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

Delivered Hunter 7/12/44; Dow Fd 17/12/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-D] Podington 4/3/45; 407BG; Green Project mission to Port Lyautey, Morr 12/6/45; ret 13/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45. POP’S FLOP SHOP.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/7/44; Hunter 2/8/44; Kearney 20/9/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-K] Horham 12/8/44; with J.H. Corbin force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44; 89m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; Ypsilanti 23/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45. FLAK EVADER.

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-B] Polebrook 7/12/44; {52m} Returned to the USA Bradley 1/6/45; Sth Plains 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. FEED ‘EM.

Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Scott 22/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 4/11/43; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-C] Polebrook 18/11/43; {27m} transferred 838BS/487BG Lavenham 16/7/44; was severly damaged when taxying 42-39760 ran into it while parked on hardstand; sal 27/7/44. ARCHIBALD.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/7/44; Kearney 27/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-V] Thurleigh 22/8/44; transferred 327BS/92BG (UX- ) Podington 9/5/45; Green project special mission Port Lyautey, Mor. 20/6/45; force landed Istres, Fr 25/6/45; Salvaged 9AF 31/10/45.

Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Scott 19/10/43 ass 401BG Deenethorpe 27/10/43; Transferred: 508BS/351BG [YB-K] Polebrook 18/11/43; MIA {24m} Berlin 22/3/44 Pilot: Wyman Slosson{kept ship going so crew could bale out}, Tail Gunner: Warren Beahr (2KIA); Co-Pilot: Dave Smithline, Navigator: Joe Daugherty, Bombardier: Jim Higgins, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Green, Radio Operator: Ed DeMatteo, Ball Turret Gunner: Don Power, Waist Gunner: Verlyn Brown, Waist Gunner: Emette Highland (8POW); flak, crashed Altlandsberg, Oberbarnim, , due E of Berlin, Germany. MACR 3314.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gr Island 10/12/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-A] Polebrook 25/2/44; {61m} Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 8/9/44 with George Shera, Co-pilot: Leroy Swetnam, Navigator: Steve Loverds, Bombardier: Dick Mason, Waist gunner: Bob Hagans (5 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dewey Cooper, Radio Operator: Wallace Van Wirt, Ball turret gunner: Ed Jansak (3 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Don Freeman (EVD-ret base 11/9/44); flak KO’d an engine near Saarbrucken,Ger., then two more in trouble, aircraft crashed Beuvange-sous-St Michel, W of Thionville, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 10534.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/6/44; Kearney 23/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-U] Bassingbourn 23/7/44; 324BS [DF-N]; several times ship sustained battle damage but survived 72m Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. MAH IDEEL.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/7/44; Hunter 26/7/44; Dow Fd 12/8/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-B] Podington 24/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with John Glasco, Co-pilot: Moses Lovenstein, Bombardier: Alby Knight, Radio Operator: Bob Heare, Waist gunner: Chester Hinds,Tail gunner: Ernie Heidt (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Aarne Karvonen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Glenn Edwards, Ball turret gunner: Chas Wild (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Grost, SW of Merseburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8887. CANVAS BACK IV.

Delivered: Tulsa 12/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned: 509BS/351BG [DS-K] Polebrook 8/6/44; {30m} battle damage Brux 12/9/44 Pilot: ‘, Tauno Maki [a crew member]; forced landing Belgium. ium continent; Salvaged. 14/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/8/44; Hunter 22/8/44; Grenier 6/9/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-N] Polebrook 21/9/44; Missing in Action 4m Nurnberg 3/10/44 with Chas Cregar, Sanford Groendyke, Jim Timmie, Ed Huth, Elwood Zigenfus, Chas Weller, Cecil McWhorter, Tom Richardson (8 Prisoner of War); John Dwyer (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Stellnau, Ger?; Missing Air Crew Report 9358.

