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

Delivered Lincoln 3/10/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 340BS/97BG Amendola 3/12/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 3/12/44 with Bill McGowan, Wohlford, Lane, Bacca, Storm, Bob Bednarczuk, Kwitny, Iacovono, Laing, Anson; flak, crashed Augsburg; Missing Air Crew Report 12667.

Delivered Lincoln 2/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 5/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 15/6/45; Sth Plains 19/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 30/7/43; Denver 17/8/43; 498BG Gr Bend 1/7/44; 243 BU Gr Bend 20/9/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 24/1/45; Recl Comp 7/6/46.

Delivered Long Beach 29/7/43; Dallas 1/8/43; 393BG Sioux City 21/12/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 23/6/44; 6BG Gr Isle 8/7/44; 272 BU Topeka 2/8/44; 9BG Gr Isle 6/8/44; (with Phil Guay force landed Cuba 19/9/44?) 4119 BU Brookley 6/11/44; 242 BU Gr Isle 15/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/10/45.

Delivered Long Beach 16/11/43; Kearney 24/11/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 8/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Capt Paul Brown, Bombardier: Rolland Gill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Joyce, Waist gunner: Elbert Moyer,Tail gunner: Bill Mocario (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Capt George Job, Navigator: John DuPrey, Radio Operator: John Blatz{died in pow hospital from injuries and severe burns 18/3/44}, Ball turret gunner: Edwin Pfanner, Waist gunner: Walter Reed, obs-Lt Joe Lechowski (6 Killed in Action); mid-air coll with 42-37886 (388BG); crashed Schoonberkerveld, SE of Emmen, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 3092.

Delivered Denver 2/10/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; ass 562BS/388BG Knettishall 25/10/43; MIA Berlin 6/3/44 Pilot: Lowell Watts{captured by civilians}, Co-Pilot: Bob Kennedy, Navigator: Emmett Murphy, Bombardier: Ed Kelley, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Ramsey, Radio Operator: Ivan Finkle (6POW); Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Sweeney, Waist Gunner: Don Taylor, Waist Gunner: Ray Hess, Tail Gunner: Harry Brassfield (4KIA); Enemy aircraft attack, causing mid-air collision w/42-40054 (388BG), crashed near Zwartemeer, nr Emmen, Hol. MACR 3089. BLITZIN’ BETTY.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/6/43; Gore 9/7/43; Dalhart 10/7/43; 232 BU Dalhart 9/6/44; HQ Peterson 14/7/44; 558 BU Nashville 1/8/44; HQ Peterson 11/9/43; 3033 BU Stockton 25/9/44; 271 BU Kearney 15/3/45; 485 BU Kearney 3/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 10/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/43; Gr Isle 16/7/43; Kearney 20/7/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-A] Thurleigh 8/8/43; MIA Erding 24/4/44 Pilot: Bob MacDowell (KIA); Co-Pilot: Fred Puckett {wia}; Navigator: Bob Schmeilau{wia}, Bombardier: Larry Christofori{wia}, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Don Frye, Radio Operator: Jim Prout, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Murdock, Waist Gunner: Larry Wagoner, Waist Gunner: Bob Emery, Tail Gunner: John Hazy (9POW); Enemy aircraft hit #3 & #4, crashed Hainhausen, 16 miles NE of Munich, Germany. MACR 4239.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Nashville 21/11/43; Assigned: 350BS/100BG [LN-V] Thorpe Abbotts 26/11/43; trans 548BS/385BG [GX-F] Gt Ashfield; Pilot: crash-landed Honington, Sfk 13/4/44; Salvaged. 15/5/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/43; Gore 5/7/43; Gt Falls 7/7/43; Glasgow 28/7/43; Sioux City 19/12/43; 232 BU Dalhart 9/6/44; 268 BU Peterson 30/9/44; 232 BU Dalhart 11/10/44; 253 BU Selman 6/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/10/45.

