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

Delivered Denver 8/4/44; Kearney 4/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-Q] Deenethorpe 1/6/44; 614BS [IW-A]; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45. MADAME QUEEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned 525BS/379BF [FR-O] Kimbolton 19/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 7/5/44 with Clarry Darnell, Co-pilot: John Jones, Radio Operator: Tom Wilkens, Ball turret gunner: Bill Snider, Waist gunner: Lewis Rule (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Roy Bistline, Bombardier: Walt Tyson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Wilson,Tail gunner: Tom Reilly (4EVD-all hidden in Friesland until liberation April 44); flak KOd #4, then #3 died, aircraft crashed Wolvega near Nijelamer, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 4559. SARAH JANE.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Tinker 11/3/44; Alexandra 13/3/44; 263 BU Harding 29/6/44; 221 BU Alexandra 1/7/44; 4119 BU Brookley 25/11/44; 221 BU Alexandra 15/12/44; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 327 BU Drew 20/7/45; 203 BU Jackson 4/9/45; 268 BU Peterson 9/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/3/45; Sth Plains 6/4/45; 234 BU Clovis 3/2/46; 40 RV March 7/5/46; 248 BU Davis Monthan 23/5/46; with Miles Doyle, force landed 26/6/46; Recl Comp 20/11/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/44; Kearney 18/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-D] Rougham 6/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45. ORDNANCE EXPRESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/44; Gt Falls 27/3/44; Cheyenne 2/3/44; Kansas City 13/3/44; Dyersburg 16/3/44; 555 BU Love Fd 21/12/44; 223 BU Dyersburg 2/1/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; 327 BU Drew 28/8/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 4/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Denver 17/3/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 7/5/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 25/5/43 Pilot: Bill Wroblicka, Omen Jones, Jim Delano, Lester Schneider, Joe Labushevicz, Fred Smith, Dick Wante, Edwin Jonson, John Kratzer, Walt Cecil; MIA Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 w/Bill Wroblicka, Co-Pilot: Claude Neeley, Navigator: Dave Harris, Bombardier: Lester Schneider, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Labushevicz, Radio Operator: Fred Smith (6 POW), Ball Turret Gunner: Edwin Jonson, Waist Gunner: John Kratzer, Waist Gunner: John Phelan, Tail Gunner: Walt Cecil (4 KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Hemmerich, NW of Bonn, Germany. MACR 383. DEVIL’S ANGEL.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/3/45; Sth Plains 6/4/45; 233 BU Ft Worth 10/2/46; 613 BU Phillips 30/4/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/44; Amarillo 20/3/44; Alexandra 27/3/44; 332 BU Lake Charles 5/10/44; 221 BU Alexandra 6/10/44; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 302 BU Hunter 30/3/45; 329 BU Alexandra 13/6/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 24/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/44; Scott 14/3/44; Dyersburg 15/3/44; 2132 BU Maxwell 25/6/44; 223 BU Dyersburg 11/7/44; 2122 BU Greenwood 14/9/44; 223 BU Dyersburg 16/9/44; 2113 BU Columbus 2/2/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/44; Rapid City 8/3/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned: 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, Transferred: 366BS/305BG Chelveston 1/5/44; MIA battle area support 13/8/44 Pilot: Wendell Terry, Henry Richardson (2POW); Tom Crow (KIA); Joe Robichaud, Henry Schiengold, Chas Kittle, Frank Holland, John Lanz, Theo Meek (6RTD); flak, crashed Flers, Fr; MACR 10709.

Sold IGN, France as F-BG SQ 29/12/44; scrapped 1972.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/2/44; Gr Island 17/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 15/3/44; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-N] Grafton Underwood 16/3/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 19/7/44 with Gerald Heim, Co-pilot: Franklin Mueller, Navigator: Fred Pratt, Bombardier: Larry Warren, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Morris, Ball turret gunner: Buford Butcher,Tail gunner: Martin Seibert (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Bob Harbrecht, Waist gunner: Henry Bailey (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set #1 on fire, aircraft exploded, crashed bank of Isar River near Wolfratshausen, SW of Munich, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7279. SWEET MAMA.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Alexandra 12/3/44; 332 BU Lake Charles 2/8/44; 221 BU Alexandra 17/9/44; with Arthur Ray 4/1/45; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 24/6/45; 327 BU Drew 28/8/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 4/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/44; Hunter 9/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned: 333BS/94BG Rougham 9/4/44, then 410BS; MIA Bohlen 7/10/44 Pilot: Julius Loesing, Bill Johnson, Bill Caffrey, Gene Sweeney, Chas Crosby, John Rogers, Clarry Souza, Walt McIlvoy (8POW); Harry Stephenson (KIA); Enemy aircraft set ship on fire which crashed Sibbersdorf, Germany. MACR 9556. DUCHESS.

Delivered Denver 23/2/43; Stillwater 8/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 17/4/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-Q] Grafton Underwood 14/7/43; Returned to the USA 5/6/44; Tinker 26/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45. SHORT STRIDE.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 22/3/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-U] Thurleigh 1/4/44; returned from mission 30/6/44 when fire broke out after parking, exploded damaging 42-97327 on next revetment; Salvaged 1/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/44; Gr Island 6/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-A] Chelveston 31/3/44; battle damaged Merseburg with ? 12/5/44; Salvaged 2 SAD 14/5/44. HITLER’S HEADACHE.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Grenier 8/3/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-G] Grafton Underwood 24/3/44; Missing in Action Freidrichshafen 19/7/44 with Dick Mount, Co-pilot: Bob Stuempfle, Navigator: Bob Rouse, tog-Vernon Rients, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Bond, Radio Operator: Don Elias, Waist gunner: Tony Kurz,Tail gunner: Ed Friederowicz (8INT); Ball turret gunner: Frank Horetski (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, KO’d #1, with #3 and #4 damaged,force landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 7280. ROYAL FLUSH III.

Delivered Denver 6/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG, crash landed base with Seldon McMillin 25/4/43 when u/c collapsed, Sal; repaired transferred Hill 10/6/43; Rapid City 20/7/43; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/12/45.