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

Delivered Denver 29/10/43; Gr Island 11/11/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG Cerignola 5/12/44; Lucera 1/2/44; {76m} crashed on take off with Hall 11/6/44, blew a tyre, ran off runway and exploded, but crew safe.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/1/43; Salina 28/1/43; Kearney 4/2/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 17/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Missing in Action {66m} Bolzano 10/11/43 with Ray Wika, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Martin McCloud (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Jerry Corcoron, Navigator: Leon McCully, Radio Operator: Jack Raznick, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Berlin, Waist gunner: Merle Canfield, Waist gunner: Luke Barga,Tail gunner: Mack Kidd (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Capt Jerry Corcoran, Bombardier: Wallace Baldwin (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, two chutes seen before ship went into spin and crashed near Brescia, It. Missing Air Crew Report 1120.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/1/43; Salina 28/1/43; Morrison 9/3/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 17/4/43; 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; Missing in Action Udine 31/1/44 with Bob Kolstad, Co-pilot: Vic Brockman, Navigator: John Harrap, Bombardier: Jim Shea, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Archie Hartgrave, Waist gunner: Joe Gibson, Waist gunner: Bill Fleming (7EVD, aided by Italians partisans); Ball turret gunner: Wayne Speede,Tail gunner: Joe Habiff (2KIA, drowned); Radio Operator: Hilliard Parrish (Prisoner of War); flak hit, 10 chutes seen, ship ditched in Adriatic about 10 miles NE of Pola, It. Missing Air Crew Report 2063.

Delivered Lowry 5/3/42; Assigned 30BS/19BG Hawaii 1/4/42; crashed on take off in mud flats off Horn Is. Aus. 13/7/42 with Paul M. Lindsey, Co-pilot: ?,Tail gunner: Vernon Elder (3 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Ed Budz, Houston Rice, Jim Houchins (3 Killed in Action), plus three unknown.

Delivered MacDill 7/3/42; Assigned 340BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42; transferred 305BG Grafton Underwood 5/11/42; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-M] ; Bovingdon 100BG Thorpe Abbotts as station hack & tow target /43; was parked at Thorpe Abbotts when damaged in taxi accident by 42-3472 (100BG) 24/4/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 5/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/44; Hunter 8/6/44; Grenier 26/6/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G- ] Lavenham 29/6/44; transferred 833BS/486BG [2N-C] Sudbury 11/44; with Lloyd Henry on 24/8/44 tg Walt Maximuk shot down an Me163 jet fighter; {53m} Returned to the USA Bradley 8/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/44; Kearney 12/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG Lavenham 29/6/44; battle damaged Dresden 2/3/45 with ?; force landed Russia.

Delivered Lowry 5/3/42; crashed Hamilton 24/3/42. Salvaged. (shown in Midway TV documentary as in PTO).

Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/44; Kearney 3/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG Molesworth 23/4/44; transferred 612BS/401BG [SC-F] Deenethorpe 1/6/44; detailed Merseberg 11/9/44 with Morris Mohler, rest unknown bailed our safely (9 Returned to Duty); crash landed Kings Norton near Leicester A/fd; Salvaged. FEARLESS FOSDICK.

Delivered Hunter 3/8/44; Long Beach 10/8/44; Hunter 15/8/44; Dow Fd 1/9/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 14/9/44; Missing in Action Saarbrucken 9/11/44 with Lou Panther, Carl Johnson, Ernie Baker, Bill Broad, Alonzo Sullivan, Tony Rosetano, Fred Abigt photos (7 Prisoner of War); Sid Sher, Martin Targonsky, Dave Blue (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Herne, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10351. VAGABOND LADY.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 11/7/44; 838BS; Missing in Action Cologne 15/10/44 with Jim Warner, Stan Smith, Frank Bailey, Jim Regan, Les Hackbarth, Lowell Meek, Norris Reynolds, Tom Allen, Paul Smith (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Mayen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9492.

Converted to SB-17G. Detailed Air Sea Rescue in North Pacific crashed Tyler Peak, Wa 19/1/52 in poor weather conditions, three killed and five survived. Wreckage still there,

Delivered Denver 23/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Kearney 5/12/43; Presque Is 13/12/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-O] Podington 30/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 9/3/44 with Dick Floyd, Co-pilot: Grady Williams, Navigator: Chas Harbin, Bombardier: Merritt Wheeler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Dolan, Radio Operator: Paul Kishbaugh, Ball turret gunner: Henry Rodenbeck, Waist gunner: Francis Strodtman, Waist gunner: Lou Konisarek,Tail gunner: Ken Davidson (10INT); flak, force landed Bredakra, Swed; crew returned UK 16/4/45, Missing Air Crew Report 3064. Salvaged 29/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/8/44; Hunter 27/8/44; Grenier 6/9/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-A] Molesworth 26/9/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Chas Railing, Co-pilot: Howard McCarl, Navigator: Meyer Liebovitz, Bombardier: Louis H. Willson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Mellon, Radio Operator: Bill Hanna, Ball turret gunner: Larry Burgeson, Waist gunner: Lorne Cole,Tail gunner: Ralph Barber (9 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft et right wing on fire, crashed Schladen, S of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9409.

Delivered Hunter 14/8/44; Dow Fd 3/9/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-M] Podington 24/9/44; Green Project, Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45. ELMER’S TUNE.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/8/44; Hunter 17/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-W] Podington 6/10/44; Green Project, (secret mission 1/6/45), ret 2/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 6-Dec-43; Kearney 17-Dec-43; Harrisburg 8-Jan-44; New Castle 9-Jan-43; Presque Is 11-Jan-44; Prestwick 16-Jan-44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 16-Jan-44; transferred 322BS/91BG [LG-B] Bassingbourn 27-Jan-44. On 16-Aug-44 the aircraft was on a mission to attack the aircraft factories at Halle, Germany. Attacked by approximately 25 enemy aircraft, setting the radio room in fire and exploding in mid-air. Crashed Deiderode, SW of Gottingen, Germany. (one of six aircraft lost in about 30 secs). 4KIA 5POW Missing Air Crew Report 8183. Aircraft had logged 76 missions.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/7/44; Kearney 18/7/44; Grenier 3/8/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-L] Molesworth 16/8/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Bill Lay, Co-pilot: Dave Grenier, Navigator: Bob Lasker, Bombardier: Jackson Bohannon, Radio Operator: Pvt Fred Kane, Ball turret gunner: Henry Gillespie, Waist gunner: Don Hasper,Tail gunner: Dick Chaltraw (8 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Miller (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Heiningen, W of Wolfenbuttel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9408. SILVER FOX.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Gore Fd 25/4/43; Smoky Hill 12/5/43; Tinker 25/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dow Field 1/6/43. Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 15/6/43; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-O] Horham 16/6/43 (8 missions). „WE AIN’T SCARED“. Missing in Action Bonn 12 August 1943 – enemy aircraft shot out #4; crashed Kattenbos, three miles S of Lommel, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 253.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Presque Is 19/1/44; Assigned 749BS/457BG [J] Glatton 26/1/44; Missing in Action Warnemunde 9/4/44 with Dave Parks, Co-pilot: Floyd Grove, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Kesselmeyer, Radio Operator: Ruben Halverson, Ball turret gunner: Tony Nunes, Waist gunner: Cosmo Fazzio,Tail gunner: George Grebe (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Ellerbusch, Bombardier: Ed Quinn, Waist gunner: Chas Kerr (3 Prisoner of War); shot down by Fw190, crashed Hohnert-Steinfeld, five miles NE of Schleswig, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3664.