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

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Kearney 29/9/44; Presque Is 12/3/44; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 12/3/44; transferred 602BS/398BG [K8-G] Nuthampstead 12/1/45 from Bovingdon; (36m) Missing in Action Pilsen 25/4/45 with Allan Ferguson, Co-pilot: John Halbert, Navigator: Howard Feldman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Heustess, Radio Operator: Mike Brennan,Tail gunner: Byron Young (6 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Bill O’Malley, Waist gunner: Harry Mazer (2 Prisoner of War); flak hit #2, crashed Litice, near Pilsen, Czech; Missing Air Crew Report 14224 (last group aircraft lost in action). GODFATHERS INC.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/44; Kearney 14/2/44; Grenier 7/3/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 11/3/44; transferred 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 12/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Edwin Wright, Co-pilot: Capt George Hughes, Navigator: Wray Hylton, Bombardier: Nick Dekoning, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Williams, Radio Operator: Rudi Palumbo, Waist gunner: Bernie McDonald, Waist gunner: Clarry Brown,Tail gunner: Bill McQuoid (9 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Bob Johnston (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft badly damaged ship, two engines KOd, crashed Reinachmuhle near Ailingen, three miles N of Friedrichshafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4773.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/11/43; Gr Island 5/12/43; Romulus 16/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-O] Thurleigh 4/1/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44; enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & #4, crash landed Neftenbach, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 4821. 10 INT

Delivered Dallas 26/4/44; Langley 26/6/44; Grenier 13/7/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 9/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44; flak hit and jet fighters, caught fire, crashed Balgstadt, SW of Merseburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8207. 9POW- * all wia; 2 Killed in Action

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Kearney 25/2/44; Presque Is 5/3/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-P] Podington 22/3/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 with Bill Parramore, Co-pilot: Oscar Sampson, Navigator: John Steichen, Bombardier: John Garcia, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Hommer, Radio Operator: Carl Stetson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Dorsa, Waist gunner: Chas Gass, Waist gunner: When McKee,Tail gunner: Lloyd Bradshaw (10INT); enemy aircraft KOd #2, force landed Altenrhein, Switz; W/O; Missing Air Crew Report 4149. BABY.

Delivered Denver 14/1/44; Gr Island 31/1/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-H] Molesworth 29/2/44, then 360BS [PU-H]; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen (19m) 24/4/44; enemy aircraft & flak KOd #3, crash landed Cointrin Afd, Geneva, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 4271. 10 INT

Delivered Long Beach 22/7/43; Denver 16/8/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-M] Polebrook 24/9/43; Missing in Action {11m} Oschersleben 11/1/44 with George Procak, Co-pilot: George Neely, Navigator: Jerrold Trumbower, Bombardier: Jim Keating, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Cipriano, Radio Operator: Saul Susman, Ball turret gunner: Otis Williams, Waist gunner: Gene Chelstowski, Waist gunner: Pete Goinvic (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: E.T. Burgess {killed in tailplane in crash} (1 Killed in Action); flak and enemy aircraft, crashed Pillgrim, two miles SE of Scherborn, seven miles E of Holzminden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1940. APRIL GIRL.

Delivered Boeing (by hand!) 4/9/43; Gr Isle 11/10/43; Assigned 8AF 24/10/43; transferred RAF [SR388]; 214 Sq BU-H Sculthorpe, Nfk. 21/1/44; No 1699 FLT [4Z-Z] Sculthorpe, Nfk.; Written off 26/7/45. (Last B-17F).

Assigned 359BS/303BG Molesworth 21/4/42; transferred 342BS/97BG Polebrook /8/43; with Alex Blair on first 8AF mission 17/8/42; courier flights to N Africa; 325BS/92BG Bovingdon 2/5/43 as tow target a/c.; on 4/5/43 involved in taxi accident with Jake Fullilove at Alconbury; PROWLER.

Assigned 414BS/97BG Polebrook 11/4/42; with Lt. Clarence L. Thacker on first 8AF mission 17/8/42; transferred 92BG Bovingdon 24/8/42; 91BG Bassingbourn 3/3/43; 385BG Gt Ashfield 8/43 as target tow & hack; Returned to the USA 23/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45. DIXIE DEMO.

