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

Delivered Tulsa 21/3/45; 247 BU Salinas 25/5/45; 244 BU Harvard 10/10/45; 224 BU Sioux City 6/12/45; 233 BU Fort Worth 16/12/45; 613 BU Phillips, Salvaged 5/5/46.

Delivered Tulsa 21/3/45; Patterson 14/5/45; Grenier 29/6/45; 4200 BU Chicago Mun 25/11/45; 53 RCN Sq McChord 10/1/46; 503 BU Graves Pt 31/3/46; 53 RCN Sq Grenier 22/4/46; 53 RCN Sq Morrison 1/11/46; re-ass 30/4/47; 67 BU Robins 9/11/47; Recl Comp 15/10/48.

In Japan during Korean war, both as B-17H (lifeboats and chin radar) and SB-17 was guns re-installed.

The fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Delivered Dyersburg 2/5/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Dyersburg 2/5/44; with Fred Hathaway 31/1/45; 379 BU Coffeyville 13/2/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 9/3/45; 327 BU Drew 28/8/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 4/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Dyersburg 2/5/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 9/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Dyersburg 2/5/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 9/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Hobbs 2/5/44; 3017 BU 10/5/44; 3508 BU Truax 13/2/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 22/9/45; 3701 BU Amarillo 7/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/5/44; Slated 379BG, Hunter 16/5/44; with ? force landed Tulsa 20/5/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 5/7/44; W/O 15/11/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/44; Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-B] Snetterton 1/6/44; en route Schweinfurt 19/7/44 slight coll Pilot: 42-30851, w/Ralph Colflesh, Co-Pilot: Elmer Wenzel, Navigator: Tom Kialy, Bombardier: John Proufoot, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Tom Wallace, Radio Operator: Bernie Kelly, Ball Turret Gunner: Clement Bergeron, Waist Gunner: Walt Stewart, Waist Gunner: Denver Isaac, Tail Gunner: Chas Hutton; crew prepared ship to be dumped at sea, but the pilots manged to bring ship back to base and three engines. Slight mid-air collision lead to forced landing NW Lowestoft, Sfk, w/Howard Patchen 2/5/45; In taxi accident on base w/Ron Birch 22/3/45; Returned to US: Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 8/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 5/6/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG Rougham 8/6/44; transferred 96BG Snetterton 9/6/44; 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 16/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/11/45.

Delivered Tulsa 13/4/45; Slated 8AF, transferred Sth Plains 6/11/45; 4100 BU Patterson 20/4/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/47; 4141 BU Pyote 24/6/47; 4112 BU Olmstead 23/10/47; 1 EGM Eglin 17/1/48; HQ 11 MSU Bolling 20/9/48; 1 EGM Eglin 16/10/48; HQ 11 MSU Bolling 15/1/49.

The fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/44; Gr Island 17/2/44; Presque Is 12/3/44; Assigned: 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 13/3/44; MIA Gdynia 6/8/44 Pilot: Graber; flak, forced landing Resmo, Swed; 9INT; MACR 7387. Left 28/5/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/1/44; MacDill 4/2/44; Morrison 7/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Tortorella 11/3/44; transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; battle damaged {14m} Varese, It. 30/4/44 with Bob Maslow, McLain, Peddycord, Kloss, Wilkins, Bolotin, Salter, Cummings, Isbell, Draswell; crash landed Tertoli and burned out; crew safe.

Delivered Denver 18/1/44; Cheyenne 21/1/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 13/3/44; transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {1m} Steyr, Aus. 2/4/44 with Joe Moffitt, Co-pilot: John Guldan, Navigator: Phil Melnik, Bombardier: Bob Wort (Nori?), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lester Malone, Radio Operator: Edsel Barker, Dailey (7POW?); Vernon Baldwin, Gene Fast, Frank Cramer (3 evaded capture), ret 2/5/44; enemy aircraft, two engines out, crash landed Oglin, Yugo; Missing Air Crew Report 4909.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/1/44; Lubbock 3/2/44; MacDill 5/2/44; Morrison 6/3/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Tortorella 11/3/44; transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {38m} Vienna 8/7/44 with Laurel Gibson, Aleshaukas, Kennard, Pifko, VanCure, Romero, Jenkins, Miller, Olsen, Southard; flak, aircraft exploded, chutes seen, crashed Novi Marov, Yugo; Missing Air Crew Report 6368.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/1/44; MacDill 6/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 13/3/44; transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {1m} Steyr 2/4/44 with Jim Klansnic, Co-pilot: George Parker, Navigator: Dudley Haddock, Bombardier: Dick Muto, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Gonzales, Radio Operator: Ed Bilinsky, Ball turret gunner: Bob Englander, Waist gunner: Chester McPherson, Waist gunner: Frank Maczarny,Tail gunner: Ernie Moncolovic; enemy aircraft set wing afire, five chutes seen, crashed Steyr, Aus; Missing Air Crew Report 3888.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/1/44; Amarillo 2/2/44; MacDill 6/2/44; Morrison 12/3/44; Assigned 840BS/493BG Tortorella 14/3/44; transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; {91m} Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 6/6/45; 4104 BU Rome 4/7/45; Recl Comp 13/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/1/44; Sheppard 2/2/44; MacDill 4/2/44; crashed & burned 18/2/44; Written off.

Delivered Denver 19/1/44; Cheyenne 25/1/44; Omaha 3/2/44; Hunter 15/2/44; Grenier 13/3/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BGB [QJ-R] Snetterton 21/3/44; MIA Schweinfurt 19/7/44 Pilot: Chas Quinby, Co-Pilot: Herb Jackson, Navigator: Bruce Bockstanz, Bombardier: Joe Bernstein, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Duplechain, Radio Operator: John Jones, Ball Turret Gunner: Paul Hulton, Waist Gunner: Norman Christian, Waist Gunner: Walt Finnegan, Tail Gunner: Art Schwaiger (10POW); flak, crashed Reil near Koblenz, Germany. MACR 7411. SILVER SLIPPER.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; Gr Island 30/1/44; Written off 31/1/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/1/44; MacDill 2/2/44; Morrison 7/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Tortorella 14/3/44; transferred 348BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {38m} Vinkovci, Yugo. 2/7/44 with Harry Reuse, Stockton, Redding, Waller, Edler, Bachman, Sughrue, Wright, Laudner, Erikson; flak & enemy aircraft, crashed Plattensee, ?; Missing Air Crew Report 6518.