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

Delivered Long Beach 9/6/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 21/7/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/11/43; Assigned 49BS/2BG Bizerte, Tun 7/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; Missing in Action Steyr, Aus. 24/2/44 with John Vandy, Co-pilot: Wilbert Schwerin (2 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Clemens, Bombardier: Loren White, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: David Goldstraw, Radio Operator: Henry Klinkoski{Wounded in Action}, Ball turret gunner: Tom Isbell, Waist gunner: Joe Rolek, Waist gunner: John O’Donnell,Tail gunner: John Kenlein (8 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wels, Aus; Missing Air Crew Report 2632.

Delivered Denver 3/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 6/11/43; 3010 BU Williams 12/12/43; 3020 BU La Junta 29/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 31/7/45.

Delivered Denver 7/6/43; Hendricks 7/7/43; Written off 16/3/44.

Delivered Dallas 10/6/43; Dow Fd 18/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-V] Thorpe Abbotts 20/8/43; on mission to Berlin 7/5/44 with Loren Van Steenis, Navigator: Harry Butler (Killed in Action), Bombardier: Lester Torbett{Wounded in Action}, (8 Returned to Duty); Missing in Action SW Germany oil plants 14/8/44 with Don Cielewich, Co-pilot: Lenard Moen, Navigator: Clifford Brown, Bombardier: John Cochran, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cyrenne Ropson, Radio Operator: Ben Baldasana, Ball turret gunner: John Funkhouser, Waist gunner: Herb Klepp,Tail gunner: Henry Sytnik (9 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d engine and fire spread and crew all bailed OK, aircraft skidded into farm and killed 10 civilians afer crashed Falken-Gesass, near Beerfeld, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7899. HARD LUCK !

Delivered Cheyenne 29/10/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 7/1/44; Missing in Action Steyr, Aus. 24/4/44 with Darrell Mayfield, Co-pilot: Bill O’Hare, Navigator: Leo Zaplatynski, Bombardier: Edwin Nunnery, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilbur Gustafson, Waist gunner: Woodrow Lundquist, Waist gunner: Mervyn Diebel (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Rich Basehore, Ball turret gunner: Nathan Lubowski,Tail gunner: Ralph Johnson (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Kranj, Aus; four chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 2708.

Delivered Denver 5/6/43; Dow Fd 14/7/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-D] Snetterton 18/7/43; t/o from base on practice mission with Herbert Moore, Co-pilot: Billy Giesse, Navigator: Irving Saex, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elton Needham, Radio Operator: Paul Bremer (5 Returned to Duty); on landing right u/c collapsed; Salvaged n/battle damaged 26/4/44.

Delivered Long Beach 25/2/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-A] Polebrook 16/4/43; {15m} Returned to the USA Eglin, 31/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46. HITLER’S HEADACHE.

Delivered Denver 24/2/43; with Tom Jenkins force landed Gowen, Id 25/2/43; Pueblo 13/3/43; Kearney 2/4/43; Patterson 13/4/43; Presque Is 17/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-D] Polebrook 24/4/43; Missing in Action {8m} St Nazaire 28/6/43 with John Moss, Co-pilot: Leon Bigelow, Radio Operator: Burt Almy, Ball turret gunner: Emery Criswell (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Jack Mason, Bombardier: Aren Lazerson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Beal, Waist gunner: John Kennedy, Waist gunner: Theo Malish,Tail gunner: Lonnie Owens (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Bay of Biscay between islands of Houat ans Hoedic, Fr.; Missing Air Crew Report 15130.

Delivered Walker, Ks. 25/2/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 96BG Andrews Fd 19/4/43; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-M] Polebrook 28/5/43; crashed on take off from base on first test mission with Theo Reed, Alex Feldstein, Frank Fontana (3 Killed in Service); Co-pilot: Bill Bourland, Capt Larry Stover, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Browne, Radio Operator: Edwin Schreiber (Spencer), Don Ford, Thad Wallace, Jon Hagan (7 Returned to Duty) 13/8/43, pilot collapsed landing gear in error; Salvaged. DOUBLE TROUBLE.

Delivered Lincoln 25/11/44; Dow Fd 15/12/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG [2G-J] Lavenham 5/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45.

Delivered Denver 9/6/43; Pyote 3/7/43; 221 BU Alexandria 3/8/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/45.

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

Delivered Tulsa 20/5/44; Dallas 14/6/44; Langley 6/7/44; Grenier 4/8/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG PFF Amendola 11/8/44; Missing in Action Casarsa 4/10/44 with Bob Donovan, Co-pilot: Juan Dyer, m/op-Roy Rule, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rich Pollari, Ball turret gunner: Sterling Putzel, Waist gunner: Alfonso Beltri,Tail gunner: Gerald Hamilton (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Daly, Bombardier: Henry Safer, Radio Operator: Bob Hindert (3 Prisoner of War); flak, blew off left wing tip and aileron putting ship into a violent flat spin, crashed Giesing, near Munich, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8949.

Delivered Dallas 4/6/43; Sebring 30/6/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 4/10/43; Kansas City 9/12/43; Hendricks 5/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/11/45.

Delivered Dallas 7/6/43; with Bill Ronagham missing on flight from Pendleton to Geiger 29/6/43, crashed Casper, WY; Written off 8/7/44.

Delivered Lincoln 20/10/44; Dow Fd 29/10/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 8/11/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 23/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/1/46.

Delivered Dallas 7/6/44; Hunter 10/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 10/8/44; battle damaged Bologna 16/4/45 with C.E. Underwood, Co-pilot: K. Woodruff, Navigator: T. Hyndman, Bombardier: Cpl j. Cloud[tog], Flight engineer/top turret gunner: C. Brockoff, Radio Operator: L. lisusky, Ball turret gunner: J. Dobrin, Waist gunner: R. Blades, Waist gunner: W. Schultz[broke ankle when landing],Tail gunner: T. Vinsan (10 Returned to Duty); crew bailed over friendly territory; ship crash landed in friendly territory; Sal; Missing Air Crew Report 7654. LINDA JANE aka SIR JOHN WILCO.

Delivered Tulsa 20/5/44; Dallas 1/6/44; Langley 3/7/44; Grenier 3/8/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 5/8/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Tulsa 2/4/44; Kearney 15/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-O] Chelveston 22/5/44; transferred 366BS [KY- ]; caught fire on dispersal, two crash trucks (one RAF) dealt with it and saved mos of a/c; no casualities.