B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies Latest entries in the database

Delivered Cheyenne 12/7/43; Dalhart 28/7/43; 243 BU Gt Bend 19/9/44; 3502 BU Chanute 13/2/45; Recl Comp 20/8/46. PATSY.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/44; Kearney 13/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned: 849BS/490BG Eye 1/7/44; on assembly for Chemnitz 6/2/45 Pilot: John Hedgecock, Co-Pilot: Eaden Whiteman, Navigator: John Roschen, Bombardier: Albt Elias, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jake Zuckerman, Radio Operator: Art Fleischer, Waist Gunner: Pete Nicoliasen, Tail Gunner: Paul Estep (8RTD with minor injuries); Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Tijan (KIA); mid-air coll w/43-37806; crashed Prickwillow, Sfk, UK; crews bailed, two civilians also killed and three injured. (‘landing accident at base w/Jim Owens 15/5/45’) Salvaged. BIG POISON.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/5/44; Kearney 2/6/44; Grenier 16/6/44; Assigned: 486BG Sudbury 18/6/44; Transferred: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 19/6/44; during assembly for Chemnitz 6/2/45 Pilot: George Thompson, Co-Pilot: Wetterstein was killed when chute failed, rest of crew ”, mid air coll w/43-37894 (490BG) aircraft crashed Wicken, Cambs. UK, two civilians killed; (8RTD ‘); Salvaged. MISS FORTUNE.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 20/7/44; Assigned: 849BS/490BG Eye 22/7/44; battle damage Ludwigshafen 1/9/44 Pilot: ‘; mission recalled thru weather; mid air coll w/B-17, forced landing Querqueville A/fd, Fr; MACR 8857; Salvaged. 1/4/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/6/44; Kearney 20/6/44; Grenier 1/7/44; Assigned: 849BS/490BG Eye 2/7/44; battle damage Hallach 1/9/44 Pilot: ‘; forced landing France; Salvaged. 1/4/45. MACR 8854. MISS ANA BORTION.

Delivered Long Beach 6/7/43; Dalhart 20/7/43; 241 BU Fairmont 14/9/44; 249 BU Alliance 17/10/44; 299 BU Smoky Hill 29/1/45; 203 BU Jackson 3/2/45; 902 BU Orlando 14/2/45; lost on flight from Boriquen Fd, Puerto Rico, to Batista Fd, Cuba, 5//5/45 crashed into hills SE Guenfuegos, Cuba; with ? (11 Killed in Service); crew belonged to 290 BU Sioux City and aircraft to Gypsy Task Force, 2AF. Written off 5/46.

Delivered Long Beach 7/7/43; Burbank 6/8/43; Gt Falls 15/8/43; crashed base with Perry Schmidt 16/5/44; Written off 19/5/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; MacDill 31/3/44; 327 BU Drew 4/5/45; 301 BU Drew 22/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/6/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned PFF 848BS/490BG [7W- ] Eye 5/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 18/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/6/44; Kearney 17/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 851BS/490BG Eye 2/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. CAROLINA MOON.

Delivered Denver 7/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Grenier 27/4/44; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 1/5/44; MIA Fallersleben 20/6/44 Pilot: Ron McGrath, Co-Pilot: Bill DeWitt, Navigator: Vernon Spartz, Bombardier: E.R. Miller, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: H.L. Thibault, Radio Operator: N.B. Baber, photo-Sid Goloden, Waist Gunner: R.L. Spaulding, Tail Gunner: Chas Newton (10RTD); mid air coll w/42-97873; crew baled overHorsford/Felthorpe area, aircraft ditched North Sea off Cromer, Nfk. UK; No MACR. TRUE LOVE.

Delivered Hunter 9/2/45; Grenier 25/2/45; Assigned 8AF 3/3/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 18/1/48; Recl Comp 18/11/48.

Delivered Hunter 9/2/45; Grenier 24/2/45; Assigned 8AF 27/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 1/7/45; Sth Plains 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/43; Roswell 23/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; ATS 4208 BU Mines Fd 25/3/45; 3030 BU Roswell 30/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 9/8/45.

Delivered Tulsa 22/5/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Grenier 29/5/44; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 1/6/44; crash: takeoff Munich 24/2/45 Pilot: Maurice Radke, Co-Pilot: Warren Headrick, Navigator: Bill Meade, Bombardier: ‘, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Irwin Nelson, Radio Operator: Lou Steele, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Hargrave, Waist Gunner: Carl King, Tail Gunner: George Rose (10RTD); Salvaged. 25/2/45. SACK HAPPY.

Delivered Tulsa 29/5/44; Hunter 20/6/44; Grenier 29/6/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 4/7/44; crashed base 10/8/44 with George Tomovich, Boothe, LoPristi, Lease, Thisuil, Schraisi, Hansen, Krzyzanowsky; 3WIA (who ?).

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/43; Roswell 23/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 11/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 9/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/43; Roswell 24/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 10/12/44; 3009 BU Carlsbad 12/1/45; 2619 BU Carlsbad 1/3/45; 2536 BU San Marcos 27/9/45; 2532 BU Randolph 29/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45.

Delivered Tulsa 14/10/42; Lewiston 1/12/42; Gt Falls 8/1/43; Ephrata 17/2/43; Spokane 31/3/43; force landed Ephrata with John Gay 16/6/43; Felts Fd 13/7/43; Ephrata 6/8/43; 244 BU Harvard 19/9/44; 110 BU Mitchell 24/1/45; 244 BU Harvard 26/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/43; Roswell 24/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 9/12/44; 3020 BU La Junta 4/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 1/8/45.