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

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43;Gr Island 6/12/43; Presque Island 21/12/43;ass 549BS/385BG [HR-K] Gt Ashfield 16/2/44; retUS Morrison 15/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. THE GOLDEN GOOSE.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/45; Hunter 17/1/45; Dow Fd 31/1/45; Assigned 301BG PFF Lucera 22/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/10/45.

Delivered Long Beach 26/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; ass 331BS/94BG Rougham 10/12/43; MIA Brunswick 10/2/44 Pilot: Fred Barker, Navigator: Herman Miller, Bombardier: Pete Rutledge, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Wells, Waist Gunner: Walt Stewart, Tail Gunner: John Cardinal (6POW); Co-Pilot: Jack Limber, Radio Operator: Chas Anderau, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Cornelison, Waist Gunner: Chas Loholdt (4KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Liebenau, 30 miles NW of Hanover, Germany. MACR 2369.

Delivered Denver 31/1/44; 1SAG Langley 7/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned: 728BS/452BG as SH ship Deopham Green 7/4/44; 729BS; MIA Kassel 2/10/44 Pilot: Guy Hankins, Jean Traub, Joe Uzelac, Chas Keck, Andre Kerr, Lt Mike Keleman {mickey op}, Dale Holland, George Palmer {tg}, Lt Perry Smith {ca – ‘} (9POW); Walter Adams (KIA); flak, crashed Kassel, Germany. MACR 9526.

Delivered Denver 24/1/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Dow Fd 19/4/44; Assigned: 364BS/305BG [WF-A] Chelveston 30/4/44; MIA Brandenburg 6/8/44 Pilot: Doug Farmer, George Kimball, Renato Roccucci, Lou Goodman, Tom McKee, Bob Meyer, Tony Catala, Chas Rogers, Edwin Denz (9POW); flak, crashed Wittmundehafe, Germany. MACR 7881.

Delivered Hunter 11/11/44; ATS Wright Fd 15/11/44; 116 BU Ft Dix 24/1/45; 610 BU Eglin 6/4/45; 4000 BU Wright 14/6/45; 4000 BU Patterson 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/43; Kearney 9/6/43; Dalhart 27/6/43; Gr Isle 26/7/43; Presque Is 3/8/43; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-J] 6/8/43 ROSE MARIE; (19m) MIA Emden 11/12/43 Pilot: John Lashly, Co-Pilot: Dick Steel, Navigator: Herb Snelgrove, Bombardier: Dom Tutino, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Queener, Radio Operator: Forrest Woodman, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Teaman, Waist Gunner: Steve Russell (8POW); Waist Gunner: Clyde Holder, Tail Gunner: Bob Jones (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Leesdorf, Norden, N of Emden, Germany. MACR 1727. HOT ROCKS.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 94BG Bassingbourn 25/4/43; transferred 422BS/305BG [JJ-Q/G] Chelveston 14/7/43; 486BG Sudbury 16/7/44; Salvaged 26/6/45. MONKEY’S UNCLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/43; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; Roswell 28/5/43; force landed Hobbs with Dorsey Melton 7/6/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus ? .

Delivered Lincoln 26/11/44; Dow Fd 15/12/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [S] Glatton 3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 22/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 25/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45. NOBODY’S BABY.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/43; Ft Sumner 16/4/43; Hobbs with Albt Prendergast force landed Kelly 30/5/43; to Kelly, TX, with W.H. Keidrich who force landed base 12/7/43; with Jarry Jefferson force landed base 30/12/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/4/46.

Delivered Denver 3/2/43; Gowen 13/2/43; Geiger 11/5/43; Moses Lake 3/6/43; Spokane 13/8/43; 3701 BU Amarillo 12/6/44; with Beecher Tillman 9/3/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 16/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/43; Smoky Hill 26/3/43; Baer Fd 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 13/4/43; Dow Fd 18/4/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 24/4/43 MISCHIEF MAKER; Andrews Field 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; Transferred: 546BS/384BG [BK-H] Grafton Underwood 14/8/43; MIA Andre-de-Leuve, Fr. 3/9/43 Pilot: Justin Jones, Co-Pilot: Ed McManus, Navigator: Harry Peters, Bombardier: Chas Wolfrom, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Aloysius Shemanski, Radio Operator: John Reilly, Ball Turret Gunner: Ernie Kuhl, Waist Gunner: Linsfield Smith, Waist Gunner: Franklin Hitzeroth, Tail Gunner: Francis Leith (10POW); Enemy aircraft, ditched Channel, 10 miles off Le Havre, Fr. MACR 743.

Delivered Lincoln 29/1/45; Grenier 17/2/45; Assigned 8AF 21/2/45; mapping Dutch coast 2/7/45; Re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 13/6/47.

elivered Cheyenne 8/3/43; Colorado Springs 18/3/43; Patterson 24/3/43; Colorado Springs 7/4/43; Esler 10/5/43; Barksdale 21/5/43; Peterson 26/5/43; Assigned (F-9B photo-recon) 1st Photo Gp Colorado Springs 1/9/43; 499BG Smoky Hill 6/6/44; 11 Ph Sq MacDill 29/7/44; 19 Ph Gp MacDill 2/8/44; 4117 BU Robins 29/10/44; 19 Ph GP MacDill 12/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 24/5/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/43; Colorado Springs 18/3/43; Patterson 24/3/43; Colorado Springs 10/4/43; Peterson 19/5/43; Hill Fd 12/8/43; Assigned 1st Photo Gp Ogden 1/9/43; Will Rogers 14/11/43; MacDill 24/11/43; 499BG Smoky Hill 6/6/44; 11 Photo Gp MacDill 13/6/43; 19 Ph Sq MacDill 2/8/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 12/8/44; 3706 BU Sheppard 28/6/45; 3701 BU Amarillo 20/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/43; Colorado Springs 18/3/43; Patterson 2/4/43; Colorado Springs 16/4/43; to Peterson with Leon Fisher, but force landed 25 miles W Moline, ILL 19/6/43; Assigned (F-9B photo-recon)1st Photo Gp Colorado Springs 1/9/43; Mexico 9/11/43 – 23/12/43; Smoky Hill 6/6/44; McClellan 7/8/44; Patterson 14/12/44; Clovis 10/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/44; Hunter 17/1/45; Dow Fd 23/2/45; Assigned 301BG Lucera PFF 3/3/45; crash landed 20/4/45; Salvaged 30/4/45.

Delivered Long Beach 27/10/43; ass 339BS/96BG [QJ-A] Snetterton 4/12/43; MIA Berlin 8/3/44 Pilot: George Pond, Co-Pilot: John Day, Navigator: Glenn Johnson, Bombardier: George Peters, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Morris Ring, Radio Operator: Fitzhugh Warren, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Wilkins, Waist Gunner: Dallas Farris, Waist Gunner: Rowen Pollock, Tail Gunner: Carl Vandewalker (10POW); Enemy aircraft KO’d three engines, crashed Belgium. dorf, seven miles NE of Helmstedt, Germany. MACR 3430. LACE’S ACES aka THE IRON ASS.

Delivered Tulsa 4/4/44; 36 St Aprt Miami, fuel consumption test for Ferry Command 20/6/44; Hunter 18/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 2/8/44; 108BU Oberpfaffenhofen 18/1/46; re-ass AF 30/4/47; Recl Comp overseas 9/1/49.