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

Delivered MacDill 29BG 7/5/42; Bangor 26/6/42; Muroc 29/7/42; Geiger 1/9/42; Alamogordo 2/10/42; Boise 7/11/42; Hendricks 25/2/43; with Albet Schneider crash landed four miles NE base 29/4/43; Written off 1/5/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/44; Hunter 24/4/44; Grenier 11/5/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 15/5/44; {97m – no aborts} Returned to the USA Morrison 26/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45. MARY ALICE

Delivered Cheyenne 16/1/44; Gt Falls 19/1/44; Scott 31/1/44; MacDill 4/2/44; Morrison 2/3/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Tortorella 11/3/44; transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {57m} Blechhammer 13/10/44 with Jonathan Shafer, Brinser, Wheeler, Michaels, Wilson, Arnett, Haines, Zavisa, Yeargin, Williams; mech fault, crashed Nordungau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9327. RITA ANN.

Delivered Denver 20/1/44; Amarillo 2/2/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 8/3/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Tortorella 11/3/44; transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {94m} Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 3/4/45; 4104 BU Rome 2/7/45; Recl Comp 13/11/45. LUSCIOUS LOUISE.

Delivered Hendricks Fd, Sebring 451 Adv Fly Gp 5/5/42; taxi accident at Hendricks with Ray Robinson 2/3/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 8/6/43; Written off 5/7/44; Recl Comp 13/3/46.

Delivered Lincoln 21/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-O] Bassingbourn 7/12/44; {47m} (also three POW trips and two Rubbernecks) Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45. OH HAPPY DAY.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Memphis 30/4/43; Presque Is 20/5/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-D] Thurleigh 23/5/43; MIA Stuttgart 6/9/43 Pilot: Wesley Peterson, Navigator: Don Phillips, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Utley, Ball Turret Gunner: Fred Huntzinger, Tail Gunner: Doug Wright (6POW); co-Ed Maslanka{wia}, Bombardier: Gus Winters{wia}, Waist Gunner: Bill Scott, Waist Gunner: George Monser (4EVD); Radio Operator: Bill Plaskett (KIA); no gas, crash-landed Sancourt, 25 miles E of Rouen, Fr; MACR 518.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Morrison 7/4/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Steparone 17/4/44; battle damaged Fornovo di Taro, It 22/6/44 with Bob Johnston, Erickson, Lynch, Buford, Nielsen, Cretors, Heimel, Mallett, Casteel, Morley (10 Returned to Duty); u/c collapsed on return landing. Salvaged. SHOO SHOO BABY.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/4/44; Dyersburg 25/4/44; Hunter 30/4/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 8/5/44; Missing in Action Pilsen 23/10/44 with Howard Dallman, Morey, Sandman, Poole, Hebert, Eddison, Walker, Lille, Fleshman, Deede (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Doeltech, Czech; Missing Air Crew Report 9319. SHADRACK.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 20/5/43; Assigned: 546BS/384BG [BK-K] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43; MIA Recklinghausen 12/8/43 Pilot: Ernie Sierens{body never found}, Co-Pilot: Joel Acker, Navigator: Spiridon Scoursi, Bombardier: Allan Blossman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Melvin Johnson, Ball Turret Gunner: George Hunt, Waist Gunner: Van Jones, Waist Gunner: Melvin Hansen (8KIA); Radio Operator: Harry Kettermann, Tail Gunner: Louis Brindley (2POW); flak blew off nose, crashed Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MACR 289. MERRIE HELL.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/9/43; Harvard 16/10/43; Assigned: 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 25/11/43; MIA Bordeaux 27/3/44 Pilot: Rich Gaskell, Co-Pilot: Ray Koorenny, Navigator: Ray Walsh, Bombardier: Modesto Gonzales, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Glenn Underwood, Radio Operator: Joe Koening, Waist Gunner: Edwin Pankhurst, Waist Gunner: Albert Ross (8POW); Ball Turret Gunner: Wilbur Volz, Tail Gunner: Tom Smith (2EVD); presumably Enemy aircraft or flak-none seen; crashed Le Gnac, near Lacanau, 25 miles NW of Bordeaux, Fr. MACR 3546.

Delivered Dallas 24/5/45; Syracuse 21/6/45; Middletown 8/11/45; Morrison 6/12/45; 4112 BU Olmstead 31/6/46; West Palm Beach 11/3/46; re-ass 30/4/47; 2621 BU Barksdale 3/9/47; 4117 BU Robins 4/3/48; Recl Comp 15/10/48.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/4/44; Hunter 24/4/44; Morrison 9/5/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 7/5/44; Missing in Action Maribor, Yugo 1/4/45 with Wallace Moore, Giboney, Trufley, Rex (4 evaded capture & return 5/4/45); Kastenbaum, Korschuk, Sorce, Spillar, Walker, Foard, Chadler (7 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Bihac; 7KIA 4EVD, ret 5/4/45; Missing Air Crew Report 13471. LYLA LUE.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Scott Fd 9/1/44; Lakeland 11/1/44; Morrison 21/1/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 22/2/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 5/5/44 with Ed Mellinger (Killed in Action), Co-pilot: ? Lindus, Navigator: Stan Krushat, Bombardier: Bill McIntosh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Arnold Bailey, Radio Operator: Cliff Kern, Ball turret gunner: Art Murray, Waist gunner: Bob Striewski, Waist gunner: Wade Pyatte,Tail gunner: Nelson Stephenson (9POW ?); flak, crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 4623. LAVERN’S BAD PENNY.

Delivered Hunter 7/10/44; Dow 15/10/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-T] Bassingbourn 18/10/44; {47m – inc three POW trips & two Rubbernecks}; Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45. STAR DUST.

The Fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Morrison 7/4/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 17/4/44; Missing in Action Memmingen 18/7/44 with Tim Gunn, Fuehrer, Cashman, Howland, Fischetti, Nicholas, Frieman, Odiorne, Niezgocki (9 Killed in Action); Jaski wg (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Schwarserd [spelling?], Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7098.

Delivered Hunter 5/8/44; Dow Fd 22/8/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 14/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 31/7/45; Independence 11/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. SKY WOLF.

Delivered Hunter 3/11/44; Grenier 12/11/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 3/12/44; Salvaged 24/2/46. KANSAS CITY KITTY.

Delivered Hunter 2/11/44; Grenier 17/11/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 28/2/45; to depot 20/4/45; {24m} Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46. SWEET LORRAINE.

Delivered Hunter 1/1/45; Dow Fd 13/1/45; Assigned 457BG Glatton 21/1/45; battle damaged Munich 25/2/45 with ?; force landed continent, Salvaged.

Delivered Kearney 3/7/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 17/7/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 29/4/45; 4104 BU Rome 2/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45. THE NORTHERN GALE.

Delivered Kearney 24/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 12/7/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/1/46. HERSHEY WOLVES II.

Delivered Sebring 5/5/42; damaged in landing accident at Hendricks 4/2/43 with John Gimpering; Amarillo 17/3/43; Brookley 28/6/43; Hendricks 12/7/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 16/6/45.