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

Delivered Tulsa 3/3/44; Rapid City 6/3/44; 225 BU Rapid City 19/4/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 27/6/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 15/10/45; RFC Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/8/44; Hunter 27/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 652BS/25BG Watton, Nfk 24/9/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 29/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/8/44; Hunter 4/9/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 17/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/11/45.

Delivered Lincoln 10/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-W] Ridgewell 17/2/45; {38+m} (one POW trip); Returned to US: Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 14/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 6/12/45. BUCKEYE.

Delivered Tulsa 3/3/44; Dalhart 12/3/44; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/45; 222 BU Ardmore 14/6/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/8/45.

Delivered Denver 10/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned: 524BS/379BG [WA-M] Kimbolton 27/1/44; Bombardier: Bill Rau (KIA-pilot was Ernal Bridwell) 29/1/44 his ship landing at RAF Bradwell Bay; MIA Ludwigshafen 8/9/44 Pilot: Orvest Ellingson, Cliff Danielsen, Roy Manssen, Joe De Mure (4KIA); Joe Wells, Merrill Collins, Bob Harrell, Clair Young, Wallace Tipsword (5POW); flak, crashed Mannheim, Germany. MACR 8844. THE BLUE BLAZING BLIZZARD.

Delivered Cheyenne 15-Jan-44; Great Falls 18-Jan-44; Grand Island 30-Jan-44; Grenier 15-Feb-44; Presque Isle, Maine 25-Feb-44; Assigned 27FS/2FG Goose Bay, Labrador; lost en route UK 10-Mar-44 100 miles E of Meeks Field, Iceland – 10KIS Missing Air Crew Report 2732.

Delivered Denver 5/1/43; Pueblo 19/1/43; Pyote 14/3/43; Dalhart 6/5/43; Pyote 21/5/43; Tinker 13/8/43; 325 BU Avon Park 23/8/44; 331 BU Barksdale 24/2/45; 325 BU Avon Park 27/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Denver 21/1/44; MacDill 7/2/44; Morrison 8/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Tortorella 11/3/44; transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {63m} crashed on take off, exploded 5/10/44; Salvaged. FEARLESS FOSDICK.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/44; Gr Island 6/4/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned ?. Became Air Sea Rescue SB-17G in 1953.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; Hunter 31/3/44; Dow Fd 18/4/44; Assigned: 366BS/305BG Chelveston 1/5/44; MIA Merseburg 24/8/44 Pilot: Horace Mockett, Rueben Thode, George Hammer, Vic Prezioso, Roger Joslyn, Walt Norem, Ed Griffin, Bill Palmer {died later}, Ray Trowbridge (9POW); flak, crash-landed Hagen, Germany. MACR 8206.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned: 364BS/305BG [WF-L] Chelveston 23/5/44; battle damage Dresden 14/2/45 Pilot: ‘ Bingham; forced landing continent. STATEMENT OF CHARGES.

Delivered Denver 21/1/44; Cheyenne 23/1/44; Amarillo 2/2/44; MacDill 4/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 13/3/44; transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {82m} Returned to the USA 4100 BU Patterson 14/3/45; 1103 BU Morrison 26/3/45; Recl Comp 24/5/46. OH JOSIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/7/44; Kearney 26/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 27/8/44; crashed on take off for Dresden 15/2/45 with Chas Bush; 7KIA; Salvaged.

Delivered Oklahoma City 12/1/45; Hunter 15/2/45; Boca Raton 4/3/45; Grenier 25/3/45; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-O] Alconbury 26/3/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 2/7/43; Dalhart 20/7/43; 4115 BU Atlanta 16/6/44; 6BG Gd Isle 8/7/44; 242 BU Gd Isle 16/9/44; 202 BU Galveston 3/10/44; 902 BU Orlando Written off 27/10/44; 446 BU Orlando 31/10/46; Recl Comp 29/5/47.

Delivered Denver 16/1/44; Gt Falls 19/1/44; Scott 2/2/44; MacDill 4/2/44; Homestead 21/3/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 22/3/44; crash landed base ex-Salzburg 11/11/44 with Harlan Nueman, Carney, Stoner, Rogers, Bozeman, Watt {Wounded in Action}, Tappen, Schooley (8 Returned to Duty); Numedahl (Killed in Action); Ginoza (Prisoner of War); two engines out, bomb hung up in bay, burned and exploded; crew safe. MISS TREATED.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-P] Ridgewell 29/5/43 Pilot: Frank Chapman, Dick Robinson, Bill Hodge, Wilson Cupp, Otha Frost, Edwin Myers, Ed Pope, John Wardell, Bill Richardson, Bob Gugenheim; MIA {28m} Oschersleben 30/1/44 w/Carl Baer{body washed up 4/2/44}, Co-Pilot: Bob Remple, Navigator: Malcolm Van Hise, Bombardier: Henry Palas, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Vogelbaugh, Radio Operator: Joe Moore, Ball Turret Gunner: Phil Phillipuk, Waist Gunner: John Tully, Waist Gunner: Jim Rigat, Tail Gunner: Ed Meyers (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea off Gt Yarmouth, MACR 2495. CHAP’S FLYING CIRCUS.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Gr Island 30/3/44; with John Hartz force landed MacDill 5/6/44; with Melvin Gossman force landed ? FL 6/10/44; 326 BU MacDill 24/12/44; 4117 BU Robins 3/1/45; 120 BU Richmond 18/1/45; 4140 BU Rome 22/1/45; Hunter 29/4/45; 3704 BU Keesler 3/5/45; 6138 BU Phillips 4/7/46; 3704 BU Keesler 30/6/48.

Delivered Amarillo 7/7/43; Dallas 19/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Gt Ashfield 8/43; MIA Rostock 24/2/44 Pilot: John Terrace (KIA-probably baled too late); Co-Pilot: Eugene St John, Navigator: Tom Harrington, Bombardier: Claude Edwards, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Worley, Radio Operator: Bill Morrison, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Goldsmith, Waist Gunner: Joe Lovely, Waist Gunner: Clyde Wilkinson, Tail Gunner: Chas Coleman (9POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, off Rugen Is, Germany. MACR 2778. CLARISSA JEAN.