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

Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Presque Is 7/8/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-H] Thorpe Abbotts 23/8/43; transferred to 350BS [LN-H]; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Rich Gormley, Co-pilot: Ed Fox, Navigator: Pete Motta, Bombardier: Bill Heath, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jay McPhee, Radio Operator: Dale Von Seggern, Ball turret gunner: Don Hilton, Waist gunner: Bill Avery, Waist gunner: Chas Presley,Tail gunner: Clay Rife (10 Killed in Action), coll with FW190, crashed Bellingwolde, 28 miles E of Groningen, Holl.; Missing Air Crew Report 949. MARIE HELENA.

Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 26/10/43; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-H] Polebrook 18/11/43; 16m Missing in Action Ashersleben 22/2/44 with John Pugh, Co-pilot: Bob Hart, Navigator: Bill Schmitz, Bombardier: Rich Gilbert, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Broide, Radio Operator: John Seuer, Ball turret gunner: Isaac Guest, Waist gunner: Nick Mustacchia, Waist gunner: Adam Quinn,Tail gunner: Carter Gibson (10 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft, crash landed Bernburg area, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2656. BELLE OF THE BALL.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/43; Dow 28/7/43; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-M] Grafton Underwood 11/8/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Russ Faulkner, Bombardier: Harry Hawes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Oscar Hamblin (3 evaded capture), Co-pilot: Warren Holland, Navigator: Dick Peirce, Radio Operator: Chas Kirby, Ball turret gunner: Harry Saperstein, Waist gunner: Ed Ruch, Waist gunner: Jim Morley,Tail gunner: Bill Ross (7 Prisoner of War); no gas, crashed Bois des Moines, near Airion, 14 miles E of Beauvais, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 775. LUCKY THIRTEEN.

Assigned RAF [FA677] but transferred 419BS/301BG Westover 6-Aug-42; Podington 6-Aug-42; ditched Channel just off Margate, on return from Lille 9-Oct-42 aircraft flew 3 missions. Crew rescued, the first such 8AF sea rescue. No MACR issued. 10RTD.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/11/43; Romulus 9/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; Prestwick, UK 19/12/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-H] Polebrook 1/1/44; {10m} on return from Berberg, 22/2/44 with Dester Watson, crew ?; (10 Returned to Duty); bellied in at Framlingham, Sfk; sal. YANKEE REBEL.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/6/44; Kearney 25/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG [2C-B] Lavenham 11/7/44; battle damaged en route Darmstadt 24/12/44 with ?; force landed Le Culot A/fd, Bel.

Delivered Sebring 11/8/42; Wayne 6/11/42; Tinker 30/3/43; Scott 29/7/43; 234 BU Clovis 24/6/44; with ? force landed base 30/6/44; 202 BU Galveston 2/11/44; 2517 BU Ellington 7/11/44; 3704 BU Keesler 13/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater 19/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/8/42; Wayne 6/11/42; Tinker 1/5/43; Dalhart 22/6/43; force landed base with Russell Ford 10/8/43; 500BG Walker 16/8/44; 222 BU Ardmore 6/10/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; 327 BU Drew 21/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/43; Walker 26/2/43; Salinas 10/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 17/4/43; on assembly crashed in The Wash en route St Omer when controls were damaged and stabilizer shot off accidentally by own waist gunner 13/5/43 with Capt Derrol Rogers (KIA-drowned); Co-pilot: Norville Gorse, Navigator: Joe Hudson, Bombardier: George Rawlings, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Basil Maxwell, Radio Operator: Bob Bennett, Ball turret gunner: Alf Miles, Waist gunner: Bob Dominick, Waist gunner: Edwin Wolfkuhle,Tail gunner: Ed Youngers (9 Returned to Duty). (1st group loss). No MACR.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/42; Presque Is 29/10/42; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-K] Chelveston 14/11/42; Missing in Action Lorient 17/5/43 with Joe Roney, Co-pilot: Jack Boltz{body found in harbor 9/6/43}, Ball turret gunner: Orville Glenn, Waist gunner: Gil Simkiss,Tail gunner: Pat Heaney (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Paul Austin, Bombardier: Mark Oberhansly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Harker, Radio Operator: Jim Donaldson, Waist gunner: Gil Grobschmidt (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed L’Orient, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 15238.

Delivered Hendricks 12/8/42; Wayne 6/11/42; Salina 21/1/43; Assigned 43BS/29BG Gowen 4/3/43; with Roy Reeve in taxi accident on base 1/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; MacDill 4/6/43; Atlanta 16/6/43; 4114 BU Lockbourn 14/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Tulsa 6/10/42; Wayne 26/11/42; New Castle 24/12/42; Salina 9/1/43; West Palm Beach 17/1/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-P] Chelveston 1/2/43 FLAPPER; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-C] Ridgewell 22/8/43; Returned to the USA Homestead 13/7/44; Tinker 24/7/44; Patterson 26/8/44; Williams 19/3/45; La Junta 26/3/45; Searcey Fd 31/7/45. THIS IS IT!

