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

Delivered Cheyenne 16/1/44; Kansas City 1/2/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 13/3/44; transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {10m} Ploesti 24/4/44 with Henry Schmaltz, Co-pilot: Gerald Briggs, Navigator: Chas Paglieri, Bombardier: Marvin Lorder(?Lober), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Verne Shive, Radio Operator: Fred Engel, Ball turret gunner: John Itzcak, Waist gunner: Chas Webb, Waist gunner: ChasWheeler,Tail gunner: Bill Dooley; enemy aircraft, crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 4390.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/43; Pyote 20/1/43; Pueblo 6/4/43; Cutbank 21/4/43; Gore Fd 19/5/43; Moses Lake 27/5/43; 4100 BU Patterson 14/6/44; 235 BU Biggs 26/8/44; 233 BU Davis Monthan 18/3/45; 209 BU Galveston 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 23/8/44; Dow Fd 7/9/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 28/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; Sth Plains 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 12/1/46.

Delivered Kearney 24/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 18/7/44; {80m} Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; Sth Plains 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/44; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-T] but re-ass Drew 18/4/44; Oklahoma City 23/4/44; 327 BU Drew 25/8/44; 301 BU Drew 22/10/45; Scrapped: Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/1/43; Hobbs 24/1/43; Gt Falls 31/1/43; Hobbs 20/3/43; with John Gaffney crashed two miles N of Potlatch, ID 2/12/43; Written off 4/12/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Gr Island 26/2/44; Cheyenne 2/3/44; with Bob Savage force landed Ardmore 10/5/44; 202 BU Galveston 1/12/44; 222 BU Ardmore 11/12/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/7/44; Kearney 28/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG [G6-D] Debach 10/8/44; Missing in Action Koblenz 19/9/44 with Capt Bill Holman, Navigator: John Stimek (2 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Schultz, Waist gunner: Byron Johnson (2 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Ransom Chamberlain, Bombardier: Ray Lee, Radio Operator: Albt Henna, Ball turret gunner: Marcel Paternoster,Tail gunner: John Moffatt (5 Prisoner of War); flak hits, seven bailed then aircraft blew up, cr Barvaux/Tohogne, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 9494.

Delivered Denver 25/12/43; Dallas 14/1/44; Lakeland 16/1/44; Morrison 2/2/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 14/2/44; Missing in Action Oradea, Rom. 2/6/44 with Ray Hanson, Co-pilot: Chas Townsend, Navigator: Joe Arborio, Bombardier: Jim Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mike Janasko, Radio Operator: Francis Kriegshauser, Ball turret gunner: Buster Hoeffor, Waist gunner: Chas Houghtaling,Tail gunner: Sylvester Beyer (9 Returned to Duty); mech fault, crashed Taravice, Rom; Missing Air Crew Report 5827.

Delivered Long Beach 30/9/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; ass 535BS/381BG [MS-Y] Ridgewell 22/12/43; {17m} MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Carl Dasso, Co-Pilot: Bill Watson, Bombardier: Norman Isom, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Oscar Wright, Radio Operator: Anthony Madero (5KIA); Navigator: Phil Barkett, Ball Turret Gunner: Paul Williams, Waist Gunner: Marshall Rose, Tail Gunner: Chester Herron (4POW); Enemy aircraft shot off left wing and #1, crashed Wilhelmshof Estate, near Gratze, 19 miles NE of Berlin, Germany. MACR 5179. RETURN TICKET.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Billings 1/3/44; Cheyenne 3/3/44; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/45; 273 BU Lincoln 27/1/45; 222 BU Ardmore 10/5/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/5/44; Kearney 25/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-T] Ridgewell 10/6/44; battle damage Villaroche A/fd 14/4/44 Pilot: Milton Tarr, Co-Pilot: George Reese, Navigator: Chas Gilpin, Bombardier: Ken Cagwin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Russ Chadwick, Radio Operator: Dale Moon, Ball Turret Gunner: Lou Beneke, Waist Gunner: Ken Mason, Tail Gunner: Joe White (9RTD), on return detailed to Lt Staughton depot, Salvaged. 2 SAD 24/6/44. SECOND YEAR.

