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

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Rapid City 4/7/43; with Linus French force landed MacDill 30/12/43; with Bill Mee force landed Drew Fd 30/6/44; 4119 BU Brookley 11/11/44; 4100 BU Patterson 28/11/44; 331 BU Barksdale 21/2/45; 326 BU MacDill 11/4/45; 331 BU Barksdale 15/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Gore 4/7/43; 435BS/19BG Pyote 5/7/43; 274 BU Herington 8/6/44; 499BG Smoky Hill 9/6/44; 2517 BU Ellington 25/6/44; 499BG Smoky Hill 7/7/44; 233 BU Davis Monthan 15/8/44; 235 BU Biggs 28/9/44; 4202 BU Syracuse 5/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 15/7/44; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 18/7/44; MIA Eindhoven 9/8/44 Pilot: Sterling Bristol, John Faulkner, Tony Burrows (3KIA); Bill Allison, John Campbell, Earl Hansen, Tony Mosca, Julius King, Buell Martin (6POW); flak, crashed Baumholder, Germany. MACR 7389.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/7/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Dow Fd 12/8/44; Assigned 861BS/493BG Debach 13/8/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 5/11/44 with Capt Earl Johnson, Don Fetters, John McCombs, Warren Marsh, Capt John Guzik obs, John Lewis photos (6 Killed in Action); Jim Muise, Frank Zito, Alf Atkins, Dick Skinner, John Pitcher tg (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Viernheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10340.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/7/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned: 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 11/8/44 SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS; battle damage Berlin 3/2/45 Pilot: Bill Fry, John Currack, Christian Teck, Gene Dreyfuss, Russell Pyle, George Clark, Dave Lowery, Martin Boelkens, Clyde Edwards (9INT); forced landing Rinkaby, Sweden. MACR 12496; Ret UK 27/6/45; Returned to US: Bradley 13/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 21/8/45; Scrapped: Kingman 9/12/45. BIG NOISE II.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/7/44; Kearney 2/8/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned: 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 11/8/44 SILENTHE JE VAHR; battle damage Landsberg, Germany. 21/4/45 Pilot: ‘; crash-landed continent, 8KIA;; Salvaged. 26/4/45; MACR 14114. QUIVERING QUEENIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/7/44; Hunter 20/7/44; Grenier 1/8/44; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [XA-P] Gt Ashfield 2/8/44; MIA Berlin 6/10/44 Pilot: Ray Tuley, Jack Rock, Herb Evans, Bill McCauley, leland Harvey, Bob Campbell (6KIA); Walt Hartman, Joe Gorchak, John Standley (3POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Barnewitz, Germany. MACR 9519.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/43; Dalhart 3/7/43; with Wallace Hoke crash landed 20 miles north west of Logan, NM 27/7/43; Written off 31/7/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Gr Island 1/12/43; New Castle 7/12/43; Nutts Corner, N.I., 20/12/43; ass 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 21/1/44; Transferred: 369BS; MIA Berlin 8/5/44 Pilot: Lou Matichka, Co-Pilot: Willis Nelson, Navigator: Walt Morris, Bombardier: Bill Stevens, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Goodwin, Radio Operator: Bob Morris, Ball Turret Gunner: Warren Johnson, Waist Gunner: Forest Buford, Waist Gunner: John Watt, Tail Gunner: Jesse Watts (10INT); flak KOd two engines, ditched close to Vallo, Sweden; [still there in 1982/2016] MACR 4669.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/11/43; Kearney 4/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; ass 332BS/94BG [XM-E] Rougham 16/12/43; MIA Munich 31/7/44 Pilot: Vic Lewis, Phil Herendeen, Ed Whiston, Harry Means, Paul Sprenger, Calvin Hobbs, Angelo Armato, Mitch Frieberg, John McCormick (9INT); flak, forced landing Dubendorf, Switz. MACR 7740. TWAT’S IT TO YOU.

Delivered Denver 10/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 7/6/44; crash-landed Kentford, Sfk. UK 13/9/44 Pilot: C. Lamont, B. Hinson, J. Pillsbury, H. Whittier {togg}, G. Barnett, W. Pipes, J. Toomey, R. Thomas (8RTD); Joe Sturdivant (KIA); Salvaged. (rep with rear end of DOZY DOATS) HALF AND HALF.

Delivered Lincoln 10/10/44; Grenier 17/10/44; Assigned 416BS/99BG Tortorella 20/12/44; {53m} RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 4/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 6/12/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 28/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 13/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 27/7/43; Dallas 31/7/43; Written off 15/4/44.

Delivered Dallas 21/4/44; Langley 15/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned: 550BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 8/7/44; MIA Dresden 2/3/45 Pilot: Gene Vaadi, Jesse Brown, Tom Conway, Neil Duell, Henry Anthony, Clarence Glitz, Jine DiFenzo, Burke Marshall, Phil Penchi (9POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Ruhland, Germany. MACR 12855. LEADING LADY.

Delivered Amarillo 1/7/43; Cheyenne 27/7/43; Geiger 1/8/43; Rapid City 10/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Written off 19/1/44.

Delivered Lincoln 4/10/44; Dow Fd 13/10/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 5/12/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/9/45.

Delivered Long Beach 28/7/43; Dallas 31/7/43; 2117 BU Buckingham 30/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 14/9/44; 3010 BU Williams 5/1/45; 3020 BU La Junta 20/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 4/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/44; Hunter 9/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [SG-J] Gt Ashfield 4/5/44; 551BS; Returned to US: Bradley 24/6/44; 4168 BU Sth Plains 27/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 13/12/45. SWEET CHARIOT.