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

Delivered Kearney 21/6/44; Presque Is 7/7/44; Assigned 342BS/97BG Amendola 14/7/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 13/9/44 with 2Lt Steve C Shelton, 2lt Milton F Barr Jr, 2lt Edgar L Sherbenou, 2Lt Amon N Richards, Sgt Leon H Clifton, S/Sgt Herbert R Davidson, S/Sgt James N Rauh, S/Sgt Athel V Arney, S/Sgt Jack W Lucas, S/Sgt Andrew W Bliven; flak, crashed Gross Strelite; MACR 8954.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/43; Salina 2/3/43; Assigned: 366BS/305BG [KY-G] Chelveston 8/4/43; MIA St Nazaire 29/5/43 Pilot: Jim Perry, Co-Pilot: Bob Roddy, Navigator: Herb Korenko, Bombardier: Russell Rose, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Frutch, Radio Operator: Harold Perry, Ball Turret Gunner: John Gemmel, Waist Gunner: Mike Macinsky, Waist Gunner: Ralph Vitello (9KIA); Tail Gunner: Ray Allaby (POW-only chute to open in time); flak, crashed St Nazaire, Fr. No MACR.

Delivered Tulsa 14/10/42; Wendover 27/2/43; Casper 9/4/43; Tinker 13/6/43; Assigned 398BG Rapid City 14/7/43; crashed a mile north of Air Force Mine School with Orville Prater 6/9/43; Written off 8/9/43.

Delivered Denver 2/11/43; Kearney 14/11/43; ass 547BS/384BG [SO-O] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; also 545BS [JD-O] and 544BS [SU-M]; MIA Germany. an oil inst. 20/7/44 Pilot: Walter Grant, Ben Wells, Herb Zipfel, Tom Farrow, Bill Sexton, Albt Fulwider, Ray Jablonski (7POW); Dan Grabon, Norbert Karcher (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Zetteritz, Ger; MACR 7278. SECTION 8.

Delivered Hunter 7/8/44; Dow Fd 8/9/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 17/9/44; Salvaged 25/9/45.

Delivered Denver 12/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque 8/4/43; Assigned: 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 22/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; MIA Emden 21/5/43 Pilot: Capt Gil Stephenson, Co-Pilot: Don Aulenbach, Navigator: Gene McGowen, Bombardier: Bob Grover{washed up Spiekeroog Is 6/7/43}, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Harrington, Radio Operator: Harry McGillivray, Ball Turret Gunner: Don Manchester, Waist Gunner: Joe Bartgis, Waist Gunner: Don Seigling, Tail Gunner: John Haught (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, damaged wing fell off as ship hit North Sea 70 miles off the Frisian Islands. MACR 3685.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Gore 9/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Stephenville, Nfd 12/4/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-T] Thurleigh 20/4/43; then 423BS [RD-B]; Transferred: 545BS/384BG [JD-X] Grafton Underwood 4/9/43; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 12/12/43; Returned to US: 2/6/44; Scrapped: Arledge 23/11/44. DAMN YANKEE II aka QUEEN JEANIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/7/43; Assigned 88BG Walla Walla 29/7/43; with Jesse Washburn, crashed near Madras Afd, OR 16/9/43; Written off 19/9/43.

Delivered Denver 11/1/44; 1SAG Langley 4/2/44; Grenier 7/3/44; slated 452BG Deopham Green, Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-U] Snetterton 11/3/44; destroyed at Poltava, Russia 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44.

Delivered Denver 20/8/43; Gr Island 18/8/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-W] Grafton Underwood 3/10/43; sal 10/12/44; retUS 1377 BU Grenier 12/1/45; 4124 BU Altus 16/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. KENTUCKY KERNEL.

Delivered Lincoln 28/10/44; Grenier 10/12/44; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 22/1/45; battle damage Hamburg 17/1/45 Pilot: Ira Smith, Co-Pilot: Bob Wilcox, Navigator: Bill Nicholson, Bombardier: Howard Simon, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harry Hoffman, Radio Operator: Bob Scott, Ball Turret Gunner: Haskell Ray, Waist Gunner: Julian Anderson, Tail Gunner: Bill Everly (9INT); flak, forced landing Bulltofta, Sweden. MACR 11728; rep & ret UK; Returned to US: Bradley 1/8/45; Independence 3/8/45; Scrapped: Kingman 10/12/45.

Delivered Tulsa 14/10/42; Gt Falls, Mt, with Bill Wiseman force landed Hill Fd, Ogden 17/10/42; with Rich Hoke crashed on take off Hill Fd 13/11/42; Written off 19/11/42.

Delivered Denver 20/11/42; Walla Walla 31/1/43; Seattle 5/3/43; Hill 28/5/43; Rapid City 2/6/43; with Jim McColl force landed Allentown Fd PA 5/7/45; Walla Walla 10/7/43; 357 BU Kellogg 18/9/44; 326 BU MacDill 24/9/44; 4112 BU Olmstead 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/7/43; Moses Lake 30/7/43; 225 BU Rapid City 29/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 27/8/45.

Delivered Bismark 2/2/44; Dorval 4/2/44; Assigned: RAF [HB-770]; Transferred: USAAF 7/4/44; ass 562BS/388BG Knettishall 1/7/44; MIA French RR juncts 8/7/44 Pilot: Bob Gill, George Oliver, John West, Don McKinney, Gunnar Sand, John Thorpe, Leon Stawasz, Theo Poage {tg} (8POW); Hubert Bishop, Melvin Hansen, Capt Virgil Wilcox {mission pilot} (3EVD); flak, crashed Abbeville, Fr. MACR 7362.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Grenier 25/7/44; Assigned: 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 4/6/44; crash-landed Ford RN A/fd, Susx, UK 7/8/44; Salvaged. AFSC 18/8/44.

Delivered Tulsa 24/11/42; Biggs 3/1/43; Blythe 18/3/43; Assigned 593BS/396BG Moses Lake 2/5/43; force landed base with John Fante 22/6/43; 231 BU Alamogordo 30/6/44; 202 BU Galveston 15/7/44; 120 BU Richmond 9/10/44; 222 BU Ardmore 23/2/45; 274 BU Herington 15/6/45; 4208 BU Mines 17/9/45; 486 BU Herington 9/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/43; Dyersburg 7/8/43; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 3/9/43; MIA Gelsenkirchen 5/11/43 Pilot: Bill Bramwell, Co-Pilot: Bill Current, Navigator: Chas Smith, Waist Gunner: Les Meader, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Sage (5POW); Bombardier: John Maiorca, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: H.C. Johnson, Waist Gunner: George Watt (3EVD); Radio Operator: Albertus Harrenstein{found in wreckage}, Tail Gunner: John Craig (2KIA); flak, crashed Lokeren, Belgium. MACR 3137. FLAK SUIT.

Delivered Eglin 29/7/43; Gore 30/7/43; Eglin 8/8/43; Written off 26/9/43.

Delivered Eglin 29/7/43; 611 BU Eglin 2/6/44; 610 BU Eglin 4/9/44; 216 BU Wendover 19/9/44; with Harry Amahein force landed Avon Park 18/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/12/45.