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

Delivered Hunter 24/11/44; Dow Fd 21/12/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG Snetterton 23/12/44; battle damaged Plauen 26/3/44 with Henry Davis, crash landed base; Salvaged 27/3/45.

Delivered Geiger 301BG 30/4/42; Lowry 31/5/42; Assigned 42BS/11BG Hawaii 7/6/42; transferred 13AF Poppy 22/7/42; wrecked in taxi accident on Efate 2/8/42; Written off 11/6/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Kearney 3/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-F] Thurleigh 6/6/44; Missing in Action Dresden 14/2/45 with Jack Henley, Co-pilot: Roy Stewart, Navigator: Warren Becker, Bombardier: Herb Whitaker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vic Coppa, Radio Operator: Dan McCarthy, Ball turret gunner: Ray Hanson, Waist gunner: Albt Harcarik,Tail gunner: Fred Piepenbrink (9 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Nachtsheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12325. VERNA E.

The fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Delivered Dallas 25/2/45; Sth Plains 24/4/45; re-ass 31/3/45; 343 RVM MacDill 14/5/47; 314 BU McChord 13/8/47; 343 RVM MacDill 24/8/47; 91 ABG Maguire 4/3/49; 2750 ABG Wright-Patterson 12/4/49; 91 ABG Maguire 15/7/49; 91 ABG Barksdale 10/10/49; Recl Comp Brookley 17/10/49.

Delivered MacDill 29BG 6/5/42; Westover 28/6/42; Bangor 14/7/42; Ogden 28/8/42; Assigned 11AF Elmendorf 24/9/42, then Aleutians; March 29/6/43; Long Beach 14/7/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/12/45.

The Fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Delivered Dallas 25/2/45; Sth Plains 25/4/45; 4136 BU Tinker 30/6/46; 4104 BU Rome 3/10/46; 16 Ph Gp MacDill 25/2/47; re-ass 31/3/47; 343 RVM MacDill 1/7/48; 343 RVM Topeka 28/7/48; 343 RVM Ladd Fd 14/10/48; 55 SRGp Topeka 26/5/49; 55 SRGp Thule 8/8/49; 55 MSU Forbes 4/10/49; Recl Comp AMC Hill Fd 7/11/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Gr Island 11/2/44; Presque Is 21/2/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 1/3/44; transferred 748BS/457BG [M] Glatton 2/3/44; Missing in Action Munich 31/7/44 with Byron Schiffman, Co-pilot: Bill Barton, Navigator: Irving Cohen (3 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Finn Firing, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Westwood, Radio Operator: Nathan Mostow, Ball turret gunner: Wilbur Epley, Waist gunner: John Wilkerson, Waist gunner: Alf Kunz,Tail gunner: Vernon Nelson (7 Killed in Action); flak, spiralled down before exploding, crashed Perlach, SE of Munich, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7829. TUJUNGA !

Delivered Dallas 26/6/44; Langley 24/7/44; Dow Fd 5/8/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-U] Thorpe Abbotts 7/8/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/12/44; Hunter 12/1/45; Dow Fd 27/1/45; Assigned as PFF 418BS/100BG [LD-B] Thorpe Abbotts 8/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Denver 26/1/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Homestead 5/3/43; Thurleigh 12/3/43; Missing in Action Bremen 17/4/43 with Theo Jankowski, Co-pilot: Bill Scheil{broke leg}, Navigator: Reg Wigham, togg-Tom McDonnell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Stelzer, Radio Operator: Ben Benigno, Waist gunner: Bill Gelnett (7 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Chas Bell, Waist gunner: John Chinlund, Tail gunner: Chas Wylie (3 Killed in Action); flak damage caused ship to explode, crashed Aurich-Oldendorf, near Strackholt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 15456

Delivered Cheyenne 20/1/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-F] Bassingbourn 19/4/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 26/7/43 with James W. Rendall, Co-pilot: Vernon Brack, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Johnson, Waist gunner: Dave Ramsey, Waist gunner: Byron Brunty,Tail gunner: Chas Murray (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: George Guy, Bombardier: Bob Cadilek, Radio Operator: John Monahan, Ball turret gunner: Bob Oyler (4 Killed in Action); sustained flak damage, dropped back crashed Nindorf, 10 miles SE of Rotenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 201. NITEMARE.

Delivered Louisville 30/4/45; Rome 27/5/45; Middletown 30/10/45; Morrison 6/2/46; 4202 BU Syracuse 30/9/46; 2621 BU Barksdale 13/11/46; re-ass 31/3/47; Robins 4/3/48; recl Comp 15/10/48.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Gore 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dow Fd 3/6/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-M] Kimbolton 13/6/43 TENDER TIT TILLIE, then RAGIN’ RED II; transferred 837BS/487BG [4F] Lavenham 15/7/44; 78th Fighter Wing 24/10/44; transferred 66th FW Duxford; taxi accident with Willard Behm 24/4/45; Salvaged 29/4/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Dyersburg 14/3/44; 814 BU 1TC Stout 10/9/44; 223 BU Dyersburg 16/9/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/44; Nashville 20/2/44; Savannah 14/3/44; Assigned Elms 15AF at Dakar, Fr Morocco 17/3/44; crashed on take off with Chauncey Nelson at Eknes Fd, Senegal 25/3/44, all killed (?).

Delivered Sebring 20/3/42; force landed Hendricks 15/12/42 wMike Notartomaso; 4136 BU Tinker; Recl Comp 7/6/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/44; Hunter 22/2/44; Morrison 5/3/44; slated 711BS/447BG, Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 17/3/44; {8m} crashed and burned on practice mission 8/4/44 with Major Columbus Griffin, Co-pilot: Don Rinke, Navigator: Frank Ziebarth, Bombardier: Chas Espensen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Blaize Van Valin, Radio Operator: Cliff Haythorn, Ambrosio Chavez (7 Killed in Action) plus three army officers, two from 21st Engineers and one English from Foggia Main.

Delivered Sioux City 1/4/44; with Lloyd Fields force landed base 23/5/44; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/45; 225 BU Rapid City 21/6/45; 203 BU Jackson 30/6/45; 420 BU March 27/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 16/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Kearney 17/3/44; Grenier 5/4/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-X] Nuthampstead 27/4/44; crashed on take off with Leland Zimmerman 24/12/44, all crew OK; Salvaged by 71MU at Slough, Bucks. MADAM X.

Delivered MacDill 97BG 13/4/42; West Palm Beach 19/4/42; Assigned Gt Britain 8/5/42 in error; Written off 31/11/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Salina 2/2/43; Memphis 19/2/43; 12AF Algeria 4/3/43. with Kermit Carte lost between UK and Marrakesh 4//4/43; Con Invn 8/7/44.

Delivered Tulsa 11/1/43; Smyrna 1/2/43; Lincoln 21/4/43; Hobbs 7/5/43; Dow 30/5/43; Hobbs 11/6/43; force landed base with G.J. Maloney 26/6/43; Kelly 2/1/44; with Tom Hill force landed Hobbs Aux Fd 19/1/44; Stinson 21/3/44; Recl Comp 3/1/46.