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

Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/43; Gr Island 6/1/44; 728BS, 452BG Deopham Green 14/2/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 20/3/44 with Bob Cook, Co-pilot: Ron Casey, Navigator: John Osswalt, Bombardier: John Rowland, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald Poplett, Radio Operator: George Silva, Ball turret gunner: Carl Blickman, Waist gunner: Hubert Roughton, Waist gunner: Rich Thayer, Wounded in Action,Tail gunner: John McLaughlinwia) (10 Returned to Duty); landed at Dunsfold, Surrey, on return; sal 27/3/44. No MACR. PASSIONATE WITCH.

Delivered Lincoln 18/11/44; Dow Fd 19/12/44; Assigned 8AF 4/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/12/44; Hunter 4/1/45; with Henry Hale crash landed 302 BU Hunter 19/1/45; Recl Comp 29/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/10/43; Gr Island 25/10/43; Romulus 1/11/43; Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-A] Framlingham 10/11/43; Melvin Adams WIA on Merseburg mission 29/6/44 Returned to US: 4168 BU Sth Plains 11/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 13/11/45. GI WONDER.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Presque Is 8/1/44; Prestwick, UK 17/1/44; ass 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 2/1/44; detailed Merignac 27/3/44 Pilot: Wes Hudson, Co-Pilot: Willard Corley, Navigator: Norman Bishusky, Bombardier: Joe Hendrix, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Cunningham, Radio Operator: Don Jungenbeg, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Gorman, Waist Gunner: Leo St Laurent, Waist Gunner: John Bodenhoffer, Tail Gunner: Jim Penwell (10KIA); fr Green Farm, Bullswood Lane, Cockfield, Sfk, soon after take off, bomb load exploding minutes after impact. Salvaged. 3/4/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/8/43; Gr Isle 14/8/43; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 5/9/43; MIA Bordeaux 5/12/43 Pilot: Paul Todd, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Simco (2POW); Navigator: Roland Bowman, Bombardier: Ray Lull, Radio Operator: Art Stiles, Waist Gunner: Herb Schuman, Waist Gunner: Art Matheiu, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Morris, Tail Gunner: Jim Douglas, foto-Bill Davis (8KIA); Co-Pilot: Clarry Willingham (EVD); flak, crashed Cognac, Fr; MACR 5022 & 7325. OLE BASSAR.

Delivered Lincoln 20/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 561BS/388 Knettishall 6/12/44 MY LIL BABY; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/11/45. SWEET LORRAINE.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/12/44; Hunter 4/1/45; Dow Fd 11/1/45; Assigned: 388BG Knettishall 13/1/45; RetUS, Scrapped: Walnut Ridge 12/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/43; Kearney 23/1/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-Y] Rougham 9/2/44; MIA Handorf, Germany. 8/4/44 Pilot: Jim Burnette, Co-Pilot: Gil Leverance (2KIA); Navigator: Chas Rogy, Bombardier: Ed Boulter, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Vince Hertzog, Radio Operator: Cyril Daly, Ball Turret Gunner: Ben Steres, Waist Gunner: Francis Burke, Waist Gunner: Ralph Benjamin, Tail Gunner: Rich Schnell (8POW); flak KO’d #2, then wing broke off, crashed Kleibolte Farm, Westerode, near Greven, Westfalen, Ger. MACR 3798. MAGGIE’S DRAWERS aka LUSCIOUS DUCHESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/11/42; West Palm Beach 12/12/42; Assigned 414BS/97BG Biskra 31/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 11/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; transferred 347BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 8/7/44; Jackson 18/12/44; Patterson 12/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 11/9/45. THE RELUCTANT DRAGON.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-O] Thurleigh 21/1/44; MIA Aschersleben 22/2/44 Pilot: Tom Symons, Co-Pilot: John Wempe, Navigator: Bob Jobe, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Oscar Ellison, Ball Turret Gunner: Julius Parrish (5KIA); Bombardier: Bob Proctor{wia), Radio Operator: Bob Woodruff, Waist Gunner: Joe Fiddes, Waist Gunner: Hayden Collins, Tail Gunner: Albrt Doine (5POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Dermbach, Co. Altenkirchen, Germany. MACR 2650. ALEXANDER.

