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

Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Gr Island 22/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-H] Gt Ashfield 16/3/44; MIA Munich 11/7/44 Pilot: Irvin Henderson, Dave Schnaars, Joe Johnson, Gordon Gray, Bob Parish, Fred Nygard, Leo Watt, Earl Edwards, Jim Smith, Harry Bible (10POW); flak, crashed Augsburg, Germany. MACR 7360.

Delivered Louisville 31/3/45; Sth Plains 9/4/45; Brookley 24/8/45; 4132 BU Garden City 11/10/45; 4152 BU Lockbourn 7/11/45; 4152 BU Clinton 13/5/46; 4112 BU Olmstead 13/6/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4127 BU McClelland 29/4/47; Landing Aid Ex Station, All Weather Flying Centre, Arcata 1/1/48; Recl Comp 18/5/48.

Delivered Denver 4/3/43; Dalhart 6/6/43; crash landed base 29/6/43 with Don Mitchell. Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 2/3/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG 5/43; Tinker 2/6/43; Galveston 4/8/43; with Joe Beeson crashed 10 miles W Palmer Lake, Co 26/2/44; Written off 28/2/44.

Delivered Long Beach 16/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Prestwick, UK 15/12/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-J] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; Missing in Action Bordeaux 19/6/44 with Bill Massey, Bombardier: Lew Stelljes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Beard (3 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Dominic Ceresa, Radio Operator: Harry Earnes, Ball turret gunner: Bob Mahler, Waist gunner: Alf Wieters, Waist gunner: Jim Faulkner,Tail gunner: Paul White (7 Killed in Action); mech. fault, spun down and exploded, crashed Chez Renard, near Jauldes, ten miles N of Angouleme, Fr ; Missing Air Crew Report 6002. CHANNEL EXPRESS III.

Delivered Louisville 31/3/45; Sth Plains 11/4/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 8/11/45; 342 BU Smyrna 10/4/46; 613 BU Phillips 19/6/46.

Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Harvard 14/10/43; ass 710BS/447BG [IJ-C] Rattlesden 27/11/43; MIA Laon, Fr 9/5/44 Pilot: Bill Owens, Co-Pilot: Bill Heim, Navigator: Julian Matin, Bombardier: John McKinney, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jack Seeger, Ball Turret Gunner: Herb Holland, Waist Gunner: Edwin Sieniarecki, Tail Gunner: Leroy Potter (8KIA); Radio Operator: John Browko, Waist Gunner: Conrad St Laurent (2POW); flak knocked off nose, then ball turret fell off followed by aircraft disintegrating in mid-air to crashed two miles N of Laon, Fr; MACR 4588.

Delivered Denver 25/9/43; Gr Island 16/10/43; ass 447BG Rattlesden 2/11/43; Transferred: 333BS/94BG [TS-R] Rougham 3/11/43; then tran 364BS/305BG [WF-F] Chelveston 23/11/43; MIA Kiel 22/5/44 Pilot: Bob Rippstein, Navigator: Bill Fagan, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Rhodes (3POW); Co-Pilot: John Colton, Bombardier: Locke McClure, Radio Operator: Roland Courcy, Ball Turret Gunner: Emil Went, Waist Gunner: Ken Nason, Waist Gunner: Bill Isenhour, Tail Gunner: Dick Hobbs (7KIA); flak direct hit, crashed Kiel-Ellerbeck navy depot; MACR 4950. PALMA II.

Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 8/1/44; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned: 369BS/306BG [WW-Y] Thurleigh 17/1/44; MIA Erding 24/4/44 Pilot: Carroll Biggs, Co-Pilot: Bill Chapman, Navigator: Joe Weldon, Bombardier: John Pedevillano, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Economos, Radio Operator: Germany. ld Swift, Ball Turret Gunner: Matt Moore, Waist Gunner: Lee Prugh, Waist Gunner: Walter Garr, Tail Gunner: Luther Victory; (10POW); Enemy aircraft KOd #3 and #4 plus top turret, then fired developed; crew baled, eight picked up at Mainburg, crashed Niederrumelsdorf, eight miles S of Abensberg, 20 miles E of Ingoldstadt, Ger; MACR 4283. MISS CARRIAGE

