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

Delivered Denver 1/2/44; 1SAG Langley 21/3/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-B] Polebrook UK 6/7/44; 511BS [DS-B] JULIE LINDA; {51m} transferred 305BG Chelveston 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 4/4/46. NADINE L.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/1/45; Hunter 27/1/45; Grenier 3/2/45; Assigned 306BG Thurleigh 15/2/45; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 19/11/47. BEAUTIFUL TAKEOFF.

Delivered Long Beach 16/9/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Thurleigh 30/12/43; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with John Machosky, Co-pilot: Jim Phillips, Navigator: Bob Swartz, Bombardier: Bill Roberts, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Lanich, Radio Operator: Lester Geisman, Ball turret gunner: Alphonse Micuta, Waist gunner: Bill Stanley,Tail gunner: Andy Dolovacky (9 Prisoner of War); flak, Koenigswald, SE of Kassel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8830. RAIN CHECK.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/11/43; Wendover 6/12/43; Assigned 570BS/457BG Glatton; on ferry trip from Goose Bay to UK, crash landed Nutts Corner, Belfast, N. I. 23/1/44; with Tracey Geiger, Co-pilot: Theo Bashette, Navigator: Irving Meyers, Bombardier: Verne Bass, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Elsberry, Radio Operator: Tom Howard, Ball turret gunner: Billy Dalton, Waist gunner: Francis McCall, Waist gunner: Morgan Nes…?,Tail gunner: Sylvester Kureskieczis (10 Returned to Duty); landed too far down runway, brakes unable to hold, ship ran off runway into ditch breaking its back. Salvaged 20/5/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-P] Deenethorpe 15/2/44; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 1/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.

Delivered Denver 14/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned: 350BS/100BG [LN- ] Thorpe Abbotts 1/5/44; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Capt Jim Geary, Co-Pilot: Maj Maurice Fitzgerald, Navigator: Dort Payne, Bombardier: Edwin Stern, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Francis Acker, Radio Operator: Lou Paltrineri{wia}, Ball Turret Gunner: Carl Schuster, Waist Gunner: Jack Domening{wia}, Waist Gunner: John Trout{wia}, Tail Gunner: Lt Art Harris (10POW); flak damage, crashed Spornitz, four miles SW of Parchim, Germany. MACR 5151.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Kearney 12/7/43; Dow Field 16/7/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-X] Snetterton 16/7/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 13/12/43 with Emery Chesmore, Co-pilot: John Chestnut, Navigator: Art Leedy, Bombardier: John Mathews, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vince Vicalli, Radio Operator: George Frosdick, Ball turret gunner: Jim Simpson, Waist gunner: Jim Collins, Waist gunner: Corney Lett, Tail gunner: Earl Fahl (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed on the Molenrij, near Kloosterburen, Groningen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1654. DRY RUN IV.

Delivered Hunter 21/12/45; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-K] Bassingbourn 7/2/45; {31m+two POW trips} Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; Sth Plains 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45. RUGGED BUT RIGHT.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Gt Falls 1/1/44; Presque Is 3/1/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-V] Polebrook 30/1/44; {3m} battle damaged Frankfurt 11/2/44 with Frank Turbyne, (crew + passenger ?), (11 Returned to Duty), crash landed RAF Rochford, and hit defence post on Warners Bridge, near Southend, Essex, UK. Virtually burnt out; Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 13/2/44.

Delivered Denver 31/12/43; 1SAG Langley 13/1/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-Y] Grafton Underwood 1/3/44, 547BS [SO-Y]; transferred (H2X) 457BG Glatton 9/5/45; 422BS/305BG [JJ-T] Chelveston 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 3/4/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/43; Walla Walla 7/7/43; Redmond 15/7/43; Walla Walla 15/8/43; 325 BU Avon Park 4/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/8/45.

Delivered Tulsa 23/1/44; Kearney 14/2/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-S] Kimbolton 23/3/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 5/11/44 with ?; Salvaged 2 SAD 7/11/44.

Delivered Denver 10/12/43; Kearney 23/12/43; Romulus 7/1/43; Presque Is 9/1/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-L] Polebrook 31/1/44; {33m} Missing in Action Oschersleben 30/5/44 with Crawford Hicks, Co-pilot: Gene Bianco, Navigator: Hardy Mitchener, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Young, Radio Operator: Ulis Briggs, Ball turret gunner: Steve Vasilik, Waist gunner: Lowell Reed, Waist gunner: Marvin Allen,Tail gunner: Ken Gelderman (9 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Lester Kunz (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft caused severe damage, crashed Holzbalge, four miles NW of Nienburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5236. LIL’ GINNY.

