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

Delivered RAF [AN524] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-?] Polebrook 3-May-41; crashed 21-Aug-41 became instructional airframe.

Delivered RAF [AN525] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-D] Polebrook 21-Apr-41; Missing in Action on mission to bomb the Admiral Scheer on Oslo harbour 8-Sep-41 with D. Romans, F.Hart, P. Corbett, J. Brown, W. Honey, H. Merrill (RCAF), R. Beattie (7 Killed in Action); shot down by two Bf 109s, but shot down one of them first; the bomber went on to crash in mountainous country, Norway. Crew buried in Bygland churchyard, Setesdal Valley, 100m north of Kristiansund.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Hunter 8/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 30/4/44; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-D] Thurleigh 18/5/44; 532BS/381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 100+m, Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Recl Comp 7/6/46. WE PROMISED.

Delivered RAF [AN529] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-C] Polebrook 6-May-41; transferred 220 Squadron (NF- ) Portreath to Shallufa 29-Oct-41; following first mission to Benghazi with F/Off Swanson crash landed behind enemy lines at Fort Maddalena, Libya 8-Nov-41. Salvaged.

Delivered SAD 3-Oct-40; Salt Lake City 24-Dec-40; Assigned 9BS/7BG Langley Field; Patterson 30-Dec-40; with Chester Gilger crash landed Fort Douglas, UT 4-Feb-41 Salvaged.Never used in combat, never served in the UK.

Delivered SAD 14-Oct-40; Sunset Field 21-Jun-41; Langley 14-Nov-41; Assigned Hickam Field, Hawaii 6-Jan-42; Returned to the USA Long Beach 25-Oct-42; Smyrna 15-Dec-42; Hendricks 25-Dec-42; Sebring 1-Jun-43. Written off 4-Aug-43. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/44; Kearney 17/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-H] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; (30m) Missing in Action Brettevillet 8/8/44 with Capt John Baker, Co-pilot: Dick Osteen, Bombardier: John Kressenberg, Radio Operator: Roy Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Wilson, Waist gunner: Mike Romano,Tail gunner: Len Harrison (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Selby Hereid, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jerome Fields (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Le Hamel, NE of Vire, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 7383.

Delivered RAF [AN520] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-?] Polebrook, UK 4-Apr-41; transferred 206 Squadron [VX-X] Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 1-Nov-41; 220 Squadron [ZZ-D] Nutts Corner 1-Apr-42; RAF Coastal Command Development Unit (Ballykelly) Tain, Scotland 20-Jun-42; 206 Squadron [VX-X] Benbecula 27-Feb-42; transferred 214 Squadron [BU-U] (Cheaburgh?) Oulton? Sculthorpe, Nfk. 19-Feb-44; Struck Off Charge 14-Aug-44. RETUS at Portland, Oregon.

Delivered RAF [AN518] as part of Lend-Lease Act; 90 Squadron (WP-B) Polebrook, UK Aug-41; transferred 220 Squadron, Portreath, MIA Bygland, Norway, 8-Sep-41. First B-17 loss (RAF). Salvaged. This was an RAF loss not a USAAF loss.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Pueblo 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Presque Is 17/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 19/5/43 NOBODY’S BABY (taken by CO Col Leber to UK as no pilot wanted it !) with Lt Col Joe Nazzaro {Gp CO}, Major Conway Hall {HQ}, Lt Edgar Kurner {HQ}, Lt Warren Berning {HQ}, M/Sgt Russell Faust {radio}, M/Sgt Halston Randall {ettg}, Capt Norman Mackay {HQ nav}, Lt Bill Fullick {HQ bomb}, Sgt Phil Costanzo, Pfc Randall Nichols; {4m} transferred 365BS/305BG [XK-D] Chelveston 22/8/43; RAF 100 Gp 28/12/43, RG 13/1/44; training aircraft 20/3/44 to 27/5/45; Salvaged 26/7/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/11/43; Kearney 20/12/43; Oklahoma City 28/12/43; Morrison 17/1/44; Assigned 457BG, Salvaged 11/12/43; rep, transferred 414BS/99BG Tortorella 18/1/44; {111m} Vienna 3/11/44; transferred depot 3/1/45; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 26/4/45; 4104 BU Rome 28/4/45; Recl Comp 2/10/45. PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/43; Kearney 26/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-D] Framlingham 17/1/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 2/6/44 with Bob Crouch, Waist gunner: George Ferguson, Waist gunner: Ben Tureman (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John McNally, Navigator: Bob Hybarger, Bombardier: Ralph Bradbury, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Maxwell, Radio Operator: John Poliak, Ball turret gunner: Bob Michaels,Tail gunner: Sam Genco (7 Killed in Action); flak hit #3 engine on fire, ship spun in and crashed Maison le Fitte, ten miles NW of Paris, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 5231. PAPER DOLL II.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/2/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW- ] Andrews Fd, UK 24/4/43; Missing in Action Emden 29/5/43 with Jack McMath, Co-pilot: Ernie Dickenson, Bombardier: Bill Peterson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald Olsen, Radio Operator: Lear Godbey, Waist gunner: Ray Masiero,Tail gunner: Virgil Gregory (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Edwin Martin, Ball turret gunner: Art Shilo, Waist gunner: Harry Boegahalz (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, KO’d #3 setting wing on fire, crashed between Partenay-de-Bretagne and Clayes, nine miles NW of Rennes, Fr.; Missing Air Crew Report 3984.

