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

Delivered Cheyenne 18/12/43; Lakeland 8/1/44; Morrison 16/1/44; Assigned 772BS/463MG Celone 9/3/44; retUS 4100 BU Patterson 27/3/45. Recl Comp 24/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/43; Colorado Springs 18/3/43; Patterson 23/3/43; Colo- rado Springs 7/4/43; San Bernadino 22/5/43; Peterson 28/5/43; Assigned (F-9B photo-recon) 1st Photo Gp Colorado Springs 1/9/43; Written off 8/1/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/43; Colorado Springs 18/3/43; Patterson 24/3/43; Colorado Springs 7/4/43; force landed with Howard McLaughlin at Peterson 9/5/43; Peterson 24/5/43; Scott Fd 4/7/43; Peterson 11/7/43; Cheyenne 9/8/43; Peterson 14/8/43; Assigned (F-9B photo-recon) 1st Photo Gp Colorado Springs 1/9/43; 499BG Smoky Hill 6/6/44; 3705 BU Lowry 1/7/44; 3rd Ph Sq Smoky Hill 5/7/44; 554 BU Memphis 1/8/44; 331 BU Barksdale 6/9/44; 3rd Ph Sq Smoky Hill 14/9/44; 19 Ph Gp MacDill 1/10/44; 247 BU Smoky Hill 31/10/44; 4100 BU Patterson 23/1/45; 234 BU Clovis 24/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45.

Delivered: Denver 25/1/44; Kearney 15/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned: 526BS/379BG [LF-J] Kimbolton 11/4/44; 525BS; MIA Chemnitz {127m} 3/2/45 Pilot: Bill Webber, Ray Weatherbee, Carl McHenry, Bill Wells (4KIA); Jim Kiester, Tom Pickett, Harry Francis, Bill Scarffe, Bennett Howell (5POW); flak, crashed Ilvenstadt, Germany. MACR 12217. THE BIRMINGHAM JEWEL.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/12/42; Salina 10/1/43; DeRidder 31/1/43; Morrison 3/2/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 23/2/43; battle damaged Messina 16/7/43 with Larkin, Banasiak, Balvin, Arter, Cannellos, Delana, Haid {Wounded in Action}, Hamilton {Wounded in Action}, Cresser {Wounded in Action}; crash landed Sicily, W/O. CORRINE ANN.

Delivered Long Beach 18/7/43; Cheyenne 20/7/43; Sioux City 13/12/43; 244 BU Harvard 9/6/44; 505BG Harvard 17/6/44; 235 BU Biggs 22/7/44; 299 BU Smoky Hill 29/1/45; 203 BU Jackson 24/2/45; 290 BU Sioux City 29/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/9/45.

Delivered Long Beach 29/6/43; Palm Springs 6/7/43; Dallas 9/8/43; Scott 25/9/43; MacDill 15/12/43; Chanute 7/1/44; 326 BU MacDill 22/10/44; 325 BU Avon Park 5/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/43; Kearney 5/6/43; Bangor 6 4/7/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-Z2] Rougham 8/7/43; Salvaged. 23/6/43; (MIA 5/1/44 Pilot: Johnson’) [Tail Gunner: Stan Lubinsky KIA when turret was sheared off in collision, pilot Don Ahlwart ret base OK]; Returned to US: 1377 BU Grenier 16/10/43; 4104 BU Rome 17/1/44; 4168 BU Sth Plains 13/7/44; Scrapped: Kingman 3/11/45. HORRIBLE HANKS.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 452BG Deopham Green 19/4/44 NOW GO!; transferred 614BS/401BG [IW-R] Deenethorpe 28/4/44; 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 9/12/45. BLUE BOMB EXPRESS.

Delivered Denver 1/2/44; Albuquerque 17/3/44; 1SAG Langley 30/5/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 28/6/44; transferred 96BG Snetterton 29/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 11/12/45.

Delivered Kearney 15/8/44; Presque Is 4/9/44; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 8/9/44; MIA Merseburg 25/11/44 Pilot: Bill Wilson, Frank Pollard, George Kanton, Chas Marderhour, Albt Komp, Stan Histed (6KIA); Fred Bullard, Norman McLeod, John Klumpp (3POW); flak, crash-landed Arenrath, Germany. Salvaged. 24/3/45. MACR 11206.

Delivered Kearney 19/6/44; Grenier 4/8/44; Assigned 861BS/493BG Debach 3/8/44; battle damaged Cologne 10/1/45 with ?; force landed continent, Salvaged.

Delivered Long Beach 21/5/43; Smoky Hill 1/6/43; Eglin 3/7/43; Dow Fd 9/7/43; Assigned 342BS/97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 19/7/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; transferred depot 26/6/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 25/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 30/7/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/11/44; Hunter 4/12/44; Dow Fd 27/12/44; Assigned 833BS/486BG [4N-T] Sudbury 3/1/45; {12m} RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46. LUSH THRUSH.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Dow Fd 11/7/44; Assigned 833BS/486BG [4N-L] Sudbury 28/7/44; transferred 835BS [H8-L]; 78m, Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45. EASY MOVEMENT.

Delivered Tulsa 8/2/44; Gr Island 19/2/44; Presque Is 5/3/44; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-T] Grafton Underwood 11/4/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 25/9/44 with Noel Plowman, Co-pilot: Larry Ferguson, Navigator: Ed Cheresnik, Bombardier: Carl Hart, Radio Operator: Gordon Maxa (5 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Cameron, Ball turret gunner: Armando Oliva, Waist gunner: Frank Anderson,Tail gunner: Ken Lentz (4 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d tailplane just after bombs away, crashed Bad Soden, W of Frankfurt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9414. SPIRIT OF ’96.

Delivered Long Beach 19/5/43; damaged when parked at Roswell 26/5/43; Gore Fd 2/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3036 BU Yuma 19/6/44; 4160 BU Albuquerque 21/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 27/7/45.

Delivered Denver 9/3/43; Hobbs 3/4/43; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; Hobbs 6/5/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; 553 BU Romulus 13/11/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 12/6/45; 4124 BU Long Beach 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 20/8/45.

Delivered Long Beach 6/8/43; Cheyenne 12/8/43; with Bob Rusell force landed a mile short of Hobbs Aux Fd, TX 25/1/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 18/9/45. GOOD PICKIN’.

Delivered Denver 1/7/43; Moses Lake 24/7/43; with John Piebes in taxi acc. with 42-5288 Drew Fd 30/12/43; 328 BU Gulfport 10/7/44; 4104 BU Rome 22/1/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 9/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.