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

Delivered Denver 31/5/44; Dorval 26/6/44; slated RAF HB 810; transferred 551BS/385BG [HR-F] Gt Ashfield 3/8/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 1/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 30/7/43; Dallas 2/8/43; 3501 BU Boca Raton 16/7/44; 3704 BU Keesler 11/4/45; 3501 BU Boca Raton 20/9/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 17/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 29/7/43; Dallas 3/8/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 23/6/44; 9BG Gr Isle 8/7/44; 563 BU Homestead 10/2/45; 242 BU Gr Isle 9/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/7/44; Hunter 4/8/44; Grenier 14/8/44; Assigned: 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 15/8/44; 729BS; MIA Zwickau 19/3/45 Pilot: Vic Ettredge, Don Franklin, Art Burstein, George Peden, Jack Johnson, Jim Fitzgerald, Don Borden, Howard Towns, Art Darling {tg}, Lew Carter {rcm} (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Zwickau, Germany. MACR 13562. DAISY MAE.

Delivered Lincoln 26/12/44; Dow Fd 10/1/45; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 22/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 418 BU Sth Plains 7/7/45; 613 BU Phillips 3/3/46.

Delivered Denver 9/11/43; Orlando 21/11/43; with Torleif Melo crashed five miles W of Worthington, Mn, en route 224 BU Sioux City 24/10/44; Written off 28/10/44.

Delivered: Denver 9/11/43; Presque Is 29/11/43; Prestwick, UK 1/12/43; ass 482BG Alconbury 2/12/43; Transferred: 422BS/305BG [JJ-E] Chelveston 10/12/43; battle damage Berlin 6/3/44; sal 2 SAD, by 2 MRR Sq.

Delivered Denver 9/11/43; Kingman 21/11/43; 3018 BU Kingman 23/3/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 22/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/44; Hunter 13/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-S] Gt Ashfield 28/6/44; mid air coll with 43-38233 (385BG) 24/12/44; ret base & rep; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45. BETTY JO.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/7/44; Kearney 19/7/44; Dow Fd 1/8/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 5/8/44; MIA Darmstadt 24/12/44 Pilot: Larry Vogt, Jim Anding, Vic Hammond, Roy Capwell, Harry Sevick, Dick Rudd, Cliff Canterberry, Bill Johnson (8KIA); Calvin Rhodes (POW); flak, mid air coll w/43-37893 (385BG); crashed Namur, Belgium. MACR 11113.

Delivered Kearney 4/7/44; Grenier 16/7/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 17/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 16/3/45 with Homer Anderson, Hatcher, Axler, Alexander, Kramp, Leal, Owens, Bob Smith, Schraeder, Zachritz (10 evaded capture & ret. 30/3/45); flak, crashed Igal, Hungary; Missing Air Crew Report 13059.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Assigned 582BS/393BG Kearney 26/7/43; crash landed base 6/8/43 with Homer Fitzer; Written off 9/8/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/43; Salt Lake City 24/12/43; damaged at Kingman when parked 18/4/45; 3018 BU Kingman 23/3/45; Recl Comp 11/1/46.

Delivered Lincoln 8/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-G] Gt Ashfield 10/11/44; Returned to US: Bradley 26/6/45; Sth Plains 28/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 27/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/11/43; Romulus 16/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Valley, Wales 24/12/43; ass 339BS/96BG [QJ-‘] Snetterton 26/12/43; 413BS [MZ-M]; MIA Brunswick 23/3/44 Pilot: Lee Seeman {wia}, crew ‘ (10RTD); ditched off Aldeburgh, Sfk, UK; all rescued. No MACR.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; Prestwick, UK 17/12/43; ass 413BS/96BG Snetterton 18/12/43; MIA Stuttgart 25/2/44 Pilot: George Smiley{stayed in ship to let crew bale out}, Radio Operator: Ed Fath{chute failed} (2KIA); Co-Pilot: Bob Ketcham, Navigator: Dick Longman, Bombardier: Gordon Williams, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jack Blacker, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Thompson, Waist Gunner: Ben Scoville, Waist Gunner: Walt Brocious, Tail Gunner: Bob Haynes (8POW); crashed Sulzbach a.d.Murr, Germany. MACR 2861.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 10/4/44; battle damage Ludwigshafen 25/9/44 Crew bailed out due to flak damage to three engines, landed on auto-pilot near Mondorf-led-Bains, and was photographed in a field by advancing GIs about a week later; Salvaged 22/12/44. SWING SHIFT BABY.

Delivered Hunter 26/12/44; Grenier 13/1/45; Assigned: 551BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 22/1/45; MIA Berlin 18/3/45 Pilot: Hubert I. Bloom; Howard Marvelle; Robert K. Cavan; Alvin Vaira; Don G. Fink; Sol S. Lipschitz; Robert J. Oglan, Jr.; Wesley R. Brown; Raymond Dahl; 6 POW; 3 KIA; MACR 13147.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Gore 2/7/43; Pendleton 25/7/43; with Gordon Crozier force landed Geiger 29/7/42; 452BG Geiger 31/7/43; 500BG Walker 8/6/44; 901 BU Pinecastle 8/7/44; 902 BU Orlando 2/8/43; 248 BU Walker 16/8/44; 232 BU Dalhart 4/9/44; 241 BU Fairmont 12/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/6/43; Pyote 4/7/43; Alexandria 7/7/43; 202 BU Galveston 13/7/44; 221 BU Alexandria 21/7/43; Written off 21/7/44.