J.W. Smith (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Obergonderhausen, 12 miles SW of Koblenz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 15260. BOTTLED IN BOND.

Delivered Tulsa 16/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-V] Rougham 8/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/8/44 with Orville Spenst, Co-pilot: Larry Metzroth, Navigator: Ed Pacek, Bombardier: Ira Dodd, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Brown, Radio Operator: Forest Crosman, Ball turret gunner: Jim Theiss, Waist gunner: Bob Hurd (8POW-rescued by German Sea patrol);Tail gunner: Frank Trilling (KIA-drowned); flak damage and three engines out, ditched North Sea, off Frisian Islands. Missing Air Crew Report 8075.

Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Bangor 1/6/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-J] Andrews Fd 2/6/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; landing accident with Russell Girse 17/9/43; Missing in Action Sorau 11/4/44 with Ralph Winslow, Co-pilot: Vince Gill, Navigator: John Hill, Ed Segall, Ball turret gunner: Harry Sandford, Waist gunner: George Roche (6 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Ralph Munoz, Radio Operator: Carl Caputo, Waist gunner: John Massie,Tail gunner: Joel Burklund (4KIA- all trapped in ship which sunk immediately); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, ten miles of coast at Dankerdorf, ten miles SW of Riggenwalde, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3808. FULL HOUSE.

Delivered Hunter 23/10/44; Dow Fd 1/11/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-H] Molesworth 2/11/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 6/4/45 with Melvin Alderman, Roman Ley, George Thomas, Howard Weinberg, Raoul Prieto, Bill Toler, Don Beebe, Jesse Moore (8 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 44-8547 (487BG), crashed Teplitz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 13719. GREEN HILL BELLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/44; Hunter 9/12/44; Dow Fd 9/12/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-M] Molesworth 17/12/44; Missing in Action Lepizig 6/4/45 with Howard Lacker, Alex Kacus, Jim O’Neil, Clarry Monneyham, Francis Bratcher, Lane Foster, Bob Reynolds, Lou Gabarino, Oscar Bonner (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll, crashed Teplitz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 13596.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/7/44; Hunter 8/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 851BS/490BG Eye 12/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 16/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 18/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 15/12/45. ALICE BLUE GOWN.

Delivered Lincoln 9/12/44; Grenier 22/12/44; Assigned 463BG Celone 24/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 25/7/45; Independence 3/8/45; possibly damaged Scott Fd, IL 28/7/45 in taxi accident with another a/c; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 10/12/44; Dow Fd 17/12/44; Assigned 8AF 23/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 28/5/43; Gore Fd 10/6/43; Smoky Hill 23/6/43; Dow Fd 5/7/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Massicault, Tun 4/8/43; {27m} transferred 301BG Oudna, Tun 14/11/43; Cerignola, It 7/12/43; Lucera, It 1/2/44; Salvaged 8/7/44. DINA-MITE.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/44; Long Beach 12/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 4/8/44; t/o accident caused by electrical fire with Nathan Dreyer 5/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45.

Delivered Dallas 26/7/44; Hunter 25/8/44; Grenier 16/9/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 19/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; Sth Plains 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; with Ira Johnson, force landed Cheyenne 3/6/43; Lowry 27/6/43; Gore 1/7/43; Denver 13/7/43; Lowry 15/7/43; Wright 10/9/43; Scott 8/10/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-F] Thurleigh 19/10/43; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/44; Ypsilanti 22/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45. KWITCHABITCHIN.