Delivered Lincoln 19/9/44; Dow Fd 6/10/44; Grenier 16/10/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 17/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 1/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/2/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/10/43; Gr Island 26/10/43; Palm Springs 8/11/43; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-F] Ridgewell 11/12/43; MIA {14m} Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Carl Gardon, Bombardier: Bill Moseley (2KIA); Co-Pilot: Archie Sornberger, Navigator: Ed Soltwedel, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ken Cornell, Radio Operator: Don Schaub, Ball Turret Gunner: Allen Shaw, Waist Gunner: Jacob Rush, Tail Gunner: John O’Neal (7POW); attacked by Me 109s, KOd #3 and set wing on fire, crashed Wilmersdorf, four miles E of Bernau, Germany. MACR 5176. AVENGRESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/43; Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Syracuse 14/4/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned: 410BS/94BG Earls Colne 25/4/43; MIA Emden 21/5/43 Pilot: Olaf Ecklund, Co-Pilot: Harry Port, Navigator: Theo Liebig, Bombardier: Henry Schoedel, Tail Gunner: Byron Burns (5POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lou Poznar, Radio Operator: Joe Conley, Ball Turret Gunner: Marsile Lambert, Waist Gunner: Frank Watts, Waist Gunner: Bill Tiday (5KIA); flak & Enemy aircraft, crashed Pewsum, near Canum, N of Emden, Germany. EASY ACES. (‘TEN ACES’)

Delivered Long Beach 20/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; ass 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; MIA Brunswick 10/2/44 Pilot: Walt Triska, Co-Pilot: John Symank, Navigator: Lee Mitchell, Bombardier: Warren Heim, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Schultz, Radio Operator: Jim McNeil, Ball Turret Gunner: Earl Spieler, Waist Gunner: Bill Jeffries, Waist Gunner: Virgil Cast (9POW); Tail Gunner: Lew Haas (POW; mid-air coll w/42-31318 (452BG), crashed Hemsloher Bruch, near Diepholz, Germany. MACR 2537.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/10/43; Walla Walla 6/11/43; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; MIA Brunswick 10/2/44 Pilot: Milton Turner, Co-Pilot: Major Don Dilger, Navigator: Francis Bauman, Bombardier: Germany. ld Ranus, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Cunningham, Radio Operator: Norman Parnell, Waist Gunner: Chester Zinis, Waist Gunner: Art Jones (8POW); Ball Turret Gunner: Adam Bomba{turret blown off and body found 17 miles NE of crash site}, Tail Gunner: Claude Westerfield (2KIA); mid air coll w/42-39961, crashed Wagenfelder Brickyard, on Barver road, 15 miles SE of Diepholz, Ger. MACR 2536.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/43; Gore 4/7/43; Cheyenne 26/7/43; Dow Fd 27/7/43; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-O] Framlingham 6/8/43; Transferred: 569BS [CC-O]; MIA Schweinfurt 19/7/44 Pilot: Dick Smith, Ira Pritchett, Dan Sulmazey, Theo Ekdahl, John Tope, Lee tabor, Bill Bruton, Alb Herricht, Bob Milligan, Bob Richardson (10KIA); flak, one engine out, crashed Haren, Belgium. MACR 7555. GERONIMO.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Romulus 26/11/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-V] Rougham 23/12/43; MIA Brandeburg 18/4/44 Pilot: Garrett Craig, Co-Pilot: Roland McGee, Navigator: John Thompson, Bombardier: Tony Maria-Rossi, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Elam Snodgrass, Radio Operator: Bill Courtright, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Speirs, Waist Gunner: Lee Sawyer, Waist Gunner: Germany. ld Apple, Tail Gunner: Jesse Holt (10POW ‘ captured crashed Gnoien, 26 miles SE of Rostock, Ger.); Enemy aircraft, however the Germans reported aircraft went down probably in sea or lake as they found no wreckage on ground. MACR 4152. CHIEF CHILLETACAUX.

Delivered Hunter 28/7/44; Grenier 14/8/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 29/8/44; Missing in Action Lechfeld 12/9/44 with Graham Milner, Co-pilot: Bill Thayer, Navigator: Mitch Seruya, Bombardier: Phil Weitz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Grady Kelley, Radio Operator: Harry Herman, Ball turret gunner: Ray Siems, Waist gunner: George Guderley (?only 8); flak, crashed Munich; Missing Air Crew Report 8360.