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

Delivered Tulsa 24/3/44; Kearney 22/5/44; Grenier 29/5/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR- ] Thorpe Abbotts 1/6/44; Missing in Action French A/fds in Dunkirk area 12/6/44 with Ed McKeague died from exposure, Co-pilot: Frank Ritter, Navigator: Stelios Louros, Bombardier: Evan Peters, Radio Operator: Bill Allen, Ball turret gunner: Jim Swafford, Waist gunner: Alf Hudnall,Tail gunner: Joe Pellegrino (8 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Penman, Waist gunner: Bob Gallagher (2 Returned to Duty); flak, ditched off Calais, Fr. Three survivors were picked up by British minesweeper, but McKeague dies later from exposure; Missing Air Crew Report 6521. MISS LOLLIPOP.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Dow Fd 9/6/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-Z] Thorpe Abbotts 10/6/43; detailed mission to Trondheim 24/7/43 with Curtis Biddick, rest unknown; crash landed at RAF Fraserburgh, Scotland, on return; Salvaged 5/8/44.”MUGGS.”

Delivered Cheyenne 6/1/45; Hunter 17/1/45; Dow Fd 2/2/45; Assigned 97BG PFF Amendola 18/2/45; Returned to the USA 10/10/45, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/45; Hunter 10/1/45; Dow Fd 7/2/45; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 9/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/45; Hunter 17/1/45; Dow Fd 31/1/45; Assigned 418BS/100BG H2X [LD-S] Thorpe Abbotts 8/2/45; radio comp gun removed, transferred 96BS/2BG Amendola 10/2/45; transferred 340BS/97BG Amendola, when parked was damaged in taxi accident by 44-83426 20/9/45; Salvaged 24/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/8/44; Lincoln 25/8/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 9AF HQ 19/9/44 Sunninghill, UK 24/9/44; transferred 603BS/398BG [N7-V then L] Nuthampstead 17/1/45; (28m) Missing in Action Oranienburg 15/3/45 with Andy Thomas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Pettibone, Radio Operator: Tony Buddes (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Maurice Trokey, Navigator: Elmer Spaw, Ball turret gunner: Jim Powell, Waist gunner: George Ormsby,Tail gunner: Bill Hilderbrand (5 Prisoner of War); flak hit in #3, crashed Oranienburg; Missing Air Crew Report 13090. KITTY, KAY AND KATY.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 7/6/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-N] Thorpe Abbotts 10/6/43; FTR from practice mission 24/9/43 with John Gossage, Bombardier: Theo Don, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Humphrey, Radio Operator: Mike Gillen,Tail gunner: Bruce Alshouse (5 Returned to Duty); Co-pilot: Bill Grier, Navigator: Ward Dalton, Ball turret gunner: Francis DeCooman, Waist gunner: Clyde Lovell, Waist gunner: Ralph Schulte (5 Killed in Action); night raider KO’d #3 ditched North Sea, but survivors rescued by ASR. Missing Air Crew Report 778. DAMIFINO II.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/1/44; Scott 20/1/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 2/9/44; 4152 BU Lockbourn 1/10/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 29/9/45; 4152 BU Lockbourn 9/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/1/44; Slated 100BG (MIA 31/12/44 ?), transferred Lockbourn 21/1/44; 2118 BU Laredo 28/6/44; 2126 BU Laredo 1/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/1/45; Hunter 12/1/45; Dow Fd 2/2/45; Assigned 490BG 9/2/45; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-X] Thorpe Abbotts; Returned to the USA 7/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/1/44; Kearney 18/1/44; Grenier 1/2/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-U] Podington 2/3/44; Missing in Action Dessau 20/7/44 with Bill Stein, Co-pilot: Rozelle Kennedy, Navigator: Bill Clerkin, Radio Operator: John Kocon (4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Herb Burbank, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jetty Cook, Ball turret gunner: Stan Jones, Waist gunner: Fred Noble,Tail gunner: Melvin Crouch (5 evaded capture); flak KO’d two engines, then 3rd went out, crew bailed, crashed Leopoldsburg, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 7408. BERLIN SPECIAL.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/12/43; Kearney 27/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 15/1/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-B] Deenethorpe 31/1/44; 613BS [IN-O]; 112m, Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/6/45; 4100 BU Patterson 9/10/45; 4100 BU Rome Recl Comp 29/1/46. MORNING STAR.

