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

Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/43; Tinker 6/6/43; Memphis 8/6/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Navarin 29/6/43; Oudna 4/8/43; battle damaged Bolzano 10/11/43, crash landed Calvi, Corsica; transferred 340BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 17/4/44; 4104 BU Rome 27/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 27/7/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/43; Presque Is 2/5/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG Andrews Field KIPLING’S ERROR 3/5/43; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-Y] Ridgewell 16/7/43; Missing in Action 12+m Anklam 9/10/43 with Herb Carqueville, Co-pilot: Bob Parsons, Navigator: Chas Smith, Bombardier: Tom Cunningham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Kapustka, Radio Operator: Vito Geroulo, Ball turret gunner: Jim Embardo, Waist gunner: Elburn Greene, Tail gunner: Emery Horne, Waist gunner: Anthony Fox (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 888. FORGET ME NOT II.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/43; Ephrata 11/7/43; 332 BU Ardmore 13/7/44; 347 BU Key Fd 6/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/3/43; Bangor 21/5/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-Y] Alconbury /43; transferred 2 BAD Warton 2/8/43; 333BS/94BG [TS-L] Rougham /43; Missing in Action Ivry 26/11/3 with Merle Nienaberchute failed, Radio Operator: Jim Burgin (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Howard Mays, Navigator: Jacques Keshishian, Bombardier: Vince Corte, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Norm Stephens, Waist gunner: Arnold Johns, Waist gunner: Emery Card,Tail gunner: Julien Abel (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Alva Daniels (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Londinieres, 15 miles SE of Dieppe,Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1125. QUEEN BEE.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/44; Kearney 17/2/44; Presque Is 5/3/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-U] Ridgewell 25/3/44; 72m+ Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45. LOS ANGELES CITY LIMITS.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/3/43; Hobbs 31/3/43; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; Hobbs 6/5/43; Roswell 24/5/43; Hobbs 27/5/43; with Grant Calhoun taxi acc. base 2/9/5/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 11/9/45.

Delivered Long Beach 6/2/43; 88BG Walla Walla 17/2/43; Spokane 1/8/43; with Lewis Crandall crashed 11 miles E of Parish, FL 18/5/44 near 325 BU Avon Park; Written off 20/5/44.

Delivered Long Beach 5/2/43; 29BG Gowen 22/2/43; Orlando 4/4/43; Sioux City 11/6/43; Kearney 15/8/43; 4136 BU Tinker 23/6/43; 234 BU Clovis 4/7/43; 3704 BU Keesler 15/1/44; 237 BU Kirtland 27/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 5/7/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG, suffered engine failure and ditched 20 miles off Cape Fraels, Greenland en route Grafton Underwood, UK 27/5/43; with Kelmer Hall, Bradley Summers, Navigator: Jim Crary, Bombardier: Herb Schindler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Harland, Radio Operator: Ed Keathley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Max Veber, Radio Operator: Holgate Dean, Waist gunner: Cliff Spradlin, Waist gunner: Don Hardin (10 Returned to Duty), rescued from sea.

Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Kearney 28/12/43; Grenier 16/1/44; Assigned 384BG Grafton Underwood 10/2/44; transferred 750BS/457BG [R] Glatton 19/2/44; On return from Oranienburg involved in base landing accident with Frank Guca 14/3/45 one crewman was (? Lt Harlan Van Deilen); Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. BOUNCING BETTY II.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/7/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Dow Fd 22/7/44; detailed 7-10 Prov BG 25/7/44 prior to Assigned 8AF in UK; with Bob Hall, Co-pilot: Tom Marriel, Navigator: Gordon Henry, Bombardier: Paul Connelly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harvey Henry, Radio Operator: Tom Klinginsmith, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Carlson, Waist gunner: Steve Sandvig, Waist gunner: Dick Brownlee,Tail gunner: Wallace Bell (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Nutts Corner Fd, Nth. Ireland 27/7/44 and skidded off end of runway unto soft ground ripping of landing gear; Salvaged 28/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Grenier 8/3/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-P] Polebrook 24/3/44; with Don McLott, returning from Nancy, force landed base on grass after u/c failed 25/4/44; taxi accident at RAF Colerne with Pete Wishnewsky 19/12/44; {84m} Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45. SILVER METEOR.

Delivered Tulsa 30/5/44; Assigned 486BG as THE BABY SHOE III; transferred Boca Raton 29/8/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 2/9/44; 4119 BU Brookley 19/9/45; 3501 BU Boca Raton 7/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Hamilton 24/4/43; Long Beach 29/5/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Pendleton 2/11/43; 248 BU Walker 9/6/44; 3502 BU Chanute 3/9/44; 248 BU Walker 5/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 22/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/8/44; Hunter 23/8/44; Dow Fd 8/9/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-J] Thorpe Abbotts 8/9/44; with Joe Martin on 7/4/45 rammed by enemy aircraft but limped home; in mid air collision with 42-37972 (100BG) badly damaging tail, but new one fitted and transferred 482BG Alconbury 20/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. E-Z GOIN’.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/6/43; Roswell 24/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 4121 BU Kelly 3/11/44; 3030 BU Roswell 7/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 9/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Kearney 22/5/434; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-Q] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43 WOLFF PACK; Returned to the USA Homestead 12/7/44; 1 BU Wright 17/7/44; 328 BU Gulfport 26/1/45; with Alvin Cobb to 4119 BU Brookley (Al?) 31/3/45; Recl Comp 17/4/45. JUST-A-SNAPPIN’.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/6/43; Sioux City 29/6/43; Scribner 17/7/43; Assigned 583BS/393BG Kearney 3/8/43; crashed six miles N Wood River, Ne, with Ernie Ednemano 17/8/43; Written off 18/8/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/6/43; Roswell 25/6/43; with Howard Marcussen crashed five miles E of base 29/1/44; Written off 31/1/44.