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

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.

Delivered Lincoln 11/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-S] Chelveston 3/1/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 22/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 23/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45.

Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Long Beach 4/3/43; Blythe 6/3/43; force landed base with Jack Fowles 20/3/43; Biggs 28/4/43; Dalhart 9/8/43; Pyote 22/9/43; Tinker 6/12/43; Clovis 23/12/43; 4117 BU Robins 13/6/44; 242 BU Gr Isle 14/6/44; 273 BU Lincoln 24/6/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 23/8/44; 4112 BU Olmstead 10/11/44; 268 BU Peterson 28/11/44; 224 BU Sioux City 25/2/45; 247 BU Smoky Hill 16/3/45; 554 BU Memphis 26/8/45; 224 BU Sioux City 9/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/43; Fairfield 1/3/43; Gt Falls 28/3/43; Colorado Springs 6/4/43; converted to F-9 photo-recon Peterson 8/6/43; crash landed Lambert Fd, MO with Paul Cullen 9/6/43; Written off 17/6/43. {F-9}.