Delivered Denver 7/12/43; Chicago 24/12/43; Savannah 31/12/43; Assigned 341BS/97BG Cerignola 4/1/44; to Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Munich 22/9/44 with 1Lt Theodore J Bezold, 2lt Robert F Goss, 2Lt Albert Evans, S/Sgt Joseph Soukup, S/Sgt Glenn R Ellis, T/Sgt Paul G Kochis, S/Sgt Clyde H Carey Jr, S/Sgt Robert L Faulkner, S/Sgt Joseph B Doyle, S/Sgt Kenneth E Wyzard; flak, crashed Munich. 6 x POW, 4 x KIA MACR 9026. Direct flak hit in wing #1 engine came away, #2 engine smoking wing aflame, 6 chutes streamed, wing came off and A/C seen to explode.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/7/44; Kearney 28/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 860BS/493BG Debach 11/8/44; battle damaged Merseburg 2/11/44 with Joe Gualano, cp?, Stan Lucia, Arthur Etter, Ray Butler, Paul Backer, Bob Johnson, Fred Townsend, Travis Jones (8 Returned to Duty); Harry Thomas lwg (Killed in Action); force landed St Trond, Bel. Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45. HANK’S BOTTLE.

Delivered Denver 18/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Presque Is 20/1/44; Nutts Corner, Belgium. ast, N.I. 27/1/44; ass 545BS/384BG [JD-J] Grafton Underwood 10/2/44; MIA Schweinfurt 13/4/44 Pilot: Ed Fioretti, Navigator: Sam Merlo, Bombardier: Leon Griffith, Waist Gunner: Don Vorisek, Waist Gunner: Phil Chaperon, Tail Gunner: Joe Ranchunas (6POW); Co-Pilot: Sid Bush, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Walter Stuhl, Radio Operator: Cecil Morton, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Eyre (4KIA); Enemy aircraft, exploded on way down, crashed Schlierbach, near Lindenfels, 16 miles NE of Darmstadt, Germany. MACR 3869.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Gore 4/7/43; 28BS/19BG Pyote 5/7/43; with Jim Kiernan crashed two miles SW of Martin, SD 17/1/44; Written off 24/3/44.

Delivered Denver 7/11/43; Orlando 20/11/43; with Paul Green crashed three miles E of 224 BU Sioux City 15/9/44; Written off 18/9/44.

Delivered Denver 11/11/43; Romulus 12/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; ass 338BS/96BG [BX- ] Snetterton 17/12/43; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Lee Anthony, Co-Pilot: Ona Accord, Navigator: George Knock, Bombardier: Loren Burber, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dean Marriot, Radio Operator: Ed Toomey, Ball Turret Gunner: John Greider, Waist Gunner: Dick Harding, Waist Gunner: Percy Lyle, Tail Gunner: Bill Fusco (10KIA); collided with Me109, crashed in quarry near Reichweeiler, nr Schartzerden, eight miles NE 0f St Wendel, Germany. MACR 2380.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/11/43; Syracuse 9/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; ass 338BS/96BG Snetterton 16/12/43; MIA Evreux 6/2/44 Pilot: Jake Kurfzberg, Co-Pilot: Bob Miner, Navigator: Bill Frank, Bombardier: Bill Weiner, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Roever, Radio Operator: Bob Huhtala, Ball Turret Gunner: O.S. McIver, Waist Gunner: Ed Majeska, Tail Gunner: Walt Swietoniowski (9KIA); Waist Gunner: Jose Pino (POW); Enemy aircraft hit gas tank in left wing which blew up, the collided with FW190 and crashed Pisseleux, a mile W of Villers-Cotterets, Fr; MACR 2342.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/11/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Dallas 28/11/43; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD- ] Grafton Underwood 8/1/44; detailed Brunswick 30/1/44 Pilot: Ed Fioretti*, Co-Pilot: Scott Briley*, Navigator: Sam Merlo, Bombardier: Leon Griffin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Walt Stuhl (5RTD); Radio Operator: Joe Sylvia, Ball Turret Gunner: Horace House, Waist Gunner: Clark Wolfe, Waist Gunner: Andy Wallo, Tail Gunner: Huley Day (5POW); damaged by Enemy aircraft and some baled out, rest came home crash-landed base 30/1/44; Salvaged. 2 SAD Lt Staughton 17/2/44. (*both awarded Silver Star) HAM-ON-RYE.

Delivered Long Beach 30/7/43; Dallas 4/8/43; Dyersburg 4/10/43; Dalhart 19/10/43; 247 BU Smoky Hill 3/6/44; 232 BU Dalhart 10/7/44; 4121 BU Kelly 2/11/44; 224 BU Sioux City 1/12/44; with Don Jones force landed base 17/4/45; 235 BU Biggs 12/5/45; 555 BU Love Fd 3/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Biggs 1/4/46.

Delivered Long Beach 30/7/43; Dallas 2/8/43; 4119 BU Brookley 21/6/44; with Chas O’Bryan 15/1/45 to 223 BU Dyersburg; Recl Comp 29/1/45.