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

Delivered Dallas 1/7/44; Langley 31/7/44; Dow Fd 24/8/44; Assigned 833BS/486BG [2N-P] Sudbury 9/44; {8m} transferred 837BS/487BG [4F-N] Lavenham 28/10/44; transferred 332BS/94BG [XM-K] Rougham 29/5/45; 410BS [GL-K]; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-W] Westover 15/8/42; Thurleigh 13/10/42; transferred 322BS/91BG [LG-W] Bassingbourn 4/43; taxi accident with Bill Broley 16/4/43; Missing in Action Solingen 22+m 1/12/43 with John Wennerberg, Co-pilot: Bob Dickson, Navigator: Gene Cohalan, Bombardier: John Temple, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Squire Baker, Radio Operator: Nick Nicoletti, Ball turret gunner: Morris Schendleman, Waist gunner: Stan Kacprzyk, Waist gunner: Bill Cole (9 Prisoner of War),Tail gunner: Bill Roller (Killed in Action); flak hit #3, then another KO’d batteries, crashed River Rhine between Dusseldorf & Duisburg, Ger.. Missing Air Crew Report 1323. WHEEL ‘N DEAL.

Assigned 367BS/306BG Westover 16-Aug-42; to Thurleigh 27-Sep-42; Missing in Action Lille 9-Oct-42 shot down by hptm Priller (III/JG26), crashed railway line Tournai, near Nechin (Menen), Belgium; (first aircraft loss of group) MACR 6706. SNOOZY II. 6KIA 1POW 2EVD.

Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-E] Bangor 30/8/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; {6m} St Nazaire 22/11/42 BD, in hangar for about a year, constantly raided for spares, before being restored to flying condition, and transferred AFSC end of 1943 as trainer; Returned to the USA Tinker 14/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge 22/11/44. QUITCHURBITCHIN.

Delivered Denver 15/5/43; Presque Is 27/6/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-U]; transferred 20BG/2BG Ain M’Lila 28/6/43; Massicault 31/7/43; {22m} transferred 340BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; converted to weather ship 15/7/44 and crashed base 14/5/45. Salvaged.

Assigned 423BS/306BG Westover 15-August-1942, B-17F 41-24509, ‘Miss Swoose’ was damaged by AA fire between the Initial Point (IP) and the target which resulted in a fire on #3 engine during mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France on 9-Nov-42. Aircraft managed to drop its bomb load but had to be abandoned and crashed into the sea near the target. 6KIA 4POW MACR 16010.

Delivered Ogden 7/8/42; force landed Billings, MT 27/4/42 with Henry Blomquist; Scott 15/10/42; Presque Is 19/2/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-Y] Ridgewell, Ex. 27/5/43 ANNIE FREEZE; Transferred CCRC Bovingdon 18/7/43 as trainer; Salvaged 29/11/45 FEA; Re-ass 10HB SX Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp, Germany 7/1/49.

Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Westover 28-Aug-42; Thurleigh 2-Oct-42; Missing in Action St Nazaire 3-Jan-43, hit by flak, lost two engines, crashed near Le Croisic, France. 4KIA 6POW MACR 15627.

Assigned to 306BG/367BS at Westover 16-Aug-1942; Thurleigh 13-October-1942. 9-Nov-42 despatched on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France it was damaged by flak. Upon return it landed at Portreath, over-ran the runway, overran a dirt berm and crashed into a field. The Navigator 2Lt William L. Eubank was thrown through the nose but was only shaken up. The Bombardier 1Lt William P. Erickson was KIA by flak over the target. The aircraft was salvaged on 12-November-1942.

Delivered Dallas 27/6/44; Langley 24/7/44; Dow Fd 18/8/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 29/10/44; transferred 833BS/486BG [2N-M] Sudbury 10/44; 2m transferred 410BS/94BG Rougham 29/5/45. Used for photography along Belgian-Dutch coasts (coded WIPE); crash landed with Walt Sutherland at Vils, Austria 16/7/45. Salvaged 9AF Germany 20/2/47.

Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-O] Presque Is 22/9/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/9/42; transferred 547BS/384BG [SO-Y] Grafton Underwood 14/10/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 7/1/44 with Walter Ernest Garner, Co-pilot: Philip Bern, Bombardier: James Daigle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russell Hawk, Radio Operator: William Edmiston, Ball turret gunner: Edward Radon, Waist gunner: Charles Hays,Tail gunner: Jack Anderson (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Guy Canale, Waist gunner: Charles Hannah (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Port-le-Grand, four miles NW of Abbeville, France. Missing Air Crew Report 1608. WHAT’S COOKING DOC?

Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-S] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-J] Grafton Underwood 19/9/43; detailed Bremen 13/11/43 but recalled with Ralph Connell, Co-pilot: Albt Doman, Navigator: Larry Angthius, Bombardier: Claud Gober, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harvey Wick, Ball turret gunner: Ellsworth Calder, Waist gunner: Ken Barr, Waist gunner: Bill McCully,Tail gunner: Bob Bryant (9 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Alan Purdy (Returned to Duty). crashed RAF Wargrave, Berks., UK. SUNRISE SERENADER.

Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-G] Bangor 2-Sep-42; Bassingbourn 29-Sep-42; Despatched on 23-Nov-1942 to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The Group was unable to bomb because of 10/10 cloud cover and headed back to Bassingbourn. The aircraft was attached three different times by enemy aircraft, but managed to return to England. However the field at Bassingbourn was fogged in, so the pilot attempted an emergency landing at Watford but struck a pylon and crashed field near Black Boy pub, Leavesden, UK, killing two of the crew outright. Three others died of their injuries later.

Delivered Tulsa 16/5/44; Dallas 14/6/44; Langley 3/7/44; Grenier 28/7/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG Lavenham 2/8/44; 837BS [4F-J]; transferred 833BS/486BG [2N-H] Sudbury 10/44; {5m} 94BG Rougham 29/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/8/42; Hamilton 6/9/42; Assigned 403BS/43BG Mareeba, Aus 14/9/42; then 65BS; Iron Range, Aus 17/10/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Mareeba, Aus 21/1/43; Port Moresby, NG 11/5/43; Returned to the USA 16/9/43; with John Fint to 5335 (?) Patterson Fd, Ohio 12/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45. DOUBLE TROUBLE. (?MIA 3/3/453 in Battle of Bismark Sea?).

Delivered Cheyenne 2/8/42; Hamilton 11/9/42; Assigned 431BS/11BG New Caledonia 19/9/42; Returned to the USA Hamilton 12/9/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/9/45.

Delivered Long Beach 20/1/43; Denver 7/2/43; with John Wedding damaged at Smoky Hill 6/4/43, repaired; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-U] Dow Fd 15/4/43; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-B] Grafton Underwood 10/7/43; transferred 367BG/306BG [GY-Y/T] Thurleigh 23/8/43; Cheddington 29/2/44; retUS Homestead 26/6/44; Tinker 26/6/44; transferred Clarke, Phillipines FEA 15/6/45; sal 15/1/48. GOODTIME CHOLLY aka KATHLEEN aka LOMA LEE.

Delivered Dallas 14/5/44; Langley 29/6/45; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG [R5-W] Lavenham 30/10/44; transferred 94BG Rougham 29/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/7/44; Lincoln 11/8/44; Grenier 21/8/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 23/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Bu Sth Plains 2/7/45; 237 BU Kirtland 18/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 6/2/46. NO GUM CHUM.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/7/44; Hunter 8/8/44; Grenier 30/8/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 2/9/44; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 2/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/11/45. “HEAVEN SENT.”