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

Delivered Kearney 14/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 301BG Lucera 12/8/44; transferred 97BG Amendola 14/8/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 13/9/44 with George Tomavich, Southark, Krajowski, Gibson, Pace, Stone, Gruso, Banks, Rogers, Culver; Missing Air Crew Report 8953.

Delivered Hunter 11/7/44; Dow Fd 26/7/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 2/8/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 13/9/44 with Joe Condraski, Layton, Hershon, Rowland, Whisehunt, Jordan, Delaney, Clancy, McNerney (Killed in Action); Schwartz (Prisoner of War); mech fault, crashed Heydebreck; Missing Air Crew Report 8448.

Delivered Lincoln 15/9/44; Hunter 19/9/44; Grenier 3/10/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-G] Bassingbourn 4/11/44; {50+m} Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; Sth Plains 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/12/45. BROAD MINDED.

Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Presque Is 4/8/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-O] Chelveston 20/8/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with George Sartis, Co-pilot: Earl Brooke, Navigator: Owen McHarg, Bombardier: Harris Luse, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wallace Thomas, Radio Operator: Mo Lyons, Ball turret gunner: Jim Martin, Waist gunner: Bob Guitner, Waist gunner: Bill Davenport,Tail gunner: Martin Clever (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed near Oldenburg, Ger.. Missing Air Crew Report 1573.

Delivered Louisville 6/4/45; Rome 22/5/45; Syracuse 12/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 26/11/45.

Delivered Hunter 17/8/44; Dow Fd 3/9/44; Assigned 8AF 11/9/44; Salvaged n/battle damaged 20/12/44.

Delivered Dallas 15/5/43; Gore 17/5/43; Dallas 19/5/43; Roswell 27/6/43; with Howard Carson crash landed Roswell Aux Fd 22/2/44; Written off 27/2/44.

Delivered Denver 31/5/43; Dow Fd 9/7/43; Assigned 12 AF 13/7/43; Missing in Action 4/11/43, flak.

Delivered Hunter 19/10/44; Dow Fd 27/10/44; Assigned: 323BS/91BG [OR-A] Bassingbourn 2/12/44; (took nav Capt Wellings on honeymoon trip to Devon 22/3/44!); {37m} severe battle damage Coesfeld 11/4/45 Pilot: ‘; forced landing continent; Salvaged. 9AF Germany. any 10/12/45. PEACE OR BUST.

Delivered Hunter 16/6/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 342BS/97BG Amendola 3/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 15/6/45; Sth Plains 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 7/8/44; Grenier 19/8/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 15/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/7/45; Independence 12/7/45; hit when parked by 44-8132 16/12/456; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 2/1/46.

Delivered Denver 20/5/43; Dow Fd 7/7/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-L] Snetterton 13/7/43;MIA Beaumont Sur Oise 9/9/43 with Edwin Noordewier, Co-pilot: Herman Eitel, Navigator: Francis Kelly, Bombardier: Martin Gelman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Sheaves, Radio Operator: W.B. Surratt, Waist gunner: Nathan Karpf, Waist gunner: Bill Garrett (8 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Orville Sloane,Tail gunner: Lonnie Ogle (2 Killed in Action); flak, crash landed W of Evreux, near Beaumont-Le-Roger, Fr. TAR FLY.

Delivered Hunter 3/8/44; Dow Fd 15/8/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG Tortorella 11/9/44; Missing in Action {51m} Linz 25/4/45 with Rich Schwarz, Johnson, Margolis, Arney, Sosnoski, Greenbaum, Early, Bianchi, Freundt, Rice; flak hit #2 ct fire, crashed Linz; nine chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 13988. OLD FOLKS.

Delivered Dallas 15/6/44; Langley 17/6/44; Dow Fd 17/8/44; Assigned 347BS/99BG PFF Tortorella 31/8/44; {63m} Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Lincoln 22/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-U] Bassingbourn 4/11/44; ground looped at base with Edwin Whitton 20/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; Sth Plains 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45.

Delivered Dallas 29/6/44; Langley 30/7/44; Dow Fd 22/8/44; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham 30/8/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 29/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Denver 15/1/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 12/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Tortorella 30/3/44; transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {87m} Brux 25/12/44 with Bill Brandon, Forman, Duncan, McReynolds, Dunn, Kuzan, Leffingwell, Eaton, Lynn H. Ostrander, Miller; flak, crashed Oslip, Czech ?; Missing Air Crew Report 10704. SWAMP GAL.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/12/43; Lakeland 3/1/44; Morrison 16/2/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 18/2/44; Missing in Action Vienna 21/6/44 with John Beres, Co-pilot: Paul Aldhizer, Navigator: Bob Aubry, Bombardier: Joe Jorgenson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Verl Orcutt, Radio Operator: Bob Callies, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Arrington, Waist gunner: Norman Gibbs, Waist gunner: Jerome Schalk,Tail gunner: Joe Piazza (10RTD?); no gas, crashed Dutica, It; Missing Air Crew Report 11396. NAMELESS!

Delivered Tulsa 27/2/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Grenier 27/3/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 6/5/44; no ops, transferred 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 3/2/45; hit by debris from other aircraft on non-op flight 21/2/45; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 23/12/43; Assigned: 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 27/12/43; MIA Bremen 12/10/44 Pilot: Martin Unger, Cesar Martinez, Dave O’Brien, Harry Kilgore, Ray Jung, Bill Demartini, Herman Gordon, John Ware (8POW); Bill Reiner (KIA); flak, crashed Osnabruck, Germany. MACR 9573. TUXEDO TOMMY.