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

Delivered Lowry 18/5/42; Assigned 435BS/19BG Hawaii 7/6/42; transferred 65BS/43BG; Written off 26/5/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Portland 28/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Presque Is 26/1/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [N] Glatton 5/2/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 20/6/44 with Bill Bomer, Co-pilot: Jack Lade, Navigator: Chas Curione, Bombardier: Robin Hill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elwood Klien, Radio Operator: Dick Bohl (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Bill Kane, Waist gunner: Edwin Tengler,Tail gunner: Alby Leeming (3 Killed in Action); flak hits caused explosion, crashed partially in a swamp at Wardershof Altenwerder, near Hamburg; Missing Air Crew Report 6003. SNAFUSK SHAMROCK.

Assigned 97BG Salina 29/11/42; transferred Biskra 21/1/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs, Tun. 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; transferred 49BS/2BG Massicault 14/11/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 28/3/44; {1m} transferred 815BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action Nis, Yugo 16/4/44 with Ira Warburton, Burnette, Bueker, O’Brien, Baines (5 Killed in Action); Holcom, Jeffers, Brynjldsen, Cardone, Clos (5 Returned to Duty); flak damage. Missing Air Crew Report 3908.

Delivered Denver 28/3/43; Cheyenne 31/3/43; Smoky Hill 4/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-A] Alconbury 25/4/43; transferred 812BS/482BG [MI-A] Alconbury 25/8/43; Salvaged 16/3/44.

Delivered Pendleton 34BG 9/5/42; Westover 10/7/42; with Fred Stolp force landed Tinker Fd, OK 18/2/44; Recl Comp 28/11/45.

Delivered Dallas 17//7/44; Langley 18/4/44; Hunter 10/9/44; Grenier Fd 18/9/44; Assigned PFF 334BS/95BG [BG-M] Horham 20/9/44; 41m, transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-A] Thorpe Abbotts, then 418BS [LD-Q]; sal 6/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Kearney 15/2/44; Presque Is 2/3/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-B] Thorpe Abbotts 6/3/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Bill Greiner, Co-pilot: Jim Coccia, Navigator: Bob Fulkerson, Bombardier: Bob Marsho, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Vuchetich, Radio Operator: Harry Whitford, Ball turret gunner: Frank Madrid,Tail gunner: Henry Feldkamp (8POW-drifted ashore on Ameland four days later); Waist gunner: Bernie Baumgarten (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d engine and dropped back before another attack by Me 262 jet, ditched North Sea, N of Ameland Is, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 7815. SHE-HAS TA.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 9/12/43; Missing in Action Steyr, Aus. 24/2/44 with Don Smith, Co-pilot: Frank Sims, Navigator: Joe Dendor{inj}, Bombardier: Bill McConnell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gilbert Hepp, Radio Operator: Walter Banasiewski, Ball turret gunner: Chas Danforth, Waist gunner: Bert Gaines, Waist gunner: Bill Lewis (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Harry Garlick (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed in mountains near Steyr, Aus, three chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 2709.

Delivered Geiger 301BG 29/4/42; Lowry 31/5/42; Assigned 431BS/11BG Hickam Fd 7/6/42; transferred 23BS/5BG Espirito Santo 22/7/42; t/o Carney Fd and shot down by Japanese J1N1 Irving n/f over Kahili, Solomon Is 19/7/43 with Rex Eckles, Co-pilot: Dave Jones, Navigator: Bill Fox, Bombardier: Rich Knop, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herb Kelly, Radio Operator: Chas Savedge, Waist gunner: Ray Greene, Waist gunner: Bill Davis, pass-Paul Hensley,Tail gunner: Edmund Hill (10 Killed in Action). Missing Air Crew Report 87. TOKYO TAXI.

Delivered Denver 2/12/43; Chanute 21/12/43; Savannah 29/12/43; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 9/1/44; Missing in Action Anzio 17/2/44 with Adrian Cooper, Co-pilot: Edgar Davidson, Bombardier: Fred Turnquist, Radio Operator: Jack Griffith, Ball turret gunner: Duane Booth,Tail gunner: Bob Rebstock (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: John Gill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Hawk[wia], Waist gunner: Harvey Dupuis, Waist gunner: Larry Carastro (4 Prisoner of War); flak caused severe damage including cutting off tail, crashed Stazi di Campoleone. Missing Air Crew Report 2387. MAIDIN USA.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/8/44; Hunter 15/8/44; Dow Fd 4/9/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-T] Polebrook 25/9/44; {49m} battle damaged Berlin 26/2/45 with ?; crash landed continent; Salvaged 3/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/11/43; Rock Springs 8/12/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Grenier 20/1/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [D] Glatton 27/1/44; 748BS; Missing in Action Florennes 14/6/44 with Jim LaPaze, Bombardier: Chas Rogers, Radio Operator: Elmer Velicer, Ball turret gunner: Delbert Brookhart (4 Returned to Duty); Co-pilot: Lou McGranahan, Navigator: Keith Morgan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Baker, Waist gunner: Oscar Hightower,Tail gunner: Chester Hudec (5 Killed in Action); flak damage, crew bailed off Hastings, Sussex, UK, aircraft crashed Channel; Missing Air Crew Report 5905. OUR BABY.

