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

Delivered Cheyenne 25/8/44; Hunter 20/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-Z] Nuthampstead 17/10/44; RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/10/44; Hunter 6/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [T] Glatton 15/1/45; 751BS; battle damaged Rosenheim, Ger 18/4/45 with Bill Thistle, Co-pilot: Joe Taylor, Navigator: Craig Winters, Bombardier: Roy Truba, Radio Operator: Lou Domato, Ball turret gunner: John Taylor, Waist gunner: Harvey Henkel, Waist gunner: Luther Smith,Tail gunner: Bill MacIntosh (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Miller (Killed in Action) ; flak, crash landed Freising, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 14183. Salvaged & repaired 9AF, Returned to the USA 2/11/45; Salvaged 10/6/46.

Delivered SAAD 2/5/42; Langley 27/5/42; Olmstead 4/2/43; Presque Is 19/3/43; Mitchell 8/6/43; Cherry Pt 5/7/43; 246 BU Pratt 25/7/43; 3705 BU Lowry 26/10/43; Written off 21/12/44. Recl Comp 2/10/45.

Delivered Geiger 301BG 30/4/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Ogden 10/8/42; Walla Walla 3/9/42; Boise 3/11/42; crashed Spence Fd 10/1/43, col mid air with another aircraft with Lt Lawrence; Written off 7/3/43.

Delivered Lincoln 29/8/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-F] Nuthampstead 3/10/44; (3m) Missing in Action Munster 28/10/44 with Harry Connolly, Co-pilot: George Crowe, Navigator: Lew Slade, Bombardier: Roger Ericrson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Roby, Ball turret gunner: Francis Daly, Waist gunner: Milford Pinson,Tail gunner: Virgil Fuller (8 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Bill Hamor (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Nienberge, NW of Munster, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10175. [?10157].

Delivered SAAD 2/5/42; Mitchell 29/6/42; Langley 1/7/42; Bolling 6/12/42; Olmstead 18/2/43; Wilmington 16/6/43; Mitchell 4/7/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 11/4/45.

Delivered Long Beach 1/10/43; Gr Island 29/11/43; ass 401BS/91BG [LL-B] Bassingbourn 13/12/43; MIA Berlin 8/3/44 Pilot: Claude Williams, Co-Pilot: John Armstrong, Navigator: Tom Brooks, Bombardier: Rich Matthews, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Miller, Radio Operator: Russ Schleyer (6POW); Ball Turret Gunner: Tom Roberts, Waist Gunner: Ray Winkler, Waist Gunner: Francis Rumble, Tail Gunner: Roy Morby (4KIA); Enemy aircraft, exploded and crashed Einwinkel, seven miles W of Osterburg, Germany. MACR 3223.

Delivered Pendleton 34BG 11/5/42; Muroc 16/5/42; Alamogordo 19/6/42; Biggs 9/8/42; Alamogordo 2/10/42; with John Pratt crashed and burned out six miles on mountain SE Magdalena, NM 15/10/42; Salvaged 18/12/43. Missing Air Crew Report 16138.

Delivered Denver 15/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 10/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 17/4/43 RUTH L II (re-named LUCKY LADY); transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-W] Ridgewell 14/7/43; Missing in Action 28m Brunswick 30/1/44 with Henry Steele, Co-pilot: Jim Settle, Navigator: Bob Anderson, Bombardier: Leopold Flores, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Perry Beach,Tail gunner: Paul Welch (6 Prisoners of War); Radio Operator: Wilbert Eason, Ball turret gunner: Harry Lee, Left Waist gunner: Harry Holtz, Right Waist gunner: Pete Hlynsky (4 Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft, crash landed between Bakel & Deurne, Hol. MACR 2244. MARTHA II.

Delivered Lincoln 9/12/44; Grenier 20/12/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [K8-M] Nuthampstead 22/2/45; RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.

Delivered Tulsa 23/10/42; West Palm Beach 17/12/42; Salina 30/12/42; Assigned 342BS/97BG Biskra 21/1/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; crashed on take off 23/3/43 with Dave Peterson; Salvaged. BUGS BUNNY.

Delivered Tulsa 23/10/42; Lewiston 1/12/42; Gt Falls 4/2/43; Spokane 15/4/43; with Don Andrews crashed on take off Ephrata 3/5/43; 901 BU Pinecastle 16/6/44; 222 BU Ardmore 5/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 14/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/10/42; Wendover 8/12/42; Hamilton 10/1/43; Sioux City 5/4/43; 245 BU McCook 20/6/43; 3705 BU Lowry 16/10/43; Written off 26/10/44.

Delivered Tulsa 14/10/42; Salina 23/12/42; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY- ] Chelveston (landed Rineanna, Ire, 21/3) 25/3/43; Missing in Action Lorient 16/4/43 with Larry Leach, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Bogdan, Ball turret gunner: FloydF Williamson, Waist gunner: John Toth, Waist gunner: Jimmy Smith (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Homer Anderson, Navigator: Voyle Spence, Bombardier: Don Worsely, Radio Operator: Joe Terell,Tail gunner: LeRoy Sykes (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Ker Gurum, near Languidic, 12 miles NE of Lorient. No MACR.

Delivered Lincoln 30/12/44; Dow Fd 10/1/45; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-U] Nuthampstead 27/2/45; (22m) Missing in Action Neumunster 13/4/45 with Emil Martinek, Navigator: Roger Campbell, Radio Operator: Alf Cason, Ball turret gunner: Francis Gardippe, Waist gunner: Ed Steele,Tail gunner: Dave Lawler (6 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Theo Kline, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Floyd Aaron (2 Killed in Action); exploded, crashed Bad Oldesloe, near Garbeck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 14176.

Delivered Denver 18/11/43; Kearney 2/12/43; Romulus 9/12/43; Syracuse 10/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-D] Snetterton 21/12/43; MIA Rostock 11/4/44 Pilot: Jack Splan, Co-Pilot: Clinton Ehret, Navigator: Bill Duff, Bombardier: John Gilmore, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dale Trautman, Radio Operator: Walt Bailey, Ball Turret Gunner: Frank Spano, Waist Gunner: Tom Littleman, Waist Gunner: Don Pope, Tail Gunner: Glenn Williams (10KIA); Enemy aircraft rocket hits KOd #1 & #2, crashed Baltic Sea. MACR 3811. COOKIE.

Delivered Lincoln 21/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned 416BS/99BG Tortorella 2/10/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 18/6/45; Sth Plains 20/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/8/44; Topeka 30/8/44; Lincoln 6/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-X] Nuthampstead 23/11/44; Missing in Action 8/1/45 with Sponholtz, AOC 12/1/45; re-ass 14/1/45; involved runway collision with 44-6896 after a practice mission with Clarry Hultman 4/5/45; repaired by 2 SAD Abbotts Ripton and re-ass 27/5/45; RAF Valley 2/6/45, Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Hunter 15/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG Snetterton 6/44 fitted with Eagle radar AN/APQ-7 for trials; transferred 813BS/482BG [PC-A] Alconbury 4/2/45; landing accident with Harrison Clarke at Snetterton 9/6/45; retUS, Recl Comp Pyote 14/1/49.

Delivered Kearney 12/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 29/7/44; Salvaged 23/4/45.