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

Delivered Cheyenne 22/3/43; Dow Fd 13/4/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-T] Alconbury 22/4/43; 335BS [OE-T]; 1m, Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Jim Perry, Co-pilot: Joe Hannon, Navigator: Phil Carson, Bombardier: Bill Pharmer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Ellis, Radio Operator: Frank Profitt, Ball turret gunner: Wilbur Thys, Waist gunner: Bill Korsuch,Tail gunner: Mark Sorenson (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Tink Hughes (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft caused severe damage, crashed in Lake Barkau, 13 miles NW of Lubeck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4404 (15199).

Delivered Cheyenne 27/10/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-U] Horham 26/12/43; 48m, Missing in Action Gdynia 6/8/44 with G.B. Herchenhahan, crew unknown; sustained battle damage and force landed Russia and abandoned, Salvaged & repaired 12/11/44; transferred 463BG Celone, It. 20/12/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 25/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Lowry 6/5/43; Smoky Hill 26/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-R] Horham 15/6/43; on practice mission suffered mechanical problems 27/6/43 with John Lee, Co-pilot: John Caldwell, Navigator: Hubert Gage, Bombardier: Dave Bail, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Serock, Radio Operator: Chas Peacock, Ball turret gunner: John Beacham, Waist gunner: Ralph Howser,Tail gunner: Vince Cox (9 Returned to Duty); 27/6/43 with John Lee force landed at Walsham-le-Willows, Sfk. #2 out due to electrical fire; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 6/43; Salvaged Italy 15/2/44.

Delivered Denver 5/2/43; Salina 12/2/43; Rapid City 16/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Morrison 29/3/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG Alconbury 5/4/43, but en route to UK had landing accident with Bill Lindley at Barcelona, Venzuela; 1m with John Storie [wia] 19/3/43; transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-V] Alconbury 7/7/43; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-X] Kimbolton 4/9/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with Larry Malarin, Co-pilot: Harry Burdette, Navigator: Francis Kenny, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Cook (4 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: J.W. Webb, Radio Operator: John Philips, Ball turret gunner: Edgar Morris, Waist gunner: Warren Pace, Waist gunner: Clifford Bickle,Tail gunner: Vernon Holden (6KIA-all found in wreckage); flak, crashed Petersfield, near Garrel, four miles N of Cloppenurg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1577. SOUTHERN BELLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 26-Jan-43; Pueblo 1-Feb-43; Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 10-Jun-43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Z] Horham 2-Jul-43; 14m, (force landed Eye AF 22/2/44), transferred SAD 1-Mar-44; 94BG Rougham 25-Jul-43; 25BG Watton 1-Apr-44; 2 BAD 19-Jun-44; Returned to the USA Tinker 26-Jul-44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Field for disposal 23-May-45. PEGGY ANN.

Delivered Dallas 26/7/44; Langley 19/9/44; Grenier 24/9/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-L] Horham 18/10/44; battle damaged Cologne 10/1/45 with W.J. Hamilton; Bombardier: John Watt [wia] force landed A-84 Chievres A/fd, Bel; 7RTD 1WIA; Salvaged & rep, 11m, transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-E] Thorpe Abbotts 20/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Denver 7/12/43; Kearney 13/12/43; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 12/1/44; transferred 325BS/92BG [NV-P] Podington 28/1/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 18/3/44 with Gordon Capps, Co-pilot: Ray Warns, Navigator: Ted Siirila, Bombardier: Jim McCann, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Veldhuizen, Radio Operator: Bob Moody, Ball turret gunner: George Jones, Waist gunner: Forrest Neigler, Waist gunner: Sam Walker,Tail gunner: Martin Lydonlater escaped but caught & became POW (10INT); flak, lost two engines; force landed Dubendorf A/fd, Switz, W/O; Missing Air Crew Report 3226. LITTLE RUNT.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/43; Kearney 23/1/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-T] Grafton Underwood 21/2/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 18/3/44 with Bill La Seur, Co-pilot: Joe Lessig, Navigator: Bill Howell, Bombardier: Phillip Loh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John O’Brien, Radio Operator: Jim Hay, Ball turret gunner: Ed Gormley, Waist gunner: Rich Harper, Waist gunner: Dorrance Froment,Tail gunner: Gene Gardner (10INT); flak, lost #1 & #2, force landed Dubendorf A/fd, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 3485.