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Isle 15/10/43; Wilmington 19/10/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 26/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with George Ford, Bombardier: Art Bodel, Waist gunner: Carl Glasmeier{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Leo Bianchi,Tail gunner: Denton King (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Max Newman, Ball turret gunner: George Jones (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jean Pitner, Navigator: Arno Plischke, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Andy Hathaway (3 evaded capture); hit by FW 190 KO’d #2, setting fire to wing, crashed Laneuville, NW of Paris, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1394.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Kearney 6/8/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-Z] Podington 27/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 13/9/44 with Capt Howard Donlon, Co-pilot: Capt Bob Ruckman, Navigator: Henry Vicars, Xn-Julius Gburczyk, Bombardier: Orin Christenson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Matlock, Radio Operator: Bob Turner, Waist gunner: Wayne Butler (8 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Joe Marino,Tail gunner: Lt Gustave Kirause (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Brandis Afd, E of Leipzig, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8889. U’VE AD IT.

Delivered Dallas 2/7/44; Langley 30/7/44; Dow Fd 23/8/44; Assigned as PFF 418BS/100BG [LD-Q] Thorpe Abbotts; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE- ] Horham battle damaged Hamm 26/11/44 with ? force landed St Trond, Bel; 3m, RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 7/4/44; transferred 339BS/96BG [QJ-G] Snetterton 8/4/44; Missing in Action Politz 25/8/44 with Chas Jennings, Co-pilot: Styrlin Scogin, Navigator: Delmar Woodruff, Bombardier: Don Merrill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dewitt Deckert, Radio Operator: Bob Bowers, Waist gunner: Wayne Henley (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Ed Whitelaw,Tail gunner: Gene Weiss (2 Prisoner of War); flak knocked off wing, crashed Hagen, NW of Stettin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8283. CHATTERBOX!

Delivered Denver 24/8/43; Gr Island 21/9/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-S] Thorpe Abbotts 27/9/43; non-operational landing accident 27/12/43 with Martin Tashian, Co-pilot: John Dutka, Navigator: Stan Gorski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Floyd Douglas, ae-John White, Radio Operator: Bob Longworth, aro-Wilbur Palmer, g-Lucien Neveu,Tail gunner: Jim Morrow (9 Returned to Duty); On test flight 28/1/44 with Bill Sellers, Co-pilot: Jack George, Navigator: Aaron Shapiro, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vince Hodis, Radio Operator: Jesse Lehr, pass-Lt Hugh Hamill, pass- Waclaw Osinski, (7 Returned to Duty), caught fire in bomb bay threatening fuel and ammunition; Salvaged. (? with Jim Choy crashed 42 miles NNW Las Vegas 31/7/45?). FLYIN’ JENNY.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-F] Polebrook 26/4/43; 29m 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 19/3/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 28/5/44; Amarillo 7/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/1/46. AMATOL.

Delivered Denver 22/1/44; 1SAG Langley 3/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned (H2X) 482BG Alconbury 5/4/44; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-A] Thorpe Abbotts 21/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.