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

Delivered Cheyenne 4/6/43; Kearney 15/6/43; Dow Fd 7/7/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-A2] Rougham 5/7/43; assigned Regensburg shuttle mission and on to Bertoux, North Africa, then to Telergma for return flight to UK, with Don Sweeley. On morning of departure someone inadvertently raised landing gear instead of flaps and collapsed on its belly, resulting in salvage 24/8/43. LITTLE MINNIE II.

Delivered Dallas 8/6/43; Gore 9/6/43; Dallas 19/6/43; New Orleans 26/6/43; Buckingham 27/7/43; Ft Myers 29/9/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 3/12/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 13/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 27/11/44; Grenier 17/12/44; Assigned 8AF 25/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 27/6/45; Sth Plains 31/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/11/45.

Delivered Lincoln 27/11/44; Dow Fd 16/12/44; Assigned 8AF 18/12/44; with Jim Burgess crashed on take off Meeks Fd, Iceland, 8/1/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 12/1/46.

Delivered Lincoln 23/11/44; Dow Fd 16/12/44; Assigned 8AF 18/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/7/45; 4136 BU Tinker 21/10/45; 4112 BU Olmstead 24/10/45; 4104 BU Rome 3/9/46; 1504 BU Fairfield 25/12/46; 4104 BU Rome 10/1/47; re-ass Pacific TSP 15/1/47; re-ass 30/4/47; PAC Hickam 1/1/48; Recl Comp 10/8/49.

Delivered Hunter 22/11/44; Grenier 6/12/44; Assigned 8AF 8/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; Sth Plains 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/5/44; Patterson 26/6/44; Kearney 26/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Snetterton 8/7/44; MIA Brunswick 2/3/45 Pilot: Benton Gatch, Co-Pilot: John Kennedy, Navigator: Emmett Brown, Bombardier: John Ozier, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Gearhart, Radio Operator: Loyal Bright, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Bashaw, Waist Gunner: Ken Bonsecours, Tail Gunner: Bill Gorsuch (9KIA); mid air coll w/44-8697 (96BG); ditched North Sea, 10 miles S of Southwold, Sfk; MACR 12848 (6′). MY IDEAL.

Delivered Hunter 30/11/44; Dow Fd 10/12/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 12/12/44; MIA Dresden 2/3/45 Pilot: Herb Stillwell, Co-Pilot: Lloyd Snyder, Navigator: Arnold Schulke, Bombardier: Joel Nussenoff, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ledley Basden, Radio Operator: Hans Paulsen, Ball Turret Gunner: Herb Lafon, Waist Gunner: Pat Vinzant, Tail Gunner: Neil Wagner (9KIA); mid air coll w/43-37767 (96BG) over North Sea, crashed off Southwold, Sfk; MACR 12846.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/43; Gore 14/6/43; Roswell 19/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 554 BU Memphis 23/4/45; 3030 BU Roswell 1/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Dallas 10/6/43; Ft Myers 23/6/43; Love 25/6/43; Buckingham 27/6/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 24/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Dallas 10/6/43; Gowen 27/3/43; Ephrata 24/7/43; to Ardmore with Carl Hauboe force landed base 31/10/43; Tinker 7/12/43; 332 BU Lake Charles 21/6/44; 499BG Smoky Hill 25/6/44; 1108 BU Mitchell 25/9/44; 247 BU Smoky Hill 3/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 11/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/6/43; Gore 24/6/43; Roswell 26/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/10/45.

Delivered Dallas 10/6/43; Smoky Hill 11/7/43; Dow Fd 15/7/43; Assigned: 94BG Rougham 18/7/43 DOUBLE DOO; Transferred: 339BS/96BG [QJ- ] Snetterton 8/43; MIA Paris 15/9/43 Pilot: Cecil Reed, Co-Pilot: Larry Carner, Navigator: Floyd Clay, Bombardier: Dick Larkin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harry Harty, Ball Turret Gunner: Howard Wampler, Waist Gunner: Tom Badger, Waist Gunner: Bob McLeod, Tail Gunner: Paul Saireman (9KIA); Radio Operator: Edgar Smith (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Paris; MACR 727.

Delivered Dallas 11/6/43; Gore 13/6/43; Dallas 18/6/43; Ft Wayne 25/7/43; Buckingham 27/7/43; Ft Myers 4/8/43; Buckingham 7/8/43; 3030 BU Roswell 7/10/44; 3010 BU Williams 6/11/43; 3020 BU La Junta 4/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 31/7/45. BILLIE.

Delivered Dallas 10/6/43; Gore 11/6/43; Ephrata 18/7/43; Written off 20/7/43.

Delivered Dallas 6/8/43; (F-9B) Peterson 8/7/43; Assigned MTO 20/1/44; Alps 29/2/44; Asia Minor 1/4/44; 4185 BU Independence 11/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/1/46.

Delivered Dallas 9/6/43; Gore 10/6/43; Dallas 12/6/43; Ephrata 18/7/43; Rapid City 2/8/43; Written off 23/11/43.

Delivered Dallas 9/6/43; Gore 10/6/43; Dallas 12/6/43; Ephrata 18/7/43; with Einer Peterson crashed two miles SE of Will Rogers Fd, OK 8/2/44; Written off 9/2/44.

Delivered Dallas 8/6/43; Gore 9/6/43; Love 14/7/43; Ephrata 15/7/43; Rapid City 27/7/43; Orlando 8/8/43; Written off 22/11/43.

Delivered Dallas 8/6/43; Love 5/7/43; Dow Fd 6/7/43; Dalhart 7/7/43; with Bill Heck force landed 20 miles NE of Ardmore 12/2/44; 326 BU MacDill 6/7/44; 4117 BU Robins 27/7/44; 327 BU Drew 8/10/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 11/5/45; 327 BU Drew 24/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey FD 11/8/45.