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

Delivered Tulsa 3/3/44; Dalhart 12/3/44; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/45; 222 BU Ardmore 14/6/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/8/45.

Delivered Denver 10/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned: 524BS/379BG [WA-M] Kimbolton 27/1/44; Bombardier: Bill Rau (KIA-pilot was Ernal Bridwell) 29/1/44 his ship landing at RAF Bradwell Bay; MIA Ludwigshafen 8/9/44 Pilot: Orvest Ellingson, Cliff Danielsen, Roy Manssen, Joe De Mure (4KIA); Joe Wells, Merrill Collins, Bob Harrell, Clair Young, Wallace Tipsword (5POW); flak, crashed Mannheim, Germany. MACR 8844. THE BLUE BLAZING BLIZZARD.

Delivered Cheyenne 15-Jan-44; Great Falls 18-Jan-44; Grand Island 30-Jan-44; Grenier 15-Feb-44; Presque Isle, Maine 25-Feb-44; Assigned 27FS/2FG Goose Bay, Labrador; lost en route UK 10-Mar-44 100 miles E of Meeks Field, Iceland – 10KIS Missing Air Crew Report 2732.

Delivered Denver 5/1/43; Pueblo 19/1/43; Pyote 14/3/43; Dalhart 6/5/43; Pyote 21/5/43; Tinker 13/8/43; 325 BU Avon Park 23/8/44; 331 BU Barksdale 24/2/45; 325 BU Avon Park 27/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Denver 21/1/44; MacDill 7/2/44; Morrison 8/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Tortorella 11/3/44; transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {63m} crashed on take off, exploded 5/10/44; Salvaged. FEARLESS FOSDICK.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/44; Gr Island 6/4/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned ?. Became Air Sea Rescue SB-17G in 1953.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; Hunter 31/3/44; Dow Fd 18/4/44; Assigned: 366BS/305BG Chelveston 1/5/44; MIA Merseburg 24/8/44 Pilot: Horace Mockett, Rueben Thode, George Hammer, Vic Prezioso, Roger Joslyn, Walt Norem, Ed Griffin, Bill Palmer {died later}, Ray Trowbridge (9POW); flak, crash-landed Hagen, Germany. MACR 8206.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned: 364BS/305BG [WF-L] Chelveston 23/5/44; battle damage Dresden 14/2/45 Pilot: ‘ Bingham; forced landing continent. STATEMENT OF CHARGES.

Delivered Denver 21/1/44; Cheyenne 23/1/44; Amarillo 2/2/44; MacDill 4/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 13/3/44; transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {82m} Returned to the USA 4100 BU Patterson 14/3/45; 1103 BU Morrison 26/3/45; Recl Comp 24/5/46. OH JOSIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/7/44; Kearney 26/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 27/8/44; crashed on take off for Dresden 15/2/45 with Chas Bush; 7KIA; Salvaged.

Delivered Oklahoma City 12/1/45; Hunter 15/2/45; Boca Raton 4/3/45; Grenier 25/3/45; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-O] Alconbury 26/3/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 2/7/43; Dalhart 20/7/43; 4115 BU Atlanta 16/6/44; 6BG Gd Isle 8/7/44; 242 BU Gd Isle 16/9/44; 202 BU Galveston 3/10/44; 902 BU Orlando Written off 27/10/44; 446 BU Orlando 31/10/46; Recl Comp 29/5/47.

Delivered Denver 16/1/44; Gt Falls 19/1/44; Scott 2/2/44; MacDill 4/2/44; Homestead 21/3/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 22/3/44; crash landed base ex-Salzburg 11/11/44 with Harlan Nueman, Carney, Stoner, Rogers, Bozeman, Watt {Wounded in Action}, Tappen, Schooley (8 Returned to Duty); Numedahl (Killed in Action); Ginoza (Prisoner of War); two engines out, bomb hung up in bay, burned and exploded; crew safe. MISS TREATED.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-P] Ridgewell 29/5/43 Pilot: Frank Chapman, Dick Robinson, Bill Hodge, Wilson Cupp, Otha Frost, Edwin Myers, Ed Pope, John Wardell, Bill Richardson, Bob Gugenheim; MIA {28m} Oschersleben 30/1/44 w/Carl Baer{body washed up 4/2/44}, Co-Pilot: Bob Remple, Navigator: Malcolm Van Hise, Bombardier: Henry Palas, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Vogelbaugh, Radio Operator: Joe Moore, Ball Turret Gunner: Phil Phillipuk, Waist Gunner: John Tully, Waist Gunner: Jim Rigat, Tail Gunner: Ed Meyers (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea off Gt Yarmouth, MACR 2495. CHAP’S FLYING CIRCUS.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Gr Island 30/3/44; with John Hartz force landed MacDill 5/6/44; with Melvin Gossman force landed ? FL 6/10/44; 326 BU MacDill 24/12/44; 4117 BU Robins 3/1/45; 120 BU Richmond 18/1/45; 4140 BU Rome 22/1/45; Hunter 29/4/45; 3704 BU Keesler 3/5/45; 6138 BU Phillips 4/7/46; 3704 BU Keesler 30/6/48.

