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

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Gt Falls 26/2/44; Cheyenne 2/3/44; 222 BU Ardmore 30/8/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; 370 BU Sheppard 19/6/45; 332 BU Ardmore 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 24/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Sioux City 17/3/44; 224 BU Sioux City 11/10/44; 332 BU Ardmore 17/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/8/45.

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-O] Thurleigh 10/2/44; MIA Germany. an oil insts 13/9/44 Pilot: Clayton Nattier, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gerald Bump, Radio Operator: Edwin Block, Ball Turret Gunner: Cecil Richardson, Waist Gunner: Max Kimmel, Tail Gunner: Dick Edwards (6POW); Co-Pilot: Gerald Johnson, Navigator: Bernie Weinstein, Bombardier: Bill Gregory (3KIA); flak, crashed Ammendorf, Ger; MACR 8829. DURATION-PLUS.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Grenier 27/5/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-V] Kimbolton 8/6/44; suffered flak hits over Creil 14/6/44 with Lloyd Burns, Co-pilot: Fred Kauffman, Navigator: Ed Sadler, Bombardier: Jack Gray, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon Gibbs, Radio Operator: Leroy Monk, Ball turret gunner: Bill Farmer, Waist gunner: Dick Andrews,Tail gunner: Loius Schultz (9 Returned to Duty); on return to base with lost hydraulics, so with no brakes skidded into deep ditch and seriously damaged; Salvaged 2 SAD 15/6/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/2/44; Gt Falls 19/2/44; with Jesse Nielson force landed Lowry 21/2/44; slated 398BG, Assigned 4CB Bowman 7/10/44; 3705 BU Lowry 15/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/2/44; Kearney 4/3/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned Soxo 26/2/44; took off Goose Bay, Labrador, for Meeks Fd, Iceland, en route UK 12/3/44 with Chas Claxton, Navigator: Albert Leventhal, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Kyall, Radio Operator: Bill Huffman, Waist gunner: Willie King,Tail gunner: Solomon Cohen (7 Killed in Service); Co-pilot: Glen Chollar, Ball turret gunner: Walt O’Neil, Waist gunner: Grant Small (3 Returned to Duty); low on fuel and ditched 40 miles SE of Meeks Fd. Missing Air Crew Report 15630.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Wright Fd 6/3/44; with Bill Ceely crash landed Cheyenne 11/3/44; W/O 16/3/44.

Delivered Denver 1/2/44; 1SAG Langley 11/3/44; Grenier 24/4/44; Assigned (H2X) 482BG Alconbury 26/4/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Syracuse17/12/43; Presque Is 24/12/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-D] Framlingham 2/2/44; on mission 25/9/44 with ? ,Tail gunner: Le Verne Dillow (Killed in Action); 103m, retUS Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45; BOMB BAY ANN aka DOROTHY DEE.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-Z] Rougham 6/4/44; transferred 34BG Mendlesham /45; Ret US Bradley 4/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/12/45. MILLION DOLLAR BABY.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; Rapid City 19/6/43; Dow Fd 29/6/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-W] Rougham 9/7/43; LIL’ OPERATOR.

Delivered Louisville 7/4/45; Rome 26/5/45; Middletown 8/11/45; Morrison 2/12/45; 2621 BU Barksdale 8/12/45; re-ass 31/3/37; 4117 BU Robins 4/3/48; Recl Comp 14/9/48.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/44; 225 BU Rapid City 1/5/44; 232 BU Dalhart 28/7/44; from Rapid City with Jim Mullins 25/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 15/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/9/43; Gr Isle 3/10/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-R] Framlingham 7/10/43 MISS LACE, then PINKY III; to HONEY CHILE; transferred RAF [SR387]; 214 Sq BU-G Sculthorpe, Nfk. 21/1/44; No1699 FLT [4Z-Z]; Written off 13/11/46.

Delivered Tulsa 16/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-L] Framlingham 8/4/44 THE WALRUS; non-op taxi accident, with Bernie Hayward, caught fire 8/3/45; Salvaged 15/3/45. SILVER METEOR.

Delivered Louisville 6/4/45; Sth Plains 12/4/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 25/10/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 12/1/46; 613 BU Phillips 6/6/46; 342 BU Smyrna 30/6/46; 613 BU Phillips 6/8/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Rapid City 4/3/44; Gr Island 19/4/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-K] Thurleigh 12/5/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 12/9/44 with Chas Wagener, Co-pilot: Bill Griffin, Navigator: Don Marsh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Stroyoff(4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Bill Sewart, Radio Operator: Jack Krahn, Ball turret gunner: John Eden, Waist gunner: Bill Gardiner,Tail gunner: Henry Rodgers (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Uedersee, near Eberswalde, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8833. UMBRIAGO.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Grenier 26/3/44; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-T] Rougham 6/4/44; 410BS [GL-T]; MIA Hamburg 31/12/44 Pilot: Albt Rosenzweig, Bill Simonton, Paul Behrents, Guy Whitaker, Gray Wiens, Harry Kantor, Palmer Lacoss, Gene Orser, Bob Pomerleau (9POW); flak, crashed Twirstringen, Germany. MACR 11370. MORGAN’S RAIDERS.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Gr Island 22/2/44; Presque Is 12/3/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-G] Snetterton 16/3/44; MIA Rostock 11/4/44 Pilot: Sherman Gillespie, Co-Pilot: Earl Ward, Navigator: Carl Goodhouse, Bombardier: Cecil Williams, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Steve Condur, Radio Operator: Ernie Richardson, Ball Turret Gunner: Myron Berry, Waist Gunner: Jack Fletcher, Waist Gunner: Bob Christiansen, Tail Gunner: Willard Berg (10INT); Enemy aircraft on return from target, forced landing Bulltofta, Sweden. MACR 3817. Returned to US: Hunter 1/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45; Scrapped: Kingman 16/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Hunter 4/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-H] Rougham 9/4/44; MIA Ingolstadt 21/4/45 Pilot: Jack Kirk (RTD); John Beck, Lloyd Olson, Oliver Hawthorn, Alma Glick, Chas Stribi, no btg, Harry Thompson, Bob Kipp (7KIA); hit by prop wash, crash-landed Sulzbach (Schwäbisch Hall), Germany. {last loss of 94BG}. MACR 14167. STRUGGLE BUGGY.