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

Delivered Hunter 10/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 17/9/45; Missing in Action Vienna 16/3/45 with Ned Neidemire (evaded capture & return); Little, Wolf, Jordon, Fjeseth, Budroe, Mitchell, Wais, Perosino (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Karlobad; Missing Air Crew Report 13055.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/43; Gore 2/7/43; Dyersburg 3/7/43; Alexandria 11/7/43; 221 BU Alexandria 7/11/44; 329 BU Alexandria 1/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Geiger 1/9/42; Walla Walla 3/1/43; Tinker 15/4/43; South Plains 4/5/43; (?with Richard Hill 15/7/42, five Killed in Service ; crashed seven miles SE of Walla Walla Fd?); with Bob Ensminger crashed 7/5/43 eight miles SW Wakeeney, Tx, en route to Glasgow, Mon, no fuel in stormy conditions; did not burn and five passengers bailed OK. Written off 13/5/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/9/42; Wayne Co 12/10/42; Dorval 23/10/42; Gander-Prestwick 7/11/42 with Merril Phoenix, to RAF [FA706]; A&AEE Boscombe Down, for astrodome trials with ASV Mk II radar 31/12/42; 220 Sq (ZZ-S painted 2-S) Benbecula, Scot. 10/4/43; Lagens, Azores 24/10/43, where with Capt Larry Croft (RCAF) it taxied into another aircraft on runway 2/8/44; SOC. SUZY.

Delivered Kearney 8/8/44; Grenier 27/8/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 9/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/7/45; Independence 23/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/42; Presque Is 19/10/42; Assigned: 422BS/305BG [JJ-M] Chelveston 30/10/42, then 364BS [WF-M]; MIA Stuttgart 6/9/43 Pilot: Ron Dahly, Co-Pilot: Roger Jones{broke both legs}, Bombardier: Bill Beckman, Radio Operator: Grant Carter, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe King, Waist Gunner: Adolph Waldman, Waist Gunner: Cliff Jones, Tail Gunner: Bill Koger (8POW), Navigator: Allan Johnston (EVD); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Millar (KIA); out of fuel, crashed Ferme Lequien, near St Leger-aux-Bois, seven miles NE of Compiegne, Fr. MACR 1343. 4F.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/42; Pocatello 14/11/42; Pyote 31/1/43; 241 BU Fairmont 7/7/43; 504BG Fairmont 22/7/43; 2534 BU San Angelo 15/12/43; Recl Comp 17/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 1/10/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 6/10/44; Missing in Action Weimar 9/2/45 with Ken Kuntz, Chas Smith, Elbert Lohr (3 Killed in Action); Bill Dempsey, Harry Lucas, Lou Achuff, Canuto Garcia, Harry Erickson, Tony Hoch {tg}, John Sirej {radar op} (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Lochmuhle, Ger?. Missing Air Crew Report 12242.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/9/42; Assigned: 366BS/305BG Presque Is 19/10/42; Rome Fd 1/11/42; detailed Gander, NFD to Prestwick, UK, but #3 engine proved a problem, but poor weather prevented return to Gander and forced to ditch off Baldy Pt, Nova Scotia 23/10/43 Pilot: Capt Chas Clark, Co-Pilot: Fred McIntyre, Navigator: John Ward, Bombardier: Howard Gardner, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Everett Howard, Radio Operator: Ken Baldridge, Waist Gunner: Grover Hawkins, Tail Gunner: Lewis Clayton, pass-Lt Ben Fulkrod (10RTD). HELL’S ANGELS.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/42; Presque Is 19/10/42; Assigned: 364BS/305BG [WF-C/L] Chelveston 30/10/42; MIA Wilhelmshafen 26/2/43 Pilot: Ike Benson, Co-Pilot: Martin Mjellem, Navigator: Stan Williszewski, Bombardier: Lee Winters, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Paul Kleinshrodt, Radio Operator: Bill Peteritas, Ball Turret Gunner: Austin Routhier, Waist Gunner: Bill Hise, Waist Gunner: Ward Johnson, Tail Gunner: Chas Jackson (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea between Frisian Is & Heligoland. MACR 15120. DEVIL’S PLAYMATE.

