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

Delivered Denver 8/10/43; Walla Walla 21/10/43; Gr Island 15/11/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 21/1/44; c/f on base 28/1/44; sal 2 SAD 30/1/44; with George Whattam force landed Gulfport 1/10/44; as SB-17G AMC to REC 2/5/49.

Delivered Denver 6/7/43; Assigned 592BS/396BG force landed Moses Lake 26/7/43 with John Jellison; Pendleton 8/8/43; 4117 BU Robins 13/7/44; 326 BU MacDill 14/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 25/6/45.

Delivered Long Beach 7/9/43; 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 6/1/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Ray MacDonald, Navigator: Bill Kontur, Bombardier: George Bean, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lee Pierce, Radio Operator: Tony Franzo, Ball turret gunner: Rich Egger, w-Dan Gabriel, Waist gunner: Rufus Odom,Tail gunner: Bob Egger (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Paul Smith (KIA-chute damaged by fire on exit from plane); enemy aircraft, crashed Venray, on road to Oostrum, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 2467. KAYO.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/9/43; Gr Isle 7/10/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-C] Kimbolton 19/11/43; Missing in Action Aschersleben 22/2/44 with Capt Harry Simons, Co-pilot: John Robins, Navigator: Bob Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Fallon, Radio Operator: Ole Nelson, Ball turret gunner: Don Harmon, Waist gunner: Leo Borkowski (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Bill Bonin, Waist gunner: Rufus Till,Tail gunner: Ray Veiders (3 Prisoner of War); flak set bomb bay afire, ship left formation, crashed Gattrup, near Senden/Westfalen, nine miles SW of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2872. MOJO.

Delivered to Denver 14/1/43; Assigned to the 95BG Alconbury in Marrakesh, Morocco 20/3/43; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-W] Thurleigh 11/4/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG Bovingdon; with Bill Bisson, gear collapsed on landing 31/7/43; 547BS/384BG [SO-O] Grafton Underwood 4/9/43; Missing in Action on a mission to Aschersleben on 22 February 1944 with William Kew, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: James Ross (2KIA-recovered in Hardberg); Co-pilot: Charles Nicklett, Navigator: Irvan O’Hara, Bombardier: Carleton Dow, Radio Operator: Harry Miles, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Baird, Waist gunner: Charles Whipple, Waist gunner: John Lunceford,Tail gunner: James Hopkins (8 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed at Gahlen, four miles West of Dorsten, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 2466. CLEAN CUT.

Delivered Denver 16/1/44; Presque Is 12/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-M] Deopham Green 9/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Theo McDonald, Navigator: Jacob Moskowitz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Merle Cline, Radio Operator: Wilburn Rowden, Ball turret gunner: Bill Valigura, Waist gunner: Wendell Dowell, Waist gunner: Chas Bardorf,Tail gunner: Bob Allen (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Godsey, Bombardier: Anton Harris (2KIA- shot on ground); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, pilor ordered crew to bale, then crash landed alone at Landratsberg, between Borstel and Nopke, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3193. SLEEPY TIME GAL.

Delivered to Denver, Colorado for modification on 19 November 1943; Wendover 11 December 1943; Presque Isle, Maine on 28 January 1944. Ferried overseas and assigned to the 457th Bomb Group at Glatton on 11 February 1944; transferred to the 546th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code BK-M, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood on 20 February 1944; Missing in Action 1m on a mission to Aschersleben on 22 February 1944 with Pilot: Henry Markow, Co-pilot: Edward Lundgren, Navigator: John Schweikart, Bombardier: George Littleton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Fooder, Radio Operator: Owen Atkinson, Ball turret gunner: George Stropek, Waist gunner: Arthur Madden, Waist gunner: Edwin Sager,Tail gunner: Joseph Misiewicz (10 Prisoner of War); Shot down by enemy aircraft and crash landed about three miles from Wesel, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 2464.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Kearney 15/1/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 8/2/44; transferred 457BG Glatton 9/2/44; 547BS/384BG [SO- ] Grafton Underwood 19/2/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Norman DeFrees, Co-pilot: George Hunt, Navigator: Ivan Moody, Bombardier: Ellis Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Moore, Radio Operator: Bill Wright, Ball turret gunner: Luther Smith, Waist gunner: John Ecker, Waist gunner: Harley Hallam,Tail gunner: Jack Kushner (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wesel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2465.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG Lavenham 12/7/44; battle damaged Jena 19/3/45 with Dan Smoke was in mid air coll with 43-37969; crashed Couvron, France; Salvaged 21/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G-N] Lavenham 11/7/44; battle damaged Jena 19/3/45 with John Virgin, was in mid air coll with 43-38038, crashed Couvron, Fr; Salvaged 21/3/45. BEVERLY JEAN

Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Dow Fd 23/7/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-V] Bassingbourn 11/8/44; {48m} battle damaged Aschaffenburg 22/1/45 with Nelson Van Blarcom, ; flak KO’d two engines and cut out electrics, equipment was dumped to enable ship to limp home and crash landed Metfield A/fd; Salvaged 23/1/45. HAPPY VALLEY EXPRESS.

Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Gore 21/7/43; Gr Isle 14/8/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 4/9/43; transferred with HSC radar scanner installed 813BS/482BG [PC-U] Alconbury 5/9/43, then 751BS/457BG Glatton; Missing in Action Liepzig 7/7/44 with Jack Owens, Co-pilot: Hays Bricka, Navigator: Armen Topakian, Waist gunner: John Ward,Tail gunner: R.C. Zeagler (5 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Francis Minturn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Phil Murillo, Radio Operator: Theo Roland, Ball turret gunner: Earl Markwalder (4KIA-went down in aircraft before Air Sea Rescue arrived); three engines KO’d no gas and ditched in The Wash, Nfk. UK; Missing Air Crew Report 8195.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/43; Gr Isle 26/7/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 11/8/43; Presque Is 16/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-V] Alconbury 7/9/43; Podington 11/9/43; Missing in Action Merseburg 12/5/44 with Durward Marshall, Ball turret gunner: Jim Brown{body never found},Tail gunner: Dick Schmutte (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Norman Peck, Navigator: Harry Pachesky, Bombardier: Jim Kealey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vic Kness, Bill Cleere, Radio Operator: Edwin Huson, Waist gunner: Jack Browder (7 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #3, after heading away two more engines were lost, crashed Vallendar, two miles N of Koblenz; Missing Air Crew Report 4851.

Delivered Denver 22/12/43; Langley 12/1/44; Chicago 18/1/44; Langley 19/1/44; Presque Is 19/2/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-K/F] Snetterton 1/2/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Tom Moore, Bombardier: Bill Barber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Packard, Waist gunner: Rueben Krezer,Tail gunner: Oliver Davenport, Lt Dick Thomson {mission pilot}, Navigator: Norman Williams (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Vic Johnson, m/op-Emery Hall, Radio Operator: Ray Halstrom, Waist gunner: Bernie Brooks (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Erbach, two miles NW of Bad Camberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4860.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/43; Smoky Hill 29/4/43; Tinker 12/5/43; Lincoln 21/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG Earls Colne 28/5/43 GORGEOUS HUSSY; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-O] Framlingham 6/6/43 CIRCE; 335BS [OE-O/L] Horham 12/6/43; 20m, Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Jim Pearson, Co-pilot: Ralph Roe, Navigator: Fred Spingler, Bombardier: Arnold Malkin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Orlich, Ball turret gunner: Albt Durham, Waist gunner: Jim Henry (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Ralph Coyle, Waist gunner: Mike Croker,Tail gunner: Jackson Hardeman (3 Killed in Action); caught fire in action over Lingen and crashed Schaferhof, near Leeseringen rail station, four miles S of Nienburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2544. ALL AMERICAN.

Delivered Denver 20/6/43; Rome 7/8/43; Assigned with H2S 812BS/482BG [MI-A] Alconbury 10/43; 384BG Grafton Underwood 14/4/44; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 17/4/44; became radio-relay with 8th Fighter Command 22/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/12/45. CHOPSTICK A-ABLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Grenier 24/5/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-H] Polebrook 31/5/44; Missing in Action {29m} Merseburg 28/7/44 with Bill Long, Co-pilot: Ben Upshaw, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Hurley, Ball turret gunner: Frank Gozy, Waist gunner: Carmelo Frontino,Tail gunner: Jim Howarth (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Pete Mandros, Bombardier: Chas Gratiot, Radio Operator: Don Skoglund* (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set an engine afire, with Germans shooting at descending chutes, crashed Bauerheim, NE of Friedberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7817.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-C] Nuthampstead 27/4/44; (25m) Missing in Action Merseburg 28/7/44 with Wilbur Dwyer, Co-pilot: Claude Williams, Navigator: Joe Mute, Bombardier: Bob Woolley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ted Boerman, Ball turret gunner: Dick Lowry,Tail gunner: Bob Harrington (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Gene Zoldy, Waist gunner: Leon Ford (2 evaded capture); flak KO’d #3, crashed Wanfercee, NE of Charleroi, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 7823 [?7822]. STINKER.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/43; Kearney 5/6/43; Gore 7/6/43; Tinker 9/6/43; Dalhart 27/6/43; Gr Isle 27/6/43; Presque Is 3/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-F/A] Alconbury 21/8/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Major George Ott, Co-pilot: George Long, Navigator: Malcolm Champagne, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Hottenstein, Radio Operator: Dick Spellerberg, Ball turret gunner: John Benson, Waist gunner: Harry Clark, Waist gunner: Joe Pribish,Tail gunner: Jim Proakis{died in camp 3/12/43} (9 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: Jerome Tiger (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Flurabteilung Kastellerweg, near Markt Bibart, 22 miles SE of Wurtzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 849.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 20/4/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-W] Nuthampstead 5/5/44; (7m) Missing in Action Dessau, Ger 30/5/44 with Tom Thompson, Ball turret gunner: Ernie Pennell, Waist gunner: Vic Frisbie (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Conrad Zufall, Navigator: Ralph Garson, Bombardier: Bob Doherty, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Namey{Wounded in Action}, Radio Operator: George Gagne,Tail gunner: George Hartwell (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ship exploded crashed Aken, nine miles W of Dessau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5312.

Delivered Denver 9/11/43; Grenier 4/12/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-Q] Deenethorpe 21/1/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Vernon Arneson, Co-pilot: Jerome Kleinburg, Navigator: John Dean, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clennie Shultz, Radio Operator: Fred Webb, Ball turret gunner: Armond Provender, Waist gunner: Dave Trambitsky,Tail gunner: Rich Schmidt{when about to bale out found his chute was damaged, (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: George Gilmore{baled out too low}, Waist gunner: Adrian Shutes (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, Schmidt found rest of crew had bailed so he went back to take controls and crash landed in potato field near Alvesse village 13 miles NW of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2661.

Delivered MacDill 24/2/42; MAAD 18/6/42 mod as XC-108 as taxi for Gen McArthur, called BATAAN; later used by Gen Eichelberger as MISS EM; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 30/10/45.

Built by Boeing at Seattle. Delivered to the U. S. Army. Collision with B-17E 41-2586 on 21/01/1943. Returned to base. Repaired and then returned to service.

Built by Boeing at Seattle. Delivered to the U. S. Army. Collision with B-17E 41-9094 on 21/01/1943. All KIA