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

Delivered Dallas 25/9/44; Hunter 24/10/44; Dow Fd 31/10/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 1/11/44; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-P] Thorpe Abbotts 3/11/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/3/43; New Castle 19/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-S/Z] Kimbolton 22/6/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Bob Paulin, Co-pilot: George Harman, Navigator: Bob Dependahl, Bombardier: Harry Ford, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Sadler, obs-Capt Ed McGee* (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Dan Fox, Waist gunner: Maj Bob Canfield*, Waist gunner: Jim Farnum, Waist gunner: Adolf Lurig,Tail gunner: Vince Bradner (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Lindlar, E of Cologne, Ger. (*Members of 2nd BG). Missing Air Crew Report 905. CALAMITY JANE.

Delivered Denver 9/5/43; Assigned 25BS/7BG, with Bill Averitt en route Gore Fd crashed 14 miles W Fort Collins, Co 14/5/43; Written off 21/5/43.

Delivered Tulsa 24/11/42; Biggs 3/1/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Gore 18/5/43; Felts 13/8/43; 4117 BU Robins 27/7/44; 328 BU Gulfport 16/12/44; Recl Comp 13/3/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; 3030 BU Roswell 6/11/43; 3010 BU Williams 11/12/43; 4160 BU Alamogordo 10/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ardmore 11/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; 3030 BU Roswell 6/11/43; 3010 BU Williams 12/12/43; 3020 BU La Junta 25/4/44; with Frank Payne force landed Roswell 4/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 31/7/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/45; Dorval 4/3/45; Assigned RCAF [KL 837]; Struck Off Charge 31/7/47.

Delivered Denver 20/11/42; West Palm Beach 11/12/42; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 1/1/43; transferred AFSC 19/3/43; Written off 27/8/44.

Delivered Denver 10/3/44; Hunter 16/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-J] Thorpe Abbotts 4/5/44; Missing in Action Chemnitz 11/9/44 with Orville Everitt, Bombardier: Ed Minton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Williams, Radio Operator: Larry Radka, Ball turret gunner: Bob Howard, Waist gunner: Homer Hirsch (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Manniello{Wounded in Action}, Navigator: Warren Sioden,Tail gunner: Bill Kenney{Wounded in Action} (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Schuiedeberg, near Spitzberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8819. MUD IN YER EYE.

Delivered Sacramento 29/12/43; Langley 3/1/42; Assigned 7BG Hawaii (Project X) 14/1/42; Returned to the USA Tyndall 12/11/43, converted to RB-17Q; Atlanta 6/10/44; Rome 12/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/44; Kearney 25/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-G] Thorpe Abbotts 1/6/44; taxi accident for Basdorf 21/6/44 with Henry Rosine, Co-pilot: Dick Leamon, Navigator: Alfd Shearer, Bombardier: Ed Kenna, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Dear, Radio Operator: Jim Cawley, Ball turret gunner: Ramon Rodriques, Waist gunner: Chas Pate, Waist gunner: Benoit Mailloux,Tail gunner: Carl Coleman (10 Returned to Duty); collided with 44-6010, Salvaged. JOSEPHINE.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/4/43; Gore 14/4/43; Kearney 16/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 16/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-X] Andrews Fd 2/6/43; RUM BOOGIE II; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-U] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; as war weary F transferred from RCM 803BS to Aphrodite project Knettishall, UK. Missing in Action Heligoland 30/10/44 with Lts G. Barnes & R. McCauley; apparently ‘Mother’ lost contact, A/C went out of control and crashed Trollhättan, Sweden, the crater still exists. MUGWUMP.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/5/44; Hunter 3/6/44; Grenier 14/6/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-U] Thorpe Abbotts 16/6/44; 418BS [[LD-V] ; battle damaged Cologne 10/1/45 with Alt Calder, rest unknown; force landed Gestel, Belgium. MILK RUN MABEL.

Delivered Geiger 9/11/42; Cutbank 19/12/42; Walla Walla 4/2/43; Spokane 1/8/43; 247 BU Smoky Hill 10/6/44; 4136 BU Tinker 30/7/44; 235 BU Biggs 27/9/44; 4202 BU Syracuse 14/11/44; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/12/44; Hunter 19/12/44; with John Deignan force landed base 10/1/45; Grenier 22/1/45; Assigned as PFF 350BS/100BG [LN-W] Thorpe Abbotts 24/1/45; with John Staples in taxi accident at Alconbury 19/9/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 8/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/9/44; Hunter 27/10/44; Dow Fd 9/11/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-T] Thorpe Abbotts 11/11/44; transferred 861BS/493BG Debach 13/11/44; 863BS; transferred 15AF 20/5/45; transferred 306BG/368BS force landed Gibraltar 9/9/45; 10HB Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp 7/1/49.

Delivered Dallas 26/9/44; Hunter 27/10/44; Dow Fd 29/10/44; Assigned 482BG H2X Alconbury 2/11/44; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-X] Thorpe Abbotts 20/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45. MIASSISDRAGON.

Delivered Patterson 16/4/45; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 24/5/45; Returned to the USA 4100 BU Patterson 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 16/11/43; Kearney 24/11/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-F] Thorpe Abbotts 9/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Norman Chapman, Co-pilot: Rex Ellis, Navigator: Glenn Lindbam, Bombardier: Wilson Clark, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Silverman, Radio Operator: Milton Scharf, Ball turret gunner: Durward Hutchings, Waist gunner: Leon Hill, Waist gunner: Frank Yzenas,Tail gunner: George Dobbs (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed in woods six miles SE of Juterborg, 31 miles S of Berlin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3032. HOLY TERROR III.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/44; Kearney 14/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 3/8/44; transferred 568BS/390BG [CC-M] Framlingham 4/8/44; Missing in Action Kassel 18/10/44 with Don Drugan (Coletti?), Gerald Wasserman, Jurl Parker, Bob Stevens (5 Killed in Action); Harry Love, Willis Ledford, Ray Hutt, Cleon Conwell (4 Prisoner of War); flak hit on wing, spun down and disintegrated, crashed Cochem, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9484. POWERFUL KATRINKA aka BUGS BUNNY.