Delivered Denver 21/10/43; Gr Island 9/11/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG Bassingbourn 20/12/43; 15m Missing in Action Oschersleben 22/2/44 with Roman Maziarz, Co-pilot: Peter DeloWounded in Action, Navigator: Mortimer Pudnos, Bombardier: Arthur Clay, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Depoti, Radio Operator: Joe La Cascia, Ball turret gunner: Walt Meader, Waist gunner: Tony Barbotti, Waist gunner: Urban Jacoboski,Tail gunner: Bob Heller (10 Returned to Duty); hit by enemy aircraft causing severe damage, ditched North Sea, and rescued by Air Sea Rescue after four hours. SUGAR BLUES.

Delivered MacDill 29BG 1/5/42; Lawson 11/5/42; Sarasota 23/6/42; Boise 3/8/42; to Kodiak with Alex Katz, but force landed at Fort Glenn, AK 22/11/42; Assigned 36BS/29BG Kodiak (coded-Bronze) 4/2/43; to Memphis MAP 15/6/43; force landed with Dave Bishop 15/8/43; Written off 10/6/44; Recl Comp 13/3/46.

Delivered Dallas 12/5/44; Langley 26/6/44; Grenier 21/7/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG PFF Sterparone 5/8/44; Missing in Action Munich 14/10/44 with Harry McCann, Price, Frankowicz, Fuller, Kopec, Kilgore, Irish, Malecha, Kacamarek, Hamiel (10 evaded capture & return 11/10/44); flak, crashed Otocac; Missing Air Crew Report 8974. BIG DEAL.

Delivered Hunter 19/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 340BS/97BG Amendola 3/7/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 13/9/44 with Don Reardon, Harmon, Tourhat, Hintz, Broz, Herriage, Riggleman, Trout, Shinnick, Bonds; flak, crashed Blechhammer; Missing Air Crew Report 8730.

Delivered Long Beach 26/8/43; Gt Falls 13/10/43; Scott 25/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 4/11/43; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-H] Bassingbourn 20/11/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/2/44 with Jim Lutz, Co-pilot: Irving Stehlik, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Alexander, Radio Operator: Guy Moulton, Ball turret gunner: Tom Smith, Waist gunner: George Fitton, Waist gunner: Conrad Baker,Tail gunner: Joe Kudasik (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John Whitney, Bombardier: Lee Lewis (2EVD-ret UK 11/9/44); flak KO’d #2 & #3, crash landed Eindhoven A/Fd, Holl; Missing Air Crew Report 2234. JEANNIE MARIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Gr Island 31/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned: 401BS/91BG [LL-D] Bassingbourn 11/5/44; MIA {107m} Stendahl 8/4/45 Pilot: Peter Pastras, Co-Pilot: Bob Morris, Navigator: George Latches, tog-Don Lemons, Ball Turret Gunner: Edgar Harrell, Waist Gunner: George Wong, Tail Gunner: Bob O. Smith (7KIA); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lyle Jones, Radio Operator: Bob A. Smith (2POW); flak hits, exploded in mid air; MACR 14295. Named by ground crew as: TIMES A-WASTIN’.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/11/43; Gr Island 5/12/43; Milwaukee 14/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-N] Bassingbourn 1/2/44 BETTY LOU’S BUGGY; 323BS [OR-D]; crash landed RAF Chilbolton 27/4/44, repaired 2 SAD Lt Staughton, ret 23/5/44; on night flying training op 14/9/44 with Chas Kirkham, Co-pilot: Ed Gates, Navigator: Lauri Kivimaki, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Griswold, pass (v)- Emil DeQuardo (5 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 30/9/44. 67m declared W/W, transferred SAD Watton. BETTY LOU’S BLOCK BUSTER.

Delivered Tulsa 9/3/44; MacDill 20/3/44; Hunter 29/4/44; Morrison 11/4/44; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 19/4/44; Salvaged 20/4/45.

Delivered Kearney 5/6/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Steparone 17/7/44; Missing in Action Linz 25/4/45 with Bob Sinton, Nolan, Brach, Ashmore (4 Killed in Action); Westerlund, Zinn, Gable, Chaney, Campbell, Rhodes (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Amstettin; Missing Air Crew Report 14060. THE ANTHONY J.