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

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Sioux City 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 14/6/43; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 15/6/43; crash: takeoff for Schweinfurt 14/10/43 Pilot: Paul Swift, Co-Pilot: Cecil Tipper, Navigator: Paul Arbon, Bombardier: Otto Bowman{inj}, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bertil Erickson, Radio Operator: John Taylor, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Molinari, Waist Gunner: Tom Norton, Waist Gunner: Don Van Cundy, Tail Gunner: Bob bPonton, pass-Colie Emlyn (11RTD), Salvaged. HARD LUCK.

Delivered Denver 9/10/43; Las Vegas 29/10/43; with Harry Taylor crash landed base 13/4/44; W/O 16/4/44.

Delivered Long Beach 21/8/43; Lockbourn 7/9/43; with John Belton force landed base 12/9/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 24/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/43; Colorado Springs 8/3/43; Patterson 2/4/43; Peterson 21/4/43; Presque Is 6/5/43; Peterson 28/5/43; Assigned (F-9B photo-recon) 1st Photo Gp, Riverside, Cal 1/9/43; Mexico 9/11/43 – 27/12/43; Smoky Hill 6/6/44; MacDill 30/6/43; Robins 2/11/43; Buckley 22/11/43; with ? force landed Buckley Fd, Co, 7/1/45; Peterson 1/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 8/10/45.

Delivered: Cheyenne 23/5/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 20/6/43; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-X] Gt Ashfield 1/7/43; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Ralph Palmer, Navigator: Bill Powell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Art Pacha, Ball Turret Gunner: Leo Reynolds, Waist Gunner: Bill Williams (5POW); Co-Pilot: Ryal Skaggs, Bombardier: Frank Wieczerzak, Radio Operator: Bob Piaroto, Tail Gunner: Elmore Loveland (4EVD); Waist Gunner: Allen Patterson (KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Anderlues, six miles NW of Charleroi, Belgium. MACR 2268. SWEET 17 aka HUSTLIN’ HUSSY.

Delivered Long Beach 16/5/43; Gore Fd 23/5/43; Assigned RAAF at Roswell where Milton Butler force landed 4/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 14/12/44; 3020 BU La Junta 4/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 312/7/45.

Delivered Dorval, Canada 17/1/45; To RAF [KJ126]; 51MU ; Struck Off Charge 11/3/47.

Delivered Hunter 30/9/44; Grenier 13/10/44; Assigned 493BG Debach 17/10/44; battle damaged Cottbus, Ger 15/2/45 with ?; force landed continent, Salvaged 19/2/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/3/43; Sioux City 8/5/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-F] Thurleigh 5/5/43; transferred 368BS [BO-F]; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 21/5/43 with Max Judas, Navigator: Jim Cummings, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leland Kessler, Radio Operator: Joe Graziano, Waist gunner: Gerry Stroud, Waist gunner: Elwood Brotzman,Tail gunner: John Geimer (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Frank Arrison, Bombardier: Foster Daniels, Ball turret gunner: Roy LaBlanche (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Waddwwarden, near Emden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 16173.

Delivered Denver 16/5/43; Presque Is 11/6/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 29/6/43; Oudna 4/8/43; transferred 97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; 353BS/301BG Lucera 2/4/44; Missing in Action (16m) Budapest 27/6/44 with Walter Lyon, Willoughby, Naeder, Heintz (4 Killed in Action); Hamel, McCormick, Deason, Senger, Hollibaugh (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Budapest. Missing Air Crew Report 6173.

Delivered Denver 15/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Kearney 12/5/44; Grenier 27/5/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [K] Glatton 30/5/44; battle damaged Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Francis Gamboa, Co-pilot: Ray Rossner, No nav, Bombardier: Milton Braverman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hiram Drache, Radio Operator: Stan Zocks, Ball turret gunner: Lyle Astry, Waist gunner: John Westhoff, Waist gunner: Bob Black,Tail gunner: Tom Elliott (9 Returned to Duty); force landed Moelsbrook A/fd, Bel, Salvaged 14/11/44.

Delivered Lincoln 24/1/45; Grenier 12/2/45; Assigned 8AF 22/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Long Beach 1/8/43; Denver 17/8/43; 498BG Smoky Hill 9/8/44; 247 BU Smoky Hill 19/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Gr Isle 29/6/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; slated for 94BG, but Assigned 340BS/97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 29/7/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Steyr 2/4/44 with Lowell Braun, Niemeyer, Cooke, Kauffman, Hamel, McClure, Varnado, Hall, Syzmanski; enemy aircraft, crashed Grossramming, Aus; Missing Air Crew Report 3583.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/3/43; Gowen 17/3/43; Brooksville 10/4/43; Montbrook 12/8/43; Orlando 30/11/43; with Gil Hamman crash landed 3017 BU Hobbs 25/10/44; Written off Recl Comp 2/11/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/12/44; Hunter 16/12/44; Grenier 26/12/44; Assigned 94BG Rougham 1/1/45; transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-P] Snetterton 3/1/45; crash landed Nice A/fd, France with Ira Wilson 30/7/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 24/8/45; Returned to the USA Kingman /12/45.

Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner, NI 14/1/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-B] Framlingham 17/1/44; with Bill Potter in taxi accident on base 18/6/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 5/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45. SWEETHEART OF PAS DE CALAIS.

Delivered Hunter 7/10/44; Dow Fd 16/10/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG Glatton 19/10/44; Missing in Action Harburg 6/11/44 with Ed McGroarty, Co-pilot: Bob Botwright, Navigator: Jack Gray, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry McLeroy, Radio Operator: Angelo DiCamillo, Ball turret gunner: Jim Reddie, Waist gunner: Frank Mueller,Tail gunner: Ray Francis (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Clyde Decker (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Rotenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10343.

Delivered Geiger 28/9/42; Blythe 12/12/42; Hobbs 12/3/43; Written off 24/11/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/7/44; Hunter 1/8/44; Grenier 30/8/44; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-N] Framlingham 2/9/44; MIA Derben, Germany. 14/1/45 Pilot: Bob Richter, Bill Sink, John Hankey, Ralph Beighley, Bill Blankenship, George Gaylor (6KIA); Vernon Harl, Mario Rose, Jim Bumbalough (3POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Dreezt, Ger. MACR 11721. CLOUD HOPPER.