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

Delivered Denver 13/4/44; 1SAG Langley 5/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 351BG Polebrook [ -C] 22/7/44; transferred 748BS/457BG [C] Glatton 28/8/44; 750BS; Missing in Action Dutch flak inst. 17/9/44 with Doug Grantham, Acom-Maj George Hozier, Navigator: Howard Quinn, Exn-Capt Pat Henry, Navigator: Bob Douglas, Bombardier: Bob Costello, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Willie Suggs, Waist gunner: Gus Kujala, Ball turret gunner: Sephus Tucker,Tail gunner: F/O Art Gennari (10 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Buford Milner (evaded capture); flak KO’d #3, crashed N of Krefeld, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10208.

Delivered Dallas 17/8/44; Langley 7/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-P] Podington 8/11/44; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 7/5/45; 29 TAC 27/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; with ? force landed Wyo 1/5/44; Lowry 10/5/44; Cheyenne 16/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-G] Polebrook 17/7/44; Missing in Action {4m} Brandenburg 6/8/44 with Wilson Strange, Navigator: Frank Booth, Ed Prokop (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: George Pappas, Bombardier: Otis Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Barlow, Radio Operator: Ross Morell, Ball turret gunner: Lionel Zeigler,Tail gunner: Don Killoran (6 Prisoner of War); flak set fire to bomb bay, ship exploded, crashed Treuenbrietzen, SW of Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 7587.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Grenier 24/6/44; Assigned 508BS.351BG [YB-L] Polebrook 31/5/44; {13m} battle damaged Leipzig 7/7/44 with Pete Wishnewsky, Co-pilot: Dale Thompson, Navigator: Jim Saver, Bombardier: Pete Yarcusko, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Basil Manos, Radio Operator: Tom Cobb, Ball turret gunner: Harry Kistner, Waist gunner: Marlowe Sarge,Tail gunner: John Taylor (9 Returned to Duty); #1 engine in trouble and crash landed base, Salvaged 2 SAD 8/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/5/44; Kearney 23/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned: 510BS/351BG [TU-T] Polebrook 1/6/44; 511BS [DS-F]; {72m} Returned to US: Bradley 31/5/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 4/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45. THE LITTLE ONE.

Delivered Denver 3/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-J] Podington 19/2/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with Horace Spencer, rest ?; fate ?. J FOR JOHNNY aka HOMESICK ANGEL II.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/11/42; Colorado Springs 5/1/43; Lowry 6/4/43; Hill 16/5/43; Peterson 1/6/43; Assigned Mapping Group Bradley 1/9/43; 91PS/1PG (as F-9) Buckley 5/7/44; 3705 BU Lowry 14/5/45; transferred US Navy 31/3/47.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/6/44; Hunter 13/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-L] Polebrook 10/8/44; {81m} Returned to the USA Bradley 29/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 1/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 6/7/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-D] Polebrook 21/7/44; 508BS [YB-M]; {46m} Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/44; Kearney 31/5/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-S] Framlingham 28/6/44; transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-O] Podington 18/7/44; battle damaged Cologne 28/1/45 with Lt Devers, crew?; force landed St Trond, Bel; Salvaged 2/2/45. BIG CHIEF.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/44; Kearney 11/2/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [M] Glatton 9/3/44; damaged over Sorau 1/4/44 with Adrian Seabock, Co-pilot: Lloyd Tienogle, Bombardier: Bill Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Louis Casteliucci,Tail gunner: Francis Cornue (5 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Warren Spidel, Radio Operator: Prosser Jeffreys, Waist gunner: Les Reid, Waist gunner: Bill Woodall (4 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Frank Ingersoll (KIA- bailed out but electrocuted when landing in high tensions cables); on return force landed RAF Ludham, Norfolk, UK when right tyre blew out; Missing in Action Munich 11/7/44 with Jack Gazzale, Navigator: Fred Oglesby, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Burton Chenkin, Ball turret gunner: Lowell Jones, Waist gunner: Bob Ehlert,Tail gunner: Bob Broadie (6 Returned to Duty); Co-pilot: Jim Phillips, tog-Ralph Hipsman, Ball turret gunner: Everett Broadie (3 Killed in Action); caught fire and exploded over Felixstowe, Sfk, UK; crashed Saham Toney, Nfk; sal 2 SAD 11/7/44. Missing Air Crew Report 3827.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 21/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 8/7/44; transferred 509BS/351BG [RQ-M] Polebrook 22/7/44; battle damaged {95m} Oberpfaffenhofen 9/4/45 with ?; force landed continent, Salvaged. Rep & ret UK; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. DOZEY DOATS.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Romulus 4/12/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-T] Polebrook 20/1/44; Missing in Action 103m Paderborn 17/1/45 with Marius Della-Cieppe, Co-pilot: Dell Harvey, Navigator: Spurgeon Clark, Bombardier: Walt Saltys, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Smith, Radio Operator: Ed Venezia, Ball turret gunner: George Shearer, Waist gunner: Herman Fancher,Tail gunner: Jim Fager (9 Prisoner of War); en route to target, three engines threw oil and losing height, force landed in Holland; Missing Air Crew Report 12000. BUCKEYE BABE.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/44; Hunter 7/7/44; Dow Fd 25/7/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-J] Polebrook 7/8/44; {48m} Returned to the USA Bradley 12/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/10/44; Hunter 1/11/44; Grenier 13/11/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-Q] Podington 30/12/44; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 7/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/10/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; Nashville 27/10/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-A] Polebrook 23/12/43; {64m} Mannheim 8/9/44, with John Haba, Co-pilot: Clinton Cavett, Navigator: Gene Hooks, Bombardier: Bob McGlohon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Clinton, Radio Operator: Jim Singleton, Ball turret gunner: Roy Morrison, Waist gunner: Ray McCloskey (8 Killed in Service);Tail gunner: Don Holihan (Returned to Duty), aircraft iced up badly during wing assembly and crashed Langtoft Common, near Market Deeping, Lincs. UK; Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 9/9/44. DEVIL’S BALL.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Gr Island 9/2/44; Presque Is 21/2/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-H] Horham 26/2/44; (41m) Missing in Action Hannover 18/6/44 with John Bullard, Co-pilot: Bill Moore, Navigator: Bill Holmes, Bombardier: Darrell Stevens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Everett Casselman, Radio Operator: Pierre Bordelon, Ball turret gunner: Phil Reed, Waist gunner: J. Gioiosa, Waist gunner: Austin Herten,Tail gunner: Lorenzo Jarrett (10 Killed in Action); crashed North Sea, about 25 miles NW of Texel Is, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 5954 (?5956). KEY BIRD.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Hunter 15/7/44; Dow Fd 24/7/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-K] Polebrook 10/8/44; {70m} RetUS, force landed two miles W of Hartford, CT with Don Drought 13/6/45; 121 BU Bradley 30/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. TEXAS BELLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/6/44; Kearney 16/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-K] Podington 18/7/44; battle damaged Merseburg oil plants 11/9/44 with Bob Williams, crew ? aban, crashed Paris, Fr; Salvaged 14/11/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 17/7/44; Assigned 5608BS/351BG [YB-D] Polebrook 31/7/44; Missing in Action {11m} Ludwigshafen 5/9/44 with Bill Wright, Co-pilot: Bob Swanson, Navigator: John Swanson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Andy Bender, Radio Operator: Leroy Thomas, Waist gunner: Dick Hopper,Tail gunner: Lewis Cain (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Rollins Mahoney, George Anello (2 Prisoner of War); flak hit knocked off wing before crashed Viernheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8452.