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

Delivered Cheyenne 6/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 8/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD- ] Thorpe Abbotts 1/6/43 BRADY’S CRASH WAGON {not painted on a/c}; transferred 413BS/96BG [QJ-B] Andrews Fd 2/6/43; then 339BS [MZ-B] Snetterton 12/6/43; on a training mission the left wheel failed to extend for landing, then tail wheel failed before crash landed Honington, with Captain Ed Martin, Co-pilot: Dave Nichols, Navigator: Casimir Marczyk, Bombardier: John Sampson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Norris Friedlander, Radio Operator: Joe Napolitano; Salvaged 18/4/44. SKIPPER.

Delivered Tulsa 5/10/42; Salina 21/1/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-Z] Bassingbourn 26/3/43; Missing in Action 4m Bremen 17/4/43 with Harold H. Beasley, Co-pilot: Walter L. McCain, Jr. (2 Killed in Action); Navigator: Harry Sipe, Bombardier: Matt Michaels, Radio Operator: Mark Schaefer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jay Franklin, Ball turret gunner: Jim Branch, Waist gunner: John Cagle, Tail gunner: Ed Jediak, Waist gunner: Everett Creason (8 Prisoner of War); flak damage, crew bailed over Bruchhausen, while ship crashed near Holzhausen, between Beckeln & Harpstedt, 12 miles south-west of Bremen, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 15521. THUNDERBIRD.

Delivered Hill 17/7/43; Ephrata 4/8/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-S] Snetterton 9/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Dan Williams, Co-pilot: Fred Frey, Navigator: Bill Taylor, Bombardier: Paul Butler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Mowen, Radio Operator: Ed Miller, Ball turret gunner: Gus Seguin, Waist gunner: Albt Sielaff, Waist gunner: Paul Schwartz,Tail gunner: Jim Dixon (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed en route target, near Munster’s Heilig Geist Kirche, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 893.

Delivered Geiger 301st Bomb Group 3/4/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; New Castle 1/9/42; Assigned 421BS/304BG Salt Lake City 30/12/42; damaged in take off with Doug Buskey at Presque Is 22/2/43; Mitchell 8/6/43; Cherry Pt 26/7/43; Lakeland 30/9/44; Hillsboro 31/10/42; Red Bluff 22/2/45; 461 BU Seymour 30/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 31/10/45.

Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Geiger 3/8/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-Y] Thurleigh 16/9/43; after t/o for Bremen u/c would not retract correctly, nor lower, so a wheels up landing was made at Lt Staughton 29/11/43; with John Gassler, Co-pilot: C.R. Thompson. Navigator: W.T. Hughes, Bombardier: Dan Lopgan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: A.S. Cieri, Radio Operator: D.Mills, Ball turret gunner: D.E. Gallagher, Waist gunner: B.S.Mings, Waist gunner: T.V. Lewroski,Tail gunner: R.W.Grothe (10 Returned to Duty), Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 23/7/43; Long Beach 4/8/43; Rapid City 15/8/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-N] Framlingham 9/6/43; abandoned during assembly for Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Bob Sabelinj, Co-pilot: John Wenzelinj, Navigator: Warren Gisiger, Bombardier: John Czermerde, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Hancock, Radio Operator: Devere Means, Ball turret gunner: Bill Ellett, Waist gunner: Phil Marrizaldi, Waist gunner: Bill Gloss,Tail gunner: Ben North (10 Returned to Duty); crashed Knockbridge Farm, Icklesham, near Hastings, Sx. Salvaged 20/10/43. Crew assigned to 570th.

Delivered Denver 26/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-U] Rougham 1/9/43; Missing in Action Hanau 4/10/43 with Dennis Carlson, Navigator: Bob Jones, Radio Operator: Harry Maddox, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Steve Jezercak, Waist gunner: Gary Hinote, Waist gunner: Herb Browning,Tail gunner: Art Whalen (7 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Lee Frye, Bombardier: Clarry Casey, Ball turret gunner: Jim Millin (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed between Maco and Chalons-sur-Vesle, seven miles NW of Rheims, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 771. (first G model lost in group). TEN KNIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM.

Delivered Geiger 301st Bomb Group 3/4/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Lowry 19/8/42; Boise 19/9/42; Oklahoma 18/12/42; Gowen 5/12/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 31/3/43; Written off 7/7/44; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

Delivered Denver 26 July 1943; Dyersburg 9 August 1943; Assigned 550BS/385BG [XA-P] Great Ashfield 3 September 1943. Missing in Action Münster, Germany 10 October 1943. Shot down by enemy aircraft. Was seen at 22,000 feet with No. 2 engine on fire, losing altitude but under control as it veered to the right; then seen to break up. Crashed near the Helhuizenweg, north of Holten, Holland, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 826. 

