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

Delivered Long Beach 3/4/43; Assigned 100BG but transferred Dyersburg 16/4/43; Tinker 13/12/43; with Jim Bonner force landed Tinker 1/3/44; 499BG Smoky Hill 9/8/44; 233 BU Davis Monthan 15/8/44; 235 BU Biggs 3/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/44; Kearney 25/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-V] Thurleigh 13/6/44; in base landing accident Pilot: John Davis 8/1/45; Salvaged. 9/1/45. LASSIE COME HOME.

Delivered Lincoln 2/10/44; Dow Fd 13/10/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 24/10/44; Returned to the USA 593 BU Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/10/45.

Delivered Denver 13/4/44; Albuquerqe 17/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Lowry Fd 5/5/44; W/O 7/5/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Gr Island 15/2/44; Presque Is 5/3/44; Assigned: 423BS/306BG [RD-W] Thurleigh 24/3/44; #3 caught fire after t/o for mission, u/c was retracted, Pilot: Wilbur Weiland, Co-Pilot: Jim Seymour, Navigator: F.A. Brookway, Bombardier: J.C. Chambers, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: S.J La Gory, Radio Operator: M.L. Hodges, Ball Turret Gunner: J.D. Subal, Waist Gunner: V.A. McQuinn, Waist Gunner: J.A. McShaffery, Tail Gunner: A. Berman (10RTD); Acc Inn. Board apportion blame equally with p and cp; Salvaged. 2 SAD 2/5/44.

Delivered Long Beach 9/10/43; Hobbs 22/10/43; 3018 BU Kingman 8/1/45; Recl. Comp. 17/1/45.

Delivered Long Beach 8/10/43; Walla Walla 8/11/43; Written off 23/11/43.

Delivered Denver 2/3/44; Kearney 12/3/44; Presque Is 5/4/44; Assigned: 563BS/388BG [O] Knettishall 6/4/44; destroyed by Enemy aircraft at Poltava Pilot: Lt Gaylon 21/6/44; Salvaged. 2/7/44. ROUND TRIP.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/44; Alexandra 12/2/44; Presque Is 18/3/44; Assigned: 366BS/305BG Chelveston 31/3/44; MIA Nancy 27/4/44 Pilot: Bob Knight, Navigator: Fred Brown, Bombardier: John Hendrickson, Radio Operator: Leo Fines, Ball Turret Gunner: Alvin Billingsley, Waist Gunner: Joe Casatelli (6KIA); Co-Pilot: Herman Sutter, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Emery Tipton, Waist Gunner: Don Parker, Tail Gunner: Jim Montone (4POW); flak, crashed Sompuis, three miles E of Poivres, six miles E of Mailley le Camp, 19 miles S of Chalons-sur-Marne, Fr; MACR 4277.

Delivered Denver 7/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned: 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 30/4/44; taxi accident 21/2/45, Salvaged.

Delivered Lincoln 7/10/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 5/12/44; transferred 401BG Deenethorpe 25/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; Sth Plains 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/12/42; Duncan 25/3/43; Hobbs 4/8/434; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; 3508 BU Truax 17/4/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 231/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/8/45.

Delivered Long Beach 6/10/43; Gr Island 4/11/43; Assigned 8AF 23/11/43; transferred to AFMSC 20/3/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-M] Thurleigh 25/4/44; damaged by base explosion of 42-107086 on adjoining hardstand 6/8/44, Salvaged 2 SAD. FORTUNATE YOUTH.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/10/43; Las Vegas 26/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 9/2/44; with John Monypenny force landed base 24/3/45; Recl Comp 9/5/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/8/44; Lincoln 15/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned: 447BS Rattlesden 5/9/44; Transferred: 524BS/379BG [WA-D] Kimbolton 25/9/44; loaned 15AF 12/11 – 12/12/44; Returned to US: Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 7/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Denver 16/11/42; Sioux City 4/12/42; Assigned 461BS/331BG Casper 4/1/43; with Jack Fowler had landing accident due to bad weather on 15/1/43; Written off 16/2/43.

Delivered Denver 7/3/44; 488BG MacDill 22/4/44; 326 BU MacDill 2/2/45; 329 BU Alexandra 9/3/44; with Rich Ludwig force landed Gandy Bridge, FL 10/7/44; with Wayne Dorsett force landed MacDill 29/10/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 25/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Denver 21/3/44; Yuma 26/4/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 5/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered Tulsa 14/5/44; Kearney 26/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-U] Grafton Underwood 12/6/44; MIA Koblenz 11/10/44 Pilot: Max Levine, Jerome Williams, George Trlica, Bill Allen (4KIA); Dale Yeoman, Bob Gilroy, John Larson, Lloyd Stevenson, Doug McGregor (5POW); flak, crashed Mayen, Germany. MACR 9478. HOT AFTER IT.