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

Delivered Langley 14-Nov-41; Assigned 38RS/19BG [aircraft 38], Hickam Field; suffered heavy damage on arrival at Pearl Harbor, 7-Dec-41 with Capt Ray Swenson, Lt Ernie Reid, Lt Homer Taylor, Avn Cdt G.C. Beale, M/Sgt Leroy Pouncey, Sgt Earl Williams, Cpl Mac Lucas, Pvt Bert Lee, Lt Bill Schick. Attempted to land Bellows Field, Japanese gunfire ignited flare box on board, fuselage then buckled and broke in half; a passenger flight surgeon, Lt Schick, was Killed in Action by strafing fire as he ran from ship. Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/1/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque Is 5/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-B] Polebrook 11/7/43; then 509BS [RQ-B]; {16m) 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 31/3/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 3/7/44; Homestead 8/7/44; Patterson 22/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45. DOTTIE J.

Delivered Denver 28/1/43; Memphis 9/3/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG Morrison 12/4/43; {2m} Salvaged 30/4/44.

Delivered March Field then to Manila 17-Oct-41; Assigned 19BG Clarke Field, Philippine ; damaged in attack on Davao 25-Dec-41 with Alvin Mueller; returned to Batchelor, Aus. 18-Dec-41 with Alvin Mueller, Co-pilot: Frank Kurtz, Navigator: George Markovich, Bombardier: Bill Weiss, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Shellito, Radio Operator: E. Olson, Ball turret gunner: Jack Anderson, Waist gunner: Frank Harvey, Waist gunner: Henna,Tail gunner: Long; was repaired and used as transport (wing tips were a foot higher than others following damage in a dive); transferred 64TCS/317TCG, crashed Bakers Creek, Mackay, Queensland, Aus. PAMELA aka MISS E. M. F. (MISS EVERY MORNING FIX’N )

Delivered Cheyenne 23/7/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-E] Horham 11/8/44 KURCHOW; 335BS [OE-X/C]; 36m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. EXCELSIOR.

Delivered Long Beach 5/4/43; Tulsa as crew trainer TB-40 13/4/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 13/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Grenier 27/3/45; Assigned 487BG Lavenham 23/4/45; Returned to the USA Charleston 26/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/45; Hunter 5/3/45; Grenier 23/3/45; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 25/3/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 27/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45.

Delivered Salt Lake City 13-Feb-41; Albuquerque 1-Oct-41; Assigned 19BG Clark Field 2-Nov-41; strafed and destroyed at Clark Field 8-Dec-42. Salvaged. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-A] Alconbury 8/4/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; 4m, transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-E] Grafton Underwood 10/7/43; 2 Base Air Depot, Lt Staughton 5/4/44; Returned to the USA 6/5/44; Tinker 6/6/44; Recl Comp 9/2/45. KATHY JANE.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-M] Molesworth 6/4/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with Capt John Van Wie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert Hlebasko, Ball turret gunner: Gene Morton, Waist gunner: Theo Swanson (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jim Walsh, Navigator: Paul Blank, Bombardier: Bob Taylor, Radio Operator: Bob Noll, Waist gunner: Ben Spring{later repatriated},Tail gunner: Bob Bridges (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Retwischof, S of Bad Oldesloe, SW of Lubeck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 91. TOOTS – BUTCH.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Billings 16/3/43; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 1/4/44; slated 398BG, Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-A] Horham 8/4/44; 21m, transferred 571BS/390BG [FC-X] Framlingham 1/6/44 ODD BALL; Waist gunner: Bob Kincaid (Killed in Action) on mission to Paris-St-Ouen 22/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 5/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45. DOUBLE IN BRASS.

Delivered Hunter 4/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 353BS/301BG Lucera 17/10/44; Missing in Action Vienna 19/11/44 with Albert Luster, Guernsey, Holler, Reed, Velozzi, Perry (6 Killed in Action); Ellison, McKinley, Grinstead (3 evaded capture & return); mid air coll with 42-97910, ditched Adriatic Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 10098.

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 15/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 353BS/301BG Lucera 4/7/44; battle damaged Wiener Neudorf 26/7/44 with Greenfield, crew ?; mid air coll with 44-6549 Winterhofen, Aus; (‘6549 ditched); ‘910 returns and Salvaged.

