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

Delivered Lincoln 7/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 11/12/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 22/3/45 with Tom Cobb, Rome, Pokorny, Brakke, Madonna, Brooks, Oberg, Nafus, Jeffreys (9 Prisoner of War); Cottman {ettg} (Killed in Action); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Cottbus; Missing Air Crew Report 13253.

Delivered Tulsa 8/3/44; MacDill 30/3/44; Morrison 8/4/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 29/4/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 22/3/45 with Con Robinson, Kakides, Andreola, Bunn, Chupa {Wounded in Action}, Clifford, Rivera {Wounded in Action}, Cochran {wia), Brown (8 evaded capture & ret.); cp Craig killed by German sniper, Chupa died in Russian hospital (2 Killed in Action); flak & hit by jet enemy aircraft, shot off most of tail, crashed Breslau; Missing Air Crew Report 13244. THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD.

Delivered Lincoln 18/11/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 13/1/45; Missing in Action Ruhland 22/3/45 with Devereaux Bush, Hull, Harkins, Groce, Ebinger, Fait, Dragovich, Hornak, Will, Wheeler (10 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Ruhland; Missing Air Crew Report 13246. MY ROSE.

Delivered Lincoln 30/10/44; Grenier 7/11/44; Assigned 817BS483BG Sterparone 3/12/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 22/3/45 with Carroll Skinner, Johnson, Thompson, Cole (4 Returned to Duty); Pirrone, Josephson (2 Killed in Action); Theokas, Leigh, Leftwitch, Paton (4 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Freiceburg; Missing Air Crew Report 13254. BEAT’S ME DOC !

Delivered Hunter 1/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 416BS/99BG Tortorella 10/10/44; Missing in Action {39m} Ruhland 22/3/45 with Bill Tappen, Johnson, Corcoran, Giarraputo, Hutton, Svacha, Gallagher, Barson, Foulk, Pacassi; flak, crashed Cottbus, Ger.; crew headed for Russian lines; Missing Air Crew Report 13243. MARY EMILIA.

Delivered Tulsa 16/2/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-L] Nuthampstead 24/4/44; no ops, transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-Q] Thurleigh 13/5/44; Gr/crew Sgt Bob Holthaus (ettg) was installing guns when fire broke out followed by a mild explosion the fire increased and aircraft exploded, damaging 42-97396 on adjoining hardstand 7/8/44; Salvaged 2 SAD 8/8/44. FICKLE FINGER.

Delivered Lincoln 12/10/44; Grenier 22/10/44; Assigned 414BS/97BG 772BS/463BG Celone 2/11/44; Missing in Action Bolzano 16/2/45 with Frank Hatch, Navigator: Joe McCartney, Bombardier: John Gripne, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Enos, Radio Operator: Ed Harter, Ball turret gunner: Francis Whitaker, Waist gunner: Chas Weimert, Waist gunner: Harry Klafta,Tail gunner: Norman Caddell (9POW/RTD?); Co-pilot: Harry Kline (Killed in Action); mid air coll with 44-6547, ditched Adriatic Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 12102. KWITURBITCHIN.

Delivered Hunter 4/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 28/9/44; Missing in Action Bolzano 16/2/45 with Fred Jones, Co-pilot: Joe Favor, Navigator: Gerald Cohen, Bombardier: Ed Gunn, Radio Operator: Auswell Rhudy, Ball turret gunner: Wilson Bongers, Waist gunner: Manny Tulchinsky, Waist gunner: Howard Woy, Tail gunner: Oliver Olivero; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilbur Williams (10 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 44-6684, ditched Adriatic Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 12098.

Delivered Gt Falls 7/9/44; Hunter 4/10/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-B] Framlingham 13/10/44; Missing in Action Alhorn, Ger 22/3/45 with Paul Flotron, John Smith, George Sullivan, Bob Georgia, Larry Karchner, Art Allen, Chas Swain, Romer Gronbeck (8 Prisoner of War); John Braden (Killed in Action); mech fault, crashed Struschlingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13614.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Sioux City 8/5/43; Assigned 347BS/99BG Navarin 6/6/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; taxi accident with Russell 28/7/43 at transport depot, Written off. Salvaged 11/6/45. RED ASS (SUPERSTITIOUS ALOYSIUS).

