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

Delivered Cheyenne 11/1/44; Savannah 23/1/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-U] Thurleigh 22/2/44; Missing in Action 1m Augsburg 25/2/44 with Chas Bayless, Co-pilot: Clarry Crowl, Navigator: Mike Kalish, Bombardier: Jim Laughlin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Wallace, Radio Operator: Bill Vought, Ball turret gunner: Ken Willey, Waist gunner: Carl Hudson,Tail gunner: Bill Christian (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Ray Manski (KIA-by 20mm shell); enemy aircraft, crashed Kuppenheimer Forest, near Landau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2767.

Delivered Tulsa 19/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Grenier 7/6/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-P] Ridgewell 28/6/44; 71+m Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; Sth Plains 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. PASSAIC WARRIOR.

with ? force landed Grenier 12/2/45

Delivered Denver 26/6/43; Ephrata 30/7/43; with Bill Ennis crashed two miles north of base, on approach to Ardmore AAF, OK 4/11/43, (4 Killed in Service); Written off 5/11/43.

Delivered Hunter 7/7/44; Dow Fd 16/7/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 24/7/44; Missing in Action Graz 9/3/45 with Tim Hanley, Navigator: John Haugeland, Bombardier: Ray Beningo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lee Barber, Radio Operator: Harry McAdams, Ball turret gunner: Lester Enslin, Waist gunner: Valdmar Thorsteinson, Waist gunner: Alf Rogers,Tail gunner: Nielson Cumming (9POW?); Co-pilot: Gene Kallembach (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Graz; Missing Air Crew Report 12914. JANIE.

Delivered Denver 27/2/43; Hobbs 3/4/43; Roswell 28/4/43; Hobbs 12/5/43; crash landed Amarillo a/f, TX with Joe Festersen 11/9/43; Written off 12/9/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/3/43; Colorado Springs 20/2/43; Wright Fd 8/4/43; Colorado Springs 13/4/43; Peterson 23/4/43; Kirtland 20/5/43; Peterson 28/5/43; Kirtland 1/6/43; Peterson 15/6/43; Assigned 1st Photo Gp Colorado Springs 12/9/43; to Brainard Fd, CT with Cliff Meade force landed base 9/10/43; Written off 15/1/44.

Delivered Long Beach 29/9/43; Gr Island 24/10/43; ass 571BS/390BG [FC-J] Framlingham 2/11/43; MIA Boulogne (54m) 5/6/44 Pilot: Hugh Pickell, Co-Pilot: Roger Beckman, {no nav}, Bombardier: Dick Joseph, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Davis, Radio Operator: Norman Hollis, Ball Turret Gunner: Norman Bean, Waist Gunner: Joe Carini, Waist Gunner: Leroy Aulthouse, Tail Gunner: Roland Zander (9KIA); flak, & mid-air coll. w/42-97473 (390BG), eight bailed out prior to crash, aircraft crashed English Channel. MACR 5480. PICKLE DROPPER IV.

Delivered Kearney 5/7/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 14/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 22/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 31/12/45. PICK UP.

Delivered Denver 3/7/43; Moses Lake 19/7/43; 4100 BU Patterson 23/7/43; 326 BU MacDill 26/9/43 re-designated TB-17F; on training mission 17/10/44 with Alf Voegeli, Co-pilot: Paul Ronan, was involved, while landing, in slight collision with 43-37712, damaging cockpit, top turret, etc, however both aircraft landed safely; when on flight from Orland to MacDill with Art Rimbold lost parts of u/c on take off 18/4/45, repaired then to Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bozeman 13/10/45 at Gallatin Fd, Montana; various parts went missing and it was in a childrens’ paly park, before joining California-Atlantic Airways at St Petersburg, becoming Civil Reg 66574, 9815-F; in Aug ’54 Peru OB-RAH-346; Jan ’57 to Bolivia CP-633, then to Columbia HK-580 and C-580; June ’59 to Nicaragua AN-AMI (last listed July ’59 & US Reg cancelled 1963). No trace since.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Snetterton 28/5/44; MIA Regensburg 21/7/44 Pilot: George Beaudry, Navigator: Jim Gaston, Ball Turret Gunner: Cliff Ramage (3KIA); Co-Pilot: Donald Demmert, Bombardier: Jerome Johnson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Matheson, Radio Operator: Harry Jordan, Waist Gunner: Lloyd Whaley, Tail Gunner: Claud Radcliffe (6POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Russenhoffen rail road, Germany. MACR 7412.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/3/43; Hobbs 1/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Hobbs 18/4/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; 4124 BU Altus 25/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 30/8/45.

Delivered Hunter 6/7/44; Grenier 15/7/44; Assigned 15AF; Recl Comp 5/12/44.

Delivered Hunter 19/8/44; Dow Fd 3/9/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [IY-X] Deenethorpe 23/9/44; during acceptance check by crew chief T/Sgt Tony Donalaio in bomb bay created spark which ignited oxygen and aircraft caught fire in top turret; Salvaged 25/9/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/45; Hunter 28/2/45; Grenier 10/3/45; Assigned 8AF 14/3/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10 HB Oberpfaffenhofen 2/2/48; Recl Comp 1/10/48.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/45; Hunter 25/2/45; Grenier 4/3/45; Assigned 348BS/99BG Tortorella 6/3/45; with Bob Schuetz bellied in at Lesi, Italy 21/8/45; Salvaged 14/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Geiger 28/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 30/6/43; Dow Fd 10/7/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-A] Framlingham 13/7/43; Missing in Action Evreux 24/8/43 with Ken Dougherty, Co-pilot: Harvey Paul, Bombardier: John Keema, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Graves, Radio Operator: Bob Banta, Ball turret gunner: Lou Majka, Waist gunner: Don Bertch, Waist gunner: Jim Higginbotham,Tail gunner: Fred Livingstone (9 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Frank Dell Ami (Killed in Action); damaged by enemy aircraft and ditched Channel off Selsey Bill, Sussex; crew rescued by Air Sea Rescue launch HSL 134 from Newhaven. Missing Air Crew Report 393. HOT ROCKS.

Delivered Denver 16/6/43; Dalhart 6/8/43; 327 BU Drew 21/7/44; Written off 21/7/44.

Delivered Denver 3/7/43; 327 BU Drew 15/9/43; 4124 BU Altus 2/7/44; from Drew with Emmett Flood 10/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 1/8/45.

Delivered Long Beach 5/10/43; Gr Island 17/11/43; ass 570BS/390BG [DI-N] Framlingham 18/11/43; MIA Berlin [41m] 8/5/44 Pilot: Wallace Simmons, Co-Pilot: Tom Lawson, Navigator: Frank Silke, Bombardier: Francis Lambert, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Carroll Graves, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Cote, Waist Gunner: Grover Dycus, Waist Gunner: Chas Melnek (8POW); Radio Operator: Dan Haggert, Tail Gunner: Gene Pilgrim (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Harmissen, near Sustedt, ten miles NW of Hoya,, Germany. MACR 4585. MARY LOU.