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

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 7/6/43; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-B] Snetterton 26/6/43; landing accident at base Pilot: Franklin Berry 4/10/43; MIA Bremen 20/12/43 w/Bernie Fuller, Co-Pilot: Herb Schlicker, Navigator: Orville Metsker, Bombardier: Bill Lambert, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Milford Carger, Radio Operator: Steve Mitchell, Ball Turret Gunner: Glen Statler, Waist Gunner: Tom Gardner, Waist Gunner: Reg McBean, Tail Gunner: John Collins (10POW); flak, crashed near Aurich, Germany. MACR 1703. GIL.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 31/5/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-B] Snetterton 13/7/43; Duren mission aborted 17/10/43 Pilot: Bill Stoneburner, Co-Pilot: Fred Ward, Navigator: John Griffin, Bombardier: John McNeil, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Henry James, Radio Operator: Andy Hodulik, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Vadney, Waist Gunner: Phil Messenger, Waist Gunner: Lloyd Reynolds, Tail Gunner: Howard Lee (10KIA); caught fire off Cromer, Nfk., crashed North Sea; simply no trace; MACR 1019. RUM BOOGIE III.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 25/6/43; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-A] Snetterton 26/6/43; suffered battle damage over Bremen 16/12/43 Pilot: Capt Tom Kenney, crew OK (10RTD-all bailed over Norfolk); crashed Silver Fox Farm, Taverham, Nfk; Salvaged. 31/1/44. FERTILE MYRTLE 3rd.

Delivered 88BG MacDill 13/5/44; 327 BU Drew 25/5/44; with Alcot Stover force landed Drew 11/7/44; W/O 11/12/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/1/44; Gr Island 4/2/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 11/2/44; MIA Munich 31/7/44 Pilot: Ora Castrup, Joe DeRidder, Harvey Dellward, Chester Pluta, Ira Robinson, Harry Guyette, Pasquale Spina, John McCleary (8KIA); Fred Justus (POW); flak, exploded Schleisheim, Germany. MACR 7744. DEVIL’S LUCK.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/7/43; Toppenish 27/7/43; Pendleton 30/7/43; with George Moles, force landed McKenzie, TN, 9/8/43; Geiger 10/8/43; 542BS/383BG Geiger 23/10/43; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; 325 BU Avon Park 14/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 2/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/7/43; Geiger 26/7/43; Gt Falls 2/8/43; Glasgow 8/8/43; 543BS/388BG Geiger 16/9/43; Wendover 22/1/44; MacDill 4/2/44; 328 BU Gulfport 8/7/44; with Don Parro force landed base 26/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 19/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/8/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 24/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/10/45.

Delivered Dallas 10/7/43; Love 1/8/43; Las Vegas 2/8/43; Tinker 20/12/43; 3030 BU Roswell 16/9/43; 3010 BU Williams 2/12/44; with Dan Silverman 17/2/45; 3020 BU La Junta 10/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 3/8/45.

Delivered Dallas 12/7/43; Las Vegas 1/8/43; Tinker 14/12/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 11/11/44; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned: 562BS/388BG Knettishall 3/9/43; crashed Ellough, Nfk, on return from a mission Pilot: Bob McWhite; Salvaged. 11/4/44. TOM PAINE.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/7/44; Kearney 2/8/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned: 422BS/305BG Chelveston 22/8/44; forced landing RAF Long Marston Pilot: Herman Laumeier 15/12/44; battle damage Bohlen 17/3/45 w/’; crash-landed Poland; Salvaged. 30/3/45; MACR 13113.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/5/43; Roswell 9/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 2509 BU Big Spring 31/7/44; 3705 BU Lowry 1/11/44; 3030 BU Roswell 8/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; Dallas 12/6/43; Love 20/7/43; Ephrata 23/7/43; Ardmore 27/10/43; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 6/6/45.Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; Dallas 12/6/43; Love 20/7/43; Ephrata 23/7/43; Ardmore 27/10/43; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 6/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/5/43; Gore 25/5/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-A] Rougham 27/6/43; detailed Duren 20/10/43 Pilot: Gerald T Smith, crew ‘ (10RTD); mission ruled out through bad weather and aircraft crashed near Dover, Kent, UK; Salvaged. 21/10/43. LITTLE SIR ECHO.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 28/6/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-R] Snetterton 1/7/43; MIA Augsburg 16/3/44 Pilot: Russ Hanish, Co-Pilot: John Knott, Navigator: Alan Hissom, Bombardier: Steve O’Lear, Waist Gunner: Ken Glen, Waist Gunner: Chas Hall, Tail Gunner: Bob Conliffe (7POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Hatzfeld, Radio Operator: George Miller, Ball Turret Gunner: John Kropick (3KIA); Enemy aircraft & rockets, crashed Balingen, halfway up the Hirschberg, 13 miles NE of Rottweil, Germany. MACR 3421. DAISY – JUNE IV aka BOMB-BOOGIE.

Delivered Long Beach 9/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Lubbock 28/10/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-B] Framlingham 10/11/43; retUS Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY aka HOLEY JOE aka QUEEN ANN and GENERAL SHERMAN.

Delivered Denver 24/1/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Morrison 3/5/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 5/5/44; Missing in Action Memmingen 18/7/44 with Hans Gussarson, Griffith, Powojski, Carr, Pederson, Cretors, Morley, Guthrie, Morrison, Robinson (10 Killed in Action); Hurst (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Kempten, Ger?; Missing Air Crew Report 6976.

Delivered Denver 23/1/44; Las Vegas 29/1/44; Denver 2/2/44; Pyote 14/3/44; 235 BU Biggs 17/8/44; 207 BU Minneapolis 14/12/44; 1454 BU Minneapolis 17/12/44; 235 BU Biggs 20/12/44; 222 BU Ardmore 8/3/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/8/45.

Delivered Denver 13/10/43; Las Vegas 27/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 9/10/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 25/3/54; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.