Delivered Milwaukee 16/11/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 23/11/44; Columbus 6/1/45; {? in taxi collision with parked aircraft at 40 ADG Stansted, UK. with John Lampe 14/2/45; ?} 121 BU Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 1/7/45; 613 BU Phillips 28/2/46; Aberdeen 6/3/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/1/44; Mobile 24/1/44; 611 BU Eglin 8/6/44; 610 BU Eglin 4/9/44/ 4119 BU Galeville 10/11/44; 611 BU Eglin 1/4/45; with Bill Haddem force landed four miles SW of Valparaiso, FL 19/4/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 13/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/11/45.

Delivered Hunter 24/10/44; Tulsa 27/10/44; Grenier 5/11/44; Assigned 493BG Debach 10/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. HUN BUMP.

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 5/1/44; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-A (was BI-W) Framlingham 5/2/44; MIA Derben, Germany. 14/1/45 Pilot: Walt Wiegnad, Herb Bracht, Wallace Shipplett, Noble Parker (4KIA); Jim Blaire, Bill Bongard, Martin Schwartz, Ken Richardson, Carl Packer (5POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Goerne, Ger’. MACR 11720. LITTLE BUTCH II.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/7/44; Hunter 9/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-T] Thurleigh 16/9/44; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 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 5/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 21/8/44; W/O 30/8/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Geiger 28/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/7/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-B] Framlingham 13/7/43 EIGHTBALL; Noel Howard (rog) was KIA 26/9/43; Transferred: 571BS [FC-D]; MIA Brunswick 10/2/44 Pilot: Grady Dover, Navigator: Donel O’Brien, Radio Operator: Henry Smith, Ball Turret Gunner: Mike Chernick, Waist Gunner: Jim McAuliffe, Waist Gunner: Jim Milazzo, Tail Gunner: Rupert Farr (7KIA); Co-Pilot: John Beard, Bombardier: Claud Hodgson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chester Gillen (3POW); Enemy aircraft, crash-landed Streipe, near Lingen/Ems, Germany. MACR 2503. FLAK HACK aka 8 BALL.

Delivered Denver 19/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; ass 570BS/390BG [DI-P] Framlingham 12/11/43; MIA Chartres 2/3/44 Pilot: Everett Ferguson, Navigator: Ed Imblum, Radio Operator: Gene Wilusz, Waist Gunner: Bill Conrad, Tail Gunner: Bill Clark (5KIA); Ball Turret Gunner: Wilson Jones (EVD-ret UK 1/6/44); Co-Pilot: John Baker, Bombardier: Fred Shecter, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Archie Delong, Waist Gunner: Theo McCarty (4POW); flak hit in tail blowing off pieces of vertical and horizontal stabs. as well as several feet of rear fuselage. A/c attempted to climb, stalled and dove down steeply and crashed E of Oisemont, 10 miles S of Abbeville, Fr. MACR 2886. OLE BASSER.

Delivered Denver 15/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; ass 571BS/390BG [FC-M] Framlingham 16/11/43; MIA Munich 18/3/44 Pilot: Bob Biesecker, Co-Pilot: Floyd Breedlove, Navigator: Irving Nordendahl, Bombardier: Theo Aycock, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Peter Repka, Ball Turret Gunner: Dominic Robbe, Tail Gunner: Bill Rooks (7KIA); Radio Operator: Harry Houck, Waist Gunner: Mike Farowich, Waist Gunner: Grover Wallace (3POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Wallburg, near Ettenheim, five miles S of Schwarzwald, Germany. MACR 3182. RICK-O-SHAY III.