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

Delivered Kearney 29/6/44; Dow Fd 14/7/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 16/7/44; crash landed base with Havener 6/4/45; Salvaged 8/4/45.

Delivered Kearney 28/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-X] Thorpe Abbotts 14/7/44; transferred 482BG Alconbury 20/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; Sth Plains 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. SPIRIT OF PITTWOOD.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Salina 28/1/43; Kearney 4/2/43; Memphis 9/3/43; Assigned 49BS/2BG Navarin 17/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila 17/6/43; Massicault 31/7/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; {80m} transferred 99BG Tortorella 28/3/44; 840BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 14/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 23/5/45. MEL’S MESS.

Delivered Lincoln 21/8/44; Grenier 13/9/44; Assigned 490BG Eye 17/9/44; transferred 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 18/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 15/7/45; Independence 15/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Dow Fd 21/3/45; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-G] Thorpe Abbotts 27/3/45 (last aircraft assgd to grp); Returned to the USA Morrison 25/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46. CANDY’S DANDY.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Rock Springs 26/11/43; Kearney 14/12/43; Romulus 17/12/43; Syracuse 19/12/43; Presque Is 22/12/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-J/N] Bassingbourn 21/1/44; 401BS [LL-M] 29/4/44; Missing in Action 25m Altenbeken 26/11/44 with Bob Flint, Co-pilot: Dave Bishop, Navigator: Bob Miller (3 Prisoner of War); tog-Dan Hiner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Cumings, Radio Operator: John Kendall, Ball turret gunner: Bartolomeo Zanotto, Waist gunner: Glenn Lynch,Tail gunner: Owen Monkman (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, exploded crashed Grossenging, near Cloppenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10836. THE WILD HARE.

Delivered Denver 28/1/43; Salina 31/1/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Navarin 17/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila 17/6/43; Massicault 31/7/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; Missing in Action {85m} Steyr 24/2/44 with Albert Byrne, Co-pilot: Ernie Davis[wia], Navigator: John Carney, Bombardier: Jay Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Adolph Severuk, Radio Operator: Everett Bauman, Ball turret gunner: Bill Arm, Waist gunner: Milan Walter, Waist gunner: John Stepp,Tail gunner: Leon Hyde (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Kaisergut, Austria?; four chutes seen. Missing Air Crew Report 2702. SKYWORM.

Delivered Kearney 12/8/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR- ] Thorpe Abbotts 23/8/44; Missing in Action Zeitz 31/3/45 with Art Larsen, Tom O’Neill, Dale Watterson, Chas Dineen, Ray Bazata, Joe Popson, Willard Bostrum, Marvin Barner (8 Killed in Action); John Kaiser (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Altenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13714.

Delivered Dallas 11/5/44; Langley 24/6/44; Dow Fd 11/7/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG as PFF Sterparone 17/7/44; Missing in Action Maribor 1/4/45 with Sid Lochansky, Gilmore, Riback (3 Prisoner of War); Thomas, Miles, Wilson, Biddex, Scheel, Doland, Anema (7 Returned to Duty); flak, crashed Bihacue; Missing Air Crew Report 13472. SNOOPY III.

Delivered Hunter 15/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham 7/1/45; hit by 43-39146 when parked at Chelveston 4/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; Sth Plains 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45.

Delivered Denver 24/1/43; Salina 29/1/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Assigned 49BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 17/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; Missing in Action Steyr 24/2/44 with Frank Glass, Navigator: John Bascu, Bombardier: Gene Hayes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Garnett, Ball turret gunner: Rich Hancock, Waist gunner: Don Torpy, Waist gunner: Edmund Ward (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Russ Little, Radio Operator: Bob Rand,Tail gunner: Rex Cooper (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attack plus rocket damage, crashed Fuehl, Austria. Missing Air Crew Report 2618.

Delivered Dallas 9/5/44; Langley 26/6/44; Dow Fd 16/7/44; Assigned 414BS/97BG PFF Amendola 21/7/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 14/10/44 with Victor Bieniek, Hope, Huxborn, Winters, Johnson, Lawrence, Smith, Ott, Grant; no gas, crashed Oldrichevic; Missing Air Crew Report 9592.

Delivered Dallas 12/5/44; Langley 26/6/44; Dow Fd 18/7/44; Assigned 341BS/97BG PFF Amendola 26/7/44; blew up on take off for Linz 8/1/45 with Saul Brokta; Salvaged.

Delivered Dallas 11/5/44; Langley 28/6/44; Grenier 27/7/44; Assigned 97BG PFF Amendola 6/8/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 25/3/45; 4100 BU Patterson 29/3/45; Recl Comp 2/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/43; Assigned 25Ferry Sqd/7Ferry Gp Gt Falls 31/1/43; taxi accident with Bob McCrorie, Smoky Hill, KS 15/2/43; Tinker 19/4/43; Memphis 7/5/43; Olmstead 16/5/43; Morrison 20/5/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 28/5/43; Oudna 6/8/43; {27m} transferred 20BS/2BG Massicault 14/11/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/2/43; 347BS/99BG Tortorella 28/3/44 {2m}; 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 13/4/45; Rome 24/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 3/7/45.

Delivered Dallas 28/6/44; Cheyenne 24/9/44; Hunter 3/10/44; Dow Fd 16/10/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG PFF Sterparone 3/11/44; Missing in Action night mission to Salzburg 7/12/44 with Ernie Cooper, Sharbutt, Avallone, Swan, Bentley, Freese, Stone, McMurrain, Steel, Turner (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Fernhattal/Untertauern, Austria; Missing Air Crew Report 10218

Delivered Tulsa 26/5/44; Dallas 10/6/44; Langley 8/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 463BG PFF Celone 19/8/44; transferred 429BS/2BG Amendola; with Walter Baxter involved in landing accident at Holzkerchen A/Fd, Germany 30/8/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.

Delivered Long Beach 16/7/43; Rome 6/8/43; Assigned 812BS/482BG [MI-J] Alconbury 9/43 (H2-X); Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/2/44 with Warren Bock{Wounded in Action}, Co-pilot: Glen Kofoed, Navigator: Dwight Lambert, Bombardier: Regis Murtha, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Hankins, radar op-Capt Dave Williams, Ball turret gunner: Bob Laut, Waist gunner: Guilford Colvin, Waist gunner: Lt Roger Layne,Tail gunner: Bill Cotter,Tail gunner: Bruce Fellows (11 Prisoner of War), mickey op-Lt Col David Alford{HSX Op} (EVD-liberated by US troops Sept ’44 in Ardennes); flak, Col Alford made force landed in field between Meddo & Zwolle, nt Winterswijk, Holl. Missing Air Crew Report 3159.

Delivered Lincoln 24/11/44; Dow Fd 15/12/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-P] Nuthampstead 17/1/45; battle damaged Dresden 14/2/45 with Magness; AOC 16/2/45; Salvaged.

Delivered RAF [AN523] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-D] Polebrook 21-Apr-41; damaged in RAFR Brest mission 16-Aug-41 with Sturmey, Franks, Mulligan, Goldsmith Wounded in Action (4 Returned to Duty); H. Needle, S. Abrose, M.Leahy (3 Killed in Action); attacked by enemy aircraft at 32,000 ft, the highest yet recorded, and crash landed Roborough, Plymouth, Devon, UK. and burnt out. Written off. (Those who died were killed in initial engagement).