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

Delivered Denver 3/2/44; 1SAG Langley 1/3/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned (H2X) 482BG Alconbury 3/5/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 29/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45.

Delivered Denver 3/2/44; 1SAG Langley 1/3/44; Dow Fd 24/4/44; Assigned (H2X) 482BG Alconbury 25/5/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

Delivered Kearney 22/6/44; Presque Is 6/7/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 12/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; Independence 27/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.

Delivered Denver 5/2/44; 1SAG Langley 1/4/44; Salina, Ks 11/4/44; 233 BU Davis Monthan 25/6/44; 204 BU Smoky Hill 1/7/44; 420 BU March 29/9/44; 3539 BU Langley 3/1044; 4117 BU Robins 26/7/45; 3539 BU Langley 1/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Denver 5/2/44; 1SAG Langley 15/3/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 7/5/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 20/3/45; Grenier 28/3/45; Assigned 8AF 6/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/5/45; Sth Plains 31/5/45; 4105 BU Davis Monthan 1/7/46; Recl Comp 3/8/49.

Delivered Hunter 5/8/44; Dow Fd 14/8/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 28/8/44; Salvaged 2/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/44; Hunter 9/6/44; Dow Fd 30/6/44. Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-P] Thorpe Abbotts 10/7/44. Missing in Action on the mission to Saint-Sylvain (Calvados) 8 August 1944. Pilot : John P. Keys; Co-pilot: Elvin W. Samuelson; Navigator: Patrick H. Lollis; Bombardier: Elton Dickens; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry D. Park; Radio Operator: Frank O. Thomas; Ball turret gunner: Peter P. Martin; Tail gunner: Donald V. Rieger (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Gilbert A. Borba (Prisoner of War). 1½ minute before bombs away, at an altitude of about 11,000 feet, a Flak burst put out engine 2, and another one cut off the tail assembly. The plane nosed down out of formation and exploded near the ground. Pieces of it were strewn over many places near Périgny, NE of Vire, France. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 8073.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/44; Hunter 19/11/44; Dow Fd 4/1/45; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 6/1/45; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-V] Thorpe Abbotts 8/1/45; in taxi accident at Rougham with Frank Halm 1/3/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/7/43; Orlando 11/7/43; Geiger 28/7/43; 383BG Pendleton 29/8/43; 393BG Geiger 27/11/43; 224 BU Sioux City 14/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 19/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/43; Assigned 333BG Dalhart 3/7/43; with Larry Kerr crash landed base 8/7/43; Tinker 11/7/43; Dalhart 18/7/43; 232 BU Dalhart 9/6/44; 4200 BU Chicago Mun 2/9/44; 232 BU Dalhart 15/9/43; 610 BU Eglin 27/10/44; 232 BU Dalhart 6/11/44; 4108 BU Newark 11/11/44; 245 BU McCook 22/12/44; 237 BU Kirtland 7/3/45; with Paul Condra force landed four miles S of Fayetteville, NC 9/5/45; 4136 BU Tinker 15/5/45; Recl Comp 19/6/45.

Delivered Denver 30/7/43; Grand Island 10/8/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 9/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with George Branham, Co-pilot: Capt Jerome Davidson, Bombardier: Ernie Shero, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Dvorak, Radio Operator: Frank Grande, Ball turret gunner: Terry Maloy, Waist gunner: Palvin Luken, Waist gunner: Bill Riley,Tail gunner: Chas Keiser (9 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Gudgel (Prisoner of War), flak, crashed Stickgras, E of Delmenhorst, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3116. TIGER GIRL.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Grenier 24/4/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-C] Podington 7/5/44; Missing in Action Noball site 8/7/44 with Myron Sabin, Radio Operator: Fred Moyer, Waist gunner: Kermit Cooksey,Tail gunner: Jim Darden (4 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Joe Markello, Navigator: Jim Dooner, Bombardier: Don Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Nelson, Ball turret gunner: Larry Ruckreigle (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Le Cimetiere, St Saire, NE of Rouen, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 7356.

Delivered Denver 19/7/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-T] Podington 2/9/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Russell Munson, Co-pilot: Bill Lalley, Navigator: Aram Margosian, Bombardier: Webb Clarke, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Willard Blomberg, Radio Operator: Everett Wehling, Ball turret gunner: Gene Glisynski, Waist gunner: Howard Brannen, Waist gunner: Chas Gholson,Tail gunner: Dominic Vale (10 Prisoner of War); flak caused engine failure, crashed Nieuw-Millingen, seven miles W of Apeldoorn, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 4260.

Delivered Kearney 8/8/44; Dow Fd 15/8/44; Assigned 486BG Sudbury, UK 16/8/44, but transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola, It 28/8/44; Salvaged 25/7/45.

Delivered Dallas 18/9/44; Hunter 10/10/44; Grenier 25/10/44; Assigned PFF 322BS/92BG [NV-M] Podington 20/11/44; battle damaged Cologne 10/1/45 with Bob Hirsch, (1 KIA?); force landed Belgium, Salvaged 21/1/45.

Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Redmond, Or, 15/8/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Z] Polebrook 25/9/43; Missing in Action {12m} Brunswick 30/1/44 with Chas Robertson, Co-pilot: Bob Robbins, Navigator: Milton Kaplan, Bombardier: Earl Holmes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry James, Radio Operator: Bill Delaney, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Gabriel, Waist gunner: Norris Stewart,Tail gunner: Earl Winburn (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Emil Ambrose (KIA-chute failed); flak ko’d #4, although four P-47s turned up to escort him home, Robertson crashed near kerosene harbor, Enschede, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 2262. CRYSTAL BALL.

Delivered Tulsa 3/2/44; Dow Fd 18/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 1/5/44; no ops, transferred 749BS/457BG [K] Glatton 3/5/44; battle damaged Stuttgart 9/12/44 with ?; crash landed continent, Salvaged 2 SAD. RAMPANT PANSY.

Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Grenier 18/8/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 28/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; Sth Plains 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-O] Thorpe Abbotts 21/7/44; battle damaged Chemnitz 11/9/44 with Ray Heironimus, Co-pilot: Glen Peavy, Navigator: George Geise, Bombardier: Jim Skar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carlyle Miller, Ball turret gunner: Dick Barnett, Waist gunner: Russell Gaines, Waist gunner: Ray Carl{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: Marvin Cooper (9 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: Bill Terry (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attack and used up gas in numerous manoueverings and force landed Chamvres, S of Sens, France. Missing Air Crew Report 11980. OMBREE-AGO (UMBRIAGO?)