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

Delivered Cheyenne 6/5/43; Denver 8/5/43; Gore 12/5/43; Kearney 29/5/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned: 550BS/385BG, t/o from Gander, Nfd, but lost over Atlantic en route UK 22/6/43; Pilot: Herb Powley, Co-Pilot: Fred Montgomery, Navigator: Lloyd Boor, Bombardier: Pat Ruffin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dave McGadey, Radio Operator: Ralph Atkins, etTail Gunner: Bill Hahn, ro-Tom Cockfield, g-Morris Meyers, tg-Jim Riggs. (10KIA). Contact was made with Prestwick, Scotland, on approach to UK, but no trace. MACR 3.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/3/44; Hunter 1/4/44; Dow Fd 18/4/44; Assigned: 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 22/4/44; MIA Ausum A/Fd, Germany. 27/8/44 Pilot: Hugh Bowers, Jim Doster, George Pasvanis, Len Moore, George Miller, Bill Purcell, Ed Noga, Nathan Stark, Ed Bennett (9KIA); flak, crashed North Sea. MACR 8458. DUE BACK.

Delivered Denver 23/9/43; Harvard 9/10/43; ass 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 19/11/43; t/o accident Pilot: Gene Gibson 6/1/45. Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 18/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; ass 535BS/381BG {MS-T] Ridgewell 26/2/44; {4+m} MIA Tours 4/7/44 Pilot: Bob Bobrof, Co-Pilot: George DeVono, Navigator: Chas Cole, Bombardier: Bernie Goodman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Dell, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Polski, Tail Gunner: Tom Snyder (7KIA); Radio Operator: Clinton Word, Waist Gunner: Ken Hitchcock (2EVD); mech fault, crashed near Amboise, Persac, Fr; MACR 6779. TOUCH THE BUTTON NELL II. (Dug up by French archeological group in Feb. 1986 looking for Roman remains, via crop marks showing from the air, when a farmer pointed out that a US aircraft crashed in that field in WW II ).

Delivered Denver 3/11/43; Des Moines 10/11/43; Mitchel 23/11/43; Assigned 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 10/12/43; transferred 422NLS/305BG [JJ-U] Chelveston 11/2/44; then to 384NG Grafton Underwood 1/8/44; 379BG Kimbolton 4/8/44; force landed Continent 15/1/45; sal 21/1/45.

Delivered Denver 2/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 1/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 12/11/45.

Delivered Denver 1/3/44; Kearney 4/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 22/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45.

Delivered Hunter 7/10/44; Dow Fd 18/10/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-M] Thurleigh 3/1/45; transferred 535BS/381BG Ridgewell 23/5/45 (35+m); Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; Sth Plains 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. ELIZABETH’S OWN.

Delivered Hunter 26/8/44; Grenier 6/9/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 16/9/44; battle damaged Merseburg 2/11/44 with ?; force landed Volzel A/fd, Holl; Salvaged 14/11/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/1/45; Hunter 12/1/45; Grenier 7/2/45; Assigned 526BS/379BG H2X Kimbolton 21/2/45; mid air coll with 44-8198 over Braintree, Ex, UK 10/5/45 with Elliott Porter; Salvaged 11/5/45.

Delivered Dallas 7/7/44; Langley 5/8/44; Hunter 2/9/44; Assigned: 526BS/379BG Kimbolton 5/10/44; mid air col Pilot: 44-8813 over Braintree, Ex 10/5/45 w/Tom Piers; Salvaged. n/battle damage 11/5/45.

Delivered Denver 6/12/43; Langley 12/1/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-R] Ridgewell 20/2/44; [46m} battle damaged over target, 5/3/44 with Ed Price, crash landed base. Salvaged 16/5/45. CARNIVAL QUEEN.

Delivered Tulsa 9/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-P] Ridgewell 19/5/44; {1+m} MIA Dessau 30/5/44 Pilot: Leon Zapinski, Co-Pilot: Othmer Widosh, Navigator: Dave Fuller, Bombardier: Bob Van Buskirk, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Webb, Radio Operator: George Pastre, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Wilson, Waist Gunner: Hamilton Harper, Tail Gunner: Don Harness (9POW); Enemy aircraft hit #1 gas tank, crashed Karow, 31 miles NE of Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 5235. SO WHAT’

Delivered Patterson 9/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-N] Thurleigh 29/9/44; transferred 533BS/ Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; Sth Plains 19/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 15/6/44; Dow Fd 26/6/44; Assigned 348BS/99BG Tortorella 9/7/44; nav Allen died of anoxia on Sopron, Yugo mission 4/3/45 with Ken Goad, nav Reuben Allen died of anoxia; transferred depot 12/4/45; Salvaged 14/1/46.

Delivered Denver 20/3/43; forced landing Smoky Hill, KS Pilot: Frank Spino 3/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 19/5/43; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-Q] Ridgewell 25/5/43 w/Jack Owen, Bill Bohan, Liston Bascom, Frank Ronzio, Bill Lindenmeyer, Roy Slater, Clarry Asher, Chas Winn, Ken Rector, George Johnston; MIA {2+m} Hamburg 25/7/43 w/Jack Owen, Co-Pilot: Bill Bohan, Navigator: Liston Bascon, Bombardier: Frank Ronzio, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ken Rector, Radio Operator: Roy Slater, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Winn, Waist Gunner: Clarry Asher, Waist Gunner: Bill Lindenmeyer, Tail Gunner: Bob Cummins (10POW); flak KO’d #3, crashed between Heide and Hamburg, Germany. MACR 128. SAD SACK.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 6/4/43 Pilot: Bob Holdom, Bob Gravelyn, Bill Bechter, Jim Phillips, Bill Coleman, Bill Craver, Morris Pryor, Ray Pulliner, Ken Fossan, Jim Scollon; MIA {3m} Amiens-Glisy 4/7/43 w/Bob Holdom, Co-Pilot: Bob Gravelyn, Navigator: Bill Bechter, Bombardier: Jim Phillips, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Coleman, Radio Operator: Bill Craver, Ball Turret Gunner: Ray Pulliner, Waist Gunner: Ken Fossan, Waist Gunner: Jim Scollon, Tail Gunner: Morris Pryor (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Berck-Plage, near Amiens, Fr; MACR 133. WIDGET.

Delivered Hunter 10/1/44; Dow Fd 19/1/45; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 4/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45.

Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 28/8/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 24/6/45; Sth Plains 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/7/44; Hunter 25/7/44; Dow Fd 7/8/44; Rome 31/8/44; Dow Fd 7/9/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-K] Grafton Underwood 29/9/44; left wing caught fire on base with Ernie Andrews 31/12/44; Salvaged 1/1/45.