Delivered Dallas 30/6/44; Langley 28/7/44; Dow Fd 21/8/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG PFF [VP-N] Ridgewell 17/9/44; Missing in Action {23m} Feldhausen 22/3/45 with Capt Bob Fawcett (gp lead), Co-pilot: Maj Bob Gotthardt, Navigator: Capt George Stone {only man in group with 50 missions}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Biglin, Radio Operator: Larry Russelino, GHop-Chas Banotai, Mop-Elbert Hiller, Waist gunner: Stan Biskop,Tail gunner: Lt Walt Scott (9 Killed in Action) Navigator: Pete Kowalski (Prisoner of War); flak hit #3, aircraft exploded, tail broke off, crashed continent; Missing Air Crew Report 13607.

Delivered Hunter 2/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 28/9/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 22/3/45 with Ralph Bates, Kallock, Fischer, Jacobs, Brewer (5 Returned to Duty); McCauley, Thaen Kwock Lee, Brennan, Piersall, Pickard (5 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft, crashed Breslau; Missing Air Crew Report 13242. MISS PRISSY.

Delivered Dallas 27/8/44; Langley 21/9/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 463BG PFF Celone 25/10/44; transferred 414BS/97BG Amendola; taxi accident at Goita A/fd with Leslie Meyer 23/6/45; Salvaged 3/8/45.

Delivered Long Beach 21/10/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-K] Bassingbourn 25/1/44; 15m Missing in Action Oberpffaffafenhofen 18/3/44 with Harry Theophilos, Co-pilot: John DeLavore, Navigator: John Herr (chute failed), never found in lake,Tail gunner: Chas Jochmann (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Joe Pletta, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joachim Vizinho, Radio Operator: Jim Norris, Ball turret gunner: Elden Newman, Waist gunner: Marion Porter, Waist gunner: Chas Perry (6 Prisoner of War); flak hit causing ship to drop out of formation, enemy aircraft then struck, crashed on shore of Lake Constance, near Bregenz, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 3224. MARY KAY.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/9/44; Hunter 8/9/44; Grenier 23/9/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-V] Thorpe Abbotts 26/9/44; crash landed with ? 14/5/45, Salvaged. GRUMBLIN’ GREMLIN III.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/8/44; Lincoln 1/9/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 13/9/44; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-P] Thorpe Abbotts 14/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. GRUMBLIN’ GREMLIN II.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; Gr Island 28/1/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-L] Thorpe Abbotts 11/2/44; out of gas with Chas Mylius force landed then destroyed on ground by Luftwaffe at Poltava, Russia, 21/6/44; Salvaged 25/11/45. (This aircraft apparently not fitted with ball turret. Why?) WATICARE.

Delivered Dallas 27/7/44; Kearney 9/8/44; Grenier 23/8/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-H] Polebrook 10/9/44; {73m} landing accident, nosed over 13/5/45 with Bill Rice; Salvaged 15/5/44. L’LLE BOY.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Hamilton 28/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 13/5/43; Wendover 17/2/43; Kearney 21/5/43; Dow Fd 27/2/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-X] Thorpe Abbotts 29/5/43; Missing in Action Le Bourget 10/7/43 with Chas Duncan, Navigator: Olly Chiesl, Bombardier: Bill Forbes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie De Los Santos, Radio Operator: Edmund Oliver, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Hanover, Waist gunner: Gene Frank,Tail gunner: Bill Whitley (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Archie Robertson, Waist gunner: Parrish Reynolds (after escaping from POW camp) (2 evaded capture); flak hit #1 engine, crashed Ste Colombe, near St Valery-en-Caux, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 268. JUDY E.

Delivered Hunter 3/8/44; Palm Springs 10/8/44; Hunter 15/9/44; Grenier 21/9/44; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 23/9/44; in base landing accident with Roland Sears 15/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 27/6/45; Sth Plains 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45. SUSAN KAY.