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

Delivered Long Beach 2/9/43; Gr Island 4/10/43; ass 331BS/94BG [QE-O] Rougham 7/10/43; then 332BS [XM-M]; Navigator: Lt Leon Johnson (KIA), Bombardier: Bob Schumaker{wia} 13/2/44; crash: takeoff for mission 10/4/44, Pilot: Bill Williams, Co-Pilot: John Dougherty, n-Albert Radasky, b-Rich Dunken, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Parks, Radio Operator: Larry Baumann, Ball Turret Gunner: Edmund Twitt, Waist Gunner: Jim Ashworth, Waist Gunner: Herb Farmer, Tail Gunner: Jack Caudle (10RTD), sal. HARD TO GET aka HOUSE OF LORDS.

Delivered Denver 16/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-M] Rougham 18/11/43; battle damaged Geissen, Ger? 7/4/45 and force landed Continent; was first 94BG ship to complete 100m; Salvaged. SKINNY.

Delivered Long Beach 26/8/43; Gr Island 4/10/43; ass 548BS/385BG [GX-M] Gt Ashfield 10/10/43; MIA Hamm 22/4/44 Pilot: John McDavitt, Co-Pilot: Howard Claflin, Navigator: Chas Hickless, Bombardier: Larry Wickter, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Lane, Radio Operator: Larry Foss, Ball Turret Gunner: Marvin Walker, Waist Gunner: Dominic Montagna, Waist Gunner: Phil Gregory, Tail Gunner: George Moss (10POW); flak KOd #3, crashed Bislicher, near Hamminkeln, sdix miles NW of Wesel/Rhein, Germany. MACR 4168. WAR CRY II.

Delivered Denver 20/2/43; Gore 28/2/43; Colorado Springs 19/3/43; Peterson 8/6/43; Bolling 22/7/43; Bradley 14/8/43; Assigned (F-9) 1 Photo Gp Bolling 1/9/43; MacDill 10/10/43; Smoky Hill 28/10/43; converted to F-9 photo recon Patterson 14/12/43; Clovis 28/3/44; Patterson 18/8/44; Clovis 14/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45.

Delivered Tulsa 13/3/45; Sth Plains 28/4/45; 268 BU Peterson 26/6/45; 484 BU Topeka 26/9/45; 482 BU Merced 15/10/45; 482 BU Castle 29/4/46; 556 BU Long Beach 18/6/46; 482 BU Castle 22/8/46; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/9/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 30/6/47; Recl Comp 4/11/48.

Delivered Denver 20/2/43; Gore 28/2/43; Colorado Springs 27/3/43; Dallas 17/5/43; sal 27/5/43; Colorado Springs 25/6/43; Peterson 13/8/43; 325 BU Avon Park 10/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/9/45.(One record gives this as destroyed base explosion at Framlingham, UK 27/5/43)

Delivered Tulsa 6/10/42; Pyote 31/12/42; Biggs 21/1/43; Pueblo 4/3/43; Geiger 3/5/43; Ephrata 1/8/43; Written off 22/4/44.

Delivered Tulsa 3/5/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Grenier 24/5/44; Assigned: 749BS/457BG [O] Glatton 5/6/44; MIA Munich 12/7/44 Pilot: Ed Kozel, Co-Pilot: Alvie Phares, Navigator: Selig Patchick, Bombardier: Carl Altimus, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Nichols, Radio Operator: Jacob Alpert, Ball Turret Gunner: Dwight Sranson, Waist Gunner: Tom Delrumple, Tail Gunner: Bill Koester (9INT); flak, forced landing Payerne, Switz; MACR 6925. HELL’S BELLE.

Delivered Oklahoma City 9/3/45; Sth Plains 27/4/45; 268 BU Peterson 26/7/45; 427 BU Roswell 22/1/46; 4136 BU Tinker 17/6/46; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/9/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 23/6/47; Recl Comp 18/4/50. (On display at Rio de Janiero 1985)

Delivered Cheyenne 29/10/43; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-W] Gt Ashfield 1/1/44; force landed with Horr, Salvaged n/battle damaged 6/5/45. RAGGEDY ANN.

Delivered Hunter 19/11/44; Dow Fd 29/11/44; Assigned: 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 4/12/44; Returned to US: Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 7/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/11/45.

Delivered Denver 25/10/43; Harvard 29/10/43; ass 709BS/447BG [IE-K] Rattlesden 21/11/43; MIA Brussels 20/5/44 Pilot: Chas Mitchell, Co-Pilot: Ed Frost, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Andy Marsin, Ball Turret Gunner: Gene Szulczewski, Waist Gunner: Bob Sasse, Waist Gunner: Dick Kindic, Tail Gunner: Ray McCarthy (7EVD); Navigator: Joe Keenan, Bombardier: Leo McLaughlin, Radio Operator: Paul Dickerson (3POW); actually hit by friendly fire from another 447BG B-17, crashed Neerbeck, seven miles NE of Maarstricht, Hol. MACR 4938.

