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

Delivered 2BG Langley 10-Mar-39; Robins 21-Jul-42; Written off 23-Jan-43. This aircraft never served in combat and was never posted to the UK.

Assigned RAF [FA679]; Assigned 353BS/301BG 16/3/42; transferred 32BS Westover 6/8/42; Podington, UK 6/8/42; Tafaraoui, Alg 24/11/42 {64m}; 429BS/2BG Massicault, Tun 14/11/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; Missing in Action Fano 15/1/44 with Bill Pederson, Navigator: Carl Shawaker, Bombardier: Kermit Bual, Waist gunner: Chas Ringler,Tail gunner: Horace Mahabirsingh (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Joe Townsend, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bernie Scalisi{Wounded in Action}, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Truesdale, Radio Operator: John Sirgakis, Waist gunner: Tony Brodniak (5 evaded capture); crashed Chiusi, near Florence. Missing Air Crew Report 1814.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/3/44; Kearney 12/4/44; Grenier 28/4/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG [E] Knettishall 30/4/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Lt Oswald 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44. WIZARD OF OZ.

Delivered Roswell 16/4/44; slated 306BG CAP’N and HIS KIDS 17/4/44; 3018 BU Kingman 1/10/44; 4126 BU San Bernardino 17/1/45; 3018 BU Kingman 26/1/45; 3030 BU Roswell 22/6/45; 3541 BU Lincoln 23/8/45; 3030 BU Roswell 28/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

First flew at Seattle 27-Jun-39; delivered Wright Fd for armament testing 2-Aug-39; others before West Palm Beach, Fl. 28-Sep-42; Hendricks, Fl with Dan Culver crash landed eight miles ENE of base 22-Oct-42, after apparently losing control; Written off 2-Dec-43. this aircraft never served in combat and was never posted to the UK.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-F] Grafton Underwood 9/6/43; Missing in Action Villacoublay 26/6/43 with Tom Cuddeback, Co-pilot: Luther Adler, Bombardier: Jim Dillon, Radio Operator: Philip Fink, Ball turret gunner: Albert Suchy (5 Prisoner of War), Navigator: George Singer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Bessey, Waist gunner: Dave Hardin, Waist gunner: Marvin Brown,Tail gunner: John Selgo (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, three engines smoking before exploding, crashed La Planquay, seven miles NW of Bernay, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 15568. FLAK ALLEY LIL‘ aka MISS CARRIAGE.

Del Dallas 14/6/44; Langley 10/7/44; Grenier 7/8/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG Lavenham 10/8/44; battle damaged Darmstadt 24/12/44 with Lloyd S. Reed; force landed continent; Sal; Missing Air Crew Report 11561.

Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-A] Bangor 14/10/42; Molesworth 16/10/42; 60m Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Aubrey Emerson, Co-pilot: McDonald Riddick, Navigator: Lew Halliburton, Bombardier: Don Delaura, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Grover Mullins, Radio Operator: Jim Supple, Waist gunner: John Visznecki, Waist gunner: Jim Pleasant,Tail gunner: Bernie Sutton (9 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Howard Zeitner (Killed in Action); crashed Wolsdorf, four miles SW of Helmstedt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1925. SKY WOLF.

Delivered Long Beach 16/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-Q] Thurleigh 17/4/43 RIKKI TIKKI TAVI; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-T] Polebrook 11/7/43; Missing in Action 10m Frankfurt 4/10/43 with Dan Nauman, Co-pilot: Bill Keister, Navigator: Walter Blair, Bombardier: Mario Suozzo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Foy Rush, Radio Operator: Bob Martin, Ball turret gunner: Bill Towsley, Waist gunner: Lew Burgess body washed up 19/10/43, Waist gunner: Ralph Robeson,Tail gunner: Willard Hunter (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed mouth of River Scheldt, two miles from Flushing, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 910. MINOR BALL.

Delivered Hunter 4/9/44; Grenier 21/9/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 3/10/44; transferred 32BS/301BG Lucera 29/10/44; Missing in Action Vienna 12/2/45 with Merrill Barnes, Co-pilot: Ward, Navigator: Edelen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harper, Radio Operator: Whitcombe, Ball turret gunner: Olis, Waist gunner: Thomas,Tail gunner: Elmer (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Bowman, Waist gunner: Losh (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Tapolza; Missing Air Crew Report 12366.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-R] Nuthampstead 26/4/44; (23m) Missing in Action Noball V-1 sites 8/7/44 with George Wilson (KIA – went down with ship);Tail gunner: Reg Ferguson (evaded capture); Co-pilot: Vernon Atkinson, Navigator: Dick Dunn, Bombardier: Bob Perry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sanford Walke, Radio Operator: George Vela, Ball turret gunner: Martin Hansen, Waist gunner: Gerald Dye (7 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #1 & #2, crashed Money Cayeux, near Rouen, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 7217.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Pendleton 24/11/43; with Leon Sachs force landed Denver, Co 8/12/43; Salt Lake 12/12/43; Wendover 14/12/43; Assigned 748BS/457BG [A] Glatton 15/12/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 25/2/44 with Jim Chinn, Co-pilot: Bob Cooper, Radio Operator: Bob Mullins, Ball turret gunner: Bill Sullivan, Waist gunner: Dillard Engdahl, Waist gunner: Marion Ross,Tail gunner: Jeremiah Rolison (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Frank McNichol, Bombardier: John Vollmuth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vito Peragine (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Mont St Martin, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3003.

