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

Delivered Cheyenne 6/4/43; Gore 18/4/43; 249 BU Alliance 7/9/43; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/44; 4160 BU Alamagordo 20/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Dallas 26/8/44; Langley 22/9/44; Dow Fd 12/10/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 1/11/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Denver 18/4/43; Assigned 100BG Dow Fd 30/5/43; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-W] Horham 15/6/43; force landed RAF St Eval ex-St Nazaire 28/6/43; crash landed Gt Ashfield ex-La Pallice 16/9/43; force landed RAF Hensridge; 31m, ex-Munster 22/12/43 with Loren Seager, Navigator: J.L. Hutchings, Waist gunner: Lelan Story, rest unknown (10 Returned to Duty); loss of power involved crash landed Potter Heigham, Nfk. Salvaged. IMPATIENT VIRGIN.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/4/43; Tinker 30/5/43; Dalhart 5/6/43; Galveston 17/7/43; 298 VHGP Dalhart 2/9/43; 246 BU Pratt 15/9/43; Written off 28/10/44; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/4/43; Assigned 595BS/396BG Lake 4/6/43; force landed base with Richard Cooke 4/7/43; 327 BU Drew 5/8/43; 4104 BU Rome 7/12/43; with Henry Jones force landed Drew Fd 22/3/44; Recl Comp 29/6/45.

Delivered Dallas 3/9/44; Hunter 19/9/44; Dow Fd 13/10/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-N] Thorpe Abbotts 20/10/44; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-X] Grafton Underwood 5/11/44; 303BG Molesworth 8/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/4/43; Bolling 2/5/43; Spokane 3/5/43; Gt Falls 12/6/43; with Dennis Lence force landed Rapid City 19/12/43; 225 BU Rapid City 29/4/44; with Knox McKee force landed base 28/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 27/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/4/43; Moses Lake 4/6/43; with Albert Bowley crashed Drew Fd 4/4/44; Written off 6/4/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Dow Fd 25/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-M] Grafton Underwood 28/5/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Capt Rich Carrington, Co-pilot: Harvey Esty, Navigator: Robin Taber, Bombardier: Capt Mike Smithwick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Phil Schmidlapp, Waist gunner: Joe Scholand (6 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Art Brittain, Ball turret gunner: Win Smalley, Waist gunner: Floyd Wingate,Tail gunner: Walt Parkins (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Erfstadt, near Liblar, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 287. THE INFERNO.

Delivered Dallas 7/9/44; Hunter 21/10/44; Grenier 10/12/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-N] Ridgewell 19/1/45; {10+m} transferred 306BG Thurleigh 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Denver 18/4/43; Dow Fd 1/6/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG Ridgewell MESSIE BESSIE 3/6/43; re-named CAROL JANE; {1+m} transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-Z] Snetterton 6/7/43; re-named BOOTS II; crashed on take off for Bordeaux 5/1/44 with Jim Marshall, Co-pilot: Dick Kostral, Navigator: Forrest Holland, Bombardier: John McCain, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf McKay, Radio Operator: Theo Romanini, Ball turret gunner: Wes Schmidt, Waist gunner: Otto Scheidegger, Waist gunner: John Conlin,Tail gunner: Kelsel Close {died next day} (10 Killed in Action); sudden loss of power and crashed a mile SW of base at Low Shrub Farm, Larling, Nfk., Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 8/4/43; Lockbourn 18/4/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 16/7/43; with Ed Dahl 7/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 24/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/9/44; Hunter 2/10/44; Dow Fd 16/10/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG PFF Amendola 22/10/44; transferred 305BG Chelveston 27/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/4/43; Assigned 100BG Dow Fd 23/5/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-T] Grafton Underwood 23/6/43; Missing in Action Le Mans 4/7/43 with Larry Meyer, Co-pilot: Norman Gauntt, Navigator: Jim Crouch, Bombardier: Tom Brzoznowski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim LaRue, Radio Operator: Jack Davidson, Ball turret gunner: Jim Carter, Waist gunner: Floyd Hubble, Waist gunner: Ken Christensen (9 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Dave Butcher (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Pipriac, SW of Laval, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3035/4495. LAKANUKI.

Delivered Denver 16/4/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-K] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action convoy off Holland 25/6/43 with Alonzo Adams, Co-pilot: George Krech, Bombardier: Jesse Gurley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Sullivan, Radio Operator: Jim Purcell, Ball turret gunner: John Kruzich, Waist gunner: Edmond Walker, Waist gunner: Norman Asbornsen,Tail gunner: Bryant Hutchinson (9 Killed in Action); Navigator: Nick Demchak (POW-picked up by German boat); hit by enemy aircraft 20 miles N of the Frisian Is. and ship exploded, crashed North Sea, Missing Air Crew Report 271. ANGEL’S TIT.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Tinker 25/5/43; Barksdale 30/7/43; 223 BU Biggs 29/7/44; 225 BU Rapid City 6/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 22/8/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/9/44; Hunter 7/10/44; Grenier 22/10/44; Assigned 301BG PFF Lucera 17/11/44; transferred 97BG Amendola 19/11/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/4/43; Lockbourn 18/4/43; with Gordon Vieum force landed base 11/12/43; with Gordon Vieum crash landed base 22/4/44; Written off 28/4/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/4/43; Ephrata 30/7/43; with Howard Towers force landed 10 miles W of Ardmore 2/12/43; transferred 244 BU Harvard 28/7/44; 242 BU Alliance 21/10/44; 233 BU Davis-Monthan 1/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 15/6/45.

Delivered Denver 16/4/43; Dow Fd 12/6/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 23/6/43 SWEETHEART; Returned to the USA Tinker 7/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45; also named JEANNIE and WILSON’S WILDCATS.