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

Delivered Tulsa 17/9/42; New Castle 18/10/42; Assigned 419BS/301BG Tafaraoui 7/11/42 Maison Blanche 5/12/42; Biskra 16/12/42; Ain M’Lila 17/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {70m} Salvaged 31/5/44.

Delivered Tulsa 15/9/42; Presque Is 27/11/42; Ainsworth 1/3/43; Gore Fd 30/5/43; 77 S/Dep Geiger 21/7/43; 363BG Pendleton 13/9/43; 248 BU Walker 22/9/43; with Walt Moser force landed Gulfport Fd, Ms 30/12/43; 3076 BU Sheppard 9/4/44; with George Lucas taxi acc. with 42-3117(parked) Walker Fd 21/4/44; 4160 Albuquerque 20/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Denver 25/5/43; Dow Fd 9/7/43; Assigned HQ Bovingdon; Salvaged n/battle damaged with Albert Lentz 23/12/44.

Delivered Dallas 14/7/44; Langley 8/8/44; Hunter 5/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-X] Grafton Underwood 5/11/44; 545BS [JD-W]; transferred 305BG Chelveston 9/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/4/46.

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 749BS/457BG [U] Glatton 17/10/44; diverted to RAF Portreath on 19-Dec-44 following a raid on Koblenz, when base socked in. Whilst returning to base 23-Dec-44 and letting down on instruments through the clag, crashed two miles north of Gt Rollright, Oxfordshire, UK (the crash site was actually in Warwickshire) with Cliff Hendrickson, Walter Graves, Co-pilot, Joe Kilmer, Bombardier: Dave Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Bruer, Radio Operator: Bob Reidel, Ball turret gunner: Edmund Fitzgerald, Waist gunner: George Hawley, Tail gunner: Cliff Henrich Waist gunner; (8 Killed in Service) (1 Returned to Duty) Salvaged 26/12/44.

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 16/10/43; Memphis 19/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-G] Deenethorpe 22/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Don Butterfoss, Co-pilot: Bob Westfall, Navigator: Bernie Boyle, Bombardier: Bob Kerpen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Truszkowski, Radio Operator: Roger McCauley, Ball turret gunner: Everett Stanley, Waist gunner: John Reeves,Tail gunner: Bill Lee (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Bill Watkins (evaded capture); flak KOd #1 and #2, crashed Veldweg, two miles W of Beekbergen, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 4345.

Delivered Denver 22/5/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-E] Rougham 7/43 EL MANGAU; re-named EL DIABLO then LIBERTY; Missing in Action Bordeaux 5/12/43 with John Perrine, Co-pilot: Rod Smith, Navigator: Bob Walthers, Bombardier: Bob Wright, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Smith, Radio Operator: Frank Pogwist, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Neumann, Waist gunner: John Peacock, Waist gunner: Frank Scheinbaum,Tail gunner: Dallas Williamson (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set #2 on fire, crashed Bordeaux, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1175. EL LOBO.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/44; Gt Falls 2/3/44; Kearney 17/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-V] Deopham Green 8/4/44; 730BS; destroyed on ground Poltava with Lt Thomas 21/6/44; Salvaged Russia 2/7/44.

Delivered Denver 29/2/42; West Palm Beach 7/1/43; Assigned 342BS/97BG Biskra 15/1/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 3/2/43; Missing in Action Palermo 17/4/43 with Harry Schirmer, Murray, Price, Reed, Stout, Rosetti, Starin, Pollock, Somers, Lyons (10 Killed in Action); Missing Air Crew Report 3684 & 16527.

Delivered Hunter 19/11/44; Grenier 2/12/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG Ridgewell 6/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/11/45.

Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 17/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-N] Framlingham 28/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; Sth Plains 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45.

Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Romulus 1/11/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-Q] Gt Ashfield 2/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Hector Garza, Co-pilot: George Beckner, Navigator: Albt Harmsen, Bombardier: Stacy Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rich Hoffman, Radio Operator: Harry Lynn, Ball turret gunner: Wallace Widen, Waist gunner: Walter Smith, Waist gunner: Emmett Harter,Tail gunner: Alf Fratesi (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #3 and #4, crashed Hessen 14 miles NW of Halberstadt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4453.

