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

Delivered McChord 23/12/41; 7BG Hawaii (Project X) 20/2/42; Magpie 12/6/42; transferred Glen 21/6/42; Oham 15AF 8/7/44; Written off 12/11/44.

Delivered Denver 26/8/43; Scott 20/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 27/10/43; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-G] Polebrook 18/11/43; on 26/4/44 with Tony Zotollo force landed base with only one u/c wheel, no injuries; {24m} transferred 836BS/487BG [2G- ] Lavenham 14/7/44; {2m} battle damaged 16/7/44 and sal. GOLDEN BALL.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/43; Morrison 15/5/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 4/6/43; Ain M’Lila 17/6/43; Massicault 31/7/43; {3m} transferred 32BS/301BG Oudna 14/11/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {28m} retUS Grenier 13/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.

Delivered as SB-17G. Assigned 5RS Air Rescue Service in Hawaii late 1940s

Delivered Sacramento 26/12/41; Portland 29/12/41; Langley 3/1/42; MacDill 6/1/42; Assigned 19BG Project X 11/1/42; destroyed on ground as Bandoeng, Java 20/2/42; Written off 1/5/42.

Delivered Sacramento 27/11/41; Assigned 7BG Langley 7/1/42; MacDill 16/1/42; with Clyde Gillespie, crashed in Atlantic between Natal, Brazil and Africa on supply mission to FEAF 7/2/42, Written off 20/2/42.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/44; Hunter 13/7/44; Dow Fd 25/7/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG Chelveston 6/8/44; Missing in Action Berlin 5/12/44 with Dick Funkhouser, Ray Cook, Harry Scales, Garland Williams, Bill Raborn, Ralph Harvey, Wilbert Jacobson, Cornelius Gaskin (8 Prisoner of War); Charles Augustine (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 11041.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/43; Gr Island 20/10/43; Memphis 6/11/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-B] Thorpe Abbotts 11/11/43; 351BS [EP-S]; crash landed training flight 11/7/44, Salvaged 13/7/44 after tracer from parked B-17 (SHE HASTA) ignited a wing. KING BEE II.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Kearney 16/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-U] Thorpe Abbotts 29/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Fred Reed, Ed Hesse, John Carmichael (?), Edmund Rohde, Ed Ankli, Bob Bennett, Bob Jackson, Joe Burghardt (8 Killed in Action); Roy Lomanno (Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #1 & #2, the wing caught fire and spun down near Spandau, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9509. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY

Delivered Cheyenne 19/3/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Grenier 26/4/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 3/5/44 THE WORRY BIRD; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45. (battle damaged Bischofsheim, Ger 13/1/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 12/3/45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. OL’ FAITHFUL.)

Delivered Hunter 31/7/44; Dow Fd 14/8/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 25/8/44; force landed Acoma 25/12/44 with Jim Rickman, Co-pilot: Ed Gates, Navigator: Isaac Bowman, Bombardier: Harry Lindaberry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilbur Bennett, Radio Operator: Bill Forehand, Ball turret gunner: Ben Prostic, Waist gunner: Tom Bryant,Tail gunner: Tom Benedick (9 Returned to Duty); {51m} Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; Sth Plains 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. MY GAL SAL.

Damaged by taxying aircraft at Wright Fd, OH 12/8/44;

Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/44; Kearney 9/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 29/6/44; transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-S] Podington 10/7/44; battle damaged Kyllburg 8/1/45 with Gene Wheeler; crash landed Rheims, crew bailed; Salvaged 21/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/5/44; Hunter 7/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 28/6/44; transferred 833BS/486BG [4N-K] Sudbury 29/6/44; then 834BS [2S-R]; {80m} flak damage Oranienburg 20/4/45 with ?; force landed Venlo afd, Holland, Salvaged. LADY V.

Delivered Hunter 31/7/44; Dow Fd 9/8/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 15/8/44; two engines out, emergency landing at Iesi Fd with F. Marsh; tire came off and aircraft crashed into 6ft ditch, causing severe damage; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; Rapid City 18/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Gr Isle 29/6/43; Dow Fd 20/7/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG Oudna 12/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Missing in Action {31m} Innsbruck 15/12/43; Salvaged. THE SKY HAG.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/44; Alexandra 18/2/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-D] Thorpe Abbotts 12/3/44, on return from Bohlen 29/6/44 with Harry Tiart, Co-pilot: George Clark, Navigator: Maxim Darasth, Bombardier: Bob Braithwaite, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Orville Hardy{relative to Oliver?}, Radio Operator: Wilbur Weweler, Ball turret gunner: Bob Miller, Waist gunner: Earl Ingleston, Waist gunner: Darl Borcherdt,Tail gunner: Paul Vrabec (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Framlingham A/fd when brakes failed and hit pyro store 29/6/44; Salvaged 10/7/44. WHO DONE IT?

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/44; Hunter 21/7/44; Grenier 29/7/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-S]Thorpe Abbotts 2/8/44; Missing in Action Saarbrucken 11/9/44 with Harry Taylor, Co-pilot: Joe Kitto, Navigator: Martin Neilson, Bombardier: Horace Teague, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rex Runyan, Radio Operator: Fred Nichols, Ball turret gunner: Perry Olson,Tail gunner: Bill Ebbert (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Harry Everhart{Wounded in Action} (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit gas tanks, crashed Oberwiesenthal, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8816. ACES & EIGHTS.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/8/44; Lincoln 19/8/44; Grenier 8/9/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 24/9/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-L] Thorpe Abbotts 27/7/44; battle damaged Zeitz 30/11/44 with ? Kemp; force landed Cambrai A/fd, Fr; Salvaged 14/2/45. THAT’S ALL BROTHER.