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

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/42; West Palm Beach 28/12/42; Assigned 20BS/2BG 14/1/43; Missing in Action {62m} Innsbruck 19/12/43 with John Williams, Ball turret gunner: Howard Richardson (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Gail Hoffman, Navigator: Milton Plattner, Bombardier: Carlton Mills, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Shuping{his 50th mission prior to going home}, Radio Operator: Theo Young, Waist gunner: Ben Kizer, Waist gunner: Art Grammont,Tail gunner: Bob Kennedy (8 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft, right wing set ablaze. Missing Air Crew Report 1530. SARAH.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/5/43; Gore 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 17/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-U] Horham 15/6/43; Missing in Action (21m) Munster 10/10/43 with Eldon Broman, Co-pilot: John Chaffin, Navigator: Bill Fowler, Bombardier: Paul Guiteras, Radio Operator: Warren Thomas, Ball turret gunner: Richmond Dillon, Waist gunner: Frank Dean, Waist gunner: Jake Black,Tail gunner: Tom Kelly, obs-Capt Chas Forney (10 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Rightmire (KIA-anoxia); crashed Haakbergen, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1118. FRITZ BLITZ.

Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 21/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-B] Horham 15/6/43; 2m, Missing in Action St Nazaire 28/6/43 with Sell Smith, Co-pilot: J.W. Hargrove, Navigator: Lester Moreland, Bombardier: Raoul Manriquez, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Koukol, Radio Operator: Ed MaslowskiWounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: D.C. Jenson, Waist gunner: Ed ClementsWounded in Action, Waist gunner: Bill Clapper,Tail gunner: Ray Chapman (10 Returned to Duty); ditched Channel, all rescued by ASR. No MACR.

Assigned RAF [FA675] but transferred 419BS/301BG Westover 7/42; Podington 6/8/42; Tafaraoui 24/11/42; 101m; Returned to ZI flown home by Lt Col Skip Stoddard Oct 43. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 27/8/45. HELL’S KITCHEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/42; Homestead 25/12/42; Assigned 96BS/2BG Navarin 23/3/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila 17/6/43; Massicault 31/7/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; Missing in Action {34m} Sofia 24/1/44, with Warren Lins, Co-pilot: Gene Ralph, Navigator: Howard Scarborough, Bombardier: George Crank, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarence Bolt, Radio Operator: Bill Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Bob Calihan, Waist gunner: Leroy Lani, Waist gunner: Eldred Nelson,Tail gunner: Walter Nies (10POW- but latter was killed by German guard while in camp. Missing Air Crew Report 1988. SHADY LADY.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/8/44; Hunter 7/9/44; Dow Fd 20/9/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 3/10/44; Missing in Action Lutzkendorf 9/2/45 with ?.

Delivered Lincoln 9/9/44; Grenier 19/9/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 20/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; Sth Plains 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45.

Assigned 352BS/301BG Westover 14/7/42; Polebrook 24/8/42; flew group first mission 5/9/42; transferred Tafaraoui 26/11/42; Maison Blanche 5/12/42; Biskra 16/12/42; Ain M’Lila 17/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43; crash landed ? 11/9/43 with ?. {17m} Salvaged. CAROL JEAN III.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/42; West Palm Beach 12/1/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG Ain M’Lila 3/3/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43; {55m} transferred 429BS/2BG Massicault 14/11/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; Missing in Action {8m} Innsbruck 19/12/43, with Bob Peterson, Co-pilot: Jim Bellingham, Navigator: Marlin Briggs, Bombardier: John Hardin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Weimer, Ball turret gunner: Colin Smith, Waist gunner: Leo Schumacher, Waist gunner: George Smith,Tail gunner: Ray Snyder {9POW, 6 chutes seen}; Radio Operator: Allen Bennett (KIA – shot by Germans after landing OK); enemy aircraft set fire to ship, crashed Udine, Italy. Missing Air Crew Report 1519. LYDIA PINKHAM.

Assigned 368BS/306BG Westover 19/7/42; force landed Hill Fd, UT with Lyle Fryers 14/8/42; Thurleigh 16/10/42; became trainer aircraft 11/4/43; Salvaged NBD 18/6/45.

Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-G] Bangor 27/8/42; Bassingbourn 11/10/42; detailed mechanical trip to Honington, Sfk. 16/2/43 but crashed on attempted t/o with Earl Riley, Co-pilot: Earl Dosier, Navigator: Roy Schwendiman, Bombardier: Edwin Bush, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Noah Kirk, Radio Operator: Bob Lee, obs-Lt Harry Beasley, (7 Returned to Duty), 5m Salvaged. THE SAINT.