Delivered: Sarasota 15/4/42; Assigned: 414BS/97BG Polebrook 4/42; on first 8AF mission 17/8/42 Pilot: Richard Starks, Bombardier: E.T. Sconiers{both wia}, rest unknown}; co-pilot Lt Don Walter KIA, the first 8AF heavy bomber fatality of WWII; Transferred: 92BG Bovingdon 24/8/42; 96BG Snetterton as tow target ship in /43; Recl Comp 27/11/45. JOHNNY REB.

Polebook, England (342BS/97BG) – March 1942; Bovingdon, England (327/92BG) – 24 August 1942; Missing In Action – 6 September 1942. BABY DOLL.

Pendleton, Oregon – 18 February 1942; Polebook, England (340BS/97BG) – April 1942; Bovingdon, England (326BS/92BG) – 25 August 1942; Glatton, England (457BG) – 3 March 1944; Kings Cliffe, England (77FS/20FG) – 3 August 1944; Alconbury, England (Salvaged) – 6 August 1945

Assigned: 342BS/97BG Polebrook 4/42 HEIDI HO; on first 8AF mission to RoueNavigator: Sotteville 17/8/42; Transferred: 305BG Grafton Underwood 6/11/42; 92BG Bovingdon 6/12/42; 482BG Alconbury 8/43 as hack; 94BG Earls Colne then to Rougham as hack & liaison aircraft 8/43; Salvaged. 20/5/45. HEIDO HO.

Assigned 342BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42 PEGGY D on co-pilot’s side; with Capt Bill Musselwhite on 1st 8AF mission 17/8/42; 92BG Bovingdon /9/42; transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-A1] Ridgewell 7/43 as hack & tow target; to 2SAD 21/8/43 and ret 24/8/43 used to collect bodies from Isle of Man tragedy 25/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45. LITTLE ROCK-ETTE.

Delivered ?; Assigned 342BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42 as THE BERLIN SLEEPER; with Lt George D.Burgess took part in 1st 8AF mission 17/8/42; transferred 325BS/92BG [NV-T/B] Bovingdon 9/42; force landed Hendon with Alan Hermance 16/10/42 Missing Air Crew Report 190; transferred 359BS/303BG [BN-V] Molesworth as RIDGE RUNNER; landing accident Alconbury with K.M. Bowen 10/2/43; Honington RG 22/4/43; 403 AD RG Langford Lodge 6/5/43; AFSC 26/7/43; Written off 20/5/45. THE BERLIN SLEEPER.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Dow Fd 4/6/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Q] Horham 5/7/43; 7m, Missing in Action Hannover 26/7/43 with Leroy Masseyshot trying to escape, Radio Operator: Irving Warshauer (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Albt Leonard, Navigator: Chas Goldschmid, Bombardier: Bill Weir, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Stafford, Ball turret gunner: Dan Waters, Waist gunner: Tharon Smith, Waist gunner: Melvin Butler,Tail gunner: Chas Rolfe (8 Prisoner of War); #3 & #4 out, fell behind, crashed Dehsen, near Hamelin, Ger, Missing Air Crew Report 195.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/44; Kearney 17/1/44; Grenier 25/1/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-S] Podington 11/2/44; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44; enemy aircraft, crash landed Dubendorf, Switz; W/O; Missing Air Crew Report 4147. 10 INT. BUTCH.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Gr Island 21/3/44; Presque Is 6/4/44; Langford Lodge 7/4/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-M] Grafton Underwood 15/4/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44; flak damage then shot down by Swiss AF, crashed Lake Greifensee, Switz; 6 KIA, 4 INT; Missing Air Crew Report 4347. (aircraft recovered from lake 29/8/53 with Burry’s body, then later scrapped.) LITTLE CHUB.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/43; Billings 17/12/43; Gr Island 27/12/43; Presque Is 20/2/44; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-F] Thurleigh 3/3/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44; battle damaged KOd #2 and #3, force landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 4357. 10 INT