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

Delivered Long Beach 20/1/43; Denver 27/1/43; Brooksville 3/2/43; Eglin 5/3/43; Orlando 27/5/43; Mitchell 9/8/43; with Bill Bradner force landed Ft Dix, NJ 1/3/44; 328 BU Gulfport 13/6/44; with Bob McDonald to 2517 BU Ellington 16/1/45 but force landed Sabine Lake, Tx; 328 BU Gulfport 19/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/7/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Tortorella 13/3/44; Missing in Action Budapest 14/7/44 with 1Lt Ewald A Swanson, 2Lt Paul Berndt, Gramenzi, Simonelli, Hish, Bell, Kelley, Tucker (8 Prisoner of War); Henderson, Dudley (2 Killed in Action); flak, nose blown off, crashed Solt; Missing Air Crew Report 6901. MIZPAH.

Delivered Long Beach 25/1/43; Smyrna 1/2/43; Memphis 7/3/43; landing accident with Nelson McCloney at Hobbs 19/3/43; 3711 BU Seattle 25/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 10/4/45; in base taxi acc. with 42-29977 29/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/10/45.

Delivered Long Beach 25/1/43; Salina 1/2/43; New Castle 16/2/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD- ] Thurleigh 12/3/43; transferred 369BS, taxi accident with Bart Wigginton 15/3/43; Missing in Action St Nazaire 1/5/43 with Bart Wigginton, Co-pilot: Ralph Denny, Navigator: Bob Farmer, Bombardier: Dave Nordberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Cybulski, Radio Operator: Abe Cogan, Ball turret gunner: Bill Dyakovich, Waist gunner: Cleston Harrison, Waist gunner: Rob Gordon,Tail gunner: Ralph Wallace (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ditched Channel off Brest, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 15635.

Delivered Tulsa 17/9/42; New Castle 8/10/42; Assigned 8AF 2114 BU Lockbourn 17/8/43; Recl Comp 6/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-J/B2] Earls Colne 5/6/43; Rougham 13/6/43 MISSY G; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 19/6/44 with Theo Miltoninc 447BG crew, Co-pilot: Dave Gerrits, Navigator: Marvin Stokes, Bombardier: Gene Lightfoot, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edgar Sikes, Ball turret gunner: Hugh Crimmins, Waist gunner: Dewey Rhoads, Waist gunner: Willard Laney,Tail gunner: Art Gruneisen (9 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Jim Wolfe (Prisoner of War); flak hit near Alderney, ditched Channel. Missing Air Crew Report 5901. IDIOTS’ DELIGHT.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Gt Falls 26/2/44; Cheyenne 2/3/44; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/8/45.

Delivered Denver 21/8/43; ground looped at Prestwick, Scotland, with Peter Dustman 17/9/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-L] Bassingbourn 4/10/43; on take off [29m] for Berlin 6/3/44, with Walt Wilkinson, Co-pilot: Val Maghru, Navigator: Gerald Schottmiller, Bombardier: Rich Matthews, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Wilson, Radio Operator: Russ Schleyer, Ball turret gunner: Alf Love, Waist gunner: Tom Roberts, Waist gunner: George Ferrel,Tail gunner: Earl Williamson (10 Returned to Duty); crew members saw gas leaking from starboard wing and crash landed Steeple Morden A/fd after pilot forgot to lower u/c; sal 2 SAD 7/3/44. BLUE DREAMS.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Gt Falls 26/2/44; Cheyenne 2/3/44; slated 452BG used in training;, 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; 347 BU Key Fd 3/5/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 9/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

While at Boeing Field force landed with Harry Hanson 25/10/42; Geiger 5/11/42; Blythe 14/12/42; Hobbs 13/3/43; Roswell 24/5/43; 3108 BU Kingman 18/6/44; 4100 BU Patterson 21/9/44; 3010 BU Williams 31/1/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 16/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 9/8/45.

Delivered MacDill 26/3/42; W Palm Beach 19/4/42; Assigned 5AF New Britain 27/4/42; Returned to the USA 4124 BU Altus 4/12/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 14/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/11/47.

Delivered MacDill 26/3/42; W Palm Beach 19/4/42; crash landed during violent thunderstorm in Belem (Brit. Honduras), killing two natives, 24/4/42, rep; Westover 28/6/42; Ogden 24/7/42; Wendover 5/9/42; to Hendricks with Harry Hershey force landed 7/7/43; force landed with John Moore at base 14/7/43.

Delivered Denver 17/3/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 7/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-J] Ridgewell 24/5/43 with Alan Tucker, Earl Muchway, Dave Harris, Dick Rylands, Chas Raglin, Bill Savage, Jim Klingenberger, John Willdredge, Grover Bonsall, Dan Vina; Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43 with Jim Loftin, Co-pilot: Chester Cornell, Navigator: Hyman Beckerman, Bombardier: Stan Czarny, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon Kwoka, Ball turret gunner: Gene Cyrek, Waist gunner: Joe Nader, Waist gunner: Allen Huhn (8 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Chas Silverberg,Tail gunner: Allen Alford (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Schonberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 886. BATTLIN’ BOMBSPRAYER.

Delivered Denver 27/10/42; West Palm Beach 9/1/43; Assigned 340BS/97BG Biskra 21/1/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depiennne 15/8/43; transferred 347BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; {13m 99th} Returned to the USA Pope Fd 20/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.

Delivered Ardmore 6/4/44; Gt Falls 12/4/44; with John Roberts force landed Ardmore 20/4/44; 202 BU Galveston 13/7/44; 222 BU Ardmore 15/7/44; with Jerome Wetter force landed base 13/3/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 13/11/45.

Delivered Hunter 24/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-N] Kimbolton 19/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/11/45.

Delivered Hunter 24/11/44; Dow Fd 21/12/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG Snetterton 23/12/44; battle damaged Plauen 26/3/44 with Henry Davis, crash landed base; Salvaged 27/3/45.

Delivered Geiger 301BG 30/4/42; Lowry 31/5/42; Assigned 42BS/11BG Hawaii 7/6/42; transferred 13AF Poppy 22/7/42; wrecked in taxi accident on Efate 2/8/42; Written off 11/6/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Kearney 3/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-F] Thurleigh 6/6/44; Missing in Action Dresden 14/2/45 with Jack Henley, Co-pilot: Roy Stewart, Navigator: Warren Becker, Bombardier: Herb Whitaker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vic Coppa, Radio Operator: Dan McCarthy, Ball turret gunner: Ray Hanson, Waist gunner: Albt Harcarik,Tail gunner: Fred Piepenbrink (9 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Nachtsheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12325. VERNA E.

The fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.