Delivered Tulsa 14/9/43; Denver 15/8/43; Scott 25/10/43; ass 401BG Deenethorpe 1/11/43; Transferred: 323BS/91BG [OR-T] Bassingbourn 20/11/43; MIA {18m} Oschersleben 22/2/43 Pilot: Frank Kolts, Navigator: Chas Alexander, Bombardier: Harry White (3KIA); Co-Pilot: Elund Merkel, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Matt Kryjak, Radio Operator: John Guros, Ball Turret Gunner: Omer Sharpe, Waist Gunner: Roy Grandquist, Waist Gunner: Abe Homar, Tail Gunner: John Hill (7POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Kukenbruch, four miles NW of Bosingfeld, 11 miles S of Minden, Germany. MACR 2463. PAPER DOLLY.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/9/42; Wayne Co 9/11/42; Dorval 9/11/42; Gander-Prestwick 12/11/42 with Ralph Adams, to RAF [FA704]; 59 Sq (PJ-R) Chivenor, Dev. 7/3/43; 206 Sq (VX-R) Benbecula, Scot. 17/4/43; shot down by U-boat (U-417) in North Atlantic with Wg Co. Bob Thompson 11/6/43 at 6340N 1100W, however the Fort lost two engines and forced to ditch but picked up three days later by a Catalina of RAF 190 Sq with Sqd Ld J. Holmes; the sub eventually sank. SOC.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/9/42; Wayne Co 18/10/42; Dorval 22/11/42; Gander-Prestwick 21/11/42 with Ralph Shulze, to RAF [FA705]; Burtonwood 17/12/42 before 29MU High Ercall for modification 206 Sq (VX-0) Benbecula, Scot. 27/3/43, re-coded1-U; missing on patrol off Lagens, Azores 6/1/44 with Tony Pinhorn, Co-pilot: Joe Duncan, Navigator: Ralf Brown, Francis Roberts, Ron Stares, Don Heard, Oliver Keddy, Tom Ekersley, Bob Fabian, (9 Killed in Action); shot down by U-boat (U-417). SOC.

Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Cheyenne 18/8/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 24/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 23/6/45; Sth Plains 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/11/45. GOOM-BAH!!

Delivered Tulsa 17/9/42; New Castle 10/10/42; Assigned: 367BS/305BG Chelveston 1/11/42; MIA Romilly 20/12/43 Pilot: Danton Nygaard, Navigator: Frank Leasman (2POW); Bombardier: John Trost (EVD); Daniel DeButts, Cecil Floyd, Bob Sandlin, Art Bloom, Edwin Simonceck, Arnold Pearson, Steve Ross (7KIA); shot down by Enemy aircraft in target area and crashed Nangis, Fr.

Delivered Tulsa 17/9/42; New Castle 7/10/42; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Chelveston 19/11/42; MIA Antwerp 5/4/43 Pilot: Capt Bill Parker, Bombardier: Paul Spaduzzi, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Creatore, Radio Operator: Jim Gross, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Clark, Waist Gunner: Sid Davis, Waist Gunner: Rich Haeft (7KIA); Co-Pilot: Chas Thelen, Navigator: Art Milbourn, Tail Gunner: Leon O’Brien (3POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed between Halsteren & Dinteloord, N of Antwerp, Hol. MACR 15533.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/44; Hunter 24/2/44; Presque Is 13/3/44; Slated 447BG, Assigned 728BS/452BG [9Z-C] Deopham Green 14/3/44; on Cologne mission Radio Operator: Alf Battaling (Killed in Action) 5/1/44; Missing in Action 85m Strasbourg 6/2/45 with Jim Bayless, Navigator: Harry Brodd, Bombardier: Sgt John YoungWounded in Action, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Jarrill, Radio Operator: Hubert Salyer, Ball turret gunner: Dave Sullivan, Waist gunner: Alex Jacobs,Tail gunner: Carl Porterfield (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Harry McComb (Killed in Action); flak, crash landed Simmeral, 30 miles NW Kaiserlautern, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12240. LADY SATAN.