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

Used by Churchill as taxi in US; USN 1946; Civil Reg 3678G; W/O Long Beach 1972.

Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Long Beach 13/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-S] Molesworth 10/9/44; on inter-service trip to Honington 364FG base 21/10/44, with Capt Bill Heller, Harold Back, George Counts, Norton Gillespie, Wilfred Sekkima {only five crew who all RTD}; poor weather and stiff crosswind led to ship skidding immediately after touchdown, hitting two huts, killing Sgt Paul Thompson, 364FG ground crewman}; damage included #3 & #4 engines and props as well as nose and underbelly of ship and sal 25/10/44.

Delivered Sacramento 28/12/41; Assigned 9BS/7BG Java 31/1/42 with Lindsay; blown up on evacuation Madioen 28/2/42. (?Fell into spin and crashed Java 16/1/42?)

Delivered Sacramento 28/12/41; Assigned 7BG Langley Project X 13/1/42; with John Rush, crashed Natal (Brazil) 7/2/42; Salvaged.

Delivered Sacramento 26/12/41; Assigned 19BG Java 28/1/42 with Sargent; transferred HQ/7BG; with Ray Cox, strafed Singosari 3/2/42; Salvaged. (? Given as crashed in Africa while on mission supply to FEAF.?)

Delivered Dallas 16/6/44; Langley 19/7/44; Grenier 3/8/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-Y] Molesworth 5/8/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46. SPARKY.

Delivered Rapid City 1/4/44; 225 BU Rapid City 1/5/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 19/7/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 25/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 225 BU Rapid City 1/5/45; 234 BU Clovis 15/7/45; with Jerry Borshard force landed base 28/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/10/45.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; to Rapid City with Bob Nootz 13/3/45; 225 BU Rapid City 10/4/45;with Phil Willis crashed 12 miles NE of base 17/5/45; Recl Comp 19/6/45.

Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 327 BU Drew 4/5/45; 326 BU MacDill 22/11/45; 62 BU Morrison 5/1/46; 519 BU Lawson 13/2/47; 5 ERS Morrison 17/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 29/5/47; Recl Comp 14/1/49.

Delivered Denver 13/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 23/4/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-B] Framlingham 11/6/44; PROBLEM CHILD; transferred 358BS/303BG [VK-O] Molesworth 19/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Grenier 20/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 1/5/44, no ops transferred 729BS/452BG [M3-N] Deopham Green 3/5/44; battle damaged Poltava 21/6/44 with Stan Reilly; Salvaged 7/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/43; Gr Island 24/12/43; Romulus 24/1/44; Grenier 26/1/44; Presque Is 30/1/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-M] Thorpe Abbotts 4/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Albert Amiero, Co-pilot: Howard Kilmer, Navigator: Albt Rule, Bombardier: Tom Elliott, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Gilbert, Radio Operator: John Kovacs, Ball turret gunner: Virgil Summers, Waist gunner: Bob Spires,Tail gunner: Tom Baer (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Owen Stockton (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Uptloh, near Quackenbruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3019.

Delivered Denver 17/11/43; Kearney 3/12/43; Cincinnati 9/12/43; Rome 11/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-G] Deenethorpe 1/2/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/2/44 with Ed Gardner{found Pilz, near Gommern – bailed too low, 12/3/44} Radio Operator: Fred Monnes, Waist gunner: Sal Trupia (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: George Carter, Navigator: Carroll Gouger, Bombardier: John Foster, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dale Minard, Ball turret gunner: Pete Piazza, Waist gunner: Francis Durben,Tail gunner: Steve Bosowski (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed between Pechau & Wahlitz, six miles E of Magdeburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2437. DOOLITTLE’S DOUGHBOYS.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/8/44; Lincoln 7/9/44; Grenier 17/9/44; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 20/9/44; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-N] Polebrook 18/10/44; 509BS [RQ-B]; 64m Returned to the USA Bradley 23/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45.

Delivered Tulsa 30/11/42; Wendover 3/1/43; Scribner 7/4/43; Sioux City 12/4/43; Gowen 5/5/43; Wendover 29/5/43; Sioux City 11/6/43; mid-air coll with 42-5790 on 13/6/43 with Owen Groves, crashed two miles SW Fedora, SD 13/6/43; Written off 15/6/43.

Delivered Tulsa 30/11/43; Salina 9/1/43; De Ridder 31/1/43; Salina 5/3/43; Tinker 1/4/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Scott Fd 19/7/43; 582BS/393BG Sioux City 11/11/43; 3701 BU Amarillo 18/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater 24/9/45.

Delivered Tulsa 25/11/42; New Castle 27/12/42; Salina 3/1/43; Mobile 20/1/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG /43 BUCKET OF BOLTS; transferred 364BS/305BG [WF-F] Chelveston 5/3/43; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-O] Ridgewell 22/8/43; {2+m} 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 5/10/43; 1BAD Burtonwood 15/3/44; Returned to the USA Nashville 14/6/44; with ? force landed TN 27/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 18/8/45. HANGAR QUEEN.

Delivered Tulsa 29/11/42; Pyote 2/1/43; Pueblo 28/3/43; Dalhart 25/5/43; force landed base with Edgar Hanks 4/6/43; Gulfport 5/7/43; Dalhart 24/7/43; Tinker 30/10/43; 2511 BU Bryan 2/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 20/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 20/11/44; Dow Fd 18/12/45; Assigned 8AF 19/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; Sth Plains 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45.