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

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/44; Wright 23/2/44; Gr Island 28/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 20/3/44; transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-J] Thurleigh 31/3/44; Missing in Action Dresden 14/2/45 with Capt Boylston Lewis, Co-pilot: Bob Whitelaw, Navigator: Lester Harrison, Bombardier: Joe Sicard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Standlee, Radio Operator: Hardin McChesney, Waist gunner: Frank McDonough,Tail gunner: Leon Nahmias (8 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Alf Lubojacky (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Lazne Belohrad, Czech; Missing Air Crew Report 12333.

Delivered MacDill 24/2/42; 97BG Sarasota 29/3/42; Westover 28/6/42; Wendover 20/7/42; Walla Walla 20/8/42; force landed Gowen 24/11/42 with Jim Kirkpatrick; 452 AF Sq Hendricks 19/2/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 26/5/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Kearney 17/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-R] Nuthampstead 3/5/44; battle damaged over Europe with Lt Lovelace and on return crew bailed out over Essex and aircraft crashed at Chelsworth, Sfk. 8/7/44, Salvaged 2 SAD Abbotts Ripton.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/7/44; Hunter 22/7/44; Dow Fd 7/8/44; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham, transferred 861BS/493BG Debach 9/8/44; landing accident at Lt Walden A/fd, Essex, with Carlton Williams 4/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/11/45.

Delivered Geiger 1/9/42; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-J] Presque Is 22/10/42; Grafton Underwood 29/10/42; transferred 422BS [JJ-J]; Missing in Action Kiel 19/5/43 with Capt Chas Clark, Co-pilot: Bob Ruse, Navigator: John Ward, Bombardier: Chas Woodworth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Everett Howard, Radio Operator: Ken Baldridge,Tail gunner: Lewis Clayton (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Earl Rheinhardt, Waist gunner: Louis Haviland, Waist gunner: Ken Edwards (3 Killed in Action); flak, ditched in mouth of Keil harbor. Missing Air Crew Report 15549. MADAME BETTERFLY.

Delivered Denver 14/7/43; Ogden 20/8/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-H] Podington 28/9/43; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 7/6/44 for Azon/Aphrodite equipment for Knettishall; Salvaged 20/6/45.

Delivered Lincoln 20/2/45; Grenier 8/3/45; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham 13/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 31/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/7/44; Hunter 20/7/44; Grenier 2/8/44; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham, transferred 862BS/493BG Debach 3/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 1/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 24/11/45. SKIPPER.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/8/44; Kearney 9/8/44; Grenier 17/8/44; Assigned 18BS/34BG Mendlesham 20/8/44 LUCKY 13; transferred 7BS; Missing in Action Nurnberg, Ger; 5/4/45 with George Mehling, Navigator: Harrison Britton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Steve Niatas, Radio Operator: Jack Share{wia-lost leg}, Ball turret gunner: Bob Lamprey,Tail gunner: Lou Morgan (6 Returned to Duty); Co-pilot: Wendell Huntley, Bombardier: Russ Morgan, Waist gunner: Alby Dinnis (3 Killed in Action); flak, ditched Channel. DINAH-MITE.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/7/44; Kearney 29/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-S] Thorpe Abbotts 11/8/44; 350BS [LN-S]; transferred 482BG Alconbury 20/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; 237 BU Kirtland 31/12/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 7/2/46. OFF LIMITS aka LIL BUTCH.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Lincoln 14/7/44; Grenier 11/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 13/8/44; transferred 490BG Eye 14/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. OLE-TIMER.

Delivered Lincoln 5/10/44; Grenier 16/10/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-M] Bassingbourn 4/11/44; {50+m} 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 19/11/45. CHIPPEWA – THE MILWAUKEE ROAD aka FISH ‘N CHIPS.

