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

Delivered Tulsa 4/10/42; Biggs 11/2/43; 28BS/19BG Pyote 2/6/43; 504BG Fairmont 18/7/43; 241 BU Fairmont 23/8/43; 1103 BU Morrison 14/1/44; 233 BU Davis Monthan 1/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 22/5/45.

Delivered Hunter 10/12/44; Dow Fd 21/12/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-L] Framlingham 23/12/44; 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 29/11/45. LOVABLE LASS.

Delivered Denver 1/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 412BS/390BG [FC-H] Framlingham 10/11/43; Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43 with Frank Hoffman, Radio Operator: Dan Lempka (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob McBreen, Navigator: John Crowley, Bombardier: Angelo Misuraca, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dorsey Schaffer, Ball turret gunner: Arnold Metcalf, Waist gunner: Henry Hampel, Waist gunner: John Roth,Tail gunner: Patsy Alicandro (8 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Eggestedt-Brundorf, 12 miles NW of Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1729.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/44; Kearney 6/5/44; Grenier 24/5/44; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-X] Thurleigh 5/6/44; MIA Brux 12/9/44 Pilot: Earl Barr, Co-Pilot: Bob Reid, Bombardier: Garland Montague, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Hector Chavez, Radio Operator: Bill Bauer, Ball Turret Gunner: Nick Hoolko{wia}, Waist Gunner: Alf Capen{wia}, Tail Gunner: Wilbur Whitaker (8POW); Navigator: Matt Meyerson (KIA-chute failure ‘); Enemy aircraft hit #1 & #3, then exploded and crashed Brodowin; MACR 8836. METHUSELAH.

Delivered Denver 25/10/43; Walla Walla 7/11/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 12/3/44; retUS 121 BU Bradley; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. BABE.

Delivered Louisville 17/4/45; Sth Plains 25/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Louisville 17/4/45; Sth Plains 21/4/45; 2519 BU Ft Worth 17/10/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 19/10/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 15/12/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 31/1/46; 342 BU Smyrna 30/4/46; 594 BU Topeka 12/6/46; 4104 BU Rome 18/6/46; Columbus 30/6/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4104 BU Rome 29/6/47; 4112 BU Olmstead 6/7/47; 1 EG Eglin 13/1/49 for ditching experiments in Gulf of Mexico; ditched Adriatic, off Yugoslavia, in radio controlled ditching tests 17/5/49.

Delivered Louisville 16/4/45; Sth Plains 23/4/45; 2519 BU Ft Worth 18/10/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 21/10/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 31/1/46; 342 BU Smyrna 30/4/46; 613 BU Phillips 26/6/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/6/44; Hunter 13/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-T] Bassingbourn 29/6/44; Missing in Action 25m Altenbeken 26/11/44 with John Stevens; enemy aircraft, exploded & crashed Haulerwijk, Hol; (?6 evaded capture 3POW?); Missing Air Crew Report 10837. SEATTLE SLEEPER.

Delivered Hunter 28/12/44; Grenier 6/1/45; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-F] Framlingham 12/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; Sth Plains 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45. LIQUID-8-OR.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-A] Framlingham 17/1/44; Missing in Action [14m] Berlin 8/3/44 with Paul Quillin, Co-pilot: Harmon Jordan, Navigator: Jake Simonitsch, Bombardier: Ray Jabara, Radio Operator: Larry Volk, Ball turret gunner: Jesse Best, Waist gunner: Bill Malyuch, Waist gunner: Bill Schmidt,Tail gunner: Myrle Clausen (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Le Baron (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Kobbelitz?, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2988. HELLS BELLS.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Grenier 13/3/45; Assigned PFF 571BS/390BG [FC-T] Framlingham 21/3/45 (last aircraft assgd to grp); to MTO 28/5/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 8/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-P] Rougham 7/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45. MISS GLORIA II.

Delivered Louisville 21/4/45; Sth Plains 30/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Louisville 14/4/45; Sth Plains 19/4/45; 2519 BU Ft Worth 18/10/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 25/10/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 15/12/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 31/1/46; 342 BU Smyrna 30/4/46; 554 BU Memphis 12/8/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 4/9/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-D] Deenethorpe 23/9/44; battle damaged Politz 7/10/44 with Bob James, Bob Grossman, Gerald Morris, Henry Miller, Roger Scatchard, Frank Hopkins, Bill Keivens, Bill Pennington, Don Newman (9INT); flak, force landed Backs Torvmosse, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 9759. UNDECIDED.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/1/43; Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 15/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Dow Fd 18/4/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG Earls Colne 22/4/43; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-K] Grafton Underwood 16/7/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with Kelmer Hall, Co-pilot: Bradley Summer, Navigator: Jim Crary, Bombardier: Herbert Schindler, Radio Operator: Ed Keithly, Ball turret gunner: Larry Randeau, Waist gunner: Max Veber,Tail gunner: George McCulley (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Harland, Waist gunner: Colgate H.J Dean (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Uetersen, 15 miles NW of Hamburg, Ger. No MACR. THUNDERMUG.

Delivered Dallas 18/4/45; Rome 12/6/45; Middletown 8/11/45; Morrison 2/12/45; West Palm Beach 5/1/46; 2621 BU Barksdale 19/5/47; 4117 BU Robins 4/3/48; Recl Comp 31/3/49.

Delivered 21/4/45; Rome 14/6/45; Syracuse 20/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 21/11/45; sold IGN, France 12/12/47 as F-BEEA; Barr Flood Fd, Port Moresby, PNG 1967; crashed Binbrook, UK in filming of Memphis Belle 25/7/89, as AMELIA.

Delivered Denver 20/8/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-D] Framlingham 5/11/43; (3m) Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43 with Bill Riley, Co-pilot: Bob Fowler, Bombardier: Bob Mulloy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Brooks, Radio Operator: Bob Hansen, Ball turret gunner: Ray Sell, Waist gunner: Walt Fura, Waist gunner: Ed Carbonneau,Tail gunner: Frank Mariani (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Ed Kodis (KIA-body found Varel, eight miles S of Wilhelmshaven); enemy aircraft, crashed Sillenstede, six miles NW of Wilhelmshaven, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1730.