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

Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/44; Kearney 8/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG Kimbolton 18/7/44; Missing in Action Oranienburg 10/4/45 with Henry McFadden, Auburn Kattengell, Russ Curtis, Paul Hamilton, Howard Ellard, Don Ware, Ernie Fisher, Bob Somoer, Derwin Blankenship (9 Returned to Duty); jet enemy aircraft, crash landed continent ?. Missing Air Crew Report 13874.

Delivered Tulsa 2/2/44; Grenier 5/3/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-T] Bassingbourn 25/3/44; Missing in Action 54m Le Manoir RR bridge, Fr 13/8/44 with Tom Smith (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Joe Vukovich, Navigator: Alex Calder, Ball turret gunner: Jesse Britton, Waist gunner: Calvin Seiler,Tail gunner: Leon Rogers (5 evaded capture); Bombardier: Bob Bell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Sturgeon, Radio Operator: Delmar Spears (3 Prisoner of War); flak hit set oxygen bottles off to burn hydraulic fluid in cockpit, crashed Epreville, SW of Rouen, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 7898. FIFINELLA.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/7/44; Kearney 24/7/44; Grenier 6/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG Debach 8/8/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 12/9/44 with Albt Tucker, Larry Deats, Ken Evans, John Hewitt, Harry Puetz, Gerard Frost, Jim McLaughlin, Harry Lane (8 Killed in Action); Floyd Ford (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 8866.

Delivered Denver 16/8/43; Long Beach 17/8/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-M] Chelveston 16/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Bob Lang (KIA-in crash), Navigator: John Tew, Bombardier: Jim Adcox, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ruben Almquist, Radio Operator: Warren McConnell, Ball turret gunner: Ken Maynard, Waist gunner: Chas Groeninger, Waist gunner: Howie Keenan (7 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Stan Alukonis,Tail gunner: Steve Krawszynski (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Floverish, near Immendorf, 19 miles NE of Aachen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 779 (?915?). MARY T.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/5/43; Gore 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-B] Horham 15/6/43; 5m, Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Henry Quirk, Co-pilot: Joe Cisar, Bombardier: Ambrose Angle, Radio Operator: Herb Suess, Waist gunner: John McNeil, Waist gunner: Elwood Bell (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Nathan Datlow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Medford, Ball turret gunner: Tom McArthur,Tail gunner: Milton Huffstuttler (4 Prisoner of War); unknown cause, crashed Lauenstein, near Hameln, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 196.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/44; Gr Island 10/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-M] Ridgewell 22/5/44; Missing in Action 91m Bremen 30/3/45 with Bob Bennett, Navigator: Paul Cawley, tog-Elbert Holt, Radio Operator: Bob Mumper, Ball turret gunner: Calvin Hockley, Waist gunner: Guy Stubblefield, sj-Chas Majors (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Alex Nelson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chester Slomczenski,Tail gunner: Chas Knaus (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Syke, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 13542. IN LIKE ERROL.

Delivered Long Beach 24/4/43; Gt Falls 3/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-M] Bassingbourn 4/6/43; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX-B] Gt Ashfield 16/6/43; then 551BS; Missing in Action Hannover 26/7/43 with Theo Harris, Bombardier: Jack Mills{picked up next day 18 miles off Heligoland}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alvin Wrobel, Radio Operator: Warren Dinardi, Waist gunner: John Leaf,Tail gunner: Chester Beres (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Everett Hiatt, Navigator: Arlis Anderson, Ball turret gunner: George Hrubovcack, Waist gunner: Howard Sloop, obs-Major Berkley Springfield {549BS} (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 191B. SOUSE FAMILY.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Romulus 24/1/44; Grenier 25/1/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-L] Snetterton 3/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Capt Norman Thomas, Co-pilot: Don Stegall, Navigator: John Newton, Bombardier: Paul Sembrau, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Mitchell, Radio Operator: Ray Capone, Waist gunner: Ed Bayhi, Waist gunner: George Case,Tail gunner: Paul Ritchie (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Gerry Caris (KIA-went down with ship, chute damaged); enemy aircraft, crashed Metel, six miles NE of Neustadt, on Steinhuder Lake, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3429. MYASAM DRAGON.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Dallas 2/4/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Love Fd 13/5/43; Geiger 26/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 29/6/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-T] Framlingham 14/7/43 PATCHES; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Fernie McEwin, Co-pilot: Bob Withrow, Navigator: Vic Baker, Bombardier: Larry Baker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Powers, Radio Operator: Albt Widman, Ball turret gunner: Cecil Holliday, Waist gunner: George Jahnke, Waist gunner: Edwin Pearce,Tail gunner: Fred Smart (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Lohrweg, near Gondelsheim, nine miles E of Karlsruhe, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 858. WE’LL NEVER KNOW.

