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

Delivered Tulsa 4/4/44; Hunter 20/6/44; Dow Fd 30/6/44; Assigned 342BS/97BG Amendola 29/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 15/1/45 with Alfred A. Murphy, Charles B. Scarborough, Martin Shikora, Richard H. Evans, David (Davis?), James L. Downs, Jr, John D. Jeter, William F. Halley, Kurok (Korek?), Robert L. Davey, Wolfe (11 Returned to Duty); crashed Hungary?; all returned.

Delivered Hunter 27/1/45; Dow Fd 13/2/45; Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS-C] Rougham 17/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/7/45; Sth Plains 10/7/45; 613 BU Phillips 3/7/46.

Delivered Denver 6/4/44; Yuma 26/4/44; 3036 BU Yuma 24/4/45; r/l with June Hopkins 27/4/45; Recl Comp 2/7/45.

Delivered Hunter 16/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 341BS/97BG Amendola 3/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 16/7/44 with 2Lt Randall L Fetty, 2Lt Byrle L Meeler, 2Lt John A Hefti, 2Lt Robert D Freeman, S/Sgt Sheldon S Rowles, Sgt Edwin A Montry, Sgt Reid A Hoey, Cpl James Allen Hamilton Burns, Cpl Joseph Jerrome Monteleone, Sgt Robert L Cahill; flak, crashed Orth; MACR 6686.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/8/44; Lincoln 4/9/44; Grenier 17/9/44; Assigned: 748BS/457BG [P] Glatton 18/9/44; MIA Oranienburg 10/4/45 Pilot: Tom Thompson, Navigator: Chas Keith, Radio Operator: Keith Shinault, Waist Gunner: Bill Peltoma, Tail Gunner: John Lewis (5POW); Co-Pilot: Max Felder, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Tom Smith, togg-Alf Waichunas, Ball Turret Gunner: Walt Basara (4KIA); jet Enemy aircraft, crashed Genthin, Germany. MACR 13912. MOONLIGHT MISSION.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/1/45; Hunter 15/1/45; Grenier 31/1/45; Assigned 97BG PFF Amendola 18/2/45; Returned to the USA 4/10/45, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Denver 28/2/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG Sioux City 18/3/43; force landed Kearney 8/4/43 with Ray Zucker; with Albert Bores force landed Smoky Hill 2/12/43; 499BG Smoky HIll 9/8/44; 247 BU Smoky Hill 19/9/44; 232 BU Dalhart 14/10/44; 273 BU Lincoln 29/11/44; 246 BU Pratt 10/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Denver 3/3/43; Geiger 31/3/43; Minneapolis 17/4/43; Gt Falls 21/4/43; Gore 1/6/43; Ephrata 8/6/43; Rapid City 26/6/43; Orlando 8/7/43; Rapid City 2/8/43; Wall;a Walla 18/11/43; 499BG Gt Bend 6/6/44; 243 BU Gt Bend 10/6/44; 19BG Gt Bend 9/9/44; 232 BU Dalhart 7/10/44; 202 BU Galveston 11/10/44; 4121 BU Kelly 31/12/44; 224 BU Sioux City 23/2/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 24/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 22/8/45.

Delivered Denver 3/3/43; Eglin 19/3/43; Patterson 2/5/43; Wright 7/5/43; Boca Raton 15/5/43; Eglin 27/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Boca Raton 14/6/43; Homestead 19/6/43; 398BG Rapid City 4/2/44; 225 BU Rapid City 29/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 20/6/45.

Delivered: Denver 19/11/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Assigned: 751BS/457BG [L] Glatton 29/1/44; 750BS; MIA Cologne 28/5/44 Pilot: Emmanuel Hauf, Co-Pilot: Don Swain, Navigator: Bill Hawley, Bombardier: Bill Jaqua, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Willis Johnson, Radio Operator: Jim Kilroy, Ball Turret Gunner: Walt Furtta, Waist Gunner: Paul Moore, Tail Gunner: Oscar Gascon (9KIA); Enemy aircraft damaged wing which broke off on return, crashed Channel, 25 miles W of Ostende, Belgium. MACR 5296.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/43; Salina 5/3/43; Tinker 19/3/43; Morrison 31/3/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-P] Thurleigh 20/4/43; {15m} transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 11/9/43; {5m} Frankfurt 4/10/43 with Earl Verrill, Co-pilot: Joe Rose, Navigator: Art Horning, Bombardier: John Lilley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Jackson, Radio Operator: Ross Repp, Ball turret gunner: Gil Taft, Waist gunner: Stan Lepkowski, Waist gunner: Paul Lorman,Tail gunner: Bob DeGhetto (10 Returned to Duty); forced to abort and crash landed beside RAF Woodbridge on return. 1 SAD Troston 4/10/43; Salvaged 8/10/43. Returned to the USA 28/4/44. SHEILA B. CUMMIN.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/43; Gore 31/5/43; Dallas 11/6/43; Smoky Hill 14/6/43; Love 17/7/43; Moses Lake 20/7/43; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/9/45.

Delivered Hunter 21/2/45; Grenier 10/3/46; Assigned 15AF 14/3/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/8/46.

Delivered Dallas 11/4/45; Rome 26/5/45; Syracuse 12/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/11/45.

Delivered Tulsa 13/3/44; slated 385BG, Lockbourn 9/4/44; St Louis 5/5/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 9/5/45; with Bob Sattler force landed Rapid City 29/6/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 24/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Kearney 22/6/44; Presque Is 7/7/44; Assigned 414BS/97BG Amendola 13/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 16/7/44 with Milton Haase, Gray, Patterson, Darron, Sellers, Haviland, Pugh, Clair, Brown, Cooper, Letesto; flak, crashed Wiener Neustadt; Missing Air Crew Report 6961.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/44; Gr Island 6/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-G] Grafton Underwood 7/4/44; FTR with J. S. Hoppen, enemy aircraft, force landed Belgium 10/1/45; Salvaged.

Delivered Louisville 10/4/45; Rome 2/5/45; Middletown 3/11/45; Morrison 6/12/45; West Palm Beach 9/1/46; re-ass 31/3/45; 2621 BU Barksdale 1/1/48; 4117 BU Robins 4/3/48; Recl Comp 2/3/49.

Delivered: Denver 8/5/43; Gore 9/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Dow Field 15/6/43; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-E] Gt Ashfield 16/6/43; MIA Wesermunde 26/7/43 Pilot: Glenn Duncan, Co-Pilot: Bill Lehr, Navigator: Bill Henderson, Bombardier: Roy Martinez, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ben Purdy, Radio Operator: Jim Soward, Ball Turret Gunner: John Towle, Waist Gunner: Chas Propst, Waist Gunner: Frank Ramsey, Tail Gunner: Jim Brophy (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, set on fire & ditched North Sea; MACR 191A.

Delivered: Denver 8/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 13/6/43; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-F] Gt Ashfield 14/6/43; Transferred: 551BS [HR-F]; MIA Wesermunde 26/7/43 Pilot: Jack Daniel, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Edwin Buck, Radio Operator: Wayne Pringey (3POW); Co-Pilot: Harry Cornwell, Navigator: Bob McCallum, Bombardier: John McCarthy, Ball Turret Gunner: Paul Keefer{body found 15/8/43), Waist Gunner: Felix Sanchez, Waist Gunner: Jim Sims, Tail Gunner: Warren Brown (7KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, near Wangerooge, Hol; MACR 191C. BLACK JACKER.