Cloud Physics Project aircraft Olmstead 1950; all armament removed and director’s station installed at top turret position; nose revised with sensors and radar.

Delivered Denver 21/10/43; Gr Island 4/11/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-L] Thurleigh 12/12/43; transferred 369BS [WW- L] damaged in taxi accident preparing for mission 17/9/44 with Bob Edwards, Co-pilot: W.R. Correll, Navigator: Keith Warner, Bombardier: E.F. Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: M.C. Morley, Radio Operator: T.C. Giradot, Ball turret gunner: Joe Page, Waist gunner: John Browning,Tail gunner: J.H. Fredericks (9 Returned to Duty), brakes failed and hit 42-37943; sal. WEARY BONES.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/2/43; Salina 5/3/43; Gore 8/3/43; Palm Beach 30/3/43; force landed Morrison Fd, FL. with Joe Debona 6/4/43; Tinker 5/5/43; Long Beach 3/7/43; Presque Is 7/7/43; Assigned 8AF HQ but transferred MTO 24/7/43; Salvaged Italy 16/6/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/2/43; Gore 7/3/43; New Castle 6/4/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-T] Thurleigh 19/5/43; MIA Wilhelmshafen 21/5/43 Pilot: Floyd Fields, Navigator: Dick Clausen, Radio Operator: Phil Zimmerman, Ball Turret Gunner: Morriece Moody{body recovered from sea 8/7/43}, Waist Gunner: Gus Retkofsky{body recovered from sea 16/8/43} (5KIA); Co-Pilot: Erwin Efird, Bombardier: Harry Young{wia}, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Goodwin{wia}, Waist Gunner: Harry Cromer{wia}, Tail Gunner: Fortunato Gelfo{wia} (5POW); all rescued by Germany. an seaplane and flown to hospital in Heligoland; flak KO’d two engines, ditched North Sea. MACR 16018.

Delivered Long Beach 8/11/43; Denver 15/11/43; Kingman 20/11/43; 3018 BU Kingman 23/3/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 9/6/45; 3028 BU Luke 16/8/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 18/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/2/43; Patterson 2/3/43; Colorado Springs 18/3/43; converted to F-9 photo-recon Patterson 30/4/43; McClellan 9/6/43; Assigned (F-9) 1st Photo Gp Bradley 1/9/43; 1st Ph Sq MacDill 21/12/43; Salvaged 5/12/45.

Delivered Denver 14/10/42; Bolling 1/1/43; Orlando 3/7/43; Montbrook 12/8/43; with Don Barclay force landed 4136 BU Tinker 28/9/44; survey Tinker 5/2/45; Written off 1/8/45; Recl Comp 13/2/46.

Delivered Tulsa 21/3/44; Kearney 4/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 25/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Recl Comp 7/6/46. L’IL EIGHT BALL.

Delivered Long Beach 5/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; ass 364BS/305BG Chelveston 22/1/44; MIA Frankfurt 8/2/44 Pilot: Phil Stuckey, Co-Pilot: Francis Green, Navigator: Elwin Butler{recovered from Channel 24/4/44}, Bombardier: Howard Madsen, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Kruse (5KIA); Radio Operator: Lee Frakes, Ball Turret Gunner: Henry Kennemuir, Waist Gunner: Art Jones, Waist Gunner: Odis Pickering, Tail Gunner: Carl Mielke (5EVD); Enemy aircraft, crashed Macquenoise, Belgium. MACR 2492.

Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Long Beach 6/3/43; Blythe 7/5/43; Geiger 28/5/43; Redmond 18/6/43; Walla Walla 15/8/43; with Paul Matt force landed 20 miles SW of Venice Fd, FL 1/12/43; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/44; 327 BU Drew 16/8/44; 301 BU Drew 19/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/43; Salina 5/3/43; Gore 8/3/43; Tinker 19/3/43; Morrison 31/3/43; Assigned: 96BG Grafton Underwood 2/4/43; Transferred: 368BS/306BG [BO-N] Thurleigh 20/5/43; on training mission Pilot: Max Judas, Co-Pilot: Jim Cummings, Bombardier: Ed Seifried, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Leland Kessler, Radio Operator: Joe Graziano, Waist Gunner: Lou Hlavac, Waist Gunner: Germany. ld Stroud, Tail Gunner: Elwood Brontzman (8RTD); at very low altitude aircraft crash-landed Dunsby, near Spalding, Lincs.; Salvaged. 21/5/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/42; Pyote 13/1/43; Gulfport 3/5/43; Pyote 29/7/43; 246 BU Pratt 6/6/44; 29BG Dalhart 5/9/44; 246 BU Pratt 16/9/44; 4134 BU Spokane 12/10/44; 3705 BU Lowry 20/10/44, Written off.