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

Delivered Long Beach 11/3/43; Tinker 30/3/43; Nashville 10/4/43; Morrison 16/4/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 27/4/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {9m} Salvaged 9/11/44.

Delivered Hunter 28/1/45; Grenier 11/2/45; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-F] Podington 4/3/45; Green Project mission to Port Lyautey 9/6/45, ret 10/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/8/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Kearney 4/8/44; Grenier 14/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BS Mendlesham 15/8/44; battle damaged Hamburg 20/3/45 with Roshen, crew unknown; crash landed Eye A/fd, Sfk, UK; Salvaged 21/3/45.

Delivered Lincoln 10/10/44; Grenier 18/10/44; Assigned 92BG Podington 20/10/44 CANVAS BACK IV; transferred 509BS/351BG [RQ-O] Polebrook 9/2/45; 37m Returned to the USA Bradley 23/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. MORT’S ORPHANS.

Delivered Dallas 8/9/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-F] Deenethorpe 10/10/43; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/7/44 with Ken Murgatroyd, Jim Pennoyer, Jim Elderkin, Stan Lesser, Jerome Robertson, Howard Magnuson (6 Prisoner of War); Owen Jorgensen, John Spirodek, Don Schmidli (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Liebstedt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7545. PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA.

Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 12/5/44; Dow Fd 23/5/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY- ] Podington 24/5/44; battle damaged Merseburg 13/9/44 with Frank Norris (Lt Batzer?); Co-pilot: ? Schoonmaker, Navigator: ? Keenan, Bombardier: ? Fitch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: ? Christian, Radio Operator: ? Melancon, Ball turret gunner: ? Molon, Waist gunner: ? Paveisch,Tail gunner: ? Mead (9 Returned to Duty); crash landed Nully, E of Troyes, France; Salvaged 14/11/44.

Delivered Long Beach 30/5/43; Kearney 26/6/43; Dow Fd 14/7/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG Oudna 12/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; 17m transferred 341BS/97BG Depienne; l/Corsica 1/12/43 ex-Turin with four WIA; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 23/6/44 with 1Lt William C Symonds, 2Lt David R Kingsley (cp – awarded Medal of Honor), 2Lt Robert L Newson, 2Lt Edwin O Anderson, T/Sgt John J Meyer, S/Sgt Martin Hettinga Jr, T/Sgt Lloyd E Kane, S/Sgt Harold D James, S/Sgt Stanley J Kmiec, S/Sgt Michael J Sullivan; enemy aircraft, crashed Plovdiv; MACR 6406. O PISSONYA

Delivered Long Beach 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 20/4/43; Morrison 4/5/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 1/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {21m} Breslau 4/3/44 with Fordyce Chamberlin, Co-pilot: Andy Christensen, Navigator: Chas Ford, Bombardier: Henry Winston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Risan, Radio Operator: Ralph Wheatley, Ball turret gunner: Joe Beard, Waist gunner: Edwin Brindley, Waist gunner: Don Fisher,Tail gunner: Homer Ackelson (flew with 301BG); abort mech failure. Missing Air Crew Report 3523.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/43; Morrison 19/5/43; force landed with Cliff Erikson 23/5/43 at Sao Luiz, Brazil, en route 12th AF; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 21/5/43; Missing in Action {2m} Foggia 27/7/43 with Dennis Booker, Dix, Harrington, Eoshegar, Pearson, Fleming, Luke, Hurlburt (9 Killed in Action); Hayes survived (Returned to Duty); aircraft ditched. Missing Air Crew Report 339.

Delivered Tulsa 13/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Grenier 1/6/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 3/6/44; transferred 326BS/92BG [NV-V] Podington 12/6/44; Green Project, Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45. THE LORRIE MAE.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Dow Fd 13/4/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG Bassingbourn 18/5/43; flare caught fire in nose while taxying for a practice mission 2/6/43 with Jerold Kethley, Co-pilot: Ennis Cox, Navigator: Bob Sternberg, Bombardier: Jim Cullen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Bragg, Radio Operator: Conrad Dussault, Ball turret gunner: Bob Danialson, Waist gunner: Harry Stokes, Waist gunner: John Burke,Tail gunner: Wilfred Bacon. (10 Returned to Duty). Salvaged 6/7/43.

Delivered Long Beach 27/3/43; Nashville 8/4/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-J] Bassingbourn 19/4/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 21/5/43 with John Miller, Co-pilot: Roscoe Black, Navigator: John Ragsdale, Radio Operator: Oscar Stuart, Waist gunner: Curtiss Pope, Waist gunner: Ron Taylor (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Dave Snow, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Spofford, Ball turret gunner: Francis Trahan,Tail gunner: Newell Lane (4 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft crashed Schortens, seven miles W of Wilhelmshafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 16136.

Delivered Lincoln 19/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 8AF 5/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/5/45; 613 BU Phillips 13/3/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/7/43; Gore 7/8/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-B/J] Bassingbourn 26/9/43; to RAF [SR381]; 214 Sq BU-F Sculthorpe 19/1/44; Oulton, Nfk; on RCM mission damaged by Me210 then by JU88 31/7/44, crash landed Woodbridge, Sfk. 22/6/44, and collided with 61 Sq Lancaster. Crew: D. Peden, K. Bailey, S. Mather, J. Waters, A.Stanley (WIA), A. Lester, R. Hembrow, J. Phillips, J. Walker.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Hunter 4/5/44; Grenier 19/5/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-L] Polebrook 27/5/44; taxi accident on base with Ralph Mahnke 15/5/45; {95m} 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 4/12/45. JOHN SILVER.

Delivered Tulsa 22/5/44; Dallas 10/6/44; Langley 6/7/44; Dow Fd 2/8/44; Assigned 351BG Polebrook 22/8/44; transferred 750BS/457BG [N] Glatton 24/8/44; Missing in Action Politz 7/10/44 with Capt Alf Fischer, Bombardier: Capt Henry Loades, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Koehler, Radio Operator: Ancil Sheperd, pass-Maj Gordon Haggard,Tail gunner: Lt Ed McNeal (6 Killed in Action); Col Jim Luper, Maj Norman Kriehn, Lt Bill Morrow Ex nav, John Derling, radar/nav-Lt Fred Asbell (5 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d two engines, dropped out and disintegrated on way down to crash in Stettin Bay, Politz; Missing Air Crew Report 9767.

Delivered Lincoln 22/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-J] Podington 2/1/45; battle damaged with Reg Hammond, crew all OK 11/4/45; Salvaged. MORALE.

Delivered Tulsa 18/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned: 509BS/351BG [RQ-R] Polebrook 28/6/44; {89m} Returned to US: Bradley 30/5/45; Sth Plains 1/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 15/12/45. LITTLE CHAPEL.

Delivered Lincoln 8/9/44; Dow Fd 24/10/44; 1379 BU Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Q] Polebrook 9/2/45; 510BS [TU-Q]; 28m Returned to the USA Bradley 23/5/45; Sth Plains 26/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 8/9/44; Grenier 24/9/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-F] Polebrook 11/10/44; involved in base taxi accident with Bill Day 23/4/45; 63m Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/45; Sth Plains 17/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 2/12/45.