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

Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; MacDill 30/1/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella 11/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; Missing in Action Budapest 30/7/44 with Ken Weston, Lizak, Wallace, Andrews, Kelsey, Tunning, Frye, Ziegler, Moore, Goldemberg (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Budapest; Missing Air Crew Report 7107.

Delivered Long Beach 12/11/43; Yuma 19/11/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 2/9/45; 4208 BU Mines Fd 16/10/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 5/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 11/11/43; Las Vegas 20/11/32; 560 BU Palm Springs 16/9/44; 3018 Kingman 8/10/44; 3017 Hobbs 24/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 2/3/45; Grenier 10/3/45; Assigned 8AF 14/3/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany, Returned to the USA 20/10/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4112 BU Olmstead 29/4/47; transferred 23 PHR Momote (5AF) 18/1/48; 5 RVP Clark Fd 18/4/48; 9 SRGp Fairfield 2/6/49; transferred USN, Salvaged 24/1/50.

Delivered Dallas 13/4/45; Rome 15/5/45; Syracuse 12/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/11/45.

Delivered Denver 6/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Homestead 27/1/44; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-G] Grafton Underwood 19/2/44; MIA Watten V-site at Wizernes 19/3/44 Pilot: Jim Lovell, Co-Pilot: Walt Brookings, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Calvin Fowlkes, Radio Operator: Minot Deftos, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Johnson, Waist Gunner: Doyle Blankenship (6KIA); Navigator: Joe Lewis, Bombardier: Martin Bachicha, Waist Gunner: Jesse Oldham, Tail Gunner: Lou Kardos (4POW); flak, crashed Wavrens, three miles N of St Pol, Fr; MACR 3242. LOVELL’S HOVEL.

Delivered Kearney 13/8/44; Grenier 18/8/44; Assigned 97BS Amendola 28/8/44; crashed 29/12/44.

Delivered: Kearney 17/8/44; Dow Fd 3/9/44; Assigned: 862BS/493BG Debach 8/9/44; Transferred: 832BS/486BG [3R-V] Sudbury, used to return POWs fron Linz, Aus; {25m} Returned to US: Bradley 8/7/45; Sth Plains 11/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 22/11/45. BLUE GRASS GIRL II (?)

Delivered Louisville 26/4/45; Rome 27/5/45; 4132 BU Garden City 27/9/45; 4000 BU Wright 24/2/46; 234 BU Clovis 4/3/46; 15 TSK Clovis 13/3/46; 4000 BU Patterson 18/4/46; 4135 BU Hill Fd 11/7/46; 4145 BU Wendover 21/7/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4104 BU Rome 11/8/47; AMC Columbus 25/9/47; 3203 MSU Eglin 28/4/49; 1 EG Eglin 21/7/49; Recl Comp 31/7/50.

Delivered Kearney 16/8/44; Grenier 4/9/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 27/9/44; 401BG Deenethorpe 28/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; Sth Plains 10/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Smoky Hill 12/7/43; Dow Fd 16/7/43; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-L] Gt Ashfield 16/7/43; MIA Lille 15/8/43 Pilot: Ed Stone, Co-Pilot: George Larsen, Navigator: Jim Atkinson, Bombardier: Darrell Taylor, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Tony Kalisko{body washed up two weeks later on Belgium. ian coast}, Radio Operator: Harry Rusk, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Paige, Waist Gunner: Jim Glaxner, Waist Gunner: Elvin Rankin, Tail Gunner: Sam Burns (10KIA); flak hit near Dunkirk, ditched Channel; MACR 267.

Delivered: Cheyenne 3/5/43; Gore 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Gt Falls 24/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Dow Fd 4/6/43; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR-X] Gt Ashfield 26/6/43; MIA Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 Pilot: Earle Frye, Waist Gunner: Tony Ornatek, Tail Gunner: Glen Emerson (3EVD); Co-Pilot: Dick Miller, Navigator: John Bartemus, Bombardier: Tom Hollingsworth, Radio Operator: George Steele, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Williams, Waist Gunner: Regis Maroney (6POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Frank Pifer (KIA); flak, crashed Ligay, three miles S of Monchy-Breton, Fr; MACR 1899. EL SABO.

Delivered Louisville 24/4/45; Syracuse 25/5/45; Middletown 8/11/45; Morrison 5/12/45; 4112 BU Olmstead 31/1/46; West palm Beach 3/3/46; 1103 BU Morrison 6/3/46; re-ass 30/4/47; 91 RLP Howard, CZ 1/1/48; 91 RLP Waller 1/7/48; 91 RLP Maguire 9/2/49; 91 SRC Barksdale 5/12/49; to USN, Recl Comp 16/2/50.

Delivered Avon Park 5/8/44; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/12/45.

Delivered Dallas 20/7/44; Langley 22/8/44; Dow Fd 30/9/44; Assigned 463BG PFF Celone 18/10/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Dallas 11/7/44; Langley 31/7/44; Grenier 20/8/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-M] Snetterton 30/8/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 20/10/44; Charleston 28/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 26/11/45. HOOP’S SPOOKS.

Delivered Dallas 8/7/44; Langley 8/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG Framlingham 22/9/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/43; Gt Falls 6/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 18/6/43; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG-T] Gt Ashfield 26/6/43; MIA Emden 11/12/43 Pilot: Theo Jennings, Co-Pilot: Dean Barger, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Clarry Homolka, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Reed, Waist Gunner: Edson McCord{washed up 20/12/43}, Waist Gunner: Ed Lyman, Tail Gunner: Sam Moore{washed up 21/12/43} (7KIA); Navigator: Blair Stragand, Bombardier: Fred Kemp, Radio Operator: John Kelley (3POW); ditched North Sea, two miles off Langeoog Is, Germany. MACR 1666. SLO-JO.

Delivered Hunter 7/8/44; Jacksonville 11/8/44; Grenier 5/9/44; Assigned 447BS Rattlesden 7/9/44; 524BS/379BG [WA-P] Kimbolton 10/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/6/45; Sth Plains 19/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 7/8/44; Long Beach 10/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 7/9/44; in base landing accident with Wilf Moser 19/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/8/45; Independence 29/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.