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

Delivered Lincoln 23/12/44; Dow Fd 25/1/45; Assigned 8AF 1/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; 613 BU Phillips 7/3/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/7/43; Kearney 25/7/43; Topeka 14/8/43; Scott 17/8/43; Assigned: 364BS/305BG [WF-M] Chelveston 18/9/43; on training flight 15/11/43 Pilot: ca-Capt Varney Cline, p-Denzel Smith, Co-Pilot: John Neundorfer, Navigator: Randolph Lee, Bombardier: Leo Ferrara, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Fred Clark, Radio Operator: Conley Need, Ball Turret Gunner: Max Caselman, Waist Gunner: Clarry Anderson, Waist Gunner: Spencer Flynn, Tail Gunner: ‘; (11KIA), coll w/42-29953, wreckage down at Newton Bromswold, near base.

Delivered Denver 17/3/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-Q] Ridgewell 25/5/43 MAN O’ WAR Pilot: Orlando Koenig, Everett Malone, Dave Jones, John Stracotenko, Leo Perkins, Tom Moore, Arth Everett, Bob Colborn, Russ Huebner, Walter Buran; {10m} Transferred: 364BS/305BG [WF-F] Chelveston 22/8/43; on training operation 25/11/43 w/Wetzel Mays, Co-Pilot: Bill Woodward, Navigator: Enoch Markt, Bombardier: Dave Braunig, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harrison Jones, Radio Operator: Joe Gasperetti, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Hudyck, Waist Gunner: Leon Brown, Waist Gunner: Chas Newton, Tail Gunner: Chas Neogra (10KIA); coll w/42-30666, ther wreckage of both down at Newton Bromswold, near base, MACR 1402. WOLFESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/4/44; Pyote 25/4/44; used in training by 452BG; 235 BU Biggs 18/8/44; 222 BU Ardmore 7/3/45; 4210 BU Lambert 7/5/45; 222 BU Ardmore 19/5/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 19/1/45; Grenier 6/2/45; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 14/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/2/46.

Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned: 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 11/4/44; MIA Pas de Calais 27/4/44 Pilot: Capt Ashley Guynn, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Thomas, Tail Gunner: Ernie Hernandez (3KIA); Co-Pilot: Rich Bender, n/Bombardier: Edmund Hollister, ng-S/Sgt-John Northrup, Radio Operator: George Swingle, Ball Turret Gunner: Bernie Weiss, Waist Gunner: Ed Kucinski, Waist Gunner: Chas Mouser (7POW); flak and Enemy aircraft set ship on fire which exploded, most wreckage falling in the Channel; the KIA recovered near Killem, 12 miles E of Dunkirk, Fr; MACR 4299.

Cheyenne 1/3/44; Dyersburg 22/3/44; with Nick Pastor 8/1/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; 327 BU Drew 28/8/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 4/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Ardmore 21/3/44; 222 BU Ardmore 20/7/44; 202 BU Galveston 13/8/44; 222 BU Ardmore 16/8/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 26/7/44; forced landing base 17/12/44 Pilot: John Rice; battle damage {27m} Aschaffenburg 21/1/45 w/Bradley; f/l Sauverne, Fr; Salvaged. 28/2/45. SMASHING TIME!

Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/44; Kearney 4/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 20/6/44; 710BG; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Vladimir Mateyka, Keith McCall, Lou Sobolof, Virgil Ethridge, Tony Carnesi, Laverne Pratt, Gene Schmidt, John Simpson, Tom Davis (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 9779. RED HOT MAMA.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Kearney 13/5/44; Grenier 27/5/44; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-R] Ridgewell 3/6/44; {66+m} Returned to US: Bradley 26/5/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 31/5/45; Scrapped: Kingman 9/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Hunter 16/5/44; Grenier 27/5/44; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-J] Ridgewell 12/6/44; battle damage {53+m} Oranienburg 15/3/45 Pilot: Carpenter; crash-landed Woodbridge ELG, UK; 1KIA 2WIA 6RTD; Salvaged.

Delivered Lincoln 1/11/44; Dow Fd 12/11/44; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-S] Ridgewell 19/12/44; Returned to US: Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 16/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 20/12/45. CRACK-A-DAWN.

The history of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-F] Ridgewell 23/5/44; {102m} Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. AVENGRESS II.

Delivered Hunter 23/12/44; Grenier 2/1/45; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 5/2/45; Returned to US: Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 31/5/45; Scrapped: Kingman 25/11/45. LITTLE LULU.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 92BG Podington 12/6/44; transferred 548BS/385BG [XA-F] Gt Ashfield 28/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Hyman Kaplan, Kelso Poore, Ned Mertz (3 Killed in Action); Harry Livingston, Walt Schulte, Jim Mulder, Alf Flesner, Bruce Ely, Harry Mathieu (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Liepe, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9517.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 11/7/44; transferred 834BS/486BG [2S-N] Sudbury 12/7/44; 70m returned POWs from Austria 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45. THE WORRY BIRD.

Delivered Tulsa 28/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned: 385BG Gt Ashfield 22/4/44; landing acc, hit P-51 at Honington A/fd 30/7/44.

Delivered Tulsa 23/2/44; Gr Island 3/3/44; Grenier 25/3/44; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG-P] Gt Ashfield 27/3/44; returning from Zwickau 10/5/44 Pilot: John Seehoff, Co-Pilot: Bill Laughter, Navigator: Chester Krecisz, Bombardier: Stew Hanson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: E. Pilney; Radio Operator: W. Norris; Ball Turret Gunner: Larry Russell, Waist Gunner: Bob Corhy, Waist Gunner: Russell Houser; Tail Gunner: M. Rouselle (10RTD); damaged by Enemy aircraft, crew baled Thames Estuary as ship ditched approaching UK, Salvaged. 12/5/44. STORK CLUB.