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

Delivered Hunter 17/11/44; Grenier 1/12/44; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-G] Thurleigh 3/1/45; Transferred: 533BS/381BG Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to US: Bradley 23/6/45; Sth Plains 29/6/45; Scrapped: Albuquerque 14/1/46. CHOO-Z-SUZY.

Delivered Dallas 17/6/44; Langley 18/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 6/8/44; transferred 447BG Rattlesden 7/8/44; badly damaged by debris from exploding aircraft while preparing for mission 21/2/45, Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; MacDill 8/4/44; 326 BU MacDill 5/2/45; 327 BU Drew 17/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 20/7/43; Cheyenne 23/7/43; with Norman Osborne force landed Clovis, NM 12/4/44; 202 BU Galveston 18/6/44; 4200 Chicago Mun 6/8/44; Fairfax 21/8/44; 202 BU Galveston 10/10/44; 222 BU Ardmore 23/2/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 1/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 29/6/43; Amarillo 11/7/43; Dallas 10/8/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 23/6/44; 6BG Gd Isle 8/7/44; 9AF Spec Project 18/8/44; 244 BU Harvard 10/10/44; 242 BU Gd Isle 16/10/44; 268 BU Peterson 18/10/44; 2116 BU Napier 19/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/7/45.

Delivered Denver 27/9/43; Gr Island 15/10/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-E] Framlingham 21/10/43; severe battle damaged over Berlin 6/3/44 with J. Flottorp, crew ? (10 Returned to Duty); on return aircraft had over 700 holes and sal 8/3/44. GLORIA ANN.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-Y] Ridgewell 27/5/44; battle damaged {51m} Kassel 1/1/45 with Peters; force landed France, crew flew home in C-47; Salvaged. FEATHER MERCHANT II.

Delivered Long Beach 3/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; ass 533BS/381BG [VP-W] Ridgewell 5/1/44 as ASSEND, re-named MIASSES DRAGON; Transferred: 535BS [MS-W]; lost #2 on return from Dessau 30/5/44 Pilot: Howard Yates, Navigator: Earl Reno, b/g-Sgt Paula Van Derzee, Radio Operator: Ron Founds, Ball Turret Gunner: Chester Erringer, Waist Gunner: Bob Cantor, Tail Gunner: Morton Ex (7RTD); Co-Pilot: Bob Klutho (POW- baled thinking control was lost); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Dixon (KIA) MACR 5385; sal in Europe 14/3/45. ME AND MY GAL.

Delivered Long Beach 6/11/43; Denver 22/11/43; Kearney 24/11/43; RAF Valley, Wales 14/12/43; ass 535BS/381BG [MS-X] Ridgewell 6/1/44; severe battle damage Nancy 6/2/44 Pilot: Henry Putek, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lifford French, Radio Operator: Jim Bomar, Ball Turret Gunner: Herb Burgasser, Waist Gunner: Vince Shortell, Tail Gunner: George Vinovich (6RTD); Co-Pilot: Alf Coffman, Navigator: Conrad Blalock, Bombardier: Harvey Christianson (3 bailed over France, returned later); an explosion near top turrent set off flares, forced landing Dunkeswell, Som., UK., a US Navy field; crew all returned; sal 2 SAD Watton, Nfk. 7/2/44. TOUCH THE BUTTON NELL.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/44; Gt Falls 26/2/44; Cheyenne 28/2/44; with Hubert Potter crashed two miles W Denison, IA 9/5/44; W/O 11/5/44.

Delivered Long Beach 30/6/43; Amarillo 3/7/43; Dallas 9/8/43; 441 BU Glendale 4/6/44; 497BG Pratt 7/6/44; 246 BU Pratt 29/6/44; 232 BU Dalhart 9/7/44; 202 BU Galveston 7/12/44; 222 BU Ardmore 28/3/45; 3505 BU Scott 6/4/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 24/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Cheyenne 1/3/44; Pyote 19/3/44; 235 BU Biggs 18/8/44; 4505 BU Kelly 1/9/44; 235 BU Biggs 17/1/45; 224 BU Sioux City 8/3/45; 332 BU Ardmore 19/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/8/45.