Delivered Denver 26/8/43; Gr Island 18/9/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 19/10/43; 1 BAD 23/10/43; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-U] Grafton Underwood 2/11/43, after 544/5BS; Missing in Action Berlin 9/3/44); hit by bomb from above from 379BG which knocked off tailplane, crashed Marienfeld, near Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 3005. SILVER DOLLAR.

Delivered Hunter 19/11/44; Grenier 4/12/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 13/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 16/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

Assigned 326BS/92BG Bangor 12-August-42; 340BS/97BG Polebrook August 42; Missing in Action Meaulte 6-September-42 shot down by Hptm Conny Meyer (II/JG26) crashed Flasselles, NW of Amiens, France.; (first 8AF B-17 MIA) SIX BITS aka SOUTHERN BELLE. No MACR issued. 10POW.

Delivered Lincoln 28/10/44; Grenier 2/11/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-] Podington 3/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/12/45.

Delivered Denver 23/5/43; Dow Fd 26/6/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-G] Snetterton 12/7/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Raymond Bye, Navigator: Merle Woodside, Radio Operator: Ken Nice, Waist gunner: Mike Olynik (4 evaded capture); Co-pilot: John Malik, Bombardier: Bill Kieran, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerard Caporaso, Ball turret gunner: Fred Holt, Waist gunner: Chas Gattman,Tail gunner: Alton Baer (6 Prisoner of War); on return was shot down by enemy aircraft, crash landed Thiaucourt-Regnieville, 17 miles SW of Metz, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 833. DOTTIE J III.

Delivered Lincoln 5/10/44; Grenier 22/10/44; Assigned 834BS/486BG [2S-L] Sudbury 25/10/44; 46m Missing in Action Parchim 7/4/45 with Carl Krenz (Knez), Ed Grenchus, Bill Murphy, Theo O’Neill, Dominic Wesolowski, John Wolff, Bob Crews tg, Edwin Morrell (sj (8 Prisoner of War); Roland Fricault (evaded capture); Tom McMahon (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Seehausen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11487. FLAK SACK.

Delivered Long Beach 20/7/43; Cheyenne 23/7/43; Gr Island 3/9/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-W] Polebrook 22/9/43; 4m Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Oliver Crismon, Co-pilot: Malcolm Higgins, Navigator: Walt Moriarty, Bombardier: Jim Billett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Theo Riever, Radio Operator: Hardy Jones, Ball turret gunner: Ernie Chambers, Waist gunner: Harvey Miller, Waist gunner: Granville, Brown,Tail gunner: Bill Pickett (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Granville Brown (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, caught fire & exploded, crashed Schweinfurt. Missing Air Crew Report 1036. ONDA BALL.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Rapid City 10/3/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 21/4/44; no ops, transferred 337BS/96BG [AW-N] Snetterton 6/5/44; Missing in Action Fallersleben 20/6/44 with Bill Hunt (plus 413BS crew), Co-pilot: Nick Kasunick, Navigator: Jim Callahan, Bombardier: Edmund Kuivila, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Everett McCulloch, Radio Operator: Gordon Walker, Waist gunner: Jim Watts,Tail gunner: Bill Flannery (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Bill Delamater (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Bleckmar, 17 miles NW of Celle, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5894.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/4/43; Gore 21/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Morrison 4/5/43; Assigned 12AF – 97th BG/414th BS; 31/5/43; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Memphis 8/4/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-V] Alconbury 24/4/43; Missing in Action Wangerooge 15/5/43 with Capt Larche Washer, Co-pilot: Bob Kennedy, Bombardier: Bill Haenel, Radio Operator: Jack Roebuck, Ball turret gunner: Art Davis (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Martin Healey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Sikorski, Waist gunner: Art Blasenak, Waist gunner: Jim McDermott,Tail gunner: Ken Murray (5 Killed in Action); flak, ditched Amrum Is. (Frisians); Missing Air Crew Report 16060.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/9/43; Gr Island 8/10/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-N] Rougham 15/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Frank Scott, Co-pilot: Bill Boak, Navigator: Willard Sayles, Bombardier: Mario Lagattiola, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Cummings, Radio Operator: Ray Soucy, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bell, Waist gunner: John Bleau, Waist gunner: Bill Rasnake (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Phil Lorbach (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set engine on fire, crashed two miles NE of Elze, Wedemasrk, 15 miles N of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2976.