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

Delivered Denver 29/11/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Romulus 2/1/44; Westover 10/1/44; Presque Is 14/1/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-W] Thorpe Abbotts 16/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Bill Terry, Co-pilot: Bill Peterson, Bombardier: Ralph Cotter, Radio Operator: Dick Howell, Waist gunner: Chas Anthony, Waist gunner: John Horn,Tail gunner: Carl Hampton (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Schremser, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Aitken, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bain (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d off tailplane which tookTail gunner: Hampton with it, ship crashed Brookstreek, near Cloppenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3033. TERRY AND THE PIRATES.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Romulus 31/12/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-B] Thorpe Abbotts 6/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Dean Radtke, Co-pilot: Gordon Devault, Navigator: Bob Reilly, Bombardier: Bill Agnetti, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Van Pinner{Wounded in Action}, Radio Operator: Bob Ray, Waist gunner: Chas Allen, Waist gunner: Dick Kerwin,Tail gunner: Theo Mangum {Wounded in Action} (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Joe Kroczynski (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Twirstringen (Telbrkae?), two miles E of Vechta, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3043. RONNIE R.

Delivered Denver 7/12/43; Cincinnati 12/1/44; Morrison 26/1/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 29/1/44; transferred 422BS/305BG [JJ-H] Chelveston (H2X) 20/3/44; 482BG Alconbury 6/7/44; 350BS/100BG [LN-P] Thorpe Abbotts 20/5/45; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 14/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Assigned 92BG Bangor 14/7/42; 414BS/97BG Polebrook 24/8/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; Biskra 25/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; coll mid air with 25147, prop sheared part of tail off, crew man bailed out over Mediterranean Sea, with John Holmes, Hadden, Dunn, Ludolph, McDonald, Haygreen, Rich Brown, Leibowitz, Lane, Lewis; crash landed at base 9/5/43. Salvaged. Missing Air Crew Report 16524. YANKEE DOODLE II.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/10/42; West Palm Beach 12/12/42; Assigned 414BS/97BG Biskra 22/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 3/2/43; coll with 41-24415 Palermo with Payne 9/5/43, nose sheared off but returned safely to base and repaired; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Missing in Action Frascati 8/9/43; flak, crashed ? ; Missing Air Crew Report 720. OLD IRONSIDES.

Delivered Denver 5/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Grenier 29/5/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-H] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/44; Missing in Action Brest 3/9/44 with John David, Co-pilot: John Simmons, Navigator: Theron Stookesberry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Barili, Waist gunner: Walt Potter,Tail gunner: Francis Waldschmidt (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: John Goethel, Ball turret gunner: Carl Fong, Radio Operator: Henry Henrickson – picked up by British boat (3 Returned to Duty); Caught fire en route to target, #2 KO’d and blew up, crashed Atlantic Ocean, off Brest, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 8843. PARTY TONIGHT.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/9/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 9/12/44; 3020 BU La Junta 1/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 1/8/45.

Delivered Dallas 2/5/44; Kearney 14/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-N] Thorpe Abbotts 8/4/44; transferred 482BG Alconbury 20/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/11/45. HUNDRED PROOF.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/5/44; Hunter 3/6/44; Grenier 15/6/44; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 16/6/44; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-D] Thorpe Abbotts 17/6/44; 418BS [LD-D]; battle damaged Brandenburg 10/4/45 with Lyman Fillingame, rest unknown but no serious injuries; crash landed Leiston A/fd, Salvaged 12/4/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/11/43; Kearney 7/12/43; Presque Is 12/12/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-B] Gt Ashfield 16/12/43; battle damaged Ulm 1/3/45 with Charles Armbruster, rest ? (8 Killed in Action); col with 42-38273, tail cut off with tg Joe Jones, who floated down and survived; crashed on farm near Ostend, Bel; MR. LUCKY.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/7/44; Kearney 24/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-S] Gt Ashfield 13/8/44; battle damaged Ulm 1/3/45 with Alex Rusecky; mid air coll with B-17 42-38035 (385BG), crashed Ostend, Bel; 16KIA; Salvaged 20/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-T] Thorpe Abbotts 28/5/44; 418BS [LD-T] ; battle damaged over Ruhland Oil Ref. 11/9/44 with Harry Hempy, Co-pilot: Jack Janssen, Navigator: C.A. Roberts, Bombardier: Don Friedman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: A. Hubiak, Radio Operator: J.P. Moncure, Ball turret gunner: Don Farley, Waist gunner: F.A. Bonague (8 Returned to Duty);Tail gunner: Chas Emerson (WIA but died in base hospital two weeks later); aircraft escorted home by two P-51s from the Czech border; returning from Bremen with Bill Appleton crash landed base & exp 29/1/45; Salvaged 31/1/45. HEAVEN CAN WAIT.

