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

Delivered Denver 7/12/43; Kearney 23/12/43; Morrison 30/12/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 3/1/44; {15m} crash landed Lucera (301BG) 10/2/44 with Joseph Connors; rep. transferred 840BS/483BG Sterparone; crashed on take off 17/11/44 with Francis Nance, Boswell, Hofsess, Barret, Kaufman, Bradbury, Taylor, Fannon, Sievers, Sullivan; when two engines failed; crew OK, sal 18/11/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Wilmington 13/12/43; Westover 16/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-N] Ridgewell 22/1/44; MIA Cottbus 11/4/44 Pilot: Bob Hesse, Co-Pilot: Bob Gatewood, Navigator: Theo Noga, Bombardier: Leo Bach, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Brua Hollenbeck, Radio Operator: Frank Sexton, Ball Turret Gunner: Bernie Blanch, Waist Gunner: Alvin Nelson, Tail Gunner: Roy Puryear (9POW); flak, crashed Welkenberg, six miles SW of Weisswasser, Germany. MACR 3821. (First group loss with only a nine man crew-less a waist gunner) ROUND TRIP JEANNIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/9/44; Hunter 17/9/44; Grenier 25/9/44; Assigned: 526BS/379BG [LF-O] Kimbolton 4/10/44; MIA Rheine A/fds on Operation Varsity 24/3/45 Pilot: Chas Schwab (KIA); (rest?) ; Bill Martin, George Starchak, Jim Ford, Ray Berry, Ray Braham, Herome Silverman, Leroy Piper {sj}, Ken Herr {tg}; MACR 14112.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/9/44; Hunter 19/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 28/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 19/7/45; 4136 BU Tinker 31/12/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 11/1/46.

Delivered Kearney 20/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 7/7/44; to depot 23/11/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 25/6/45; Sth Plains 20/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 15/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 12/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 8AF 24/1/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10BH Oberpfaffenhofen 1/7/47; Recl Comp 3/8/49.

Delivered Dallas 26/6/44; Hunter 28/7/44; Dow Fd 5/9/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 20/9/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/3/45 with John Dailey, Dean, Rainey, Hausfeld, Bunke, Gingras, Darnell, Goldman, Estes, Harry Smith (10 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 13375.

Delivered Tulsa 14/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-M] Ridgewell 16/6/44; {11+m} crash: takeoff for Munich 13/7/44 Pilot: John Houston, Bill Scruggs (2RTD); Germany. ld Sullivan, Jim Welmsley, Bob Benward, Don Murray, Lloyd Jackson, Ken Spatz, Bill Cusick (7KIA); aircraft lost two engines during assembly and came down in railway cut at Gt Yeldham, near Halstead, Ex, UK; Salvaged. SMASHING THRU.

Delivered Kearney 20/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 3/7/44; Missing in Action Fortezza 20/4/45 with John Cunningham, Co-pilot: Rich Neff, Navigator: Art Hall, Bombardier: Jim Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Baldwin, Ball turret gunner: Conrad Bailey, Waist gunner: Jim Wolfgang, Waist gunner: Harry Simonds,Tail gunner: Hugh Litto, ?- Bob Ribbon (10POW/RTD?); Radio Operator: Shelby Brown (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Cassal Maggiore; Missing Air Crew Report 14019. MAGNIFICENT MALFUNCTION.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/44; Kearney 25/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-M] Sudbury 11/7/44; 833BS [2N-N]; {83m} Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. UMBRIAGO.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/43; Gowen 19/2/43; Tinker 25/5/43; Dyersburg 22/6/43; Tinker 30/7/43; 328 BU Gulfport 12/6/44; 3705 BU Lowry 18/6/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 23/7/44; with Ben Tailly 22/1/45; 3706 BU Sheppard 27/2/45; 3701 BU Amarillo 19/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Denver 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-N] Ridgewell 25/5/43 Pilot: Jack Painter, Co-Pilot: Everett Ragan, Navigator: Bill Keays, Bombardier: Lloyd Duke, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Matt Kowalski, Radio Operator: Bill Balentine, etTail Gunner: Ray Genz, ro-Allen Kellogg, Waist Gunner: Norman Whitman, Waist Gunner: Jim Mizell (10RTD); on ferry trip from Bovingdon crash-landed base, pilot retracted landing gear instead flaps 10/6/43; Salvaged. AFSC 16/6/43 (first loss in group). SWEET ELOISE.

Delivered Denver 2/2/43; Gt Falls 15/1/43; Fairfield 23/2/43; Romulus 8/3/43; Colorado Springs 14/3/43; converted to F-9 photo-recon Peterson 11/6/43; 902 BU Orlando 2/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/1/46.

Delivered Kearney 27/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 14/7/44; slight mid air collision with 42-106999 with George Butts 2/2/45; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 2/2/44; Morrison 1/3/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 9/3/44; mid air coll with 44-6288 with Alfred Fite 3/2/45; landed but Salvaged. PECK’S BAD BOYS.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-M] Ridgewell 22/5/44; {30+m} battle damage Cologne 16/10/44 Pilot: Chas Reseigh; Salvaged. 2 SAD 16/10/44. PELLA TULIP.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/3/44; Gr Island 31/3/44; MacDill 3/4/44; 327 BU Drew 4/5/45; 3704 BU Keesler 19/8/45; 327 BU Drew 28/8/45; 301 BU Drew 22/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/44; Gt Falls 1/3/44; Rapid City 18/3/44; 225 BU Rapid City 1/3/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 19/7/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 18/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/11/45.

Delivered Denver 15/1/44; MacDill 4/2/44; Morrison 8/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Tortorella 30/3/44; transferred 347BS/97BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action 14m Varese 30/4/44 with Harry Klein, Symonds, Leiby, Moore, Martin, Patzke, McGettigan, Michael, Timpanero, Kouse, Luera; enemy aircraft, crashed Bologna, ten chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 4610. PAPPY YOKUM.

Delivered Dallas 14/6/44; Langley 17/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-F] Kimbolton 26/8/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 22/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/10/45.