Delivered Denver 11/9/43; Scott Fd 23/9/43; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 7/10/43; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-Q] Polebrook 21/10/43; Missing in Action 26m Landsberg-am-Lech A/fd 18/3/44 with George Mears, Co-pilot: Russell Ward, Navigator: Jim Mahaffey, Bombardier: Rich Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Simms, Radio Operator: Rich Hobt, Ball turret gunner: Caleb Hurst, Waist gunner: Earl Echstenkamper, Waist gunner: John Lucas,Tail gunner: Frank Selover (10INT); flak KO’d two engines and other damage, force landed Dubendorf A/fd, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 3237. SUPER BALL.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/1/44; Kearney 26/1/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-R] Gt Ashfield 8/2/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Vince McLaughlin, Co-pilot: Larry Lawler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bruce Batchelder, Radio Operator: Joe Spurr, Ball turret gunner: Dave Holmes, Waist gunner: Fred Blaser, Waist gunner: Perril Van Noy,Tail gunner: Howard Martini (8INT); Navigator: Bob Fillman, Bombardier: Bernie Wasserman (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wildhaus, 18 miles S of St Gallen, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 3247.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Memphis 10/11/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Horham 15/11/43; with Glen Infield force landed RAF Manston 4/3/44; 25m, Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Jim Reed, Co-pilot: Maj Noel Strader, Navigator: Murray Ball, Bombardier: Bill Gadek, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Blake*, Radio Operator: Clayton Emerson*, Waist gunner: Rich Sherry*, Waist gunner: Willard Buss*,Tail gunner: David Harte (9INT); Ball turret gunner: Henry Gorski (POW, those marked * also given as POW in group aircraft history); crash landed Oberriet-Kriessen, Diepoldsau, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 3229.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Paine 28/11/43; Gt Falls 5/12/32; Cheyenne 7/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Oklahoma City 7/1/44; Kearney 12/1/44; Romulus 17/1/44; Grenier 18/1/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-B] Bassingbourne 1/2/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Doye Bradford, Co-pilot: Bob Mersereau, Navigator: Alby Trendell, Bombardier: Jack Athearn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hobart Peterson, Radio Operator: Norman Bunin, Ball turret gunner: Bob Modell, Waist gunner: Lucian Wright, Waist gunner: Nick Merletti,Tail gunner: Malcolm Bradt (10INT); flak KO’d #2 & #3, dropped behind and, force landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 3221. Ret Burtonwood, UK. Salvaged 8/10/45. MOUNT ‘N RIDE.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-J] Gt Ashfield 6/2/44 as LITTLE CHUB; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Bob Meyer, Co-pilot: Boyd Henshaw, tog-Sgt Carl Larsen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Miller, Radio Operator: John Wells, Ball turret gunner: Chas Page, Waist gunner: Elbert Mitchell, Waist gunner: Lou Lieming,Tail gunner: Jarrell Legg (9 evaded capture); Navigator: Bob Williams (KIA-chute failure but wia severely); enemy aircraft, pilot looked for an airfield but forced to ditch in Lake Zugersee, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 3246. LONESOME POLECAT. (Recovered from lake and displayed at St Moritz in 1970; sal 1973.)

Delivered Denver 17/8/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-A] Podington 16/9/43 16/9/43; Missing in Action {11m} Stuttgart 25/2/44 with Clifford Beach, Co-pilot: Homer Ford, Navigator: John Keefer, Bombardier: Bill Lenovich, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Winkler, Radio Operator: Paul Terry, Ball turret gunner: Joe Martin, Waist gunner: George Schaub, Waist gunner: Gene Seipold,Tail gunner: Ray Wilcox (10INT); flak, force landed Dubendorf A/Fd, Switz., W/O; Missing Air Crew Report 2755. DOTTY G.

Delivered Long Beach 27/3/43; Tarrant 25/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Kearney 30/6/43; Dow Fd 9/7/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Navarin 23/7/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 1/10/43 with Bill Cantwell, Boydsten, Breslin, Marks, Rowen (5INT); Chavez, Phillips, Maddox, Schnelberger, McArdell, Higginboth (348BG) (5 Killed in Action); shot down by Swiss AF, crashed Alvaneu. Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 795. HUBBA HUBBA.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/8/43; Gr Isle 14/8/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-H] Chelveston 15/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Ed Dienhart, Bombardier: Carl Johnson, Radio Operator: Hurley Smith, Ball turret gunner: Ray Baus, Waist gunner: Bob Cinibulk, Waist gunner: Christy Zullo,Tail gunner: Bernie Segal (7INT), Co-pilot: Brunson Bolin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Blaylock (2 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Don Rowley (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crash landed wheels up at Reinach Aesch, near Basle, Switzerland. Missing Air Crew Report 913. LAZY BABY.

Delivered Long Beach 2/3/43; Walla Walla 29/3/43; Lowry 10/4/43; Presque Is 24/4/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-W] Thurleigh 7/5/43; Missing in Action Kiel 29/7/43 with Keith Conley, Co-pilot: Vince DeVos, Bombardier: Bob Sanford, Radio Operator: Frank Oetttinger, Ball turret gunner: Hugh Furr, Waist gunner: Chas Owen, Waist gunner: Russ Robinson,Tail gunner: Marvin Currier (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Hyman Adler{chute failed to open properly}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Leonardini (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Alvaneu, near Schleswig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 122. JERAVAD ‘UNE PETITE PEU’.

Assigned 352BS/301BG Chelveston 12/7/42; Tafaraoui 24/11/42, as HEINIE HEADHUNTERS {52m}; force landed Tafaraoui with Bill Condy 30/11/42; 416BS/99BG Tortorella 12/43 {21m}; 840BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Returned to the USA 13/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 17/7/45; from 99th renamed TAIL END CHARLIE. (? As MY LOVIN’ DOVE ditched after enemy action near Nauri Is, SWPac 9/2/42. Crew rescued after 66 days at sea?).

Delivered Cheyenne 14/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Morrison 5/5/43; Warner Robins 10/5/43; Morrison 21/5/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Navarin 24/6/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 1/10/43 with Burton English, Prentice, Finseth, Patten, Malchiodi, Bargett, Wheadon (7 Killed in Action); Pratt, Carroll, King (3INT); shot down by Swiss AF, crash landed Ragaz, Landquart, Switz. Missing Air Crew Report 796. SUGARFOOT.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 15/5/43; Wendover 21/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-D] Thorpe Abbbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6 September 1943 with Pilot Captain Sam R. TurnerWounded in Action, Co-pilot: William R. Freund, Navigator: Morris Weinberg, Bombardier: Vance Boswellwounded in action-lost left arm and eye, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harold Smith, Radio Operator: Carmine A. Gallo, Left Waist gunner: James E. Speakman, Right Waist gunner: Carter F. Thornton,Tail gunner: DeWitt J. Wier (9 Interned in Switzerland. Ball turret gunner Joseph J. Moloney was Killed in Action – KIA. Enemy aircraft, ditched Lake Constance, Romanshorn, Switzerland; Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 689.