Delivered Geiger 301BG 28/4/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 8/7/42; Tucson 24/8/42; March 4/9/42; Boise 14/10/42; Pocatello 6/11/42; Gowen 6/2/43; Hendricks 25/3/43; force landed base with Dick Jager 21/4/43; Written off 29/4/43.

Delivered Hunter 28/10/44; Cheyenne 3/11/44; Lowry 20/11/44; with Darwin Detlets force landed Dow Fd 19/1/45; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-L] Podington 20/3/45; battle damaged Pilsen 25/4/45 with ?; crash landed continent; Salvaged 8/5/45.

Delivered Kearney 14/7/44; Presque Is 26/7/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 8/8/44; Missing in Action Vienna 10/9/44 with Gail Stubbs, Co-pilot: Halford, Navigator: Seigel, Bombardier: Gill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: McCloskey, Ball turret gunner: Baumberger, Waist gunner: Holloway (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Gelber, Waist gunner: Hitt,Tail gunner: Schneider (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Vienna, Aus, Missing Air Crew Report 8261.

Delivered Kearney 11/8/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG [R5-T] Lavenham 5/10/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 28/9/44 with Clarry Lamason, Co-pilot: Kelvin Pierce, Navigator: Ray Kathary, Bombardier: Howard McIntyre, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Adams, Ball turret gunner: Gordon Sorrell, Waist gunner: Bill Lordi, Waist gunner: Bill Bauchens,Tail gunner: Dick Gruwell (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bob Breiling (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Naherstille, SE of Eisenach, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9421.

Delivered Geiger 301BG 25/4/42; Lowry 31/5/42; Assigned 42BS/11BG Hickam, Hawaii 7/6/42; transferred 13AF Poppy Henderson Fd 22/7/42; shot down over Choiseul Bay, Bougainville 1/2/43 with Maj Earl O. Hall (Sqd CO), Co-pilot: Joaquin Castro, Navigator: Frank Stern, Bombardier: Jim Bales, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Adler, Radio Operator: Jim Stephens, Francis Banasiak, Jesse Olmstead, Martin Grady. Missing Air Crew Report 15093.

Delivered Denver 28/6/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-N] Horham 30/8/43; force landed Bassingbourn Afd 16/10/43; force landed RAF Friston 30/11/43 with James W Conley (7 Returned to Duty), Navigator: Robert J Fogarty, Bombardier: Royal Klein, rop Edward R McCarraher (all wia); 19m, transferred to SAD Watton 5/12/43; Returned to the USA 3704 Keesler 4/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 24/9/45. WEE BONNIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/8/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-N] Polebrook 27/9/43; Missing in Action {2m} Anklam 9/10/43 with Lloyd Christman, Co-pilot: Jim Laird, Navigator: Eldred Hancy, Bombardier: John Hemm, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Commodore Sharp, Waist gunner: Jim White, Waist gunner: Bill Klink (7 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Dave Pressel, Ball turret gunner: John Butterbach,Tail gunner: Edmond Blais (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hallig Hooge Island, SW of Sylt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1035.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/8/44; Hunter 3/9/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 94BG Rougham 25/9/44; transferred 325BS/92BG [NV-O] Horham 4/10/44; landing accident at Bovingdon A/fd with Jack Crofton 22/1/45; repaired and assignd Green Project; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45.

Delivered Boise 28/4/42; Lowry 29/5/42; Assigned 26BS/11BG Hickam Fd 7/6/42; transferred 23BS/5BG; t/o Carney Fd, Guadalcanal, shot down over Kahili, Bougainville 27/7/43 with Karl Stubblefield, Co-pilot: Bill Nevling, Navigator: Walt Witherspoon, Bombardier: Bob Joners, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lowell Symons, Radio Operator: Tom Shadrick, Ball turret gunner: Don Christensen, Waist gunner: John Larson,Tail gunner: Ranier Payton.(9 Killed in Action). Missing Air Crew Report 182. DE-ICER.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Kearney 13/1/44; Romulus 24/1/44; Grenier 25/1/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P] Horham 2/2/44; 8m, Missing in Action Berlin 4/3/44 with Bill Brownlow, Co-pilot: Jack Wallace, Navigator: Steve Simpson, Bombardier: Jim Kiser, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Kelly, Ball turret gunner: Chas Priest,Tail gunner: Wilson Rossignol (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Glenn Wood, Waist gunner: John Winter,Tail gunner: Henry Rife (3 Killed in Action); flak hit, broke in two, crashed Gyhum, six miles NW of Rotenburg, near Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2798.

Delivered Kearney 28/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G-Q] Lavenham 14/8/44; Missing in Action Chemnitz 6/2/45 with ?.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gt Falls 2/10/43; Scott 21/10/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-O] Deenethorpe 4/11/43; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with Milton Wingard, Co-pilot: Bob Abresch, Navigator: Bob Sullivan,Tail gunner: Ed Chiariello (4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Willard King, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Rutledge, Radio Operator: Ernie Cicogna, Ball turret gunner: Pat Winzey, Waist gunner: Bill Ingram (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Pegau, S of Leipzig, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8920. MAGGIE.