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

Delivered Long Beach 16/1/43; Salina 29/1/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 31/3/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; {83m} transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella, It 28/3/44; {2m} 840BS/483BG Tortorella, It 31/3/44; Sterparone, It 22/4/44; Missing in Action Wiener Neustadt 23/4/44 with John Hucle, Delcamp, Henderson, Nicks, Tears, Schindler, Robinson, Mohn, Finn, Ballnik (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Gromet, ?; Missing Air Crew Report 4664. THE GIN MILL.

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 25-Nov-41; Assigned 19BG with Ray Cox landed Malang, Java, 28-Jan-42; and 9BS/7BG Java (Project X) 28-Jan-42 with E. Habberstad; strafed Singosari 3-Feb-42. Sal, Written off 31-Oct-44. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Tulsa 18/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-G] Nuthampstead 5/5/44; (42m) Missing in Action Bingen, Ger 29/12/44 with Mahlon Erickson, Navigator: Paul Nachtwey, Radio Operator: Claiborne Graves, Ball turret gunner: Lowell Thompson, Waist gunner: Jim Sewell,Tail gunner: Bob Morden (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Adolph Huesgen, Bombardier: Lionel Leitner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Emil Peterson (3 evaded capture); flak hit #2, crashed near Liege, Bel/Lux border; Missing Air Crew Report 11348 [?11346]. RAMP ROOSTER.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/12/44; Hunter 1/1/45; Dow Fd 1/2/45; Assigned 748BS/457BG [U] Glatton 8/3/45; transferred 305BG Chelveston 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/43; Kearney 12/12/43; Presque Is 22/12/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK- ] Molesworth 14/1/44; Missing in Action Caen 6/2/44 with Julius Bass, Navigator: Milton Abernathy, Bombardier: Matt Zientor, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alfonso Queredo, Radio Operator: Jim Hensley, Ball turret gunner: Harry Brown, Waist gunner: Mike Canale, Waist gunner: John Grsetic,Tail gunner: Cyril Dockendorf (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Myron Goldman (KIA-his ripcord was not pulled); flak, crashed Vendome, near Bricy A/fd, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2384. PADDED CELL II.

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Delivered Tulsa 21/2/44; Gr Island 3/3/44; Grenier 23/3/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-W] Molesworth 30/4/44; Missing in Action Germersheim 13/1/45 with Capt Martin McGinnis, Fred Doscher, Dick Emick (3 Killed in Action); Sam Simone, Bob Lyons, Keith Muir, Don Beal, Lois Hamilton, Lowell Stevenson (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Bubenheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11577. OLD ’99‘.

Delivered Denver 17/1/44; 1SAG Langley 7/2/44; Grenier 14/3/44; Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 27/4/44; transferred 351BG Polebrook 14/6/44; 748BS/457BG [M] Glatton 28/8/44; 305BG Chelveston 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 4/4/46. PAPER WARRIOR.

Delivered Salt Lake SAD 30/11/41; Assigned 88RS/7BG [aircraft 25] flew into Pearl Harbor during Japanese attack 7/12/41 with Harry Brandon, Lt Bob Ramsey, Avn Cdt Harry Snider, T/Sgt Jim Helton, S/Sgt Dave Barnard, S/Sgt Ralph Mouser, Sgt Wayne Johnson, Pvt Bill Sutton; 11BG Hickam 30/4/42, force landed Bellows Fd with R.D. Steppe 18/5/42; repaired & transferred 7BG and 26BS/11BG Espiritu Santo & Henderson; with Bob Smith on search mission over Guadalcanal damaged by H6K5 Mavis flying boat flown by Lt Tsuneo Hitsuji 21/11/42; Returned to the USA 1/9/44 Hendricks; Yuma 31/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; Gore 10/6/43; Smoky Hill 13/6/43; Rapid City 19/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Smoky Hill 23/6/43; Dow Fd 5/7/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG St Donat 15/7/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Missing in Action {35m} Istres le Tube 16/11/43 with Ollie Westbrook, Co-pilot: Myron Meredith, Navigator: Don Mabry, Bombardier: Capt Bob Greenwell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Prince, Radio Operator: John Proietti, Ball turret gunner: George Altmeyer, Waist gunner: Waist gunner: Walt Cherkus,Tail gunner: Edwin Rueffer (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Mediterranean Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 1127.

