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

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Cheyenne 20/12/43; Gr Island 24/12/43; Romulus 20/1/44; Grenier 29/1/44; Presque Is 5/2/44; Assigned: 364BS/305BG Chelveston 22/2/44; MIA Pas de Calais 23/3/44 Pilot: Edmund Forrest, Navigator: Bill Weeks, Bombardier: Bob Donovan, Radio Operator: Don Kosich, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Rushing, Waist Gunner: Bill Kurtz, Waist Gunner: Bill Stoner, Tail Gunner: Earl Royer (8POW); Co-Pilot: Dick Lamie, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Sandusky (2EVD); Enemy aircraft, crashed along Zelham-Halle road, Hol; MACR 3431.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Paine Fd 28/11/43; Portland 2/12/43; Gt Falls 5/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Chicago 21/12/43; La Guardia 22/12/43; Grenier 24/12/43; Presque Is 30/12/43; Assigned Soxo 1/1/44 at Toome, N.I. On a test flight on 13/1/44 it crashed on a hillside near National Children’s Home, at Edgeworth, Bolton, Lancs while flying blind in zero visibility. With Delbert Harris, Co-pilot: Lt McDonald (2 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lt. Larry Tracy; Sgt. Tom Kristin, T/Sgt L.B. Woodall & civilian Bill Killough (4 Killed in Service). Salvaged n/battle damaged 2/10/44.

Delivered Denver 20/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Romulus 31/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-G] Snetterton 16/1/44; MIA Erkner 8/3/44 Pilot: Dick Lemanski, Co-Pilot: Jim Buttermore, Navigator: Leroy Chappell, Bombardier: Frank Sewell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Matt Mendys, Radio Operator: Dave Hohm, Ball Turret Gunner: Phil Kierstead, Waist Gunner: Jeff Roberts, Waist Gunner: Edgar Currie, Tail Gunner: Dean Shuck (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed between Wegenstedt & Calvorden, 13 miles NE of Helmstadt A/Fd, Germany. MACR 3426.

Delivered Long Beach 5/11/43; Las Vegas 15/11/43; with Fred Klopfenstein, crashed McClelland Fd, CA 2/1/44. Written off 6/1/44.

Delivered Denver 29/11/43; Gt Falls 3/12/43; Hobbs 19/12/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 28/9/44; 3022 BU Indian Springs 9/10/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 15/3/45; 2126 BU Laredo 28/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Kearney 19/12/43; Oklahoma City 8/1/44; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-L] Snetterton 5/2/44; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Chas Filer, Co-Pilot: Fred Lavigna, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lido Mochetti, Waist Gunner: Fred Beck, Waist Gunner: Carl Brogren (5KIA); Navigator: John Dink, Bombardier: George Turcott, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Prince, Radio Operator: Chas Williams, Tail Gunner: Chas Thornhill (5POW); Enemy aircraft KOd three engines plus other damage, crashed Bellmuth, 22 miles NE of Frankfurt, Germany. MACR 4856. STORMY WEATHER.

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Cheyenne 12/12/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Meeks Fd 4/1/44; Assigned Soxo at Goose Bay, Labrador as replacement aircraft to Nutts Corner, N. Ireland 13/1/44 with Roy Eisele, Co-pilot: Louis Girand, Navigator: Murray Schenker, Bombardier: Melvin Gladstone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Cowley, Radio Operator: Ralph Milland, Ball turret gunner: Ed Vallee, Waist gunner: Efrain Longoria,Tail gunner: Joe Czerwonka (9 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Alvin Leonard (Killed in Service); abandoned over Fort William, Scotland when two engines cut out suddenly, crashed Lake Quioch; Salvaged RAF 28/2/44.

