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

Delivered Denver 14/3/43; Walla Walla 28/7/43; crashed 17 miles east of Arlington, OR. with John McKanna 10/8/43; Written off 14/8/43.

Delivered Long Beach 6/8/43; Scott 8/10/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-B] Chelveston 20/12/43; transferred 858BS 20/6/44; declared war weary and modified as lifeboat carrier at Honington for Air Sea Rescue Halesworth /45; retUS 121 BU Bradley 29/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/11/45. CHANNEL FEVER BABY.

Delivered Lincoln 26/2/45; Grenier 13/3/45; Assigned 8AF 15/3/45; re-ass 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp 1/10/48.

Delivered Long Beach 29/12/42; Salina 7/1/43; Homestead 14/2/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 9/3/43; Missing in Action 17m Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Elwood Arp, Co-pilot: Howard Sherman, Bombardier: Chauncey Hicks returned via Spain, Ball turret gunner: Russ Hatton (4 evaded capture), Navigator: Nathan Weltman captured in Paris Dec 43, ttg-Ray Thompson, Radio Operator: John Wenninghoff, Waist gunner: Norbert Swierz, Waist gunner: Dean Millward,Tail gunner: Don Hayes (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crashed Mons-en-Pevele, near Lille, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 514. BOMB-BOOGIE.

Assigned to 91BG/401BS at Bangor 29-Aug-42; Bassingbourn 1-Oct-42. Despatched on 20-Dec-42 to bomb the German air depot at Romilly, France. Enemy aircraft KO’d tailplane and the aircraft crashed near Rouen, France. 3KIA 7POW MACR 16243.

Delivered Dow Fd 2-Sep-42; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-Q] 6-Sep-42; Bassingbourn 29-Sep-42; battle damaged 20-Dec-42 on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Crash-landed Parsonage Farm, Fletching, Sussex, UK; badly damaged by flak and enemy aircraft attacks, just limped home across Channel. 10RTD Salvaged.

Delivered Long Beach 23/4/43; Dallas 29/4/43; Smoky Hill 4/6/43; Eglin 8/7/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG Oudna 1/9/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {52m} weather aircraft 27/7/44; Salvaged 17/6/45.

Delivered Tulsa 8-May-44; Hunter 18-May-44; Grenier 10-Jun-44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-P] Bassingbourn 10-Jul-44; 323BS [OR-P]. Shot down by enemy aircraft while on a mission to bomb the aircraft factories at Halle, Germany. Attack caused a fire in the bomb bay and the aircraft exploded. 4 members of the crew were able to bale out and the other 5 were blown clear. AIrcraft crashed at Teistungen, Germany. 5KIA 4POW MACR 8185.

Delivered Long Beach 19/10/43; Gr Island 2/11/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-O] Chelveston 12/12/43; battle damaged Oschersleben 11/1/44 with John Raedeke, Co-pilot: John Urban, rest ?? ; (10RTD?) sal 2 SAD Watton, Nfk 16/1/44. HIT PARADE.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Dalhart 2/3/44; Kearney 25/3/44; Grenier 26/3/44; Assigned 427BU/303BG [GN-Q] Molesworth 12/4/44; battle damaged Berlin 28/3/45 with Forrest Miller, crash landed Sandwich, Kent, UK; Salvaged 2 SAD 31/3/45. QUEENIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; Kearney 2/4/44; Grenier 4/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-F] Nuthampstead 20/4/44; (40m) Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Russell Conrow, Co-pilot: John McCann, Navigator: Jim Stephens, Bombardier: Herb Faber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Hinich, Radio Operator: Ed Madden, Ball turret gunner: Chas King, Waist gunner: Capt Bill Hendrickson, Waist gunner: Bob Downing,Tail gunner: Joe Hughes (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Schorstedt, NW of Stendahl, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9382. [?9381] LODIAN.

Delivered Amarillo 1/7/434; Cheyenne 27/7/43; Gore 7/8/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-L] Podington 16/9/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 25/2/44 with Chas Nashold{kept ship level so crew could jump}, Ball turret gunner: Earl Keller (2 Killed in Action); Navigator: George Fahlstrom, Bombardier: Fred Butler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Richardson, Radio Operator: Bill Schuff, Waist gunner: Leo Conners, Waist gunner: Paul Zeman,Tail gunner: Tom Rodman (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Jim Lyles (evaded capture); flak, crashed Les Quatre Seigneurs, 12 miles E of Thionville, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2754. VASSAR’S VIRGIN.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/43; Presque Is 10/4/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Q] Polebrook 25/4/43; Missing in Action {11m} Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Clarry Norris, no gas, ditched off Beachy Head, all crew swam ashore and RTD. No MACR. FOUL BALL.

