Boeing B-17 #42-31040 / Duffy’s Tavern
Lost by enemy aircraft / (29 January 1944)B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in WW2. With database about the fate of each single aircraft.
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“The best bomber which was ever built. She could handle extensive damage and still stay in the air.”
General Ira C. Eaker
Featured B-17s
Boeing B-17 #42-97846 / Belle of the Brawl
Lost by flak/aa-fire / (02 January 1945)
Boeing B-17 #44-6905 / Virginia
Returned to the USA / (29 June 1945)
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Recently modified B-17s in the database
B-17 #42-31783 / Ready Teddy II
Delivered Denver 19/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-T] Podington 5/2/44; Missing in Action Misburg 9/9/44 with Joe Navarra, Co-pilot: Ray Weis, Navigator: Stadley Straus, Bombardier: Bob McNeary, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Sprowls, Radio Operator: Angelo Galatis; Ball turret gunner: Merl Brown Stitt, Waist gunner: Ed Madigan, Tail gunner: Noah Tuttle (9 evaded capture via French Underground & ret UK); force landed France; Salvaged 29/11/44. READY TEDDY II.
B-17 #44-6117
Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-Q] Bassingbourn 27/5/44; Missing in Action Berlin 21/6/44 with Bob O’Bannon, Co-pilot: Tom Fitzgerald, Navigator: Nathan Bartman, Bombardier: Arnold Ostwald, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Irvin Lewis, Radio Operator: Ben Goldman, Ball turret gunner: Herb McCutchan, Waist gunner: Joe Fioretti (8 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Amos Estrada (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed inlake at Castle Stolzenburg,nt Politz, 14 miles NW of Stettin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5980.
B-17 #41-9026 / Baby Doll
Polebook, England (342BS/97BG) – March 1942; Bovingdon, England (327/92BG) – 24 August 1942; Missing In Action – 6 September 1942. BABY DOLL.
B-17 #42-107172
Delivered Tulsa 13/3/44; MacDill 22/3/44; Hunter 27/3/44; Morrison 4/4/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 19/4/44; Missing in Action Memmingen 18/7/44 with Rich Combs, Blake, Hammontree, Mastalski, Daufeldt, Giard, Nichols, Granneman (8 Killed in Action); McGee, Becker (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; Missing Air Crew Report 7153.
B-17 #42-39910
Delivered Long Beach 6/10/43; Gr Island 2/11/43; slated 384BG Grafton Underwood, but transferred 535BS/381BG [MS- ] Ridgewell 20/12/43; {1m} Missing in Action Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Earl Duarte, Co-pilot: Glen McCabe, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Jevons (3 evaded capture), Navigator: Cornelius Heintz, Bombardier: Harry Grimball, Radio Operator: Joseph Balesh, Ball turret gunner: Howard Norris, Waist gunner: Jim Martin, Waist gunner: Albt Smith,Tail gunner: Powell McDaniel (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Launaguet, near Chemin Boudou, N of Toulouse, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1878.
B-17 #42-3514 / Dinah Mite II aka Doll Baby
Delivered Denver 13/7/43; Hill 20/8/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-V] Ridgewell 24/9/43 (DINAH MITE II?); Missing in Action 18+m Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Billy Chason, Co-pilot: Henry Mickelson, Navigator: Larry Walker, Bombardier: Americus Gentile, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Hydra, Radio Operator: Bob Vollbrecht, Ball turret gunner: Ray Martin, Waist gunner: Howard Greenwood, Waist gunner: Tom Cobb,Tail gunner: Steve Kudla (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, #3 caught fire, crashed between Oldenburg and Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1878. DOLL BABY.
B-17 #42-3508 / Jersey Lily aka Bastard’s Bungalow II
Delivered Denver 13/7/43; Scott 15/8/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-P] Thorpe Abbotts 25/8/43; battle damaged Berlin 6/4/44 with Lt Ferbrache; Missing in Action Augsburg 18/3/44 with Bob Horn, Co-pilot: Bart Mahoney, Navigator: Bill Newell, Bombardier: Chas Conner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Shuback, Radio Operator: Ken Mueller, Ball turret gunner: Russ Priester, Waist gunner: Aubrey Slimm, Waist gunner: Vic Saabyo,Tail gunner: Bill Graser (10 Prisoner of War); flak damage and crash landed Dormstadt, six miles N of Ulm, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3232. JERSEY LILY aka BASTARD’S BUNGALOW II.
B-17 #42-32029 / Miss Treated
Delivered Denver 16/1/44; Gt Falls 19/1/44; Scott 2/2/44; MacDill 4/2/44; Homestead 21/3/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 22/3/44; crash landed base ex-Salzburg 11/11/44 with Harlan Nueman, Carney, Stoner, Rogers, Bozeman, Watt {Wounded in Action}, Tappen, Schooley (8 Returned to Duty); Numedahl (Killed in Action); Ginoza (Prisoner of War); two engines out, bomb hung up in bay, burned and exploded; crew safe. MISS TREATED.
B-17 #42-31050
Delivered Cheyenne 11/9/43; Gr Island 3/10/43; Assigned: 525BS/379BG [FR-R] Kimbolton 19/10/43; Transferred: 527BS; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Jack Rhyner, Co-Pilot: Leon Levens, Radio Operator: Fred Brown, Ball Turret Gunner: Walt Eckleberry (4EVD); Navigator: Jim Dennis, Bombardier: Harry Walz, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Ventimiglia{captured 16/3/44}, Waist Gunner: John Ault, Waist Gunner: Larry Giles{captured 16/3/44}, Tail Gunner: Frank Mabante (6POW); Enemy aircraft, crash-landed Bra-Lierneux, Liege, Belgium. ; MACR 2874.
B-17 #42-31424
Delivered Cheyenne 1/11/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG Cerignola 30/12/43; Missing in Action {13m} Villaorba, It. 30/1/44 with Joe Perkins, Thigpen, Reynolds, Tracy, Oldroyd, Richardson, Weed, Gresham, Browning, Murphy, (fate ?); flak, crashed Udine; Missing Air Crew Report 2062.
