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

Delivered Hunter 21/11/44; Grenier 6/12/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 12/12/44; landing accident at base with Ed Lonergan 4/2/45; Salvaged 5/2/45.

Delivered Denver 17/8/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-O] Alconbury 19/9/43 with Oboe Mk I radar; transferred 326/92BG [JW-Q] Podington 21/2/44; ass; sal 13/10/45. MORTIMER.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-Q] Deenethorpe 1/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 21/6/44 with Jack Atherton, Co-pilot: Don Awalt, Navigator: Dick Fitzmaurice, Bombardier: John Whelan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Sonnhalter, Radio Operator: Jim Burg, Ball turret gunner: Dan Grunstad, Waist gunner: Jeral Smith, Waist gunner: Ron Cox,Tail gunner: Bill Gray (10 Prisoner of War); flak, bellied in Gruenewald, six miles NE of Nauen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 6000. SALVO SADIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Kearney 17/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned: 511BS/351BG [DS-U] Polebrook 12/4/44; {66m} battle damage Brandenberg 6/8/44 Pilot: Chas Woodrun, Raoul Brickman, Bahard Levins, Andy Bevin, Walt Raakin, Arnold Lomen, Don Fish (7RTD); Ellis Tompkins, Paul Tuerck (2MIA); Bill Rohrbacher, Virgil Carneal, Nick Marcinizyn (3POW). flak ko’d #4 engine, caught fire, but after feathering and using fire extinguisher to no avail, pilot gave order to abandon ship, when the latter three crewmen bailed out. However Woodrun dived the ship and managed to put the fire out and found some of the crew had bailed, the he ordered up TG Fish up front to act as co-pilot, and shuffled the rest but then lost another engine north of Hamburg. Losing altitude all the way back the ship eventually crash-landed at Leiston base. Repaired and back to operations but crash: takeoff w/Ray Butler 10/1/45; Returned to US: Bradley 31/5/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 21/10/45; Scrapped: Kingman 14/12/45. LINDA BALL II.

Delivered Denver 27/1/44; 1SAG Langley 8/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-Y] Bassingbourn 23/5/44; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-Z] Polebrook 14/6/44; 511BS [DS-Z]; on mission to Gelsenkirchen 16/2/45 with Henry Rossen lost engine landed in Belgium, all OK; {32m} 305BG Chelveston 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-C] Podington 13/9/44; took part in a Disney Bomb Test mission with Capt Oscar D. Whitten on 2/3/45; fire broke out in #3, crew bailed and landed near Hardinghen, Fr, except John Large who was killed due to ‘chute malfunction; one record gives ship exploded with three large fireballs seen, while another source gives Salvaged 9AF Germany 14/6/46. FORT SACK.

Delivered Tulsa 13/3/44; Hunter 4/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-C] Polebrook 22/5/44; on mission to Munich 25/2/45 with Bob Sandel, Co-pilot: Ed Clarac, Navigator: ? , Bombardier: Norman Rosenblatt, rest unknown,Tail gunner: Edwin Dahlmand; lost two engines, gradually losing height, then a third but with one engine landed at Lunneville, a French fighter AF, all crew OK; {57m} Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 1/6/45; Recl Comp 7/6/46.

Delivered Tulsa 2/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Dow Fd 30/4/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-M] Framlingham 4/5/44; suffered severe battle damaged 8/9/44 over Mainz with Edgar Moody, with two engines out landed in France, repaired and returned to base; landing accident with Joe McAllister 6/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; Sth Plains 5/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. LUCKY.

Delivered Denver 13/4/44; 1SAG Langley 5/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 351BG Polebrook [ -C] 22/7/44; transferred 748BS/457BG [C] Glatton 28/8/44; 750BS; Missing in Action Dutch flak inst. 17/9/44 with Doug Grantham, Acom-Maj George Hozier, Navigator: Howard Quinn, Exn-Capt Pat Henry, Navigator: Bob Douglas, Bombardier: Bob Costello, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Willie Suggs, Waist gunner: Gus Kujala, Ball turret gunner: Sephus Tucker,Tail gunner: F/O Art Gennari (10 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Buford Milner (evaded capture); flak KO’d #3, crashed N of Krefeld, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10208.

