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

Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Grenier 12/3/44; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 12/3/44; MIA Merseburg 28/9/44 Pilot: Vic Olson (KIA); Francis Miller, John Kern, Ben Spevack, Wilmer Breckenridge, Theo Wilke, John Wyman, Chas Patterson, Casimir Piatek (8POW); flak, crashed Merseburg, Germany. MACR 9378. REVEL’S REVENGE.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/4/43; Gore Fd 10/4/43; Cheyenne 13/4/43; Gore 21/4/43; Lockbourne 25/4/43; Morrison 14/5/43; Assigned Glen 17/5/43; taxi accident 24/6/43; Salvaged 14/1/46.

Delivered: Cheyenne 23/7/44; Hunter 4/8/44; Dow Fd 15/8/44; Assigned: 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 17/8/44; Returned to US: Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 22/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 13/12/45. THE BIG GEAR.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Rapid City 8/3/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned: 601BS/398BG Nuthampstead 6/5/44 STRICTLY FROM HUNGER; no ops, Transferred: 365BS/305BG Chelveston 7/5/44; MIA Mannheim 21/7/44 Pilot: Leon Kornblau, Bernie Radomski, Chas Woolf, Meredith Mills, Frank Misiak (5KIA); Bill Boyd, Ed Theed, Roger Gagnon, Irvin Hughes (4POW); flak, crashed Epfenhofen, Germany. MACR 7276.

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 16/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 352BS/301BG Lucera 4/7/44; landing accident with Edbert Eddy 8/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 14/1/46; Salvaged Belgian/Dutch coast 11/2/47.

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned: 94BG Rougham 17/10/44; (chin turret removed & .50 cal m/gun fitted as F model); Transferred: 34BG Mendlesham /44; Returned to US: Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 28/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 4/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Morrison 5/5/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 4/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {86m} Budapest 27/6/44 with Hugh McGee, Hoskins, Luckey, Rzeszotarski, LePoutre, Milligan, Clark, Rackov, Plante (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Budapest; Missing Air Crew Report 6175. WILLY.

Delivered: Cheyenne 28/8/44; Patterson 19/9/44; Hunter 29/9/44; Dow Fd 7/10/44; Assigned: 323BS/91BG Bassingbourn 4/11/44; {15m} battle damage Wittlich 29/12/44 Pilot: Max Shambaugh, flak KO’d two engines. bombs jettisoned and Nazons, Fr; crew bailed OK; Salvaged. 21/1/45. SUPER MOUSE.

Delivered Denver 4/3/43; Sioux City 20/3/43; Kearney 9/4/43; Bangor 14/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-E] Kimbolton 22/4/43; then 526BS [LF-J]; battle damaged Anklam 9/10/43 crash landed base near base on return, with Wayne Maresh, Co-pilot: Frank Mailanander, Navigator: Bob RommeWounded in Action, Bombardier: Leroy Blair, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Patterson, Radio Operator: Emery Davenport, Ball turret gunner: Ken Barnett, Waist gunner: Jerry Gentile, Waist gunner: Maurice Cheramie,Tail gunner: Ed Hobbs wia) (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 10/10/43. MADAME PISONYER aka STUPIFIER.

Delivered Long Beach 30/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Sioux City 19/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Presque Is 14/6/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 16/6/43; Missing in Action 29/7/43 with Heywood Curling, Co-pilot: John Greene, Navigator: Bill Koffman, Bombardier: Bill Gray, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Willis, Radio Operator: Steve Molnar, Ball turret gunner: Alex Gadding, Waist gunner: Hobart Perry, Waist gunner: Larry Holmborn,Tail gunner: Francis Kierszak (10 Killed in Action); coll with 42-30370 (96BG), crashed North Sea, off Cromer, Nfk.; Missing Air Crew Report 3069.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX- ] Snetterton 4/7/43 LITTLE CAESER; then 337BS; Missing in Action Warnemunde 29/7/43 with Cecil Walters, Co-pilot: Jim Olsen, Navigator: Jerome Boland, Bombardier: John McIlvaine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Wolozyn, Radio Operator: Ralph Lewis, Ball turret gunner: Roland Domenick, Waist gunner: Joe Truitt, Waist gunner: Barnett Goodman, Tail gunner: Frank Wade, Observer – Lt Joe Lewis (11 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-5908 (388BG); crashed North Sea, off Cromer, Nfk. Missing Air Crew Report 144. VENI VEDI VICI.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/44; Gr Island 20/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-R] Polebrook 26/3/44; Missing in Action {30m} Berlin 21/6/44 with Jerry Walters, Co-pilot: Lester Driggers, Navigator: John Kewalski, Bombardier: George Black, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lew Freedman, Radio Operator: Bill Oliver, Ball turret gunner: Theo Duggan, Waist gunner: Leon Sandford, Waist gunner: Martin O’Malley,Tail gunner: Mike Marchese (10INT); mech fault, force landed Bulltofta, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 6536.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Tinker 18/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Eglin 21/7/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG St Donat 19/7/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Missing in Action {5m} Ciampino A/Fd 29/11/43 with Bill Hubel, Garner, Anderson, Allen (4 Returned to Duty); Stevens, Kilb, Frazier, Jordan, Lemieux, Hayworth (6 Killed in Action); mech problem, crashed Villaputzu; Missing Air Crew Report 1404.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 8/7/44; Grenier 16/7/44; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham, transferred 849BS/490BG Eye 17/7/44; Missing in Action Pirna 19/4/45 with Bill McCallister, Navigator: Bill Swearengin, Bombardier: Jim Cook, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Iglitzen, Radio Operator: Bill Weales, Ball turret gunner: Larry Boekeloo, Waist gunner: Roy Cripne (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Glen Howard,Tail gunner: Paul Webb (2 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Marienburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 14193.

Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Wilmington 12/10/43; slated 381BG 23/10/43; transferred 32BS/301BG Oudna 1/11/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; battle damaged {27m} Regensburg 25/2/44 with Welsh, (RTD 2 wia, 1 Killed in Action); crashed Trigno, Italy.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Morrison 23/2/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Glen 9/3/43; Navarin 4/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; battle damaged 18/12/43 with Homer Carpenter, crew OK ? (10 Returned to Duty); hit by eight frag. bombs from 347BS ship, crash landed Naples; rep, Assigned ATC Europe as RB-17 30/4/47; Salvaged 28/11/47.

Delivered Amarillo 2/7/43; Dallas 19/7/43; Kingman 5/8/53; 2117 BU Buckingham 24/6/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 3/8/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/3/43; Gore 31/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Dow Fd 11/4/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 27/4/43 HELL-LENA; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 326BS/92BG Alconbury 23/7/43; Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Bob Campbell (Killed in Action) [?Paul Casey?]; John Morgan, Keith Koskel, Asa Irwin, Tyre Weaver, John McClure, Jim Ford, John Foley, Reece Walton, Gene Ponte (9 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft, ditched Nth Sea.

Delivered Lincoln 27/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-N] Rougham 19/10/44 TUTORWOLF; transferred 34BG Mendlesham; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 25/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 15/12/45. FRENESI II.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/11/43; Gt Falls 27/11/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG Cerignola 10/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {18m} Steyr, Aus. 24/2/44 with Cecil Robertson, Co-pilot: Barnes, Navigator: Cobrin, Bombardier: Doll, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fortier, Radio Operator: Nugent, Ball turret gunner: Brennan, Waist gunner: Giles,Tail gunner: Janek, (9 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft, ditched Adriatic Sea but crew rescued. Missing Air Crew Report 2633.