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

Delivered Hunter 24/3/45; Grenier 30/3/45; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-Y] Ridgewell 11/4/45; {1m} Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; Sth Plains 31/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG {SO- ] Grafton Underwood 18/10/43; suffered battle damaged Gironde 31/12/43 with George Stier, Co-pilot: Harry Bertram, Navigator: Ralph Harvey, Bombardier: Bob Maine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John VanReveran, Radio Operator: Francis Kane, Ball turret gunner: Alf David, Waist gunner: Jack Loudon, Waist gunner: Francis Klemowski,Tail gunner: Rich Morton (10 Returned to Duty); poor weather & no gas, crash landed Whittlesey, Cambs., UK. Salvaged 2 Base Air Depot, Lt Staughton 5/1/44.

Delivered Dallas 17/4/44; Hunter 30/5/44; Grenier 12/6/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 15/7/44; battle damaged Frieberg, Ger 15/1/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 6/3/45. HUN RUNNER.

Delivered Long Beach 21/9/43; Scott 2/10/43; Assigned Soxo (UK), transferred Las Vegas as TB-17G 24/10/43; 2126 BU Laredo 26/4/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 21/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Louisville 5/4/45; Sth Plains 10/4/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 25/10/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 19/12/45; 342 BU Smyrna 5/5/46; 594 BU Topeka 26/6/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/10/43; Las Vegas 27/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 16/6/44; 2126 BU Laredo 10/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 6/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 15/11/43; sal 9AF 26/9/45 in Germany.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Kearney 25/2/44; Presque Is 22/3/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-I] Ridgewell 6/4/44; Missing in Action {3m} Kerlin-Bastard, Fr 7/6/44 with John Martyniak, Co-pilot: Dick Kellum, Navigator: Jim Manion, Bombardier: Ray Stewart, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Darrell Longley, Radio Operator: Paul Stewart, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Jackson, Waist gunner: Albt Fahey, Tail gunner: Wayne Coffey; flak damage, ditched Channel 30 miles W of Jersey, (9 Returned to Duty). OUR CAPTAIN.

Delivered Louisville 4/4/45; Sth Plains 15/4/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 8/10/45; 342 BU Smyrna 5/5/46; 594 BU Topeka 12/5/46; 4104 BU Rome 13/6/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4112 BU Olmstead 18/6/47; 4 ER North West 1/1/48; 4 RCU North West 30/9/49; 2 RES Anderson 23/8/50; Recl Comp 16/2/51.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44; Presque Is 4/3/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 6/3/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 4/11/44 with Junior Adams, Bob McGuire, Edwin Breaw, Ross McCollum, Millard Bell, John Roberts, John Dewberry, John Collins, Larry Ornato (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Channel. Missing Air Crew Report 10162. YELLOW CAB.

Delivered Patterson 5/9/44; Hunter 29/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-Q] Kimbolton 13/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 18/9/44; Grenier 30/9/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG Kimbolton 14/10/44; Missing in Action Zeitz 30/11/44 with Ray Alderman, Curtis Henning, Ed Aulman, John Kirkham, Leo Christianson, Ludger Desmarias, Bill Page, Norbert Zagacki (8 Prisoner of War); Bob Staudinger (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Zeitz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11058. DIMPLES.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/3/45; Sth Plains 6/4/45; re-ass 31/3/47; 343 RVM MacDill 14/5/47; 343 SR Topeka 28/7/48; 91 ABGp Maguire 4/3/49; with Chas Hall force landed Fairfield, Oh 16/8/49; Recl Comp 14/12/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Gr Island 25/2/44; Presque Is 10/3/44; Assigned: 452BG Deopham Green 16/3/44; battle damage Rechlin, Germany. 25/8/44 Pilot: ‘; forced landing continent; Salvaged. 14/11/44.

Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; Presque Is 14/10/43; ass 563BS/388BG Knettishall 14/10/43; MIA Merseburg 29/7/44 Pilot: Russell Boyce, Jack Graves, Calvin Leitz, John Turpen, Norman Hubbert, Ken Erneste, Alf Japhen (7KIA); Darrell Hornsby, Emmett Lawless (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Bottendorf, Germany. MACR 7820.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 19/5/43; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-E] Ridgewell 22/5/43 Pilot: Bill Morre, Dale Wendte, Phil Dreiseszun, Jim Houck, Frank Bryant, Ed Usher, Bill Kithcart, Bill Fortier, Edgerton Zahm, John Watkins; MIA {1m} Hamburg 24/7/43 w/Bill Moore, Navigator: Phillip Dreiseszun, Radio Operator: John Ivey, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Usher, Ball Turret Gunner: Edgerton Zahm, Waist Gunner: Bill Fortier (6POW); Co-Pilot: Dale Wendte, Bombardier: Jim Houck*, Waist Gunner: Joe Kralick, Tail Gunner: John Watkins* (4KIA – * went down in ship); flak hit #1 & #2, wing blazed; crashed Neustadt Bay, Germany. MACR 130. LETHAL LADY.

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

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Smoky Hill 7/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-K] Ridgewell 4/6/43 Pilot: Bob Fricks, Martin Downey, Ray Lyons, Edwin Vincent, Guy Phillips, Atchmonde Logan, Theo Cason, Dallas Vaughn, Bill Vance, Bob Calhoun; MIA {10m} Anklam 9/10/43 w/Maj Landon Hendricks (CO), Co-Pilot: Capt Bob Withers, Navigator: Capt Bill Turner, Bombardier: Capt Leo English, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas McNeil, Radio Operator: John Willdridge, Ball Turret Gunner: Jerome Arbiter, Waist Gunner: Ernie O’Hara, Waist Gunner: Lloyd Howard, Tail Gunner: Lt Bill Duggan (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, last seen N of Texel Is, Holl.; MACR 887.

Delivered Long Beach 9/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; ass 569BS/390BG [CC-D] Framlingham 26/10/43; MIA (2m) Emden 11/12/43 Pilot: George Fish, Co-Pilot: Ed Ledford, Navigator: Bill Karpetska, Bombardier: Sam Lewis, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Loren Roberts, Radio Operator: Roland Fowler, Waist Gunner: Joe McKinney, Tail Gunner: Hugo Wanke (8KIA); Ball Turret Gunner: John Samsel, Waist Gunner: Mike Kulakowski (2POW); flak & Enemy aircraft, crashed Leesdorf, in Norden, N of Emden, Germany. MACR 1726.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/12/44; Hunter 12/1/45; Dow Fd 7/2/45; Assigned 452nd BG / 731st BS (K-) H2X RAF Deopham Green 9/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45. MANCHESTER MISSES.