Delivered Denver 27/7/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-W] Snetterton 9/43; Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43 with Rod Greene, Co-pilot: John Fox, Navigator: Glen Read, Bombardier: Leon Conley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Waldren Troop, Radio Operator: L.J. Fines, Ball turret gunner: George LeBlanc, Waist gunner: John Roberts, Waist gunner: Jim Degnan,Tail gunner: John Lohr (10INT); force landed Bulltofta a/fd, Sweden, Missing Air Crew Report 946. Became liner SE-BAH, and designated an F-17 with seats installed in re-arranged fuselage, later as fire drill aircraft 1946. SACK TIME SUZY.

Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Long Beach 13/8/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-K] Bassingbourn 26/9/43; Missing in Action 1m Munster 10/10/43 with Earl Verrill, Co-pilot: Joe Rose, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Jackson, Radio Operator: Ross Repp, Ball turret gunner: Gilbert Taft, Waist gunner: Paul Lorman, Waist gunner: Stan Lepkowski,Tail gunner: Bob DeGhetto (8 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Art Horning (EVD-returned UK 30/1/44), Bombardier: John Lilley (KIA-chute caught on stabilizer); mech fault lost two engines, #4 & #2, crash landed Brocklanderweg, near Apeldoorn, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 941. TENNESSEE TODDY.

Delivered Geiger 301st Bomb Group 2/4/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Wendover 20/7/42; Walla Walla 15/8/42; Topeka 3/9/42; Chanute 18/12/42; Recl Comp 19/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Harvard 4/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 25/11/43; detailed mission to Dollenbergen, crashed on take off near base with Warren Beighley after #1 engine lost power 1/1/45, crew all OK; Salvaged Cat E; THE GIMP.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/43; 94BG Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 27/2/43; Selman 17/3/43; Brookley 25/3/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-T] Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW- ] Alconbury 3/8/43 HELL’S ANGEL; then 407BS [PY- ]; severe battle damaged Watten V=weapon site 27/8/43 with ? , no injuries (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed at base on return; Salvaged 29/8/43. WILD ANGEL.

Delivered Lincoln 15/2/45; Grenier 1/3/45; Assigned 8AF 7/3/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 18/1/48; Recl Comp 7/1/49.

Delivered Long Beach 5/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-Y] Kimbolton 21/6/43; 526BS [LF-Y]; At the time she went down her Fuselage Code had been changed from LF-Y to LF-L. Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with Phillip Mohr, Co-pilot: Hugh Brooks, Navigator: Albert Batich, Bombardier: Ben Elms, Waist gunner: Earl Callaway, Waist gunner: Gene Lescarbeau (6 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Josh Tipps, Radio Operator: John Heslin, Ball turret gunner: Reg Layfield,Tail gunner: Ralph Leyh (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft and flak, crashed Ritzerau, near Molin, 30 NE of Hamburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1767.

Delivered Long Beach 8/5/43; Romulus 16/6/43; Presque Is 23/6/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-N] Alconbury 28/6/43; transferred Bovingdon 22/7/43; Returned to the USA Wright Fd MatCom 28/3/44; Dover 17/8/44; Wright 18/10/44; Patterson 21/10/44; Grenier 10/5/45; McChord 24/5/45; Grenier 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 24/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 21/5/43; Presque Is 31/5/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-N] Alconbury 6/6/43; sustained severe battle damaged Nantes 4/7/43 with Bob Campbell, Ball turret gunner: Rich Getty{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: John Ford, rest unknown (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed RAF Portreath, UK; Salvaged 7/7/43. RUTHIE.

Delivered Lincoln 3/11/44; Grenier 12/11/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-E] Bassingbourn 11/12/44; {38m} Returned to the USA Bradley 12/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45. EXTRA SPECIAL.

Delivered Topeka 12/3/45; Grenier 1/4/45; Assigned 8AF 5/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 22/5/45; Sth Plains 24/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 17/2/45; Grenier 1/3/45; Assigned 8AF 11/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/11/45.

Delivered – ; Assigned 8AF; RetUS, as QB-17G drone ,QB-17N Drone in Day-Glo red with wing tip cameras installed in 1950s.

Delivered Lincoln 27/1/45; Dow Fd 12/2/45; Assigned 8AF 14/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Cheyenne 1/3/44; Ardmore 20/3/44; with Albt Flynn force landed base 9/7/44; with Jim Wilsey crashed five miles SW of 222 BU Ardmore 23/9/44; W/O 24/9/44.