Delivered Long Beach 31/3/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP- ] Thorpe Abbotts 1/6/43; Missing in Action Romilly 3/9/43 with Victor Feinup, Bombardier: Blanton Barnes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Evenson, Radio Operator: Chas Wright, Waist gunner: Bob Brown (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Gene Mullholland, Navigator: Paul Pascal, Ball turret gunner: Norman Kreitenstein (3 evaded capture); Waist gunner: Chas Daniels,Tail gunner: Marvin Miller (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Evreux, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 686. JANIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/44; Hunter 15/3/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 11/4/44; transferred 600BS/398BG [N8-X/S] Nuthampstead 26/4/44; 603BS; abandoned on continent with Lt Alwood & Stevens 21/11/44 and returned 22/2/45; again abandoned on 2/3/45 and eventually transferred 384BG Grafron Underwood 21/5/45 and stayed in Europe as occupying Air Force; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45.

Delivered Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-C] Molesworth 18/7/44; battle damaged Berlin 26/2/45 with ?; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-A] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with John Justice (evaded capture & returned UK via Gibraltar); Navigator: Pete Battisti, Bombardier: Bill Brothers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John McDonough, Radio Operator: Dick Whitlock, Ball turret gunner: Stan Stopa, Waist gunner: Bob Bergendahl, Waist gunner: Harry Hafko (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Shields{body found month later},Tail gunner: Gaetano Sportelli (2 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #4 and spun in, crashed De Harskamp military camp, Ede, near Barneveld, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1021. PASADENA NINA.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 4/5/43; Hill 11/5/43; Wendover 16/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG 3/43; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 2/6/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Charles Winkleman, Co-pilot: Ralph Smith, Navigator: Bill Booth, Bombardier: Howard Harris, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Combs, Waist gunner: Mike D’Arcy, Waist gunner: Alf Zeoli (7 evaded capture), Radio Operator: Jean Ray, Ball turret gunner: Tom Cuccaro (2 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Ennis Bankhead (Killed in Action) when hit by two 100th ships’ debris following a mid-air collision when climbing, crashed France; No MACR. PASADENA NENA aka TORCHY.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/4/43; Gore 13/4/43; Kearney 22/4/43; Denver 30/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 15/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-K] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Rich King, Co-pilot: George Brykalski, Radio Operator: Bob McNight, Ball turret gunner: Rudie Harms, Waist gunner: Don Wise (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ernie Anderson, Bombardier: Ed Hovde{lost left leg at the hip}, Waist gunner: Jim Sides,Tail gunner: Heber Hogge (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Trafford Curry (evaded capture); flak hits in bomb bay and navigator’s compartment, crashed Beaumont, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 684. SUNNY.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Kearney 16/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 16/5/43; Wendover 21/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-G] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Paris 3/9/43 with Chas Floyd, Co-pilot: Jack Boyd, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Neal, Radio Operator: Theo Price, Ball turret gunner: Earl Griggs, Waist gunner: Pete Theodore, Waist gunner: Dale Huffer,Tail gunner: John Williams (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Rosenburg, B-Frank Coon (2 Prisoner of War); hit in #3 engine by aircraft above 42-30089 then crashed Beaumont, near Evreux, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 685. BARKER’S BURDEN.

Delivered Geiger 419BS/301st Bomb Group 7/4/42; with – Teague force landed BW1, Greenland 7/6/42; transferred 97BG 7/42 (used by F/M Montgomery at times); 92BG /9/42; Written off 22/6/45

Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/43; Gore 17/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-T] Polebrook 17/4/43; 17m Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Capt Dick Hathaway; no gas, ditched Channel & rescued by ASR, 10RTD. EAGER EAGLE.

Delivered Denver 12/7/43; Rapid City 10/8/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-O] Polebrook 27/9/43; Missing in Action {15m} Schweinfurt 24/2/44 with Rich Caughman, Navigator: John Avery, Radio Operator: John Mattila, Ball turret gunner: Paul Young, Waist gunner: Gene Colburn,Tail gunner: Jim McGinty (6 evaded capture); Co-pilot: John Boehn, Bombardier: Rich Perkins, Waist gunner: Howard Langer (3 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Strassburger (Killed in Action); flak, on return crashed Grattepanche, eight miles S of Amiens, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2773. HAPPY WARRIOR.

Delivered Tulsa 2/8/43; Scott 21/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 4/11/43; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-H] Polebrook 14/11/43; Missing in Action {1m} Bremen 26/11/43 with Larry Blaisdell, crew ? (10 Returned to Duty); mech problem led to fire, ditched North Sea, all rescued 20 miles of English coast. SALTY DOG.