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

Delivered Long Beach 10/2/43; Pyote 21/3/43; 19BG Pyote 25/11/43; 236 BU Biggs 16/8/44; 4100 BU Patterson 26/2/45; 224 BU Sioux City 12/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/12/43; Gt Falls 29/12/43; Cheyenne 7/1/44; Nth Platte 9/1/44; Chicago 10/1/44; Albany 11/1/44; Lakeland 12/1/44; Morrison 18/2/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 20/2/44; Missing in Action Brux 23/9/44 with Bob Kaub, Co-pilot: Les Fooks, Navigator: Tom Cavanagh, Bombardier: Chas Grover, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roscoe Overton, Radio Operator: Cecil Raley, Ball turret gunner: Rich Wright, Waist gunner: Roy Munsey,Tail gunner: Bob Lee,(9INT); no gas, l/Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 9878. HOLEY JOE.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/12/43; Des Moines 12/1/44; Jackson 14/1/44; Lakeland 16/1/44; Morrison 21/2/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 25/2/44; {99m} crash landed on base with Berti Berggren 27/2/45. THE BIGGEST BIRD.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 12/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Tortorella 14/3/44; transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {80m} Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 6/6/45; 4104 BU Rome 28/6/45; Recl Comp 13/11/45. MISS NATURAL.

Delivered Denver 21/1/44; Cheyenne 24/1/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Homestead 11/2/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 14/3/44; Missing in Action Vienna 13/10/44 with George Houghtelin, Keutzer, Ritter, Doughman, Britland, Vollerstein, Strange, Eisenauer, Knoble, Strain (10 evaded capture & returned 17/10/44); flak, crashed Baja, Hungary; Missing Air Crew Report 9142. PANTIE ANNIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/44; Hunter 7/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-K] Bassingbourn 10/7/44; 71m Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. YANKEE GAL.

Delivered Denver 28/12/43; Columbus 16/1/44; Lakeland 18/1/44; Morrison 18/2/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 20/2/44; flak damage Blechhammer, Ger. 13/9/44; Ditched into the Adriatic Sea and lost.

Delivered Denver 24/12/43; Dallas 5/1/44; Dale Marbry 6/1/44; Lakeland 9/1/44; Morrison 16/2/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 18/2/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 31/7/44 with Carl Spencer, Co-pilot: George Mason, Bombardier: Bill Pyle, Radio Operator: Walter Hughes, Ball turret gunner: Murray Jolly, Waist gunner: Paul Black, Waist gunner: John Yaw,Tail gunner: Clyde Smith (8POW?); Navigator: Bill Simon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Young (2KIA?) flak, crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 7154. G.I. DELIVERY

Delivered MacDill 411BS/29BG 12/5/42; Westover 14/7/42; damaged on base 23/7/42; force landed Gowen with Larche Washer 26/9/42, Written off.

Delivered Denver 24/12/43; Lakeland 8/1/44; Morrison 16/2/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 28/2/44; Missing in Action Linz, Aus. 25/7/44 with Jim Sayers, (crew ?); flak damage, on return ditched Adriatic. Missing Air Crew Report 12530. MARY LOU.

Delivered Lincoln 17/8/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 21/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/7/45; Independence 3/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/12/45. THE LITTLE ONE.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/9/44; Hunter 31/10/44; Dow Fd 8/11/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-C] H2X Bassingbourn 11/11/44; 26+m transferred 368BS/306BG Thurleigh 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 30/7/46. FRANKIE FROM DIXIE aka TOWER OF LONDON. (Christened by Lord Mayor.)

Delivered MacDill 92BG 11/5/42; Wendover 15/7/42; with Larche Washer force landed Gowen 26/9/42; with Duane Pangle force landed Gowen 18/6/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 22/5/45.

Delivered Hunter 4/11/44; Grenier 14/11/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 7/12/44; crashed in Alps 20 miles NE Campo Tures, It 6/6/45 with John Mason, Gibson, Williams, Jackson, Arroyo, Fraser, Horner, Frame, Barnstable, Vold (10 Killed in Action); plus ten passengers all KIA; DOUGHBOY SPEED.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/12/43; Lincoln 8/1/44; Lakeland 11/1/44; Morrison 13/2/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 15/2/44; destroyed 11/10/44. LASSIE AND HER LADS.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/44; Hunter 27/4/44; Dow Fd 11/5/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 10/5/44; Missing in Action Odertal 18/12/44 with Arthur Dunn, Fite, Gonzales {Wounded in Action}, Eichenberg {Wounded in Action}, Radar {Wounded in Action}, Boone, Cruz, Belyea, McDonald, Kennedy (RTD 21/12/44, except Eichenberg – 1/45; enemy aircraft, crash landed Biograd, Yugo; JOANNE.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/5/42; Wayne 25/6/42; Dorval 17/6/42 with Dick Ralph, Gander-Prestwick to RAF [FK206]; 220 Sq (ZZ-K) Ballykelly 18/7/42 with Partick Hadow (Sqd Co), via St Mawgan on to Lagens, Azores 9/10/43; while on patrol with J.B. Taylor 8/11/43 went off course and diverted to Casablanca; detailed on sub patrol 4/12/43 with Desmond Morris, Co-pilot: Bob Morrison, Harry Lawson, Jim Johnson+, Arthur Pearce, Joe Boudreault*, Carl Flack*, Mike Campion (8 Killed in Action) the first aircraft to lift off the new PSP runway crashed into sea on take off from Lagens, Azores.; three bodies found, two Canadian* and one Aussie+, who were buried in Lajes War Cemetery

Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-R] Bassingbourn 11/8/44; {60+m} Returned to the USA Bradley 12/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 12/8/45. REDWING.

Delivered Lincoln 11/10/44; Grenier 23/10/44; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 22/12/44; {41m} Returned to the USA Morrison 31/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/4/46. QUEENIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/12/43; Gt Falls 26/12/43; Des Moines 8/1/44; Maxwell 9/1/44; Lakeland 10/1/44; Morrison 17/2/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 21/2/44; Missing in Action Pioppi, It. 5/6/44 with Jack Newcomb, Navigator: Jesse Fuchs*, Radio Operator: Arvid Wheeler,Tail gunner: Jesse Yanez (*3/4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Chas Considine, Bombardier: Doug Ackley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clovis McDonald, Ball turret gunner: Bill Denmead, Waist gunner: Pete Welsh (*5/6RTD/ Prisoner of War); flak, crashed with bombs and exploded Bologna, five chutes seen. Missing Air Crew Report 5843. HAIRLESS JOE.