Delivered Denver 6/12/43; Atlanta 26/12/43; Savannah 27/12/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 1/2/44; {59m} crashed on take off for Zagreb 6/12/44 with Eric Zackrison, Co-pilot: Harry Beall, Navigator: Ed Quimby, Bombardier: John Burch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Harlan, Radio Operator: Don Soltis, Ball turret gunner: Tom Barton, Waist gunner: Lloyd Terry, Waist gunner: Arthur Dixon,Tail gunner: Cornelius Reilly (10 Killed in Action); burnt out, entire crew perished. JOCKO.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/7/44; Hunter 22/7/44; Dow Fd 2/8/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-Z] Horham 3/8/44; (39m) battle damaged Cottbus 15/2/45 with Fred Volz, Co-pilot: Ed Pachnik, Navigator: Jim Drexler, Bombardier: Chas Moody, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stan Wooden, Radio Operator: Howard Eaton, Ball turret gunner: Louis DeLuca, Waist gunner: Walter Ray,Tail gunner: Joe Smith (9 Returned to Duty); #1 & #3 engines out, force landed Deblin, Pol; sal 1/3/45.

Delivered Salt Lake SAD 30/11/41; Assigned 7BG Java then to 26BS & 42BS/43BG Hickam 19/11/42; Returned to the USA 11/1/44 (known as a gas hog!); Scott 17/1/45; Chanute 21/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Romulus 21/1/44; Grenier 2/2/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-D] Podington 20/2/44; battle damaged Merseburg 11/9/44 with Russell Bundensen, Co-pilot: Clyde Wren, Navigator: Henry Vicars, Bombardier: Howard Gollay, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Garver, Ball turret gunner: Arvo Wallila, Waist gunner: Don Nelling,Tail gunner: Ed Snapp (8 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: Leon Kennedy (Prisoner of War); Missing Air Crew Report 8808; repaired, crashed on take off for mission with Bob Seeber, (6 Killed in Service) 24/12/44; Salvaged. HURBERT.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Kearney 12/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-T] Grafton Underwood 11/4/44; was a spade to attack Munich16/7/44 with Edmund Mulvehill, Co-pilot: John McNamara, Navigator: Chas Shoolbread, tog-Gerhardt Radde, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hilbert Radtke, Radio Operator: Bill van Natter, Ball turret gunner: Bob Irwin, Waist gunner: Frank Simeone,Tail gunner: George Malone (9 Returned to Duty); on return made a wheels up landing at RAF Woodbridge, Sfk. Salvaged 18/7/44. UMBRIAGO.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Gr Island 21/3/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Bangor 25/5/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 26/5/44; battle damaged en route Poltava 21/6/44 with Douglas Glen McArthur (full crew list see below); force landed France; re-ass 49BS/2BG Amendola, It; taxi accident with RAF aircraft 5/2/45 with Dick Edelen; Salvaged 6/2/45.

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 30-Nov-41; Assigned 88RS/7BG [aircraft 11] then 19BG Hickam Field, HI arrived over Pearl Harbor 7-Dec-41 with Capt Rich H. Carmichael, Capt Jim Twaddell, Lt Don Tower, Lt Kermit Meyers, Avn Cdt Theo Pascoe, T/Sgt Wallace Carter, S/Sgt Jack Tribble, S/Sgt Sam Tower, S/Sgt Harry Boyer; transferred 40BS then 93BS; shot down Rabual, New Britain 7-Aug-42 in McArthur’s staff rescue attempt, with Harl Pease (MOH), Chester Czechowski (both survived crash landed but later executed); Co-pilot: F/Sgt Fred Earp (RAAF), Navigator: Rich Wood, Bombardier: Bob Burleson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rex Matson, Radio Operator: Alvar Liimataien, David Brown, Fred Oettel (7 Killed in Action); Missing Air Crew Report 16020. Written off 15/6/44. WHY DON’T WE DO THIS MORE OFTEN ?

