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

Delivered Hunter 22/3/45; Grenier 29/3/45; Assigned 8AF 29/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; Sth Plains 22/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/2/46.

Delivered Sarasota 97BG 14/4/42; West Palm Beach 22/4/42; slated Gt Britain 14/5/42 in error; Salvaged Duko (MTO) 28/5/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/12/44; Hunter 4/1/45; Grenier 21/1/45; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-J] Snetterton 23/1/45; transferred 324BS/91BG [DF-J] Bassingbourn 5/2/45; 367BS/306BG Thurleigh 24/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 22/2/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/4/43; Gore 16/4/43; Patterson 18/4/43; Peterson 5/5/43; Long Beach 6/7/43; Colorado Springs 15/7/43; Peterson 21/7/43; Assigned less bombing equipment as (F-9) mapping Accra, E.Africa, Returned to the USA 9/10/44; Kirtland 29/11/44; Buckley 9/12/44; Kirtland 31/12/44. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 7/2/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/11/43; Albuquerque 3/12/43; Wendover 3/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 22/1/44; transferred 526BS/379BG [LF-C] Kimbolton 18/3/44; mission to Armentieres, France on 6/7/44 tg Raymond Peck (Killed in Action); retUS Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Sth Plains 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45. THE WISHBONE.

Delivered Dallas 6/6/45; Syracuse 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 13/7/43; Cheyenne 17/7/43; to Roswell with Larry Ryan, force landed base 3/10/43; 303 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 28/11/44; 3010 BU Williams 11/12/44; 4160 BU Lockbourn 2/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 2/8/45.

Delivered Ardmore 6/4/44; Gt Falls 9/4/44; 202 BU Galveston 20/9/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 27/6/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 18/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/8/44; Hunter 31/9/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-U] Polebrook 28/9/44; {54m} transferred 384BG Grafton Underwood 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45. MYASSIS DRAGGIN.

Delivered Lincoln 7/10/44; Grenier 16/10/44; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham 19/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 24/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44; Assigned 351BG Polebrook 11/2/44; transferred 7504BS/457BG [– V] Glatton 1/3/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Lew Lennartson & rest RTD{back to base by midnight}, including Sgt Omer Fontaine{Wounded in Action}; damaged by fighters, ditched in Channel, but picked up by RAF ASR. MISS YU II.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/44; Gulfport 20/4/44; 347 BU Key Fd 19/3/45; 328 BU Gulfport 28/3/45; 4200 BU Chicago Mun 24/8/45; 328 BU Gulfport 31/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/43; 94BG Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Dow Fd 18/4/43; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-G] Bassingbourn 10/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; Transferred: 407BS/92BG [PY-U] Alconbury 30/7/43; slight mid-air collision Pilot: 42-29962 (96BG) forced landing 13 miles north of Portsmouth, UK w/Ralph Bruce 30/8/43; MIA St Andre de L’Uere 3/9/43 w/Ralph Bruce, Co-Pilot: Sabron McQueen, Navigator: Dave Prosser, Bombardier: Bert Theiss, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Hedley Cassidy, Radio Operator: Mike Fleszar, Waist Gunner: Bob Muir (7EVD); Ball Turret Gunner: Milton Seldon, Waist Gunner: Regis McDonnell, Tail Gunner: Simon McGuire (3POW), Enemy aircraft, crashed Touran, Fr. MACR 659. HI-LO JACK.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/3/43; Dow 23/5/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-T] Ridgewell 24/5/43 with Osce Jones, Seth Armstead, Leon Spivey, Chas Nevius, Jim Haynie, Joe Nicatra, Alf Haugen, Chas Newcomb, Shannon Early, Maurice Kelleher. Missing in Action 6m Heroya 24/7/43 with Osce V. Jones, Co-pilot: George McIntosh, Navigator: Art Guertin, Bombardier: Chas Nevius, Radio Operator: Jim Haynie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Nicatra, Ball turret gunner: Chas Newcomb, Waist gunner: Alf Haugen, Waist gunner: Shannon Early,Tail gunner: Maurice Kelleher (10 Interned); Missing Air Crew Report 132. GEORGIA REBEL.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/10/43; Gr Island 29/10/43; Wilmington 4/11/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-P] Podington 21/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Tom Fishburn, Co-pilot: George Wright, Navigator: Gerald Hogan, Bombardier: Jim Manley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Jones, Radio Operator: John McLaughlin, Ball turret gunner: Dick Powell, Waist gunner: Edwin McCrary, Waist gunner: Harvey Jeffries,Tail gunner: Jack Furley (10INT); flak, crash landed Glemmingebro, Swed, then sal; Missing Air Crew Report 4577.

Delivered Long Beach 17/1/43; Walker 28/2/43; Tinker 31/3/43; Smoky Hill 17/4/43; Assigned 306BG Thurleigh 27/4/43; transferred 96BG Andrews Fd, then Snetterton; severe battle damaged with ? 16/6/43; Salvaged 17/6/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned Carter ProvBG, with Tom Witt crashed Grindavik, near Patterson Fd, Iceland 17/4/43. BOO HOO. Written off 18/4/43;

Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 6/5/44; no ops, transferred 534BS/381BG Ridgewell [GD-C] 21/5/44; {87+m} Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; Sth Plains 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. PATSY ANN.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/2/44; Rapid City 3/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 1/5/44; no ops, transferred 452BG Deopham Green 2/5/44; dest by enemy aircraft Poltava with Lt Jackson 21/6/44; Salvaged Russia 2/7/44.

Delivered Pyote 2/4/44; 4104 BU Pyote 24/4/44; 235 BU Biggs 16/8/44; 224 BU Sioux City 27/2/45; with Ed Dowling force landed 15 miles N base 20/3/45; 222 BU Ardmore 13/6/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/8/45.

Delivered Tulsa 28/11/42; Homestead 14/2/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-D] Bassingbourn 25/3/43; Missing in Action {1m} Bremen 17/4/43 with Bob Walker, Co-pilot: Bob Vetter, Navigator: Roy Scott, Bombardier: George Zedonek, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Flanagan, Radio Operator: Gus Collins, Ball turret gunner: Bill Carroll, Waist gunner: Ray Oltman. (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Don Snell,Tail gunner: Nick Sandoff (2 Killed in Action); heavy enemy aircraft attacks, crashed Hilgenriedersiel, five NE of Norden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 15222. (?15522). RAIN OF TERROR.

Delivered at Tulsa 26-Nov-42; New Castle 11-Dec-42; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 1-Jan-43; Missing in Action on 6-Mar-43 on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. The aircraft came under heavy fighter attack shortly after rounding the Brest Peninsula and the aircraft was abandoned. Exact crash location not determined. No Missing Air Crew Report was ever made documenting this loss. 3KIA 6POW 1EVD.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Gr Island 22/3/44; Dow Fd 3/4/44; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 2/5/44; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-F] Thurleigh 5/5/44; Missing in Action 63M Berlin 3/2/45 with Vernon Daley, Co-pilot: Joe Carbine, Navigator: Paul Becker, Bombardier: Bob Crede, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Reisel Horn, Radio Operator: Pofirio Marquez, Ball turret gunner: George Petrillo, Waist gunner: Silvio DeZolt,Tail gunner: Okey Coplin, BBC press-Guy Byam (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Channel; Missing Air Crew Report 12283. ROSE OF YORK.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; with Joe Tripi force landed base 24/1/44; 326 BU MacDill 2/4/45; 4124 BU Altus 1/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.