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

Delivered Lincoln 20/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 8AF 4/12/44; re-ass ATC (Europe) 31/7/46; Returned to the USA 4141 BU Pyote 23/11/47; 4112 BU Olmstead 30/11/47; 4141 BU Pyote 18/1/48; Recl Comp 27/7/48.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/7/43; Moses Lake 29/7/43; 327 BU Drew 15/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 17/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Tinker 25/5/43; Dow Fd 1/6/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-S] Snetterton 12/6/43 KATS SASS II; lost engine on take off for Frankfurt 4/2/44 Pilot: Joe Meacham, Co-Pilot: Gene Aldridge, Navigator: Rich Murdoch, Bombardier: Max Helderman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Herb Shealy, Radio Operator: George Blackburn, Ball Turret Gunner: George Marling, Waist Gunner: Albt Staples, Waist Gunner: Rich Chapman, Tail Gunner: Bill Waton, pass-Lt Bill Giesecke (11RTD); unable to get back to base was forced to crash-landed East Shropham, Nfk, UK; TEMPTATION.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/5/44; Kearney 5/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG Snetterton 19/6/44; Transferred: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 20/6/44; battle damage Berlin 5/12/44 Pilot: ‘; forced landing Knocke, Belgium. 9RTD; Salvaged. HOLY SMOKES.

Delivered Hunter 21/10/44; Dow Fd 30/10/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 3/1/45; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 1/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Nashville 12/10/43; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 14/10/43; MIA Berlin 6/3/44 Pilot: Chas Wallace, Co-Pilot: Edwin Gilroy, Navigator: Dick Kohn, Bombardier: Marvin Horn, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dave Bacot, Radio Operator: Don Fumagilly, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Amos, Waist Gunner: Harry Davis, Waist Gunner: Ed Whitman, Tail Gunner: Ray Cortee (10INT); battle damage, forced landing Rinkaby A/fd, near Kristiansand, Sweden. MACR 3083. GLORY GIRL aka A GOOD SHIP AND A HAPPY SHIP. (Used by Swedish air line ABA as SE-BAM named TOM, crashed Dec/45, WO).

Delivered Lincoln 23/11/44; Grenier 18/12/44; Assigned: 834BS/486BG [2S-L] Sudbury 20/12/44; {5m} taxi accident 26/4/45; Salvaged. n/battle damage 27/4/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Smoky Hill 17/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-R] Snetterton 12/6/43 WABBIT TWACKS III; Transferred: 612BS/401BG [SC-X] Deenethorpe 13/12/43; 1 BAD Burtonwood 17/3/44; Returned to US: Tinker 3/6/44; Gore Air Trans Com 7/6/44; Kirtland 21/1/45; Long Beach 18/5/45; Scrapped: Ontario 4/6/45. BOOTS III.

Delivered Dallas 8/7/44; Langley 8/8/44; Dow Fd 1/9/44; Assigned 306BG Thurleigh 21/9/44; transferred 533BS/381BG Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; Sth Plains 13/7/45 Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.

Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Gr Isle 23/7/43; Kearney 8/8/43; Topeka 13/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-W] Thurleigh 25/8/43; MIA Bremen 20/12/43 Pilot: Ray Ryther, Co-Pilot: Alvie Myers, Bombardier: Jay Weiselberg, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Wilmer Griffith, Radio Operator: Tom Gold, Waist Gunner: Lester Terry (6POW), Navigator: John Dennison, Ball Turret Gunner: Paul Wells, Waist Gunner: Lee Laney, Tail Gunner: Lamoyne Billheimer (4KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Frischenmoor, 15 miles NE of Oldenburg, Germany. MACR 1701.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/43; Moses Lake 29/7/43; with Fred Troy force landed Drew 2/6/44; 2142 BU Shaw Fd 29/10/44; 327 BU Drew 11/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 7/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/4/43; Smoky Hill 24/4/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-E] Andrews Fd 27/5/43; 337BS [AW-E] Snetterton 12/6/43; sustained battle damage over Hamburg 13/12/43 Pilot: George Fabian, Co-Pilot: Tom Scanlon, Bombardier: Bob Hughes, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Tonko, Waist Gunner: Frank Alioto, Tail Gunner: Jay Epright (6RTD-all inj); Navigator: John Boyd, Radio Operator: Truman Starr, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Mabry, Waist Gunner: Bob Larobadier (4KIA); suffered battle damage, crash-landed near base on return on main road A11; Salvaged. 15/12/43. DOTTIE J II.

Delivered Roswell 7/6/45; 3030 BU Roswell 26/12/44; 3502 BU Chanute 2/5/45; 237 BU Kirtland 31/8/45; 3502 BU Chanute 30/9/45; 338 BU Keesler, Recl Comp 13/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/6/44; Kearney 26/6/44; Dow Fd 10/7/44; Assigned: 832BS/486BG [3R-K] Sudbury 15/7/44; {67m} crash-landed on practice operation Pilot: Peter Vanderhoff 17/3/45; Salvaged. 21/3/45. THE PROWLER.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/6/44; Kearney 16/6/44; Grenier 1/7/44; Assigned: 832BS/486BG [3R-H] Sudbury 2/7/44; 834BS [2S-L] ; {82m} MIA Dresden 17/4/45 Pilot: Jacob Bartl, Edwin Brown, Pete Uruski. Dick Laver, Everett Hendrix, Bill Veazey, Jose Aragon, Lou Tolson, Ted Ellis (9KIA); flak, crashed Dresden, Germany. MACR 14186. PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/6/44; Hunter 16/7/44; Dow Fd 23/7/44; Assigned: 366BS/305BG Chelveston 6/8/44; MIA Cologne 17/10/44 Pilot: Emil Potucek, Wayne McCallen, George Skeen, Art Lockrem, John Carper, Karl Bierman, John Peters (7KIA); Jim Hunter, Joe Sutter (2POW); flak, crashed Cologne; MACR 9473.

Delivered Hunter 13/3/45; Grenier 25/3/45; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 1/4/45; landing accident Pilot: John Thomas 10/5/45; Returned to US: Bradley 3/7/45; Sth Plains 6/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 14/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 21/10/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 30/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 5/12/44 with Wayne Stetler, Co-pilot: Andy Paulko, Radio Operator: Don Frantz, Ball turret gunner: Dan Tachan, Waist gunner: Chas Laubach,Tail gunner: Bill Eschenbach (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Sam Culbert, Bombardier: Art Dealy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Jarvis (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Schoenflieses, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11038. LITTLE LULU.

The fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Hit when parked at Garden City Fd, KS 4/3/46 by Wilton Weeks in 44-83678.

Delivered 88BG MacDill 12/5/44; 326 BU MacDill 24/2/45; 327 BU Drew 2/3/45; 203 BU Jackson 3/9/45; 268 BU Peterson 11/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/10/45.

The fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

The fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/44; Hunter 5/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 16/12/44; RetUS, Scrapped: Walnut Ridge 8/1/46. JUST JOYCE.