Delivered Geiger 419BS/301BG 28/4/42; Assigned 97BG Polebrook 8/42; 327BS/92BG [UX-S] Bovingdon /9/42 as T/T a/c; with Warren K. Manning crash landed 25/6/44; Written off 26/6/44. THE BAT OUTA HELL.

Delivered Long Beach 2/11/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-D] Podington 6/1/44; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 3/3/44 with Walt Lansford, Co-pilot: Bob McMurry, Navigator: Bob Nugent, Bombardier: Frank Pearson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Lindauer, Radio Operator: George Tungkvist{body washed up Busum, Ger. 21/5/44}, Ball turret gunner: Wayne Beck, Waist gunner: Wendell Phillips, Waist gunner: Ken Bush,Tail gunner: John Goshy (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed North Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 2857.

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) with Dave Rawls 30-Nov-41; Assigned 88RS/7BG Hickam Field, HI during Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor 7-Dec-41 with Lt Harry Chaffin, Co-pilot: Lt Mabry Simmons, Navigator: Lt Walt Johnson, Bombardier: Avn Cdt Hubert Mobley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: T/Sgt Russ Mackey, Radio Operator: S/Sgt Lucius Weeks, g-Sgt Irving McMichael, g-Pfc Bob Barnard; transferred 40BS/19BG; then 65BS/43BG; shot down over Vunakanau 26-Jun-43, crashed Baining Mountains, SE of Rabual with Bill Sarlsfield, Co-pilot: Charles Trimmingham, Bombardier: Francis Peattie, Assigned Bombardier: Herman Knott, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Christopherson, Radio Operator: Ken Gionet, Waist gunner: Henry Garcia, with g Bob Griebel,Tail gunner: Pace Payne (9 Killed in Action); Navigator: Jose Holguin (POW 17-Jul-43 until Sep-45), later executed at Rabaul, New Britain; Written off 28-Jun-43. Missing Air Crew Report 14590. NAUGHTY BUT NICE. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 2/4/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-B] Horham 22/4/44 STAND BY; 335BS [OE-B]; with W.C. Shaw force landed Thorpe Abbotts afb 16/12/44; 87m, battle damaged Leipzig 6/4/45 with Bob Davis, Co-pilot: Larry Morgan, Navigator: John Coalson, Bombardier: Fred Gunnard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Archie Stice, Radio Operator: Albt Fascenelli, Ball turret gunner: Dale Kennedy, Waist gunner: Bill Ballou,Tail gunner: Jake Brooks (9 Killed in Action); crashed Sonian Forest, south of Brussels, Belgium; Missing Air Crew Report ?; Salvaged 8/4/45; GOIN‘ MY WAY.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/6/44; Kearney 19/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG [R5-Q] Lavenham 2/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.

Delivered Boeing 12/6/43; Fairfield 2/7/43; Gore 10/7/43; Wright 3/8/43; Clinton 12/8/43; 810 BU Laurnburg (Glider training) 17/6/43; MAC HQ Wright 6/7/43; Mat Flt Muroc 31/8/43; Wright 31/10/43; 4100 BU Patterson 17/1/45; 4000 BU Wright 25/3/45; 4117 BU Robins 22/4/45; AMC Wright 30/6/46; 4000 BU Patterson 31/3/47; Recl Comp 1/12/47.

Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD) 26-Nov-41; Assigned 98BS/11BG Hickam Filed, HI 26-Oct-42, transferred 42BS; Missing in Action 28-Dec-42 over Solomon Is. with James R. Harp, Co-pilot: Tom Omar, Navigator: Thornton Lewis, Bombardier: Elwood Miller, Chas Noble, Howard Krantz, Sanford Caviness, walt Stephanik, Henrry Majeski. Missing Air Crew Report 16271. OL‘ SHASTA. Never served in the UK.