Delivered Hunter 21/11/45; Grenier 1/12/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-O] Framlingham 3/12/44; then 569BS [CC-G]; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/7/45; Sth Plains 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/44; Hunter 1/6/44; Grenier 9/6/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 11/6/44; transferred 337BS/96BG [AW-T] Snetterton 12/6/44; Missing in Action Weisbaden 19/9/44 with Ray Bauman, Co-pilot: Harry Culver, Navigator: John Sullivan, Bombardier: Don Nyderall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas McKinnel, Radio Operator: Bilen Bolech, Ball turret gunner: Les Freeman, Waist gunner: Joe Wahner,Tail gunner: Edwin Neal (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Dotzheim, W of Weisbaden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10202.

Delivered Denver 19/5/43; Presque Is 8/8/43; Assigned (H2S) 813BS/482BG [PC- ] with Oboe Mk I radar Alconbury 28/8/43; transferred MTO; Returned to the USA Morrison 14/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/11/45.

Delivered Hunter 15/1/45; Dow Fd 28/1/45; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 1/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/2/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/43; Assigned: 560BS/388BG [N] Knettishall 14/12/43; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Don Walker (KIA); Co-Pilot: Claud Patat, Navigator: Bill Underwood, Bombardier: Jack Terry, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dick Danckwerth, Radio Operator: Bob Strough, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Adams{wia}, Waist Gunner: Sam Swim, Waist Gunner: Theo Bower, Tail Gunner: Mike Kozak (9POW); flak dame including fire in bomb bay, crashed Lodge Giebel, near Parsau, 17 miles N of Helmstedt, Germany. MACR 4243. SNAFU aka SNAKY.

Delivered Gore Fd with Jim Boyd 16/2/45; Hunter 23/2/45; Grenier 5/3/45; Assigned 8AF 8/3/45; 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 9/2/46.

Delivered Denver 22/3/43; Cheyenne 31/3/43; Oklahoma City 6/4/43; Romulus 12/4/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG Ridgewell 16/6/434; battle damaged 1m lost two engines over Antwerp 22/6/43 with Martin Shenk, Co-pilot: Bill Grant, Navigator: Tom Kehley, Bombardier: George Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Shirley Goucher, Radio Operator: John Sinclair, Ball turret gunner: George Bardsley, Waist gunner: Chas Brinton WIA, died of wounds 25/6/43, Waist gunner: Mitch LaBuda,Tail gunner: Jim Sloan (9 Returned to Duty); crash landed near Framlingham, Sfk, with three major and three minor, injuries; Salvaged. LINDA MARY.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/12/43; Gr Island 27/12/43; Assigned 750BS/457BG [F] Glatton 3/2/44; mission to French coast 11/8/44 with GeraLD Ross, Co-pilot: Sam Sayer, Navigator: Chester Tingle, Bombardier: Tom Matassa, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Camille Blais, Radio Operator: Hulitt Kirkhart, Ball turret gunner: Tom Maulstesby, Waist gunner: Rich Burdett, Waist gunner: John Collins,Tail gunner: Carl Adolfson (10 Returned to Duty); flak damaged nose, then an engine was feathered, crew bailed safely; aircraft bellied in with #2 torn loose, crashed Lanloup, on Brest Peninsula, Fr; transferred 1 SAD Troston, Sfk. UK 16/8/44. LUCK OF JUDITH ANN.

Delivered Denver 24/5/43; Ephrata 15/7/43; 235 BU Biggs 17/1/44; 4202 BU Syracuse 19/2/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Denver 12/1/44; 1SAG Langley 4/2/44; Grenier 17/3/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 24/3/44; transferred 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 3/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Capt Bill Reynolds, Maj Wilbur Allen, Capt John Galey, Gus Herith, Lou Fugazi (5 Killed in Action); Lou Senese, Lt Sam Tait {mickey op}, Tony De Santis, Chas Beasley, Lt Jim Hoard {tg} (5 Prisoner of War); aircraft fate ? ; Missing Air Crew Report 10164.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/6/44; Kearney 16/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 2/7/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with E.J. Tetrault, J. Stanick, R. Pierce, K. Laughton, A. Smith, L. Hoffman, M. Holland, W. Tarter, Urban Florin (9 Returned to Duty); ditched Channel, all rescued.

Delivered Long Beach 19/9/43; Gr Island 13/10/43; Assigned 711BS/447BG [IR-R] Rattlesden 26/11/43; Missing in Action Achmer 8/4/44 with Jim Anderson, Co-pilot: Vernon Dicke, Navigator: George Schroeder, Bombardier: Theo Bush, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Runkle, Radio Operator: George Bauer, Ball turret gunner: Lynn Dollar, Waist gunner: Bill Baker, Waist gunner: Wencil Schleis,Tail gunner: John Segrest (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Welbregen, near Ochtrup, 10 miles SW Rheine, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3658.