Delivered Long Beach 8/3/43; Homestead 7/4/43; Morrison 15/4/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG St Donat 17/4/43; Missing in Action {1m} Foggia 31/5/43, with Vic Lewin, Co-pilot: Kitterman, Navigator: Love, Bombardier: Angel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Curcio, Radio Operator: Kerns, Ball turret gunner: Gordon (8 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Gwaltney,Tail gunner: Armstrong (2 Killed in Action); ditched but rescued. Missing Air Crew Report 16155. THE VIRGIN.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/1/45; Hunter 15/2/45; Grenier 20/2/45; Assigned 838BS/487BG Lavenham 16/3/45; transferred 15AF 29/5/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 30/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 15/3/43; Scotts Bluff 29/3/43; Salina 15/4/43; Presque 2/5/43; Assigned Davis Prov Gp; ditched North Atlantic and lost 7/5/43 on ferry flight from Goose Bay to UK with James F. Musser, Jr., Co-pilot: Dave Woolan, Bombardier: Chas Parlee, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Atkinson, Radio Operator: Elmo Humphreys, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Shearer, Radio Operator: Bill Clough,Tail gunner: Kermit Ward (8RTD-rescued by RN destroyer), Navigator: Joe Greene, Waist gunner: Fred Unangst (2 Killed in Service -drowned); Condemned 13/5/43.

Delivered Denver 16/7/43; Gore 28/7/43; Watertown 31/7/43; Kearney 3/8/43; Topeka 12/8/43; Scott 13/8/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-G/H] Alconbury 31/8/43; crash landed RAF base 28/1/44 with Art Pickers; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Jim Holdren, Co-pilot: Bob Baughan, Navigator: Ewald Huebscher, Bombardier: Norman Wolff, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jesse Irving, Radio Operator: Earl Goewert, Ball turret gunner: Ron Preston,Tail gunner: Ray Deverse (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Chas Galloway, Waist gunner: Chas Anderson (2 Prisoner of War); Enemy aircraft shot up nose section, crashed Le Noiriez, near Genech, ten miles SE of Lille, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2253. FERTILE TURTLE MYRTLE.

Assigned 3689BS/306BG Westover 20/8/42; Thurleigh 13/10/42; CCRC 26/3/43; Salvaged NBD 31/5/45. WA-HOO!

Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/42; Salina 1/1/43; Morrison 31/1/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 3/3/43; Oudna 4/8/43; battle damaged over Marsala with Ward, but rep.; battle damaged Pisa, ko’d two engines and force landed Parlermo; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; Salvaged 30/3/45. ABLE MABLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/11/43; Romulus 9/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-Q] Polebrook 1/1/44; Navigator: David Van Der Walle, Bombardier: John Jonaitis (2 Killed in Action) 22/2/44; Missing in Action {37m} Munich 12/7/44 with Sam Irwin, Co-pilot: Brian Devan,Tail gunner: Ira Hughes, Dick Franklin (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Gene Pulliam, Bombardier: Sam Herman, Ball turret gunner: Zoltan Torak, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Miller, Dave Strawn (5KIA, the latter actually drowned in River Isar, near Munich); flak hit then exploded as the bail out order was given, crashed Ober-Dill, near Starnberg, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 7505. PAPPY’S PRIDE.

Delivered Lincoln 10/12/44; Dow Fd 17/12/44; Assigned 848BS/490BG Eye 19/12/44; Missing in Action Plauen 21/3/45 with Bill Audette, Ray Akeny, Bob Neuenschwander, Ted Chapin, Roy McGhee tg, Virgil Dupler rcm (6 Killed in Action); Lew Harvard, George Gilbert, Chas Johnston, Bill Shipp (4 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Strehia, Ger?. Missing Air Crew Report 13555.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/4/43; Denver 10/4/43; Gore 18/4/43; Tinker 21/4/43; Morrison 29/4/43; Assigned 342BS/97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 10/5/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 5/5/44 with 1Lt Melvin S Weil Jr, 2lt Sam H Copeland, 2Lt Frederick C Mee, 2lt Charles E Nettles, S/Sgt Clarence A Moser, S/Sgt Albert J Klarman, Sgt James E Taylor, S/Sgt Lewis A Sleeper Jr, Sgt Charles A Cunnean, Sgt Edwin W Goad; crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 4607. VIRGINIA LEE.