Delivered Dallas 15/2/45; Hunter 13/3/45; Grenier 26/3/45; Assigned 381BG Ridgewell 28/3/45; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 21/5/46; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/2/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/9/44; Hunter Fd 1/11/44; Dow Fd 18/11/44; Assigned as SH aircraft 601BS/398BG [3O-X] Nuthampstead 8/12/44; 602BS [K8-X]; take off accident when hitting a truck with Theo Johnstone 10/1/45; repaired and re-ass 15/2/45; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 10/1/46.

Delivered Denver 5/2/43; Gore 18/3/43; Tinker 29/3/43; New castle 4/4/43; Homestead 12/4/43; Morrison 24/4/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Navarin 11/5/43; OUDNA 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 840BG/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {131m} WW 15/10/44, Salvaged. FORT ALAMO II.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/6/43; Gore 16/6/43; Kearney 18/6/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-X] Thorpe Abbotts; Dow Fd 1/7/43; took part in Hamburg mission 17/7/43; returned early from Trondheim 24/7/43; transferred to ? 7/43; 1377 BU Grenier 23/12/43; 3WER Grenier 3/1/44; 4100 BU Patterson 8/4/44; Returned to the USA 23/12/44; 3WER Grenier 27/3/45; Salvaged Ex Inv 10/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 23/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-L] Horham 7/1/45; with K.S. Knowlton force landed RAF Manston, Sfk 3/3/45; 51m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 25/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/12/43; Kearney 7/1/44; Grenier 24/1/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-H] Bassingbourn 20/2/44; (completed first 44 missions on original engines for which crew chief Jack Gaffney awarded Bronze Star); Missing in Action 53m Leipzig 20/7/44 with Chas Van Ausdall, Navigator: Dick Loomis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Sullivan,Tail gunner: Vernon Winters (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Joe Sammons, Bombardier: John Butler, Radio Operator: Dick Hamilton, Ball turret gunner: Anson Riley, Waist gunner: Winton Blevins (5 Prisoner of War); hit by Me 109s KO’d #4 and riddled ship, crashed Glauehau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7281. DESTINY’S CHILD.

Delivered Tulsa 18/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-M] Snetterton 11/4/44; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Bob Simons, Co-Pilot: Horace Duncan, Navigator: Garnett Nelson, Bombardier: Jack Russell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harland Paul, Radio Operator: Walt Keshal, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Petrosky, Waist Gunner: Tony Russo, Waist Gunner: Ralph Good (9KIA); Tail Gunner: John Wethor (POW); Enemy aircraft killed both pilots in first pass, crashed Hof Gnadental near Dauborn, six miles SE of Limburg, Germany. MACR 4864. 7TH SON.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/1/44; Kearney 28/1/44; Presque Is 18/2/44; Grenier 2/3/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-G] Deenethorpe 7/3/44; detailed Munich 13/7/44 with L.H. Haskett, Tail gunner: Ed Page (Killed in Action); Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/11/45. MARY ALICE.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Grenier 8/3/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-B] Ridgewell 25/3/44; Missing in Action 2m Berlin 24/5/44 with John Wardencki, Co-pilot: Chas Dayton, Navigator: Willard Blackfield, Bombardier: Bill Morrison, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Backelin, Radio Operator: Bob Miller, Ball turret gunner: Chas Anderson, Waist gunner: George Elliott,Tail gunner: Harry Telzerow (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll, crashed Gratze, 17 miles NE of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5181. CAROLINA QUEEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/10/44; Hunter 29/11/44; Dow Fd 15/12/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-K] Snetterton 17/12/44; when parked in Atkinson Fd, Br Guiana was damaged in taxi accident by 44-8715 (96BG) 24/10/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 21/4/46; 613 BU Phillips PG 3/10/48.

Delivered Lincoln 12/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 5/1/45; transferred 34BG Mendlesham 7/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; Sth Plains 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45.

Delivered Dallas 30/8/44; Hunter 22/9/44; Grenier 19/10/44; Assigned as SH aircraft 602BS/398BG [K8-Q] Nuthampstead 26/11/44; after modification back to HO aircraft transferred 306BG Thurleigh 24/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.