Delivered Cheyenne 15 February 1943; Walker 27 February 1943; Salina 10 March 1943; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX- ] Grafton Underwood 17 April 1943; Andrews Field 13 May 1943. Snetterton Heath. Missing in Action on a bombing mission to the prisoner transit point at the Lorient train station, France on 17 May 1943. Pilot Louis L. Haltom, Co-Pilot George E. Forslund, Navigator Bailey J. Lovin Jr, Bombardier George D. Rawlings, Radio Operator Glen Wells, Top Turret Gunner Herman L. Marshall, Ball Turret gunner Roy A. Martin, Right Waist gunner Niles D. Loudenslager, Left Waist gunner William C. Martin, Tail Gunner Andrew L. Jorinscay, Observer William G. Carnahan. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 15546. 2 men were Killed In Action : George Forslund and Andrew Jorinscay. Three were made Prisoners of War (POW) : Lt Jackson, Lt Rawlings and Captain Carnahan. The five others, Louis Haltom, Glen Wells, Niles Loudenslager, Roy Martin, William Martin and Herman Marshall managed to evade capture with the help of French patriots and Résistance organizations.

Delivered Denver 12/2/43; Salina 2/3/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-M] Chelveston 16/4/43; Missing in Action Lorient 17/5/43 with Capt Varney Cline, Co-pilot: Dave Cox, Navigator: Sid Lovitt, Bombardier: Joe Adams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lyle Colby (5 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: Henry Kowalik, Ball turret gunner: Ed Sturges, Waist gunner: Alex McKinney, Waist gunner: Vernon Careing,Tail gunner: Joe Penfield (5 Killed in Action); flak KO’d two engines then shot down by enemy aircraft crashed Channel, about 25 miles off Plymouth, Devon. Missing Air Crew Report 15545.

Delivered Geiger 14/10/42; Tinker 10/4/43; Geiger 11/5/43; Moses Lake 6/6/43; Portland 23/7/43; Moses Lake 16/8/43; 611 BU Eglin 4/6/44; 610 BU Bedford 1/7/44; 4119 BU Brookley 12/9/44; MATCOM Wright 13/10/44; Boca Raton 1/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 14/6/45.

Delivered Denver 29/1/43; Salina 3/2/43; Homestead 19/2/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-H] Chelveston 2/3/43; Missing in Action Lorient 17/5/43 with Don Tuttle, Co-pilot: Jim Aubele, Navigator: Chas Spear, Radio Operator: John Gardner,Tail gunner: Ed Seabourn, photo-Ralph Greenfield (6 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Carl Tisone{body never found}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Danny Gruhike, Waist gunner: Alex Schaeffer, Waist gunner: John Lyons (4 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Harry Tilbury (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed near Moëlan sur Mer, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 15555.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 6/4/44; 113m Returned to the USA 5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/2/46. STAGE DOOR CANTEEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; Gore 13/6/43; Rapid City 19/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Smoky Hill 23/6/43; Dow Fd 5/7/43; Assigned 342BS/97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 13/7/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; crashed on take off 20/12/43, (lost two engines) with Roy Mayo; 10RTD; Salvaged.

The first Vega B-17 flew 4/5/42 before delivery to Patterson 23/6/42; to Biggs with Lester Miller but force landed 21/4/43; Written off 27/4/43.

Delivered Denver 23/4/43; Bangor 31/5/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG; 413BS/96BG Snetterton 12/6/43; Missing in Action Huls 22/6/43 with Cyril Morrison, Co-pilot: Gadsen Ford, Navigator: Fred Alexander, Bombardier: John Kerr, Radio Operator: Ray Howerter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Keith Moyes, Ball turret gunner: Bob Garrett, Waist gunner: Keith Kay, Waist gunner: Jim Ward,Tail gunner: Warren Goodwin (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, flak hit caused explosion crashed near Wesel, Ger. No MACR; GUESS WHO?

B-17F 41-24503 ‘Pandora’s Box’ assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-E] Bangor 30-August-42; Bassingbourn 29-September-42; Missing in Action 23-Nov-42 while flying as Group Lead on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Enemy aircraft shot out #3, and aircraft dropped back and crashed into the sea 30 miles northwest of St. Nazaire. 11KIA MACR 16162

Assigned 423BS/306BG Westover 15-August-1942; Thurleigh 13-Oct-1942. Missing in Action on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France 9-November-1942. 6KIA 3POW 1EVD. MACR 6012.

Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-L] Deenethorpe 5/1/44; transferred ATC 30/5/45; retUS 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/6/45. PARIS EXPRESS.

Delivered Sth Plains 4/5/45; Patterson 9/5/45; WCW San Francisco 23/7/45; Assigned Okinawa 2/8/45; missing 25/7/46.