Delivered Dallas 17/8/44; Langley 7/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-P] Podington 8/11/44; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 7/5/45; 29 TAC 27/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; with ? force landed Wyo 1/5/44; Lowry 10/5/44; Cheyenne 16/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-G] Polebrook 17/7/44; Missing in Action {4m} Brandenburg 6/8/44 with Wilson Strange, Navigator: Frank Booth, Ed Prokop (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: George Pappas, Bombardier: Otis Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Barlow, Radio Operator: Ross Morell, Ball turret gunner: Lionel Zeigler,Tail gunner: Don Killoran (6 Prisoner of War); flak set fire to bomb bay, ship exploded, crashed Treuenbrietzen, SW of Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 7587.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Grenier 24/6/44; Assigned 508BS.351BG [YB-L] Polebrook 31/5/44; {13m} battle damaged Leipzig 7/7/44 with Pete Wishnewsky, Co-pilot: Dale Thompson, Navigator: Jim Saver, Bombardier: Pete Yarcusko, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Basil Manos, Radio Operator: Tom Cobb, Ball turret gunner: Harry Kistner, Waist gunner: Marlowe Sarge,Tail gunner: John Taylor (9 Returned to Duty); #1 engine in trouble and crash landed base, Salvaged 2 SAD 8/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/5/44; Kearney 23/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned: 510BS/351BG [TU-T] Polebrook 1/6/44; 511BS [DS-F]; {72m} Returned to US: Bradley 31/5/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 4/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45. THE LITTLE ONE.

Delivered Denver 3/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-J] Podington 19/2/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with Horace Spencer, rest ?; fate ?. J FOR JOHNNY aka HOMESICK ANGEL II.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/11/42; Colorado Springs 5/1/43; Lowry 6/4/43; Hill 16/5/43; Peterson 1/6/43; Assigned Mapping Group Bradley 1/9/43; 91PS/1PG (as F-9) Buckley 5/7/44; 3705 BU Lowry 14/5/45; transferred US Navy 31/3/47.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/6/44; Hunter 13/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-L] Polebrook 10/8/44; {81m} Returned to the USA Bradley 29/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 1/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 6/7/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-D] Polebrook 21/7/44; 508BS [YB-M]; {46m} Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/44; Kearney 31/5/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-S] Framlingham 28/6/44; transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-O] Podington 18/7/44; battle damaged Cologne 28/1/45 with Lt Devers, crew?; force landed St Trond, Bel; Salvaged 2/2/45. BIG CHIEF.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/44; Kearney 11/2/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [M] Glatton 9/3/44; damaged over Sorau 1/4/44 with Adrian Seabock, Co-pilot: Lloyd Tienogle, Bombardier: Bill Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Louis Casteliucci,Tail gunner: Francis Cornue (5 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Warren Spidel, Radio Operator: Prosser Jeffreys, Waist gunner: Les Reid, Waist gunner: Bill Woodall (4 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Frank Ingersoll (KIA- bailed out but electrocuted when landing in high tensions cables); on return force landed RAF Ludham, Norfolk, UK when right tyre blew out; Missing in Action Munich 11/7/44 with Jack Gazzale, Navigator: Fred Oglesby, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Burton Chenkin, Ball turret gunner: Lowell Jones, Waist gunner: Bob Ehlert,Tail gunner: Bob Broadie (6 Returned to Duty); Co-pilot: Jim Phillips, tog-Ralph Hipsman, Ball turret gunner: Everett Broadie (3 Killed in Action); caught fire and exploded over Felixstowe, Sfk, UK; crashed Saham Toney, Nfk; sal 2 SAD 11/7/44. Missing Air Crew Report 3827.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 21/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 8/7/44; transferred 509BS/351BG [RQ-M] Polebrook 22/7/44; battle damaged {95m} Oberpfaffenhofen 9/4/45 with ?; force landed continent, Salvaged. Rep & ret UK; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. DOZEY DOATS.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Romulus 4/12/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-T] Polebrook 20/1/44; Missing in Action 103m Paderborn 17/1/45 with Marius Della-Cieppe, Co-pilot: Dell Harvey, Navigator: Spurgeon Clark, Bombardier: Walt Saltys, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Smith, Radio Operator: Ed Venezia, Ball turret gunner: George Shearer, Waist gunner: Herman Fancher,Tail gunner: Jim Fager (9 Prisoner of War); en route to target, three engines threw oil and losing height, force landed in Holland; Missing Air Crew Report 12000. BUCKEYE BABE.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/44; Hunter 7/7/44; Dow Fd 25/7/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-J] Polebrook 7/8/44; {48m} 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 18/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/10/44; Hunter 1/11/44; Grenier 13/11/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-Q] Podington 30/12/44; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 7/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/10/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; Nashville 27/10/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-A] Polebrook 23/12/43; {64m} Mannheim 8/9/44, with John Haba, Co-pilot: Clinton Cavett, Navigator: Gene Hooks, Bombardier: Bob McGlohon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Clinton, Radio Operator: Jim Singleton, Ball turret gunner: Roy Morrison, Waist gunner: Ray McCloskey (8 Killed in Service);Tail gunner: Don Holihan (Returned to Duty), aircraft iced up badly during wing assembly and crashed Langtoft Common, near Market Deeping, Lincs. UK; Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 9/9/44. DEVIL’S BALL.