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

Delivered Denver 27/9/43; Harvard 13/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 5/1/44 with Dick Huff, Co-pilot: Bill Brooks, Navigator: Angelo Landolfo, Bombardier: Bill Boggess, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dan Zullo, Radio Operator: Millard Patterson, Ball turret gunner: Paul Eberhardt (7 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Joe Luxenberger, Waist gunner: Ernie Thorgren,Tail gunner: Karl Shockley (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Bassin d’Arcachon, near Gujan on Bay of Biscay, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1688.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Tinker 23/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 15/6/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-D] Horham 16/6/43; 16/7/43 with Louis Reno force landed RAF Chedburgh; slight mid-air collision with 42-30601 (385BG) but landed at base with Louis Reno 16/9/43; 36m; Salvaged 6/1/45. PATCHES.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Kearney 12/7/43; Dow Field 16/7/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Great Ashfield 21/7/43; detailed Bordeaux 16/9/43 with John Schley, Co-pilot: John Baum, Navigator: John Ellingsen, Bombardier: Earl Bates, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walter Roth, Radio Operator: John Egbert, Ball turret gunner: Willard White, Waist gunner: Chester Truex, Waist gunner: Harry Waldner,Tail gunner: Clyde Gingerich (10 Killed in Service); crashed on take off Abbotts Hall, Rickinghall Superior, Sfk; UK. after slight mid-air collision with 42-30120 (95BG); Salvaged 19/9/43. Missing Air Crew Report 15317. MARY ELLEN II.

Delivered Louisville 9/5/45; Rome 20/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45.

Delivered Louisville 9/5/45; Rome 8/6/45; 593 BU Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45.

The fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Delivered Denver 23/12/43; Gr Island 14/1/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-G] Deenethorpe 23/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Claude Kolb, Co-pilot: Emmett Sutton, Navigator: Ralph Edel, Bombardier: Ed Jones{lost some toes through frostbite}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Webb, Radio Operator: Ed Wallach, Ball turret gunner: Bill Camfron, Waist gunner: Luther Raymer, Waist gunner: Clarry Connelly,Tail gunner: Leo Podlasek (10 Prisoner of War); flak and enemy aircraft, crashed Biesow, E of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2743.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/43; Romulus 2/12/43; Presque Is 4/12/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-M] Deenethorpe 21/1/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Leon Van Syckle, Co-pilot: Mitchell Woods, Bombardier: Stan Groski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Rask, Ball turret gunner: Don Lamb, Waist gunner: Ralph Roberts, Waist gunner: Albt Paganelli (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Rich Montfort, Radio Operator: Joe Glonek,Tail gunner: Chas Duke (3 Killed in Action); hit by rocket from enemy aircraft, crashed near Worms, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2275.

Delivered Tulsa 24/2/44; Gr Island 7/3/44; Grenier 5/4/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-J] Deenethorpe 2/5/44; 612BS [SC-O]; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45. MISS ALDAFLAK.

Delivered Denver 5/11/43; Orlando 20/11/43; 906 BU Pinecastle 3/6/44; 903 BU Pinecastle 10/9/44; 902 BU Orlando 6/1/45; 903 BU Pinecastle 30/3/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 30/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 21/11/45.

Delivered Denver 3/11/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-P] Deenethorpe 3/12/43; Missing in Action Leipzig 7/7/44 with Jim Neill, Co-pilot: Elbert Hammond, Navigator: Alby Roddy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Moore, Radio Operator: Frank Nebus, Ball turret gunner: Harry Nicol, Waist gunner: Merle Warner (7 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Calvin McDonald,Tail gunner: Reynold Fraker (2 Killed in Action); mech fault #3 feathered, then #1 caught fire, crashed Buckhorst, SW of Gardelegen Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7222. BELLE OF THE BARBARY COAST.

Delivered Denver 17/9/43; Gt Falls 25/9/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-F] Deenethorpe 4/11/43; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 26/3/44 with Capt Bill Rumsey, Co-pilot: Bob Kaercher, Navigator: Mike Walsh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Roberts, Radio Operator: Bill Carter, Ball turret gunner: Irving Leiberman, Waist gunner: Frank Rothwell, Waist gunner: Ivan Lee (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Jim Haffner,Tail gunner: John Carson (2 Prisoner of War); flak hit between #3 & #4, wing broke off, crashed Le Fond de Souich rail station, near Bouquemaison, 22 miles E of Abbeville, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3599. OMAR THE DENT MAKER.