Delivered Lincoln 30/9/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 26/10/44; transferred 32BS/301BG Lucera 4/11/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 21/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/7/44; Hunter 1/8/44; Grenier 14/8/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-Q] Podington 27/8/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 11/9/44 with Harry Wallace, Co-pilot: Chas Enes, Navigator: Fred Zusselman,b- Francis Vilminot, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Dudek (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bill Dodge, Ball turret gunner: Art McCaffrey, Waist gunner: Russell Stark,Tail gunner: Harvey Stark (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Neuhausen, E of Lutherstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8888.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/43; Sioux City 19/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Bangor 13/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-K/I] Kimbolton 22/4/43; Missing in Action Bochum 12/8/43 with Ralph Osborne, Radio Operator: Mildred Fambrough, Ball turret gunner: Larry Truman, Waist gunner: Warren Dayton, Waist gunner: Chas Irwin,Tail gunner: Howie Scruggs (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Les Jones, Navigator: Bill Hand, Bombardier: Tom Wickham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pat Keenan (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed near Metternich, NW of Bonn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1762.

Delivered: Long Beach 5/9/43; Gr Island 324BS/91BG [LL-D] Bassingbourn 7/10/43; MIA Wilhelmshafen 3/11/43 Pilot: Ken Rutledge, Co-Pilot: Albt Mahe, Bombardier: Tom Merit, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Rodenbaugh, Radio Operator: Milton Wauneka, Tail Gunner: Bob Balsey (7KIA), Navigator: Jim Peacock, Waist Gunner: Jim McIlwain, Waist Gunner: Ernie Colvin (3POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, a mile off Neuharlingerseil, near Spiekeroog Island and mainland Germany. MACR 1153.

Delivered Long Beach 31/1/43; Denver 1/2/43; Assigned 322BG/91BG [LG-X] Bassingbourn 25/3/43; Missing in Action 8m Huls 22/6/43 with Paul Kahl, Co-pilot: John Pearse, Navigator: Ely Cohen, Bombardier: Bill Corson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Barnett, Radio Operator: Dan Goldstein, Ball turret gunner: Harry Kline, Waist gunner: Clem Fuller, Waist gunner: Tom Ryan,Tail gunner: Boyd Burkey (10POW- caught Munster/Westphalen area); flak hits, #3 & 4 engines out going down under control, crashed ?. GOLDEN BEAR aka NIGHT SHADE.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/44; Gr Island 10/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-D] Podington 7/4/44; Missing in Action Cologne 5/10/44 with Conrad Richards, Loren Welden, Russell Bina (3 Killed in Action); Wallace McClaflin, Jim Kane, John McGraw, Lou Swanson, Don Hensley, Don Summerfield (6 Returned to Duty); mech fault, ditched Channel; Missing Air Crew Report 9347. EL LOBO.

Delivered Denver 13/12/43; Kearney 23/12/43; Morrison 4/1/44; Assigned 352BS/301BG Cerignola 8/1/44; to Lucera 1/2/44; {11m} crash landed eight miles south of Foggia 12/2/44 with John Simon. Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Syracuse 2/1/44; Presque Is 4/1/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-B] Polebrook 30/1/44; Missing in Action 8m Oschersleben 22/2/44 Crew: Bill Ritzema, Co-pilot: Paul Straw, Navigator: Bob Shuss Wounded in Action, Bombardier: Lorin Wolfe Wounded in Action, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rich Stewart, Ball turret gunner: Bill Leach, Waist gunner: John Zundel Wounded in Action-lost leg, Waist gunner: Octavio Duran,Tail gunner: Don Pearson (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Frank DeMarco (Killed in Action); Severe flak damage, bellied on Gut Muthagen near Gelsenkirchen-Aachen Road (L164), near Uebach-Palenberg, nine miles north of Aachen, Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 2657.

Delivered Lincoln 26/8/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned 357BS(?)/306BG Thurleigh 23/9/44; transferred 29 TAC 381BG Ridgewell 14/5/45; 398BG Nuthampstead 27/5/45; no ops, RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; Sth Plains 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.