Cheyenne 2/3/44; Lincoln 19/3/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 3/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 29/6/43; Cheyenne 11/7/43; Burbank 6/8/43; Lewiston 14/8/43; Assigned 329BS/92BG Podington; Missing in Action 25/2/44; Missing Air Crew Report 2754; (?505BG Harvard 2/6/44; 244 BU Harvard 7/8/44; 4100 BU Patterson 10/8/44; 223 BU Dyersburg 5/11/44; Written off 13/11/44.?)

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/42; Assigned 98BS/11BG Hawaii 5/6/42; transferred 13AF Poppy 22/7/42; ditched at sea, no fuel 13/9/42 with Major Philip M. Rasmussen. HELLZAPOPPIN.

Delivered Denver 21/12/43; 1SAG Langley 12/1/44; Scott 18/1/44; Langley 21/1/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG Snetterton (H2X) 3/2/44; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-S] Thorpe Abbotts 4/2/44; on practice mission 7/11/44 with John Dyatt, com.pilot-Capt Stan Clark, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Gustavson, pass-LAC Archie Coward (RAF clerk), pass-LAC Les Orrom (RAF ord), pass-Cpl Dave Postlethwaite (RAF armorer) (6 Killed in Service); Navigator: Ralph Bohisson (wis, Bombardier: Preston Wallace, lead nav-Harry Tennebaum, Radio Operator: Nelson McClain, Waist gunner: Gus Kienitz,Tail gunner: Cornelius Romano wis, pass-Fl/Lt Duck King (i/c RAF party) wis (7 Returned to Duty); recorded that flare set off to indicate lead ship exploded in fuselage, aircraft caught fire and crashed Felixstowe, Sfk, UK. destroying cottages and a chapel, sal 9/11/44. BACHELOR’S HEAVEN.

Delivered Denver 21/12/43; Lincoln 18/1/44; Mitchell 31/1/44; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 3/2/44; transferred (H2X) 413BS/96BG [MZ-H] Snetterton 4/2/44; landing accident with Frank E. Valesh (100BG); Salvaged 19/5/44. HANG THE EXPENSE IV.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Kearney 20/2/44; Presque Is 2/3/44; Assigned 94BG Rougham 3/3/44; transferred 749BS/457BG [J] Glatton 15/3/44; Missing in Action Le Bourget 14/6/44 with Malcolm Johnson, Co-pilot: Lt Col Ray Cobb{mission CO}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Randall White, Radio Operator: Clarry Ray, Waist gunner: Ray Osborne,Tail gunner: Dave Wilk (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Don Muston, Bombardier: Bill Patry, Ball turret gunner: Milton Davison, Waist gunner: Steve Vargo (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Roy Hough (evaded capture); flak hit in cockpit, crashed Champdueil, SE of Paris, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 5906.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/42; Assigned 42BS/11BG Hawaii 4/6/42; transferred 13AF Poppy 22/7/42; crash landed Espirito Santo 6/8/42 with Capt Rolle W. Stone.

Delivered Long Beach 14/9/43; Gr Island 5/10/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-L] Podington 21/10/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 5/11/43 with Capt John Booker, Co-pilot: Maj Wilson Todd{327 CO}, Navigator: John Bradley, Bombardier: Bob Wilkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Warren, Radio Operator: Porfirio Garcia, Ball turret gunner: John Hancock, Waist gunner: Gene Simpson, Waist gunner: Ray Cupp,Tail gunner: Lt Jim McAvoy (9POW – 1 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed S of Vierlingsbeek, Holl. Missing Air Crew Report 1383.