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

Delivered Cheyenne 22/8/44; Lincoln 2/9/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham, transferred 861BS/493BG Debach 8/9/44; battle damaged Chemnitz 6/2/45 with ?; force landed Oppeln, Ger; Salvaged 21/2/45; Missing Air Crew Report 12235.

Civil N66573, as borate bomber, crashed Cayuse Saddle, Montana 1979. BATMOBILE.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/9/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-C] Deenethorpe 4/11/43; Missing in Action Zwickau 7/10/44 with Augustus J. Nelson, Edgar W. Nevois, John S. Kulczycki Jr., Blaine B.Wilcox, Larry E. Williams, John T. Dorris, Frank R. Majeski, Bobbie D. Anderson, James J. McCarthy (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Politz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9757. SON OF A BLITZ.

Delivered Albany 22/1/42; MacDill 30/1/42; Sebring 3/2/42; with R.G. Bailey Cat E 16/5/42 in landing accident; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 15/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/5/44; Kearney 25/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-N] Polebrook 9/6/44; Missing in Action {46m} Merseburg 21/11/44 with Warren Loehndorf, John Simich, Jordan Ivanoff (3 Killed in Action); Stan Kemp, Leland Potter, Bernie Townsend, Evan Olsen, Harry Dillon, Basil Albright (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Merseburg; Missing Air Crew Report 11204.

Delivered Albany 24/1/42; MacDill 30/1/42; Sebring 3/2/42; crash landed with Harry Pratt at Maxwell Fd 13/3/42; Hendricks 13/5/42; force landed base with Alwyn Keese 11/7/43; Written off 5/10/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-X] Polebrook 23/5/44; then 508BS [YB-K]; Missing in Action {30m} Brandenburg 6/8/44 with Jerome Barieau, Co-pilot: Don Wilson, Navigator: Walter Wall, Bombardier: Morris Clifton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Weaver, Radio Operator: Harry Wilson, Ball turret gunner: Albt Levy,Tail gunner: John Mazur (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Ken Law (KIA-apparently rip cord not pulled); flak, crashed near Schlalach, SW of Potsdam, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7588. HUBBA HUBBA.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-A] Ridgewell 24/4/44; Missing in Action 12m Tours 24/6/44 with Vic Romasco, Navigator: Jim Chandler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elbert Giddens,Tail gunner: Ernie Waldow (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Dick Kellum, Radio Operator: Paul Cosandier, Ball turret gunner: Grover Scoggins, Waist gunner: Harry Owens (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ray Stewart (evaded capture) flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-May, 12 miles SW of Tours, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 6534. THE BETTY L.

Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Harvard 8/10/43; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 10/10/43; with Ashley Guynn force landed Harvard, Ne 24/10/43; with Harry Glover crash landed nine miles NE Clovis Fd, NM 27/3/44; sal 29/3/44.

Delivered Denver 14/1/44; Gr Island 19/1/44; crash landed base with Howard Talbert 25/2/44; Written off 26/2/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/42; Wendover 27/12/42; Sioux City 8/4/43; Gowen 17/5/43; Casper 2/7/43; Assigned 582BS/393BG Kearney 3/8/43; ct fire in flight and crash landed two miles NE of base with Jim McRaven 31/8/43; Written off 1/9/43.

Delivered Denver 14/12/42; Assigned 7BS/34BG Blythe 30/12/42; with Don Krumm crashed 5 miles south of base 17/3/43 due to engine failure, crew ?; Written off 18/3/43.

Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 3/4/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-Z] Nuthampstead 5/5/44; repaired Missing in Action 21/11/44 with Lt Landrun but ret 24/11/44; declared WW 23/12/44 and became group’s weather ship; landing gear collapsed while taxying from non-op with David Mills 2/4/45; Salvaged 4/4/45.

Delivered Long Beach 26/4/43; Sioux City 7/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 30/6/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 3/7/43; detailed Solignen, 30/11/43 with Paul Kelly, Co-pilot: John Corzette, Navigator: John Wiley, Bombardier: Marion Wiles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Theo Lambert, Radio Operator: Edwin Bishop, Ball turret gunner: Merrick Castilie, Waist gunner: Eldridge Sauter, Waist gunner: Sterling Crawford,Tail gunner: Andrew Jenkins (10 Returned to Duty) crash landed on wrong runway at Polebrook on return through pilot error. Salvaged. JUST AG.

Delivered Seattle 15/12/42; Eglin 4/3/43; McClellan 17/3/43; Seattle 8/5/43; Wright 23/6/43; Seattle 6/8/43; MATCOM Wright Fd 2/6/44; 110 BU Mitchell 19/9/44; Wright 27/9/44; RRD Nashville 3/8/45; 4020 BU Wendover 22/8/45. Assigned to Project Hermit; converted to radio-controlled drone and crashed into mountain on the Wendover, UT bombing range. (RFC Searcey Fd 11/9/45?).

Delivered Lincoln 29/12/44; Dow Fd 25/1/45; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-H] Polebrook 1/2/45; {14m} Returned to the USA Bradley 23/5/45; Sth Plains 26/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

Delivered Denver 26/10/42; Brooksville 30/12/42; Orlando 29/5/43; Hobbs 26/11/43; Orlando 1/1/44; Dallas 9/1/44; 2117 BU Buckingham 29/6/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 11/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 20/10/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-S] Chelveston 5/1/44. Crashed near Canterbury on return from mission to Saarbrucken on 11 May 1944. Two crew had bailed out over Germany and were captured. MACR 4874 Missing in Action Merkville 3/8/44 with Ben Buttrey, Co-pilot: Bob Heithoff, Navigator: Jim McDermott, Bombardier: Bob Horn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edsel Newton, Radio Operator: Walt Crusoe, Ball turret gunner: Warren Dunphy, Waist gunner: Joe Quain,Tail gunner: Chas Newell (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed wood near Buhl, Baden-Baden, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7702. SWINGING DOOR aka V-FOR VICTORY.

Delivered Long Beach 19/10/43; Gr Island10/11/43; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 9/12/43; transferred 652BS/25BG (Recon) Watton 8/44; Salvaged 22/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/12/42; Salina 9/1/43; Morrison 12/2/43; Homestead 18/2/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-V] Chelveston 2/3/43 YE WHITE SWAN; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 22/8/43; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Jason Duncan, Waist gunner: Harry Starkey, Waist gunner: Morris Wall,Tail gunner: Roy Mattson (4 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Harry Allchin, Navigator: Mac Huffman, Bombardier: Bob Kesslar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vinal Wade, Radio Operator: Ed Doherty, Ball turret gunner: Leon Jeffers (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft started fire in #1, but ship exploded in air, crashed Steenvoorde, five miles E of Cassel, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1578. FULL BOOST.