Delivered Long Beach 4/11/43; Las Vegas 15/11/43; 3018 BU Kingman, Written off 9/11/44.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Billings 25/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Grenier 20/1/44; Assigned: 750BS/457BG [O] Glatton 8/2/44; 748BS; MIA French A/fds 14/6/44 Pilot: Bill Rogers, Co-Pilot: Stan Wolczanski, Navigator: Wilbert Collard, n/g-Sgt Milton Bunch, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joshua Lane, Waist Gunner: Orion Shumway, Tail Gunner: Ray Jones (7EVD); Radio Operator: John Chumas, Ball Turret Gunner: Dave Quick (2POW); flak KOd #3 and caused fire, crashed Iverni, four miles NW of Meaux, Fr; MACR 5904.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Tacoma 22/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Kansas City 28/12/43; New Castle 8/1/44; Presque Is 9/1/44; RAF Valley 15/1/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [AW-R] Snetterton 16/1/44; trans 413BS [MZ-Q]; was taxiing on base 7/3/44 Pilot: Don Kasch, but brakes failed and collided with parked gas tanker, no injuries to crew or ground crew; MIA Berlin 8/3/44.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gr Island 5/12/43; Romulus 13/12/43; Presque 15/12/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ- ] Snetterton 20/12/43; MIA Brunswick 10/2/44 Pilot: Harry Thompson, Co-Pilot: Don Weightman, Navigator: Chas Flynn, Bombardier: George Wachal, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harry Rankin, Radio Operator: Edgar Orbell, Ball Turret Gunner: Russ Nelson, Waist Gunner: Martin Buckman, Waist Gunner: Earl Case, Tail Gunner: Dean Whitten (10KIA); flak, no trace ever found so presumable came down in North Sea. MACR 2375.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/5/44; Kearney 26/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned: 749BS/457BG [J] Glatton 7/6/44; en route to targer, damaged and aborted 26/6/44 Pilot: Scott Ormsby; Co-Pilot: Fred Stallings,Bombardier: Art Mendenhall, Waist Gunner: Alvin Hendrick (3POW); Navigator: Vincent Lemon (EVD), (6RTD); on return from Montbartier, sustained landing accident w/Dick Peterson 14/2/45; Returned to US: Bradley 22/5/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 24/5/45; Scrapped: Kingman 14/12/45. ACE OF HEARTS.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Kearney 14/12/43; Chicago 18/12/43; Syracuse 19/12/43; Presque Is 21/12/43; Assigned: 369BS/306BG [WW-M] Thurleigh 21/1/44; MIA Erding 24/4/44 Pilot: Gil Vandermarliere {wia}, Co-Pilot: Bill James, Navigator: Ray Uhrich, Bombardier: Sid Shertzer {landed in tree, thern on freeing himself fell and injured his back}, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Vogt, Radio Operator: Willard Elliott, Ball Turret Gunner: Earl Wynn, Waist Gunner: Jim Copeman, Waist Gunner: Everett Minto, Tail Gunner: Walt Lastinger (10POW); Enemy aircraft KOd two engines, then radio lost followed by a third engine, crashed Horbach, near Althegnenberg, 11 miles SE of Augsburg, Germany. MACR 4282.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gr Island 3/12/43; Kearney 8/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-D] Thurleigh 4/1/44; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Warren Lutz, Co-Pilot: Tom Johnson, Navigator: Ed O’Neill, Bombardier: Jim Knox, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Warren Adams, Radio Operator: Joe Reed, Ball Turret Gunner: Roy Ward & brother Waist Gunner: Ray Ward (8KIA); Waist Gunner: Alec Lazek, Tail Gunner: Chas Lux (2POW); flak hits damaged right wing and cut fuel lines, ship crashed two miles S of Hecklingen, near Stassfurt, 20 miles E of Halberstadt, Germany. MACR 4240.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/11/43; Seattle 23/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Romulus 14/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned: 366BS/305BG Chelveston 21/1/44; MIA Frankfurt 24/3/44 Pilot: Harry Cornell, Co-Pilot: Don Eddy, Bombardier: George Meyer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Darwin Gidel, Radio Operator: Bob Sage, Ball Turret Gunner: Pete Wolak, Waist Gunner: John Kettman, Waist Gunner: Darius Logan, Tail Gunner: Clelland Martinson (9POW); Navigator: Leo Hartman (KIA); flak, crashed Winkel-St-Hruis, nine miles NE of Ghent, Belgium. MACR 3537.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/43; Las Vegas 25/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 9/2/44; 2126 BU Laredo 19/4/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/11/43; Gr Island 5/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; RAF Valley 20/12/43; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-D] Rougham 21/12/43; MIA Augsburg 13/4/44 Pilot: Carl McDowell, Co-Pilot: John Leaf, Navigator: Simon Sanger, tog-Sgt Powell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Risch Adams{wia}, Radio Operator: Gaston McCurdy, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Sampson, Waist Gunner: Jeff Shelton, Waist Gunner: Harry Swift (\’Swett), Tail Gunner: Milton Moore; flak damage and runaway prop #1, ditched 25 miles off English coast on return; (10RTD). NINE YANKS AND A JERK.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Wilmington 9/12/43; Presque Is 12/12/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-X] Rougham 16/12/43; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Ken Chiem, Co-Pilot: Dominic Guadiomonte, Navigator: Alf Weinberg, Bombardier: Marion Gordy, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Stan Janisek, Radio Operator: Vernon Sovia, Ball Turret Gunner: Jack Parker, Waist Gunner: Dennis Nicklin, Tail Gunner: Oscar Gibson (9POW); Waist Gunner: Gene Powell (KIA-chute failed), flak damage caused crew to bale out Herzberg, but ship flew on for another 100 miles, crashed Hassenberg, nine miles E of Coburg, Germany. MACR 4467. PASSIONATE WITCH II.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Assigned: 332BS/94BG Rougham 20/12/43; 410BS [GL-G]; MIA Munich 12/7/44 Pilot: Lloyd Handskemager, Carl Brunt (2KIA); Jim Wareham, Joe Strickler, Bob Perry, Reedas Franklin, Harry Hindman, Arthur Ariel, Norfleet Davis, Dwight Davis (8POW); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Grenaa, Den. MACR 7509. DOODLES aka DOODLEE DOO.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/43; Las Vegas 25/10/43; 3022 BU Indian Springs 5/2/45; 3021 BU Las Vegas 22/2/45; 3018 BU Kingman 28/2/45; 3702 BU Buckley 8/6/45; Recl Comp 20/3/46.