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

Delivered Denver 6/5/44; Dorval 15/5/44; Assigned RAF [HB800] 214 Sq BU-V RCM Oulton, Nfk; battle damaged by FW 190s and crash landed Ford, Sussex, 31/10/44; Salvaged 12/2/45.

Delivered Denver 6/5/44; Dorval 15/6/44; Assigned RAF [HB799]; 214 Sq BU-K RCM Oulton, Sfk; Struck Off Charge 11/3/47.

Delivered Denver 3/5/44; Dorval 14/5/44; Assigned RAF [HB795]; 214 Sq BU-S RCM Sculthorpe, Oulton, Nfk. Struck Off Charge 11/3/47. JOIE DES ANGES.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/8/43; Geiger 13/8/43; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR-V] Gt Ashfield 12/9/43; MIA Pas de Calais 13/2/44 Pilot: Edwin Herron, Co-Pilot: Walter Camp, Navigator: Stan Stodola, Bombardier: Bill Melillo, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Savage, Waist Gunner: Francis Temple, Tail Gunner: Juan Almanza (7RTD); Radio Operator: John Cortez, Ball Turret Gunner: Alf Seagrave, Waist Gunner: Leon Wasilewski (3KIA); flak KO’d #1 & #4, ditched Channel, 18 miles W of Dungeness, Kent.. MACR 2345. DRAGON LADY.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/10/44; Hunter 24/10/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 8AF 13/12/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/10/44; Hunter 24/10/44; Grenier 29/11/44; Assigned 482BG H2X Alconbury 1/12/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/12/45.

Delivered: Geiger 21/9/42; Walla Walla 31/1/43; ass 527BS/379BG Sioux City 3/2/43; take off accident Hammer Fd, CA Pilot: Burrell Newman 8/3/43; 4117 BU Robins 13/7/43; 327 BU Drew 21/9/43; 366 BU Rayleigh 15/11/43; w/Bill Tackmier forced landing Simona, FL 25/2/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 11/5/44; Drew 15/6/44; w/Marshall Groover f/l Robins Fd, GA 12/7/44; Scrapped: Altus 28/8/45.

Delivered Denver 3/5/44; Dorval 1/6/44 to RAF [HB792]; 220 Sq (ZZ-U) Keflavik, Iceland, then Lagens, Azores; 521 Sq (-D) Langham 31/8/45, Struck Off Charge and sold to International Alloys 11/3/47.

Delivered Denver 3/5/44; Dorval (Montreal) 6/6/44, Assigned RAF [HB791]; 220 Sq (ZZ-T) Lagens, Azores; 521 Sq (-L) Langham 31/8/45; the last B-17 used in Coastal Command, Struck Off Charge at Gosport, Hants., and sold to International Alloys 11/3/47.

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-H] Grafton Underwood 23/10/44; MIA Berlin 26/2/45 Pilot: Jack Barnett, Bob Jones, John Foreman, Jim Preble, John Cunningham, Don Hilliard, Edwin Holmes, Mario Casagrande, Ralph Hughes (9RTD); flak, crashed Berlin; MACR 12760.

Delivered Dallas 23/8/43; with Clarry McPherson force landed Smoky Hill 7/2/44; 247 BU Smoky Hill 3/6/44; 4100 BU Patterson 6/6/44; 247 BU Smoky Hill 6/8/44; 902 BU Orlando 7/3/45; 247 BU Smoky Hill 21/6/45; with John Millar crash landed two miles S of base 17/7/45; Recl Comp 27/7/45.

Delivered Lincoln 5/10/44; Palm Springs 12/10/44; Dow Fd 22/10/44; Assigned: 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 26/10/44; MIA Parchim 7/4/45 Pilot: Bill Gill, Bill Barbean, Bill Lazzari, Hubert Smart, Sam Mock, Jim Perlonge, Leon Verrilli, Darwin Kusian (8POW); Bill Costley (KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Wandesbeck, Germany. MACR 13893.

Delivered Lincoln 5/10/44; Dow Fd 25/10/44; Assigned: 452BG Deopham Green 30/10/44; battle damage Chemnitz 6/2/45 Pilot: ‘; Salvaged. 9/2/45.

Delivered Lincoln 3/10/44; Grenier 19/10/44; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 21/10/44; Returned to US: Bradley 10/6/45; Sth Plains 16/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/7/44; Kearney 29/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 10/8/44; while under instruction Pilot: John Sanda aircraft ran off runway and clipped mobile lighting unit, damaging tailplane and stabilizer 25/4/45; Returned to US: Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 8/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 27/10/44; Grenier 21/11/44; Assigned: 96BG Snetterton 27/11/44; Transferred: 364BS/305BG [WF-J] Chelveston 28/11/44; 544BS/384BG [SU-A] Grafton Underwood 9/5/45; Salvaged. 9AF Germany. any 31/5/46. SHE’S A HONEY.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/12/42; Pyote 2/1/43; Tinker 26/10/43; 505BG Harvard 10/6/44; 4100 BU Patterson 30/8/44; 325 BU Avon Park 18/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 31/8/45.

Delivered Lincoln 20/12/44; Grenier 6/1/45; Assigned 493BG Debach 8/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/8/44; Patterson 11/9/44; Hunter 28/9/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Assigned 493BG Debach 6/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/44; Hunter 26/12/44; Grenier 20/1/45; Assigned 463BG PFF Celone 7/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Dallas 24/4/44; Hunter 30/5/44; Grenier 15/6/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 17/7/44; Aborted mission to Stuttgart 16/7/44, ran off runway on return into ditch, crew OK; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 21/6/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-T] Grafton Underwood 17/7/44; to Istres, France but en route crash landed with Bob Sheahan on Guernsey, Channel Is, 11/6/45; Salvaged 12/6/45.

Delivered Hunter 21/12/44; Dow Fd 2/1/45; Assigned 8AF 7/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 14/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.

Delivered Denver 17/4/44; 1SAG Langley 1/6/44; W/O 15/6/44.