Delivered Louisville 31/3/45; Patterson 10/4/45; Hunter 1/5/45; 201 BU Peterson 13/3/46; 1 BU Bolling 31/3/46; 401 BU Hamilton 6/6/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 3 BC Albrook, CZ as CB-17 1/7/48 with extra radio compt windows, no chin or top turrets; 6702 MAT Albrook 26/7/48; 5701 MSU Albrook 23/3/49; Recl Comp 24/8/50.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/11/43; Kearney 5/12/43; Presque Is 22/12/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-N] Deenethorpe 2/2/44; Missing in Action Kiel 19/5/44 with Marion Hagen, Co-pilot: John Dunn, Navigator: Wilbur Cordell, Bombardier: Fred Graham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Simmons, Radio Operator: Martin Barr, Ball turret gunner: Wade Cox, Waist gunner: Art Huston, Waist gunner: Jim Stone (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Bill Henson (Prisoner of War); flak hit an exloded almost immediately, crashed Kiel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4815. SAD SACK aka MY DAY.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Gr Island 22/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-P] Gt Ashfield 16/3/44; battle damage Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Neil Rosener, Co-Pilot: George Flynn, Radio Operator: Bill Manley, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Feuers, Tail Gunner: Jim Moulton (5RTD); Navigator: John Storar, Bombardier: Jerome Leichtman (2POW), Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harry Mack, Waist Gunner: Ike Goodman, Waist Gunner: Stan Stoma (3KIA); lost an engine by Enemy aircraft and left target area being unable to keep up with the formation, eventually landed RAF Manston, Kent, UK , Salvaged. 15/5/44. MACR 4880. RAGGED BUT RIGHT.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/8/44; Hunter 15/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-N] Gt Ashfield 11/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 25/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 25/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45. HARES BREADTH.

Delivered Louisville 6/4/45; Sth Plains 13/4/45; with Barney Bridges force landed Ardmore Fd, Ok 19/4/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 31/10/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 7/11/45; 342 BU Smyrna 5/5/46; 594 BU Topeka 18/6/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; Assigned: 364BS/305BG Chelveston 22/1/44; MIA Aschersleben 22/2/44 Pilot: Chas Barnes, Co-Pilot: Frank Hopko, Navigator: Rowland Gaunt, Bombardier: John Maguire, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Delbert Mann, Radio Operator: J.F. Albright, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Baynes, Waist Gunner: Peter Sfikas, Waist Gunner: Bob Earp, Tail Gunner: George Walker (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, close to Danish coast; MACR 2648.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Nashville 27/11/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-Y] Snetterton 23/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/43 with Clark Ross, Co-pilot: Tom Zimmerman, Navigator: Harry Whitenight, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rueben Barth, Radio Operator: Henry Flowers, Waist gunner: Tom Abrahamson,Tail gunner: Ralph Curren (7 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Pat Flaherty, Ball turret gunner: Bill Ewart{body not found until 21/3/44}, Waist gunner: Frank Ford (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hohlbeck, near Loburg, W of Berlin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3424.

Delivered Denver 27/12/43; Gt Falls 29/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Presque Is 26/1/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-X] Deenethorpe 6/2/44; battle damaged ? 28/9/44 with Charles W. Utter; Cologne 6/1/45; Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 19/2/45. MISS `B’ HAVEN.

Delivered Louisville 5/4/45; Sth Plains 11/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 25/2/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/7/44; Hunter 25/7/44; Dow Fd 7/8/44; Assigned 862BS/493BG Debach 8/8/44; transferred 338BS/96BG [BX-G] Snetterton 9/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45. SWEENY’S BRATS.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Hunter 10/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned PFF 835BS/486BG [H8-C] Sudbury 2/7/44; then 834BS [2S-K] on mission to Lutzkendorf 30/11/44 with Bob Cross, both Bombardier: Roy Bronson & Radio Operator: George Bevins were wia, but brought home safely; {65m} when parked was damaged by 43-37945 while taxiing, Salvaged 20/5/45. OLD MAN’S FOLLY.