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

Delivered Hunter 10/11/44; Grenier 4/12/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 1/1/45; {14m} Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46; Recl Comp 19/11/47.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Savannah 30/12/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Tortorella 1/44; {19m} transferred 96BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; {63m} Returned to the USA 2137 BU Hendricks 22/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46. JUANITA.

Delivered Denver 24/8/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 27/10/43; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-N] Polebrook 21/11/43; battle damaged {6m} Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Ed Apperson, crew unknown (10 Returned to Duty), abandon over UK due to gas shortage and bad weather; crashed Whitwell, Herts, UK. Salvaged 1/1/44.

Delivered Lowry 5/3/42; Boise 7/4/42; Assigned 93BS/19BG, transferred 394BS/5BG Hawaii 28/5/42; Returned to the USA Hendricks 21/12/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 9/8/45. CROCK-O-CRAP. (Shown in Midway, a TV documentary).

Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 312/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK- ] Molesworth 23/4/44; Missing in Action Friedrichshafen (1st mission) 24/4/44 with Paul Stewart, Co-pilot: Rudolph Heap, Navigator: Bob Moller, Bombardier: Dario Manze, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Coe, Radio Operator: Drackart Jones, Ball turret gunner: Joe Jasinski (7 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Ray Cadlolo, Waist gunner: Jim Cast,Tail gunner: Roy Sable (3 Prisoner of War); flak and enemy aircraft severely damaged nose, three bailed then it exploded, crashed Gross-Seeham, 22 miles from Munich/Rosenheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4274.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 21/7/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-A] Nuthampstead 9/8/44; on landing from non-op off with Jim Runnion ran off runway, two crew minor injs. nosed over at base 5/11/44; Salvaged 2 SAD Abbotts Ripton 9/11/44.

Delivered Lowry 5/3/42; Assigned 19BG Hawaii 16/4/42; crashed Charters Towers, Qld, Aus, 7/5/42 with Major Pierre D. Jacques, unknown crew OK; Salvaged.

Delivered Hunter 20/10/44; Dow Fd 28/10/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-N] Molesworth 1/11/44; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-Y] Horham 2/11/44; with N.W. Richardson force landed A-7 Laon AF, Fr 5/1/45; 51m, Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/11/45. BELLIGERENT (BEAUTY) LADY.

Delivered Denver 10/2/44; Hunter 3/3/44; Homestead 17/3/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 18/3/44; Missing in Action {87m} Munich 16/11/44 with Edwin H Miller crew, Mettler, Hershberger, Fouts, Sherwood, Earl McGuire, Horn, Merrill Johnson, Lester Johnson, Loughman. Mech fault, landed Eisi, ?; Crew returned in another a/c; Salvaged 6/11/45. MERCURY.

Delivered Lincoln 17/12/44; Dow Fd 23/12/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-E] Podington 24/2/45; secret mission 1/6/45 and returned next day; Assigned to Istres, France, with Bill Gibbons, landing accident at Foggia, It 7/10/45; ret 2/6/45; Green Project, Salvaged 9AF Germany 4/3/46. KATY SUE.

Delivered Denver 12/11/43; Gt Falls 16/11/43; Kearney 25/11/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG Cerignola 11/1/44; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action Wiener Nuedorf 26/7/44 with Chas Starling, Chas Van Houten, Chas Campbell, Belton Jones, Glenville Kingsley (5 Killed in Action); Warren Garren, Chas Jackson, Bill Krippel, Bill Kelly, Clayton Vowell (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed St Katherin; Missing Air Crew Report 7127. BAR FLY.

Delivered Lowry 5/3/42; Sacramento 11/4/42; Assigned 7BG Hawaii 16/4/42; transferred 19BG Nandi, Fiji Is 27/12/42; retUS then Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 10/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Assigned 352BS/301BG Cerignola 8/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {24m} Cagliari, Sic. 26/3/44 with Guido Gianacovo, Butcher, Casaceli, Harris, Meadows, Biederman, Tippens; mid air col with 42-30405 (97BG); Maulding, Mitchell (2 Killed in Action) when ditched off Ancona, three (?) rescued by RAF Walrus, (4MIA?). Missing Air Crew Report 3644.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/43; Tinker 8/6/43; Nashville 20/6/43; Presque Is 2/6/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 11/7/43; Oudna 4/8/43; crash landed base 12/10/43 with Joe Donahue, rep; transferred 414BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/43; Missing in Action Steyr 24/3/44 with Fred Monthei, Co-pilot: Harry Shapiro, Navigator: San Plautz, Bombardier: John Yandura, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Campbell, Ed Legro (7 evaded capture & Returned to Duty); Doug Zimmerman, Ken Dunn, Carl Millard (3 Killed in Action); mid air coll, tail cut off; crashed Bosawski; Missing Air Crew Report 2392.

