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

Delivered Denver 23/9/42; New Castle 7/10/42; Assigned 419BS/301BG Tafaraoui 7/11/42; Maison Blanche 5/12/42; Biskra 16/12/42; Ain M’Lila 17/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; taxi acc {3m} Salvaged 31/12/45.

Delivered Tulsa 16/5/44; Kearney 26/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned 360BS/388BG Knettishall 7/6/44 LIL HOMESICK ANGEL; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; Sth Plains 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/11/45. SHOOT THE WORKS.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/42; Salina 9/1/43; Morrison 12/2/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-Q] Chelveston 7/3/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 25/6/43 with Larry Wilcox, Co-pilot: Nelson Miketta, Navigator: Joe Brooks, Bombardier: Stan Schreffler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wade Swink, Radio Operator: Truman Talledge, Ball turret gunner: Chas Overheim, Waist gunner: Alex Dewoina, Waist gunner: Bob Welch,Tail gunner: Joe Roche (9 Prisoner of War); photo-Chas Grigsby (KIA-possible chute failure); Cause: enemy aircraft, ditched off Zuiderveen, Oude Pekela, Hol. No MACR. MA MA CHANG.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/44; Kearney 12/2/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Presque 10/3/44; Assigned 367BS/306BG Thurleigh 12/3/44 SKIPPER; transferred 337BS/96BG [AW-B] Snetterton 13/3/44; Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Pilot: Van Hixon, Co-pilot: Malcolm Daniels, Navigator: Harry Morrison, Bombardier: Don Griffin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alfred D’Alessandris, Radio Operator: Bill Vanderpool, Ball turret gunner: Harry Schell, Waist gunner: Bob Johnson, Waist gunner: Jack Owens,Tail gunner: Theo Kindsvater (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Stutebuell, two miles NW Kappeln, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3816.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/12/42; Rapid City 16/1/43; Geiger 10/3/43; Assigned 590BS/395BG Ephrata 18/3/43; crashed 16 miles east of Ellensburg, WA, 29/3/43 wDerek Bovingdon (all 9 Killed in Service). Written off 20/7/43.

Delivered MacDill 26/2/42; Cheyenne 1/5/42; Sarasota 23/6/42; Wendover 15/7/42; Westover 11/8/42; Written off 26/3/43.

Delivered Lincoln 6/10/44; Grenier 16/10/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 3/11/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 13/2/45 with Zenas Pilcher, Glesener, Lauffer, Terry, McCreary, Liacos, Ziegler (7 Prisoner of War); Thomas, Lee, Woltje (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Vienna; Missing Air Crew Report 12110.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/4/44; Kearney 6/5/44; Dow Fd 23/5/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 24/5/44; Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Harry Stafford, Co-pilot: Bernie Maverosky, Navigator: Arthur Flach, Bombardier: Tony Wodek, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Virgil Naylor, Radio Operator: Virgil Meek, Ball turret gunner: Bob Rodge, Waist gunner: Reg Buxton, Waist gunner: Francis Craven,Tail gunner: Walt Osika (10 Returned to Duty); flak damage, ditched North Sea, all rescued by ASR.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-K] Framlingham 14/7/43. On Duren mission 20/10/43 with Charles Swafford , Lts. Gene Corbin & Clarry Cobb, Sgts. Lambert Geerlings & Harry Daniels all bailed but were KIA, (possibly fired on while in chutes) however the plane returned. (MACR 14417) Missing in Action Huls 22/6/44 with Jim Bonner, Co-pilot: Leon Schapiro, Navigator: Dean JensenWounded in Action, Bombardier: Gene Friedman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Knobel, Ball turret gunner: Bob Rhoades, Waist gunner: Albt Gregoris, Waist gunner: Jim Grant,Tail gunner: Elvin Clinkenbeard (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Lowry Kelley (Killed in Action). Flak KO’d engine, crashed La Sablonniere, near Dreux, near Chartres, France. (Missing Air Crew Report 5927). SEQUATCHIEE.

Delivered MacDill 27/2/42; Cheyenne 25/5/42; Lockbourne, OH; with Bob Poole, force landed base 30/4/43;

Delivered Hunter 7/12/44; Dow Fd 19/12/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 9/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; Wright Fd 27/7/45; Cleveland 6/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/2/46.

Delivered Lincoln 19/10/44; Dow Fd 29/10/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 13/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 11/10/44; Dow Fd 24/10/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 22/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; Independence 26/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/12/45.

Delivered MacDill 28/2/42; Cheyenne 21/5/42; Edgewood 18/10/42; Wendover 1/2/43; Hendricks 31/3/43; Written off 5/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/43; Pueblo 28/3/43; Presque Is 9/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-L] Polebrook 17/4/43; 39m 2 BAD Warton 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 7/6/44; Hendricks 9/8/44; Rapid City 12/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45. THE DUCHESS.

Delivered Hunter 7/10/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 22/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 25/7/45; Independence 27/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 4/10/44; Grenier 10/10/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 29/11/44; Missing in Action Castelfranco Veneto 29/12/44 with Lyle Pearson, Co-pilot: Sam Wheeler, Navigator: Bill Ferguson, Bombardier: Art Frechette, Waist gunner: Chas Lyon,Tail gunner: Grant Dory (6 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Farrell Haney, Radio Operator: Bob Halstein, Ball turret gunner: Chas Williams, Waist gunner: Mitch Vuyanovich (4 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Brizen; Missing Air Crew Report 10930.

Delivered Tucson 1/3/42; Salt Lake City 19/4/42; 306BG Wendover 18/6/42; with Arthur Berleffi, crashed in desert after hitting object in flight, near Salt Lake City, UT, all Killed in Service , 8/7/42. Salvaged.

Delivered Hunter 5/9/44; Grenier 23/9/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 3/10/44; Missing in Action Vienna 21/3/45 with Albert Venable, Harrolle, Sutton, Denton, Kloss (5 Killed in Action); Casey, Crelic, McDonnell, Busick, Jackson (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Breslau; Missing Air Crew Report 13049.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/44; Hunter 9/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [30-C] Nuthampstead 24/4/44; 600BS [N8-C]; battle damaged 8/1/45 with Marchner; force landed Abbeville, Fr., Salvaged at 5 SAD Merville, Fr, 12/3/45. UGLY DUCKLING.