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

Delivered Denver 7/5/44; Dorval 16/5/44; Assigned RAF [HB803] 214 Sq BU-L RCM Oulton, Nfk.; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 15{22}/3/45.

Delivered Dallas 16/2/45; Hunter 5/3/45; Grenier 29/3/45; Assigned 8AF 1/4/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10 HB Oberpfaffenhofen 16/1/48; Recl Comp 7/1/49.

Delivered Dallas 14/2/45; Sth Plains 29/2/45; Syracuse 11/5/45; to storage Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/7/43; Gore 28/7/43; Cheyenne 4/8/43; Scott 9/8/43; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-Y] Thurleigh 21/9/43; crash: takeoff for Kiel 5/1/44 Pilot: Capt Ian Elliott, Navigator: Harry Renfro, Bombardier: Bill Peterson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Tony Waine, Radio Operator: John Petlewski, Ball Turret Gunner: George Johnson, Waist Gunner: Dick Payne, Waist Gunner: Jim Mitchell (8KIA); Co-Pilot: Tom Bridgmen, Tail Gunner: Bill Winans (2RTD); crash-landed near base at Sharnbrook, Beds., UK; Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 6/5/44; Dorval 17/5/44; Assigned RAF [HB802]; 214 Sq BU-O RCM Oulton. Nfk.; Missing in Action Lutzkendorf 15/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Grenier 18/3/45; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/45; landing accident at base with Tom Smith 13/8/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Grenier 14/3/45; Assigned 338BS/96BG Snetterton 21/3/45; Returned to the USA Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Assigned 8AF 16/3/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 22/5/46.

Delivered Denver 6/5/44; Dorval 16/6/44; Assigned RAF [HB801]; 214 Sq BU-T RCM Oulton, Nfk; Struck Off Charge 11/3/47.

Delivered: Cheyenne 18/3/44; Hunter 16/4/44; Grenier 1/5/44; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-G] Thurleigh 25/5/44; Salvaged. 2 SAD 9/8/44. REPORT TO THE NATION.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/45; Hunter 3/2/45; Grenier 2/3/45; Assigned 8AF 4/3/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 19/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.

Delivered Lincoln 30/1/45; Grenier 18/2/45; Assigned 8AF 20/2/45; Re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 14/11/47.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/8/44; Gt Falls 2/9/44; Cheyenne 3/9/44 mod as F-9C; 91 Ph Gp Buckley 29/10/44; Dallas 16/5/45; Bangor 3/6/45; 108 BS Oberpfaffenhofen as RB-17G 18/1/46; 7290 Oberpfaffenhofen 18/10/46; Recl Comp 3/8/49.

Sold from USAF to Aero Bolivia as CP-623, Salvaged La Paz after crash 28/7/58.

Delivered: Lincoln 23/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned: 365BS/306BG [XK-O] Thurleigh 17/10/44; Transferred: 305BG Chelveston 4/12/44; MIA Oranienburg 10/4/45 Pilot: Jim Laubach, Boyce Scruggs, Theo Pappadopoulous, Roy Eriksson, Bill Horan, Nathan Douglas, Glynn Daufney, Wallace Ingianni, Bill Sybert (9KIA); mid air coll, crashed Wilsnack, Germany. MACR 13877.

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44 Grenier 1/10/44; Assigned: 365BS/305BG Chelveston 17/10/44; MIA Oranienburg 10/4/45 Pilot: Leon Keene, Henry Vinum, Leo Cassuto, Ben Friedman, Alton Dodd, Leroy Elfert, Tom Wilding (7KIA); Lloyd Mueller (POW); mid air coll, crashed Wilsnack, Germany. MACR 13876.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned: 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 30/4/44; 729BS; forced landing RAF Woodbridge Pilot: John Clifford 18/12/44; caught in severe prop wash during assembly to Frankfurt 17/2/45 w/Joe Knoll, went out of control and crashed one mile SW Tibenham A/fd; 6 KIA/3 RTD; Salvaged. 23/2/45. FORBIDDEN FRUIT II.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/8/44; Kearney 19/8/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 19/9/44; Missing in Action Vienna 21/2/45 with John Bandi, Co-pilot: Jim Crow, Navigator: Tom Higgins, Bombardier: Gustav Block, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sterling Nichols, Radio Operator: Tony Puglia, Ball turret gunner: Fred Ward, Waist gunner: Wendell Hamerl, Waist gunner: Frank Matthews,Tail gunner: Carl Kochol (10POW?); prop wash & coll, crashed Vienna; Missing Air Crew Report 12702.

Delivered Lincoln 2/11/44; Grenier 16/11/44; Assigned 463BG Celone 5/12/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 30/10/44; Grenier 12/11/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 3/12/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 23/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.