Delivered San Diego 6/1/44; Denver 13/1/44; 1SAG Langley 14/2/44; Morrison 25/3/44; Assigned (PFF) 49BS/2BG Amendola 26/3/44; 96BG {36m}; (often loaned to 99BG Tortorella); Returned to the USA Hunter 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45.

Delivered Dallas 26/4/44; Langley 24/6/44; Dow Fd 15/7/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-Q] Horham 16/7/44 HAP HAZARD; 336BS [OE-G]; 412BS [QW-Q]; with W. Hatheway, Navigator: Gene Petrocene (Killed in Action), obs-D.A. PomeroyWounded in Action and Xn-Alvin KahnoskieWounded in Action, force landed Melsbroek, Bel. 28/9/44; with J.G. Wilson force landed RAF Woodbridge, Sfk 25/12/44; with G.L. Braund force landed RAF Manston, Kent 5/1/45 9RTD; taxied into parked aircraft 42-31410 with John Durham 15/4/45; 49m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. TROUBLE BUGGY.

Delivered Lowry 3/3/42; Assigned 63BS/19BG; transferred 65BS/43BG then 8PRS; crashed Schwimmer Fd, Laloki, PNG, 26/12/43 with Hutchinson. Salvaged 10/44. MISS CARRIAGE aka RFD TOJO.

Delivered Dallas 25/9/44; Hunter 23/10/44; Grenier 10/11/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-T] Framlingham 20/11/44 as PFF a/c; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD- ] Thorpe Abbotts 22/11/44; Returned to the USA 23/10/45, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.

Delivered Kearney 7/8/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 28/8/44; Missing in Action Ruhrland 22/4/45 with Ernie Williams, Co-pilot: Miles Massey, Navigator: John Black, Bombardier: Maurice Tilby, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Weibert, Radio Operator: Henry Lawson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Skeffington, Waist gunner: John Shuey, Waist gunner: Conrad Schryer (9 Killed in Action),Tail gunner: John Bryner (Prisoner of War); attacked by Me-262 jet enemy aircraft, broke in half, crashed Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 13249.

Delivered Hunter 6/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 3/10/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 1/7/45; Sth Plains 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45.

Delivered Lowry 14/3/42; Boise 1/4/42; Assigned 28BS-93BS/19BG Hawaii 8/7/42; on return from mission to Milne Bay, crash landed Mareeba, Aus. with severe damage 26/8/42 with Capt Kenneth Casper, Radio Operator: Art Richardson, rest unknown; Written off 31/10/44. THE DAYLIGHT LIMITED.

Delivered Minneapolis 7/3/42; Assigned 435BS/19BG Hawaii 13/5/42; transferred 30BS; crashed on take off Port Moresby 7/8/42 with Chas Hillhouse, Co-pilot: A.Neel, Navigator: R.Worley, Bombardier: R. Gootch, J. Foster, Joe Wateski, Radio Operator: J.Hickey, Waist gunner: S.Schwimmer,Tail gunner: J. Bayless (Returned to Duty); Written off 31/10/44.

Delivered Kearney 22/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 8/7/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 18/8/44 with Bob Rogers, Co-pilot: Howard Season, Waist gunner: John Bradley, (3KIA, probably drowned); Navigator: Albt Smith, Bombardier: Bill Shalcraft, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Willis Church, Radio Operator: Oran Park, Ball turret gunner: Sam Woods, Waist gunner: Chas Armstrong,Tail gunner: Ray Roe (7RTD, picked up by USN Catalina); #4 on fire, crashed Adriatic Sea, after 10 chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 7683.

Delivered Denver 25/9/43; Harvard 15/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG [CQ-B] Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Fredrichshafen 29/4/44 with Carl Blom, Co-pilot: Wallace Lane, Navigator: Dudley Davis, Bombardier: Dare Ziemer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Windsor Graham, Waist gunner: Dick Ferrighetto (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Arthur Watt, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Arthur, Waist gunner: Ike Guyton,Tail gunner: Bob Tobin (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Grasleben, six miles N of Helmstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4251.