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

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Isle 16/10/43; Wilmington 19/10/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-L] Rougham 26/10/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 11/1/44 with Joe Rubin, Co-pilot: Allan Bolton, Navigator: Bob Smith, Bombardier: Bob Hughes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Davis, Radio Operator: John Cox, Ball turret gunner: Earl Hall, Waist gunner: Melvin Weissman, Waist gunner: Oscar Gallegos (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: John Smith (KIA-chute failed); enemy aircraft, crash landed close to Thuine Hospital, near Lingen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1884.

Delivered Denver 16/7/43; Gore 7/8/43; Geiger 9/8/43; Walla Walla 12/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-O/R] Bassingbourn 27/9/43; Missing in Action 23m Achmer 21/2/44 with Neal Ward, Co-pilot: Jim McNulty, Navigator: Don Murray, Bombardier: Marion Walsh, Radio Operator: Tom Vinson,Tail gunner: Willard Chandler (6 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Jerge, Ball turret gunner: Rich Clarity, Waist gunner: Paul King, Waist gunner: Larry Silbergerdied 16/10/44 Meiningen Hospital (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed tw miles S of Luechtringen, due E of Hoxter, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2461. MISS MINOOKIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Moses Lake 21/5/43; 328 BU Gulfport 23/10/43; force landed base with Bob Turner 1/1/44; force landed base with Carl Stolberg 6/5/44; Recl Comp 7/10/44; with George Mueller crashed Gulfport 23/10/44; Written off 24/10/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 16/6/43 IZA BLUE; detailed Duren 20/10/43 with Bob Simmons, crew ?, (10 Returned to Duty); but recalled due to extreme weather, eventually getting lost until spotting small airfield near Lichfield, Staffs, and needed seven attempts to land in meadow beyond runway, hitting tree and wrecked aircraft; Salvaged. IMPATIENT VIRGIN.

Assigned 3675BS/305BG [XK-R/F] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 547BS/384BG [SO-U] Grafton Underwood 7/10/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 15/3/44; Returned to the USA Amarillo 21/5/44 (?10/4/44?); Written off 28/11/44. Ref: PROBLEM CHILD). OLD RELIABLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/42; slated RAF but transferred 72BS/5BG Hawaii 6/8/42; transferred 19BG Australia; transferred 64BS/43BG at Seven Mile Fd, PNG; shot down by night fighter over Gazelle Peninsula, Rabual 21/5/43 with Major Paul Williams, Co-pilot: John Rippy, Navigator: Rich Aguirre,ettg-Bob Gills, Radio Operator: Ed Driscoll, Ball turret gunner: Bill Smith, Waist gunner: Bob Curry,Tail gunner: Joe Murray, pass-Lt Bob Heller (380BG) (10 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Gordon Manuel (later Returned to Duty). Missing Air Crew Report 2459. HONI KUU OKOLE. (Hawaiian for Kiss My Ass!)

Delivered Tulsa 8/12/42; Assigned 508BS/351BG Biggs 19/1/43; damaged in landing with Jim Stewart 22/1/43, at Oscura Tx, bomb range; repaired and detailed Pueblo 27/3/43; Blythe 13/4/43; McClellan 16/5/43; Ephrata 19/6/43; force landed base with Harry Thompson 17/8/43; with Bob Smith force landed Admore, OK 16/11/43; with Albt Davis force landed Tinker 1/3/44; Sioux City 24/6/44; Written off 19/8/44; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/43; Dalhart 16/1/44; Kearney 23/2/44; Presque Is 4/3/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 5/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Bob Barney, Co-pilot: Osmond Jones, Navigator: Bill McCartney, Bombardier: Albt Scerbo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sanford Byer, Ball turret gunner: Chas Grinder, Waist gunner: Jack Burch, Waist gunner: Sam Finlay,Tail gunner: Carl Lunde (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: John Hutchins (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Grasleben, near Helmstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4459. VAPOUR TRAILS.

Delivered – . Last Seattle built aircraft 9/4/45, Bu No 6981. On the ceremonial roll out on 9/4/45 it was covered with card cut outs of every target a B-17 attacked.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/44; Hunter 16/1/45; Grenier 2/2/45; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 6/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Hunter 15/3/45; Grenier 22/3/45; Assigned 8AF 1/4/45; Returned to the USA Independence 17/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 30/9/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Dow Fd 16/10/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-F] Nuthampstead 17/1/45; RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Hobbs Fd 7/6/45; Lincoln 11/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/11/45.

Delivered Lincoln 7/11/44; Dow Fd 26/11/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 4/12/44; {20m} Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Dallas 7/6/44; Hunter 17/6/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-B] Polebrook 10/8/44; {13m} battle damaged Brux 12/9/44 with Bill Schmollinger, Co-pilot: Allen Myers, Navigator: Chas Mason, Bombardier: Melvin Stoffes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Preston, Radio Operator: Bill Ohde, Ball turret gunner: Emelio Flores, Waist gunner: Fred Dingler,Tail gunner: Marvin Ketcherside (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Tempelfelde, NE of Bernau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8893; Salvaged 9AF Germany 1/5/47.

Delivered Tulsa 10/6/44; 246 BU Pratt 24/10/44; 237 BU Kirtland 8/4/45; 268 BU Peterson 6/6/45; 216 BU Wendover 29/10/45; 4208 BU Mines 9/11/45; 4126 BU Mines 8/4/46; Recl Comp 28/5/46.

Delivered Long Beach 5/8/43; Grd Island 20/9/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-G] Thorpe Abbotts 25/9/43; Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43 with Jim Haddox, Co-pilot: John Wagner, Navigator: Albt Warfordbody washed up 17/3/44, Bombardier: Ellsworth Power, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nick Tenaglia, Radio Operator: Casimir Kobis, Ball turret gunner: Gonzalo Orta, Waist gunner: Kendall Morrow,Tail gunner: Lyle Jones (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Jim Grosskopf (POW-landed Norderney Is); enemy aircraft damaged ship, & KO’d oxygen, crashed North Sea of Norderney Is.; Missing Air Crew Report 1570. SUGARFOOT.

Delivered Long Beach 6/8/43; Scott 20/10/43;slated 401BG, Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-T] Polebrook 11/11/43; Missing in Action 17m Berlin 7/5/44 with Bob Presley, Co-pilot: Mixon Stamper, Navigator: Jim Simpson, Bombardier: Herb Mosebach, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Cocco, Radio Operator: Bob Kleeman, Ball turret gunner: Fred Van Sant, Waist gunner: Ken Mellon, Waist gunner: Alex Warcola,Tail gunner: Isaac Robinson (10 Prisoner of War); flak, ditched North Sea off Dutch coast; Missing Air Crew Report 4953. RONCHI.

Delivered Long Beach 21/8/43; Tinker 6/12/43; 3501 BU Boca Raton 22/7/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 17/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45.

Assigned 369BS/303BG [WW-M] Wayne 2/11/42; Molesworth 7/2/43; transferred 534BS/381BG [GD- ?] Ridgewell, Ex. later 535BS [MS-V]; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 19/11/43; 5m to AFSC & Returned to the USA 1/5/44; with Ken Benoit force landed Bedford Fd, Ma 4/12/45; Recl Comp 3/9/46. SIS.

Delivered Long Beach 22/7/43; Amarillo 28/7/43; Dallas 9/8/43; 202 BU Galveston 9/6/44; with John Bauman force landed MacDill en route 498BG Gr Bend 10/6/44; 232 BU Dalhart 20/7/44; 4104 BU Rome 10/12/44; 4168 Sth Plains 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 3/11/45.