Delivered Hunter 30/1/45; Grenier 11//2/45; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-J] Nuthampstead 29/3/45; RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. THE LITTLE PRINCESS.

Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-F] Bassingbourn 4/1/44; 22m Missing in Action Hamm 22/4/44 with Capt Harvey Hesse, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Williams (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Maj Chas Lee, Navigator: John Ryan(401BS), Navigator: Jay Suldan, GPb-Capt Provost Marshall, Radio Operator: Fred Snavely, Ball turret gunner: Harlan Bunn, Waist gunner: John Guy, Waist gunner: Leon Sterle, Ball turret gunner: Lt Leon Krahling (9 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3, gas tank exploded & crashed Korbecke, 19 miles SE of Hamm, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4259. QUAD ZERO then JUST NOTHING.

Delivered Patterson 5/9/44; Hunter 19/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-M] Nuthampstead 4/11/44; (23m) Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Perry Powell, Co-pilot: Sam Walker, Navigator: Bruce Phelps, Bombardier: Marvin Luckie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Harper, Radio Operator: Bob Colgan, Ball turret gunner: Albt Aleksyn, Waist gunner: Tom L’Estrange (8 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Joe Bancroft (Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 42-97387; crashed Lehmke, near Gardelegen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12215.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-H] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; (81m) Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with John McCormick, Bombardier: Bill Logan (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bill Feinstein, Navigator: Ray Woltman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marvin Gooden, Radio Operator: Joe Stritch, Ball turret gunner: Reynaldo Gracia, Waist gunner: Bill Garner,Tail gunner: Jack Withrow (7 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-38697(398BG), crashed Lehmke, near Gardelegen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12214. MAUDE AN‘ MARIA.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; Kearney 28/1/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-A] Molesworth 3/3/44; transferred 562BS/388BG [V] Knettishall 4/3/44; Missing in Action La Glacerie 8/5/44 with Lou Heving, Co-pilot: Joe Cicak, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Heim, Radio Operator: Howard Gollner, Waist gunner: Dave Kimmel (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Clifton Billado, Bombardier: Dick Seitzinger, Ball turret gunner: Joe Morse, Waist gunner: Will Kronitz,Tail gunner: Don Klein (5 Killed in Action); flak KOd #2, crashed Channel off St Suveeur-le-Vicomte, 19 miles S of Cherbourg, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 4599. PEG OF MY HEART aka SWEET ADELINE.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/44; Lincoln 21/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned 353BS/301BG Lucera 12/10/44; transferred depot 22/1/45; Re-ass AF Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp 6/12/48.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/4/44; Hunter 30/4/44; Grenier 12/5/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 23/5/44; Missing in Action {24m} Vienna 16/7/44 with John Harrington, Co-pilot: Larry Jenkins{wia both legs broken], Navigator: Henry Sievers, Jim Roche, Radio Operator: Ray Voss, Ball turret gunner: Owen Bruce, Waist gunner: Louis Kanner, Waist gunner: Randolph Steelman,Tail gunner: Bob Boulware (9 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Art Cox (Killed in Action); flak hit nose & #3 engine, crashed Strasshof; three chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 6904.

Delivered Dallas 23/8/43; 2100 BU Maxwell 3/6/44; 281 BU Pierre 31/10/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 20/3/45; 2100 BU Maxwell 14/7/47; crashed McKenzie, Tenn, 8/9/45 with Moles; fell from high altitude, crashed and burned; 8KIA; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 10/1/46.

Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Gore 8/8/43; Dyersburg 10/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW- ] Alconbury 16/9/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Jim Grumbles, Bombardier: Bob McGee, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Muntzinger, Radio Operator: Dick Frievalt, Waist gunner: Miland Bills, Waist gunner: Hugh Halsell,Tail gunner: Mike Cahill (7POW -?6), Co-pilot: Lloyd Busboom, Navigator: Ed Neu (2 evaded capture – 4?), Ball turret gunner: Alex Dominski (KIS-shot while escaping with evadees}; flak, crashed La Varenne, near La Bataille, 22 miles SE Niort, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1958. (+1669?)

Delivered Denver 2/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Romulus 6/1/44; Kearney 7/1/44; Memphis 9/1/44; Presque Is 10/1/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-B] Deenethorpe 31/1/44; 134m crash landed Polebrook 22/4/44. But survived the war. FANCY NANCY IV.

Delivered Denver 21/9/43; Scott 7/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-B] Deenethorpe 23/12/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Ron Rohner, Navigator: Stan Johnson, Bombardier: Emil Smetana, Radio Operator: John Morreale, Ball turret gunner: Ken Dickerson (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Frank Leonard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Surowski, Waist gunner: Cliff Barker, Waist gunner: Lowell Reif,Tail gunner: Harry Cyr (5 Prisoner of War); flak damage then FW190 KO’d #2, crashed Beienrode, three miles N of Konigslutter, 11 miles E of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report (2276) 2876. FANCY NANCY III.

Delivered Denver 30/9/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Memphis 6/11/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-N] Deenethorpe 24/12/43; battle damaged Bordeaux 31/12/43, with Shribner Dailey, rest unknown (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Kimbolton; Salvaged 4/1/44. FANCY NANCY II.