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

Delivered Lincoln 19/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned: 569BS/390BG [CC-E] Framlingham 6/12/44; Returned to US: Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 6/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 8/12/45. SKY QUEEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/10/42; Morrison 7/3/43; Hobbs 24/4/43; Kelly 22/7/43; 4136 BU Tinker 21/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 29/7/44; Written off 19/8/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/42; Hobbs 2/12/42; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; Hobbs 6/5/43; with W.E. Hendrickson force landed 4136 BU Tinker 21/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 12/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/42; Tucson 15/1/43; Pyote 10/3/43; Tinker 9/8/43; with Tom Eursia (?Thomas?) crashed 30 miles NNE Sioux City Fd 4/3/44; Written off 6/3/44.

Delivered Dallas 15/6/44; Langley 11/7/44; Dow Fd 9/8/44; Assigned PFF 833BS/486BG [2N-K] Sudbury 11/8/44; 13m battle damaged Berlin 3/2/44 with ?; crash landed Rolozno, Pol; Salvaged 14/2/45. BLUE STREAK aka LADY V II.

Delivered Denver 11/4/44; Hunter 5/5/44; Dow Fd 24/5/44; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-D] Grafton Underwood 4/6/44; taxi accident 17/11/44; Salvaged. AFSC 18/11/44. MARION

Delivered Louisville 16/3/45; Hunter 24/3/45; Grenier 3/4/45; Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 8/6/45; 247 BU Smoky Hill 17/2/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4112 BU Olmstead 29/4/47; 5 PRR Clark Fd 1/4/48; 9 SRGp Fairmont 1/11/49; to USN, Recl Comp 5/1/50.

Delivered Louisville 15/3/45; Syracuse 27/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/11/45.

Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Gore 28/2/43; Patterson 2/3/43; Colorado Springs 30/3/43; Romulus 10/4/43; Esler 7/5/43; Peterson 11/5/43; Assigned 1st Photo Gp, Bolling 1/9/43; 499BG Smoky Hill 8/6/44; 11 Ph Gp MacDill 15/6/44; 19 Ph Gp MacDill 2/8/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 10/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 16/7/43; Cheyenne 20/7/43; Ft Myers 14/11/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 23/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 16/7/43; Cheyenne 19/7/43; Tinker 2/12/43; 3501 BU Boca Raton 16/7/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 17/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/1/46.

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 16/10/43; Wilmington 19/10/43; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 26/10/43; MIA Bremen 8/3/44 Pilot: Homer Pou, Co-Pilot: Bob Laubach, Bombardier: John Mulligan, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Stan Jones, Radio Operator: Vernon Kramer, Waist Gunner: Chester Kmak, Waist Gunner: Bill Hoffman, Tail Gunner: Lou Sarap (8POW); Navigator: Errol Lugenbill, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Becker{baled out but never seen again, however remains were found by a farmer on Siedner Moor, near Sulingen 1/5/79} (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, left formation on return flight & crashed Feldmark Maasen, nr Borstel, two miles S of Sulingen road, Germany. MACR 3085. RETURN ENGAGEMENT.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/43; Roswell 9/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 28/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 14/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/11/43; Gt Falls 8/11/43; Assigned Soxo 17/11/43; Left Goose Bay, Labrador on ferry to Prestwick, but force landed near Enniskillen, N.Ireland 9/12/43, with Joe Rudolph, Bombardier: Aloysius Rodeo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Mankowski, Radio Operator: Earl Bir, pass-John Morton, Myrl Youngs, Lt Melvin Skerpon (7 Killed in Service), Co-pilot: Bob Phillips, Navigator: Earl Simpson, g-Stan Thomas, Bill Simpson (4 Returned to Duty).

Delivered Sth Plains 30/4/45; Patterson 25/5/45; 4132 BU Garden City 30/4/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 16/10/47; 4185 BU Independence 19/10/47; 4112 BU Olmstead 1/1/48; 1 EGM Gp Eglin 8/3/48; AMC Brookley 1/12/49; Recl Comp 19/10/50.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/8/43; Pyote 17/8/43; 435BS/19BG Pyote 9/11/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 1/6/44; 9BG Gr Isle 8/7/44; 232 BU Dalhart 15/7/44; 6BG Gr Isle 19/7/43; 242 Gr Isle 5/9/44; 202 BU Galveston 8/10/44; 268 BU Peterson 30/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/8/43; 3030 BU Roswell 1/10/44; 3010 BU Williams 21/11/44; 3020 BU La Junta 23/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 1/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/7/44; Kearney 29/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 860BS/493BG [NG-C] Debach 11/8/44; caught fire on base when being cleaned to paint on nose art 11/3/45, Salvaged.

Delivered Pyote 8/5/44; Gt Falls 11/5/44; Pyote 16/5/44; 235 BU Biggs 16/8/44; 225 BU Rapid City 24/3/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 19/7/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 24/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Dow Fd 9/6/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-F] Snetterton 12/6/44; Returned to US: Bradley 29/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 2/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 18/12/45. PILGRIM’S PROGRESS.

Delivered Lincoln 3/11/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 8AF 31/12/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned: 833BS/486BG [H8-A] Sudbury 29/6/44; {23m} MIA Osnabruck 21/11/44 Pilot: Howard Glashoff (KIA); Lester Keson, Harry Lovely, Tom Mahon, Cecil Rasco, John Haerle, Tom Seckel, Don Miller, Dan Alpha (8POW); mech fault, crashed Halle, Germany. MACR 10405. LOW PRESSURE LULU.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/7/43; Gore 14/7/43; Dyersburg 30/7/43; aircraft fell from high altitude, exploded, crashed and burned at McKenzie, Tenn, 10/8/43 with George Moles; all eight killed.

Delivered Lincoln 22/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned: 835BS/486BG [H8-S] Sudbury 7/1/45; {24m} MIA Parchim 7/4/45 Pilot: Walt Center, Giovanni Cirelli, Albt Harris, Wyatt Kerr, Sam Powell {tg}, Maj Bain Fulton {obs} (6POW); Doug Spath, George Lyford, Frank Pikula, Bob Frauenholtz (4KIA); hit by incendiaries from above aircraft; crashed Parchim, Germany. MACR 13889. HAPPY WARRIOR.