Delivered SAD 30-Nov-40; Salt Lake City 22-May-41; Sunset Field 14-Jun-41; Assigned 38RS/19BG [aircraft 41] 14-Nov-41; arrived during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour 7-Dec-41 with Lt Bruce Allen, Co-pilot: Lt Chas McArthur, Lt Leo Eminger, Avn Cdt Walt Decker, M/Sgt Horace Hunsberger, Sgt Floyd Wright, Pfc Ray Fetty, Pvt Dick Morris, Pvt J.W. Childers; RETUS to Langley; with Larry Dennis on training run, crashed Sebring, Florida 29-May-43 (4 Killed in Service); Written off 29-May-43. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/44; Gr Island 3/3/44; Grenier 21/3/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-M] Thurleigh 2/4/44; transferred 534BS/381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 100+m, Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45. BEGIN THE BEGUINE – SHE DOOD IT.

Delivered Patterson 5/9/44; Hunter 20/9/44; Grenier 23/10/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 25/10/44; battle damaged 24/12/44 with ?; flak, crashed Leige, Bel; 9RTD; Salvaged. BORROWED TIME.

Delivered Hickam 17-Oct-42; Assigned 93BS/19BG Clarke Field 20-Oct-41; with Jim Connally landed Malang, 11-Jan-41; returned to Batchelor, Australia 20-Dec-41 with Jim Connally, Milton Beekman, M. Rowan, Durward Fesmire, Milton Kelm, Bob Hiron, Coburn, Peterson, Quinzel, Dick Olsen, McIntyre; to Samarinda, Borneo then Singosari, Java 30-Dec-41; while on a test flight 3-Feb-42 with Ray Cox, Co-pilot: John Huse, Navigator: John Sowa, Bombardier: Art Karlinga, John Remsy, Jack Bingham,Tail gunner: Don Barnes (7 Killed in Action) two others were 131st Field Artillery members, both KIA, shot down by Zeros over Malang, Java, the last B-17C in theatre.

Delivered Tulsa 4/4/44; Hunter 15/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-A] Horham 3/5/44; 25m, Missing in Action Brux 24/8/44 with Dave Schmidt, Co-pilot: Edgerton Paulson, Navigator: Calvin Jenkins, Bombardier: Harry Eustice, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Watson, Radio Operator: Dick Hyatt, Ball turret gunner: Don McQuade, Waist gunner: Jim Ward,Tail gunner: Jim Kelly (9 Prisoner of War); with two engines feathered, dropped behind, crashed Nuttel, E of Tennenheide, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8278.

Delivered Denver 16/4/43; New Castle 29/4/43; La Guardia 30/8/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-M] Polebrook 28/5/43; 511BS [DS-M]; Missing in Action {10m} Hamburg 25/7/43 with Edwin Boyd, Navigator: Delbart Ray, Bombardier: Eldon Tolman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Hamlin (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Joe Perkins, Radio Operator: Chas Cavanaugh, Ball turret gunner: Joe Keen, Waist gunner: Albert Garrison, Waist gunner: John Lewis,Tail gunner: Roy Weatherford (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 then attacked again, crashed Schmalfeld, three miles N of Kaltenkirchen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 92. CAPTAIN BILL.

Delivered Lincoln 12/9/44; Grenier 6/10/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-R] Horham 12/10/44; with H. Rivet, obs-George Reese [wia] 5/1/45; flak battle damaged over Seelze, Ger 14/3/45 with G.E. Brumbaugh, Ball turret gunner: Edwd Kuzma [wia]; force landed Belgium; 1WIA 8RTD; repaired & ret gp; 32m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; Sth Plains 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45.

Delivered 38RS/11BG [aircraft 40] SAD 29-Nov-40; arrived during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour 7-Dec-41 with Lt Earl Cooper, Lt Dick Eberenz, Lt John Crockett, Avn Cdt Jim Buchanan, T/Sgt Jesse Broyles, Sgt Joe Bruce, Sgt Lee Best, Cpl Elmer Lippold, Pvt Don McCord; with Bill Raper crashed 130 miles off Oahu, HI 15-Jun-42. Missing Air Crew Report 16123. The MACR has this with 303rd BG 360th BS and this is possible because the 303BG did not deploy to the UK until 12-Sep-42.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/43; Gore 2/6/43; Dow Fd 8/7/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-S] Rougham 9/7/43; considered war weary and sal 31/5/45. DONNA LOU II.

Delivered Tulsa 2/2/44; Gr Island 13/4/44; Dow Fd 17/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 22/4/44; no ops, transferred 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 12/5/44; Missing in Action Stettin 13/5/44 with Henry Hansen, Co-pilot: Edwin Locke, Navigator: Vince Kiely, Bombardier: George Clements, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Maxwell, Radio Operator: Clarry O’Malley, Ball turret gunner: Don Urban, Waist gunner: John Hamilton,Tail gunner: Dominic Bloise (9 Returned to Duty); flak KOd #2 & #3, ditched North Sea about 60 miles from UK, all saved by ASR; No MACR. ANY TIME ANNIE.