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

Delivered Denver 19/11/43; Spokane 22/11/43; Kearney 12/12/43; with Rich Hogg force landed base 14/12/43; Prestwick 16/1/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG (EP-X] Thorpe Abbotts 17/1/44; Salvaged 31/5/45 with 100+ missions. QUITTIN’ TIME.

Delivered Lincoln 29/12/44; Dow Fd 10/1/45; Assigned 8AF 24/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Romulus 22/8/45; Independence 8/10/45; 593 BU Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Kearney 4/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-D] Snetterton 21/6/44; Salvaged 7/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

Assigned 366BS/305BG Syracuse 14/9/42; with Lyle M. Adams, en route Grafton Underwood, crashed on take off Gander, Newfoundland 25/10/42 with Lyle Adams {inj}, Co-pilot: Capt W.Sault, Navigator: A.Mercer, Bombardier: W.Ewing, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: J.Nelson, Radio Operator: D.Staffee, Ball turret gunner: R.Circle, Waist gunner: C.Fisher,Tail gunner: J.Clarke, passLt H.S. McMurray {inj}. (10 Returned to Duty), clipped pillbox on t/o and bellied in on next runway. Salvaged.

Assigned 422BS/305BG Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 414BS/97BG Polebrook 4/11/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui. 22/11/42; Biskra 25/12/42; Missing in Action Bizerte 26/12/42 with Claude Lawrence. A/c damaged by explosion of 41-24413, crash landed no man’s land, two bailed, Foster rescued by British Army, but Cockrell POW. Rest landed with plane including Lawrence, Locker, Vandergriff 3WIA, all eventually returning to duty.

Delivered Lincoln 17/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG [2C-R] Lavenham 27/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/1/46.

Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-T] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; Missing in Action 22/6/43 with John Hall, Navigator: Walter Allen, Bombardier: Jim Mause, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jasper Doster, Ball turret gunner: Bob Gunson, Waist gunner: Chris Morris (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Arnold Grose, Radio Operator: Leroy Kanetzky, Waist gunner: Willard ParkerRIP 23/7/43,Tail gunner: Dennis Jackson (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Slijk-Ewijk on River Waal, near Valburg, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 16205. CHERRY.

Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-B] Bangor 2/9/42; Bassingbourn 1/10/42; Missing in Action Bremen 17/4/43 with John Wilson, Waist gunner: Walt Bohaczyk, Ball turret gunner: Gil Andrews, Waist gunner: Cliff Cadle,Tail gunner: Bob Ade; (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Art Bushnell, Navigator: Bob Barton, Bombardier: Harry Romm, Radio Operator: Howard Barney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Norman Thompson (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft & intense flak barrage and dropped back to crashed Hassel, near Bassum, 12 miles S of Bremen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 15520. HELLSAPOPPIN.

Delivered Hunter 12/3/45; Grenier 18/3/45; Assigned 8AF 30/3/45, modified with radar aids for Air Sea Rescue duties, Halesworth, Sfk, UK; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4104 BU Rome 28/6/45; Garden City 22/9/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 18/1/46; 4136 BU Tinker 20/1/47; 4104 BU Rome 28/1/47; re-ass 31/3/47; 5 Air Sea Rescue Alaska 6/6/47; 10 RES Adak 18/1/48; 10 RES Davis 26/4/48 (Adak re-named Davis after Everett S. Davis, first 11AF officer in Aleutians, killed in C-47 at Naknek); ALA Elmendorf 23/6/48; 10 RES Davis 23/8/48; with Eldon Davis force landed three miles ESE of base Kulak Bay 5/7/50; 10 RC Elmendorf 7/7/50; 10 RC Davis 13/9/50, Recl Comp 13/9/50.

Delivered Kearney 26/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G-D] Lavenham 8/7/44; Missing in Action Saarbrucken 9/11/44 with Joe Herring, Dick Meyer, Francis Crawford, Chas Brown, Dan Heintz, Elda Fitzhugh, Ed Hartman (7 Prisoner of War); John Leonesio, Bill Faria (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Saverne, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 10341.

Delivered Dallas 2/3/45; slated 7AF, transferred Rome 25/5/45; Syracuse 12/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

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

Delivered Cheyenne 14/2/45; Grenier 27/3/45; Assigned 8AF 29/3/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/11/44; Hunter 12/12/44; Dow Fd 22/12/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG [2C-H] H2X Lavenham 20/1/45; taxi accident and caught fire 18/2/45; Salvaged 20/2/45.

Delivered Lincoln 19/1/45; Grenier 17/2/45; Assigned 8AF 22/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/7/44; Hunter 1/8/44; Grenier 13/8/44; Assigned 92BG Podington 15/8/44; transferred 18BS/34BG Mendlesham 16/8/44; Missing in Action Ingolstadt 4/3/45 with Jim Mueller, Co-pilot: Art Atruc, Navigator: John Ciagne, tog-Phil Harvey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Loren Farnsworth, Radio Operator: Francis, Zerott, Ball turret gunner: Kazmierz Grezelak, Waist gunner: John Haugen (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Kipeen (Prisoner of War); crashed Mandres, France; Salvaged. Missing Air Crew Report 12923.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 8/7/44; Grenier 16/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-N] Sudbury 17/7/44; 5m crashed on take off for Cologne 15/10/44 with Clarry Herman, Co-pilot: Bob Etter, Navigator: Bill Annan, Bombardier: Vernon Mierhenry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Sartain, Radio Operator: Bob Stone, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Spaulding, Waist gunner: John Jackson,Tail gunner: Joe Cook (9 Killed in Action); aircraft came down at Woodhall Farm, Sudbury, UK., (Now Tesco Superstore), also killing a civilian; Salvaged. Missing Air Crew Report ? .

Delivered Hunter 2/3/45; Grenier 16/3/45; Assigned 8AF 25/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 27/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/1/46.

Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-B] Bangor 31/8/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; 322BS [LG-A] 5/43 16+m; taken off operations and transferred 403 AD 2/7/43; 8AF HQ Sqd 15/8/43 for VIP duties. Salvaged 19/10/44. Used as camera ship to film Major William Wilder’s Memphis Belle film. THE BAD PENNY.

Delivered Dallas 16/8/44; Scott Fd 2/9/44; Grenier 19/9/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-M] Thorpe Abbotts 11/10/44; battle damaged Havover 28/3/45 with ?; force landed St Trond A/fd, Bel; Salvaged 30/3/45. MISS ANGEL.