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

Delivered Cheyenne 10/12/43; Gt Falls 25/12/43; Cheyenne 10/1/44; Kearney 18/1/44; Grenier Fd 26/1/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-P] Snetterton 3/2/44; MIA Berlin 8/3/44 Pilot: Jim Swendiman, Co-Pilot: Garnett Brown, Navigator: Franklyn Snyder, Bombardier: Joe Bishop, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Handley, Ball Turret Gunner: Clarry Liddick, Waist Gunner: Paul Franke, Tail Gunner: Leo Naimolski (8POW); Radio Operator: Roland Stallings, Waist Gunner: Emmett Melton{died from anoxia} (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed three miles E of Elze, 11 miles W of Celle, Germany. MACR 3428.

Delivered Hunter 1/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 463BG Celone 4/10/44; Returned to the USA 1377 BU Grenier 18/10/45; 1128 BU Grenier 10/2/46; Recl Comp 3/4/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [3R-L] Sudbury 14/7/44; {65m} Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/12/43; Memphis 24/12/43; Orlando 1/1/44; 236 BU Pyote 8/6/44; 235 BU Biggs 16/8/44; 222 BU Ardmore 1/5/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Lakeland 6/1/44; Morrison 14/1/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 16/2/44; transferred 414BS/97BG Amendola 3/7/44; Missing in Action Brux 21/7/44 with John Cunningham, Gibson, Milburn, Gohnet, Whitt, Bucholz, Milaszewski, McGuire, Thompson, Riber; flak, crashed Teplitz-Schonau; Missing Air Crew Report 6950.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/10/44; Hunter 1/11/44; with Paul Quinn force landed Dow Fd 18/11/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-W] Snetterton 22/1/45; transferred 562BS/388BG Knettishall /45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/1/46. ROUND TRIP.

Delivered Dallas 30/4/44; Kearney 13/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned PFF 832BS/486BG [3R-F] Sudbury 3/7/44; 62m ret POWs from Linz 11/7/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 7/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. THE OLD YARD DOG.

Delivered Lincoln 8/1/46; Dow Fd 31/1/45; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 5/2/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 18/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/1/44; Kearney 15/1/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 6/2/44; destroyed on base by Luftwaffe bombing 23/5/44, possibly the only B-17 lost this way. POWERFUL KATRINKA.

Delivered Denver 8/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [A] Glatton 23/5/44; taxi accident with Wilmore Flueman and 44-8414 13/1/45; slight mid-air collision with 43-39087 (457BG) with Fred Stevenson and force landed Belgium 28/3/45; landing accident with Harry Schuler 27/4/45; transferred 547BS/384BG [SO-F] Grafton Underwood 9/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 29/12/45. RENE V.

Delivered Tulsa 13/3/44; MacDill 22/3/44; Hunter 27/3/44; Morrison 4/4/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 19/4/44; Missing in Action Memmingen 18/7/44 with Rich Combs, Blake, Hammontree, Mastalski, Daufeldt, Giard, Nichols, Granneman (8 Killed in Action); McGee, Becker (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; Missing Air Crew Report 7153.

Delivered Lincoln 29/1/45; Grenier 12/2/45; Assigned: 748BS/457BG [O] Glatton 21/3/45; Transferred: 547BS/384BG Grafton Underwood 9/5/45; Salvaged. 9AF Germany. any 11/5/46. BUGS BUNNY.

Delivered: Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 26/12/43; Nutts Corner, Belgium. ast, N.I. 14/1/44; ass 525BS/379BG [FR-L] Kimbolton 29/1/44; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Capt Lytle Shumake, Co-Pilot: George Smith, Navigator: Regis Savage, Bombardier: Lionel Carrillo, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Tom Meehan, Radio Operator: Chester Piatkowski, Ball Turret Gunner: Lyle Edmondson, Waist Gunner: Jack Lairmore, Tail Gunner: Jack Lambert (9KIA); hit by 42-37784 which swerved when hit by flak, crashed between Melchow and Biesenthal, NE of Berlin, Germany. MACR 5321.

Delivered Denver 27/8/43; Scott 29/9/43; ass 525BS/379BG [FR-P] Kimbolton 19/10/43; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Wilton Gease (POW); Co-Pilot: Luciano Gastineau, Navigator: Bob Lorentz, Bombardier: Dick O’Neal, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Fenity, Radio Operator: Roger Egan, Ball Turret Gunner: John Amalfitano, Waist Gunner: Bob Chestnut, Tail Gunner: Carl Fetterolf (8KIA); Enemy aircraft attack caused to veer and coll w/42-38082, crashed Melchow, near Eberswalde, NE of Berlin, Germany. MACR 5322. THE OLD FOX.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/12/43; Salt Lake City 9/12/43; Savannah 20/12/43; Assigned 340BS/97BG Amendola 10/1/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 15/4/44 with Tom McConkey, McGowan, Georgoff, Jerolaman, Wade, Valverde, Souders, Prange, Smith, Espey; Missing Air Crew Report 3977.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Gr Island 28/12/43; Grenier 25/1/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [GX-T] Gt Ashfield 24/1/44; ct fire 6/6/45, Salvaged. BACK TO THE SACK aka JERRY BOY.

Delivered Long Beach 1/10/43; Gr Island 30/10/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-L] Rougham 11/11/43; then 410BS [GL-H]; Missing in Action Bohlan 7/10/44 with George Williams, Bob Dean, Andy Weickel, Ray Snodgrass, Hubert McKay, Melvin Gilmer, Lou Pozgay, Bob Landen (8 Killed in Action); George Perrin (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attack set fire to both wings and ship crashed Wiehe, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9954.

Delivered Denver 31/12/43; 1SAG Langley 22/1/44; Presque Is 17/2/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS-H] as PFF at Rougham 18/2/44; 332BS [XM-J]; transferred 550BS/385BG [ -H] Gt Ashfield 3/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45. DIMPLES DARLING.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Dow Fd 7/9/44; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR-F] Gt Ashfield 11/9/44; Returned to US: Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 30/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 30/11/45.

Delivered Denver 3/11/43; Kearney 14/11/43; ass 562BS/388BG [D] Knettishall 1/12/43; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Joe Coyner{wia}, Co-Pilot: Harry Monroe, Navigator: Fulton Sandler, Bombardier: Don Wiley, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Bode{wia}, Radio Operator: Bill Evans, Ball Turret Gunner: Cecil Turner, Waist Gunner: Jim Chearing, Waist Gunner: Audrey Yates{wia}, Tail Gunner: Warren Smith (10POW); flak KOd two engines, crash-landed Watou, 12 miles W of Ypres, Belgium. MACR 4244.