Delivered Amarillo 7/7/43; Dallas 19/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Gt Ashfield 8/43; MIA Rostock 24/2/44 Pilot: John Terrace (KIA-probably baled too late); Co-Pilot: Eugene St John, Navigator: Tom Harrington, Bombardier: Claude Edwards, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Worley, Radio Operator: Bill Morrison, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Goldsmith, Waist Gunner: Joe Lovely, Waist Gunner: Clyde Wilkinson, Tail Gunner: Chas Coleman (9POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, off Rugen Is, Germany. MACR 2778. CLARISSA JEAN.

Delivered Long Beach 20/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Dow Fd 20/3/43; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43; MIA Hamburg 25/6/43 Pilot: Maj Seldon McMillin, Co-Pilot: Jim Smith, Navigator: Capt Jim Foister, Bombardier: Francis Meyers, Radio Operator: John Reichwein, Ball Turret Gunner: Lynn Jone, Waist Gunner: Dave Pratt, Waist Gunner: Stan McArthur, Tail Gunner: Art Nelson (9POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Robert Harrison Buckley (KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Smallbroek, SW of Beilen, Hol. MACR 16357.

Delivered Kearney 30/6/44; Dow Fd 11/7/44; Assigned 834BS/486BG [2S-E] 19/7/44; {78m} Returned to the USA Chanute 8/7/45; Sth Plains 24/10/45; Recl Comp 7/6/46. COALTOWN EXPRESS.

Delivered Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 834BS/486BG [2S-C] Sudbury 14/7/44; carried three yellow bands round fuselage; 66m force landed Germany 5/4/45; Rep and Returned to the USA Bradley 8/7/45; Sth Plains 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45. HOMESICK ANGEL.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/6/44; Kearney 12/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned: 385BG Gt Ashfield 2/7/44; Transferred: 571BS/390BG [FC-R] Framlingham 3/7/44; crash-landed at base on return from Nurnberg Pilot: John Corcoran 5/4/45; Salvaged. 25/4/45. TAKE IT EASY.

Delivered Long Beach 20/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Dow Fd 20/3/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-N] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43; Missing in Action Nantes 16/9/43 with John Butler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Turlington (2 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Herman Wollenweber, Navigator: Ed Knowling, Bombardier: Burnia Martin, Radio Operator: Preston Davis,Tail gunner: Clarry Barnes (5 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Herb May, Waist gunner: Marion Rogers, Waist gunner: Walt Sword (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Rennes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 722. HELL’S BELLES II.

Delivered Long Beach 13/9/43; Gr Island 3/10/43; ass 364BS/305BG [WF-A] Chelveston 18/10/43; on a practice mission Pilot: Julius Sensat, Co-Pilot: Lloyd Slimp, Navigator: Capt Clarry Cole, Bombardier: Melvin Arnold, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Everett Yake, w (‘) ‘ Cpl Chas Holt (6RTD-3inj) crash-landed base when u/c was retracted too early 18/4/44, sal 19/4/44. HITLER’S HEADACHE.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; Sioux City 20/3/44; W/O 21/3/44.

Delivered Long Beach 18/7/43; Cheyenne 22/7/43; 247 BU Smoky Hill 9/6/44; 273 BU Lincoln 12/8/44; 247 BU Smoky Hill 30/8/44; to Dalhart with Floyd Brunn force landed after problems over gunnery range at Alamagordo, NM 2/10/43; 235 BU Biggs 6/10/44; 4202 BU Syracuse 3/4/45; 593 BU Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45.