Delivered Lincoln 3/11/44; Dow Fd 12/11/44; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-G] Kimbolton 2/1/45; Missing in Action Oranienburg 10/4/45 with Walt Howard, Don Hall, Gerald Widawsky, Jim Hanley, Chas Rider (5 Prisoner of War); September Giannattasio, Homer Huntley, Harry Schalley (3 Killed in Action); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 13879.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/44; Kearney 14/2/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-P] Ridgewell 6/3/44; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-J] Thorpe Abbotts 7/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Jack Moore, Co-pilot: Bob Blais, Navigator: Ross McClure, Bombardier: Monroe Whidby, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Heiber, Radio Operator: John Kidner, Waist gunner: Jim Hunter, Waist gunner: John Jedryck,Tail gunner: Chas Mueller (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Wilbur Dishneau (Killed in Action); flak KOd #3, crashed Georgendorf 12 miles N of Brux, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4867.MISS MA LOVIN’.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/7/44; Hunter 5/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-F] Thurleigh 24/10/44; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 28/2/43; Gore Fd 11/3/43; Presque 8/4/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-S] Polebrook 17/4/43; 1BAD Burtonwood 31/3/44; {31m} Returned to the USA Robins 1/6/44; Hendricks 10/8/44; with Bill Niece force landed Morrison Fd 20/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45. SCREWBALL.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 18/2/44; Grenier 22/2/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 3/4/44; Missing in Action 37+m Altenbeken 26/11/44 with Kyle Smith, Radio Operator: Lester Colson, Ball turret gunner: Gustavo Contreras (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Don McGurk, Navigator: Melvin LaLuzerne, tog-Byron Wear, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Porter, Waist gunner: Tom Arnold,Tail gunner: Francis DeLange (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Apeldoorn, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 11205. LITTLE GUY.

Delivered Long Beach 28/2/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque 8/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-C] Polebrook 17/4/43; {31m} 2 Base Air Depot, Lt Staughton 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 6/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 7/5/45. ROUND TRIP.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Romulus 11/12/43; Grenier 12/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; Assigned: 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 21/1/44; MIA Frankfurt 8/2/44 Pilot: Howard Snyder{joined Maquis, ret UK Oct ’44}, Tail Gunner: Bill Slenker{wia, landed Signe La Petite and remained in area until liberated by US troops} (2EVD); Co-Pilot: George Eike, Navigator: Bob Benninger, Bombardier: Rich Daniels, Radio Operator: Ross Kahler, Ball Turret Gunner: Louis Colwart, Waist Gunner: John Pindroch (6KIS-all shot one by one after interrogation, Germany. an CO, executed after war); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Holbert, Waist Gunner: Joe Musial{formerly w/13AF in Pacific TO} (2POW); hit by Fw 190s, crashed Macquenoise, Belgium. MACR 2493.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/43; Kearney 20/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-N/R] Thorpe Abbotts 17/1/44; 100+m, Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 5/7/45; Love Fd 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45. SKIPPER II.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/11/43; Kearney 2/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-B] Rougham 23/12/43 FRIDAY THE 13TH; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-S] Thorpe Abbotts 24/12/43; 349BS [XR- ]; ran out of gas on Ruhland mission 21/6/44 with Lt Chadwick, force landed Kiev, Russia; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Bill Fitzroy, Navigator: Floyd Hartman, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Spragg, Waist gunner: Frank Buschmeier,Tail gunner: Joe O’Donnell (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bob Dykeman, Bombardier: Floyd Douglas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ira Arnold, Radio Operator: Carmine Roberto (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Pauschrau, S of Merseburg, Ger. (perhaps to be identified as “Punschrau”, 51° 8′ 23″ N / 11° 40′ 42″ E). Missing Air Crew Report 7809. RANDY LOU aka BUFFALO GAL.

Delivered Denver 31/1/44; Langley 13/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 95BG Horham 8/4/44 as PFF ship; 17m, transferred 390BG; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-W] Thorpe Abbotts 5/45; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 14/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46. TERRIBLE TERMITE.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/5/44; Hunter 3/6/44; Grenier 14/6/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-P] Thorpe Abbotts 16/6/44; Missing in Action Marburg 23/3/45 with Alfonso Guardino, Co-pilot: Bill Davis, Navigator: Leo Tamoso, Bombardier: Leon Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Tudor, Radio Operator: Ed Keefrey, Ball turret gunner: Hugh Pennock, Waist gunner: Alois Chudy,Tail gunner: Obie Smithhart (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Montabaur, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13604. PATRIOTIC PATTY.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/44; Kearney 5/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-L] Thorpe Abbotts 28/6/44; 75+ missions, transferred 482BG Alconbury 20/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. YOU CAN’T LOSE.