Delivered Denver 5/10/42; Houlton 13/11/42; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-B] Thurleigh 24/11/42; Missing in Action Bremen 25/6/43 with Tom Logan, Co-pilot: Mo Davis, Navigator: Gene Dornbrook, Bombardier: Don Cox, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Selden Wentworth, Ball turret gunner: Howie Wilson, Waist gunner: Jack Webb, Waist gunner: Antonio Romero,Tail gunner: Frank Porcelli (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Albert Swartz (Killed in Action); flak KO’d #1 & #3, crashed Bourtrange, Holland. No MACR. “DFC” .

Delivered Kearney 29/6/44; Dow Fd 11/7/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-P] Deenethorpe 23/7/44; Missing in Action Gaggenau 10/9/44 with Bill Woodward, Ball turret gunner: Theo Schappert (2KIA-both dead in wreckage); Co-pilot: Jim Glidewell, Navigator: Oscar McMahan, Bombardier: Dale Eckers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Pedgarney, Radio Operator: Joe Lech, Waist gunner: Julian Pasillas,Tail gunner: Dave Steele (7 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #1, ship then exploded, crashed Heinerdingen, NW of Stuttgart, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8608. ROCKY LOIS.

Delivered Denver 8/10/43; Las Vegas 30/10/43; Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn, but en route UK crash landed Cliffory, N. Ireland 9/12/43; Written off 20/5/44.

Delivered Long Beach 12/10/43; Gr Island 5/11/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-H] Deenethorpe 2/1/44; was set for mission to Bernburg 6/7/44 with Russ Lockhart, Co-pilot: Porter Ham, Navigator: Bob Grilley, Bombardier: John Jardine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Pyles, Radio Operator: Otto Schlaegel, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Mull, Waist gunner: Jay Harper,Tail gunner: Larry Millon (9 Returned to Duty); was parked whn 42-31037 taxied into side of a/c; sal 2 SAD Watton 17/7/44. SWEAT ’ER OUT.

Delivered Denver 25/1/44; 1SAG Langley 7/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-G] Snetterton 7/4/44; ground looped on base with Ken Waters 23/1/45; 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 15/11/45.

Delivered Dallas 28/6/44; Cheyenne 11/8/44; Hunter 22/8/44; Grenier 10/9/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-Q] Framlingham 13/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/7/45; Sth Plains 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45.

Delivered Dallas 13/5/44; Langley 24/6/44; Dow Fd 15/7/44; Assigned 95BG Horham 16/7/44; transferred 570BS/390BG [DI-P] Framlingham 1/9/44; 34m, Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; Sth Plains 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/11/45. CHUG-A-LUG.

Delivered Lincoln 7/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 8AF 17/10/44; 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 17/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Gr Island 10/12/43; Bangor 14/12/43; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-O] Grafton Underwood 6/1/44, 544BS [SU-U]; MIA Bonn 4/3/44 Pilot: Hollie Lovvorn, Navigator: John Kazmerski, Bombardier: Chas Fleenor, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Germany. ld Wilson, Radio Operator: Jim Schwartz, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Miller, Tail Gunner: Homer Taylor (7POW); Co-Pilot: Francis Witt{ret UK 18/5/44}, Waist Gunner: Ken Leach, Waist Gunner: Severino Fernandez{both via Spain 1/6/44} (3EVD); flak, crashed Hangest-sur-Somme, 11 miles NW of Amiens, Fr; MACR 2739.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 3/5/44; no ops, transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-Z] Ridgewell 19/5/44; {57m} battle damaged Germersheim with Fawcett 13/1/45; force landed continent, Salvaged. THE RAILROADER.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 9/5/43; Sioux City 10/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 23/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Roy Mohr, Co-pilot: Elmer Schultz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hartzell Jones, Ball turret gunner: Bernard Becker (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Jim Shilliday, Bombardier: Roland Marean, Radio Operator: Halleck Hasson, Waist gunner: Bob Wallin, Waist gunner: Rodric Beckham,Tail gunner: Bob Ammarell{later repatriated} (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Goudray, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3126. SHACK-UP.

Delivered Lincoln 1/11/44; Grenier 12/11/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-T] Horham 19/11/44; with B.F. Cummings force landed A-78 AF Florennes/Juzaine, Bel 6/2/45; 62m, Returned to the USA Bradley 22/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 24/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.