Delivered Lincoln 30/9/44; Dow Fd 12/10/44; Assigned: 385BG Gt Ashfield 14/10/44; trans 835BS/486BG [H8-N] Sudbury 11/44; {57m} Returned to US: Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 10/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 28/11/45. MISS B. HAVIN.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/44; Sioux City 16/3/44; with Duren Spivey force landed base 16/12/44; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/45; 225 BU Rapid City 16/6/45; 203 BU Jackson 13/7/45; 247 BU Smoky Hill 24/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/8/44; Lincoln 21/8/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-Q] Ridgewell 20/9/44; Returned to US: Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 30/5/45; Recl Comp 7/6/46. THE JOKER III.

Delivered Denver 16/12/42; Assigned 18BS/34BG Blythe 15/12/42; bellied in with Joe Peck 13/2/43, rep.; Dalhart 22/5/43; Tinker 13/6/43; Dalhart 2/7/43; Written off 18/8/43; Tinker 27/11/43; 248 BU Walker 16/6/44; 221 BU Alexandra 18/8/44; Recl Comp 13/3/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Romulus 12/11/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-N] Ridgewell 11/12/43; on mission to Achmer 21/2/44 Pilot: George McIntosh; Navigator: Allen Bergreen, Bombardier: Bill Piekarski baled out and became POWs; MIA {10m} Schweinfurt 13/4/44 w/Jim Mullane, Co-Pilot: Pax Sherwood, n-Pat O’Phelan, b-John Kirby, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Stahlke, Radio Operator: Bob Kettlety, Ball Turret Gunner: Thaddeus Tarczynski, Waist Gunner: Lew Sparrow, Tail Gunner: Frank Troxler (9POW); flak ko’d #3, lost altitude and another engine caught fire, eventually ship exploded and crashed Klosterkumbd, four miles N of Simmern/Hunsruck, 22 miles S of Koblenz, Germany. MACR 3865. OUR DESIRE.

Delivered Denver 8/12/42; Sioux City 3/1/43; Rapid City 3/2/43; Pierre 25/2/43; Rapid City 19/4/43; Geiger 22/6/43; 383BG Pendleton 27/7/43; with John Baldwin force landed base 12/9/43; 498BG Gt Bend 16/6/44; 243 BU Gt Bend 14/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/5/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/1/44; Billings 14/1/44; Savannah 24/1/44; Assigned 381BG Ridgewell 6/2/44; transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-F] Thurleigh 22/2/44; Bombardier: F/O Dominic Giosso (KIA-pilot was Bill Tarr) 26/3/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Edwin Schlect, Co-pilot: Frank Hunt, Navigator: Edwin Gorder, Bombardier: Dick Ware, Radio Operator: Chas Pillen, Ball turret gunner: Stan Michalicki, Waist gunner: Chester Hinds, Waist gunner: John Wharton,Tail gunner: John Handenshield (9 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Davis (Prisoner of War); upset by propwash caused mid air coll with two other B-17s wreckage falling on each other, crashed Halenbeck, near Freyenstein, nine milesNW of Wittstock, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4553.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Gr Island 27/2/44; MacDill 22/3/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-L] Thurleigh 2/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Dick Lambert, Co-pilot: Walt Owens, Navigator: Bill Campbell, togg-Carl Crawford, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom McNulty, Radio Operator: Ernie Stone,Tail gunner: Ron Gordon (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Fernando Montez, Waist gunner: Bennie Zamorron, Waist gunner: Dan McNamara (3 Prisoner of War); involved mid air coll with wreckage from tywo other B-17s, crashed SW of Ostprignitz (Schmolde), 12 miles NW of Wittstock, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4555.