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

Delivered RAF [AN519] as part of Lend-Lease Act; 90 Squadron (WP-H) Polebrook, UK 3-Jun-41; transferred AAEE Boscombe Down 20-Aug-41; first B-17 to bomb Germany (with RAF) 20-Dec-41; transferred to 206 Squadron, Benbecula 16-Jul-42; 59 Squadron [ -V] Thorney Is 28-Dec-42, used as a hack until posted to 1 OTU Thornaby 1-Oct-43; Missing in Action Oslo 12-Dec-43 with RAF. Salvaged 14-Aug-44.

Delivered RAF [AN530] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-F] Polebrook 13-May-41; transferred 220 Squadron (VX-F) Nutts Corner 12-Feb-42; RAF Coastal Command Development Unit Ballykelly, Tain 20-Jun-42; 206 Squadron (ZZ-?) Benbecula, Scot. 29-Jul-42; Struck Off Charge 11-Sep-43, buried Benbecula Afd.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 7/12/43; Assigned 457BG Glatton 8/12/43; transferred 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 22/1/44; 325BS/92BG [NV-G] Podington 11/3/44; Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Chas Mikesell, Co-pilot: Bob Naugler, Navigator: Leon Shektell, Ball turret gunner: Ed Donnelly, Waist gunner: Joe Williamson (5 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ed Osucha, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Grundy, Radio Operator: Melton Flink, Waist gunner: Arthur C. Clark Jr,Tail gunner: Francis Lape (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, exploded in mid-air, crashed Hostalingen-Kathendorf, 13 miles NE of Helmstedt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3672.

Delivered RAF [AN528] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-B] Polebrook 21-Apr-41; caught fire on base and burnt out 3-Jul-41. Salvaged 7-Jul-41.

Delivered Hunter 10/1/45; Grenier 6/2/45; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-H] Thorpe Abbotts 8/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. ST LOUIS WOMAN.

Delivered Lowry 2/3/42; Boise 1/4/42; Assigned 93BS/19BG Hawaii 22/4/42; transferred 5AF; retUS Maxwell, Ala. 10/6/44; Bolling 16/6/44; Hendricks 5/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 13/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/11/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG Cerignola 8/12/43; Missing in Action {4m} Piraeus 11/1/44 with Joe Dunbar, Mills, Dean, Glenn, Brundage, Helsabeck, Badman, Phillips, Bowns (10 Killed in Action); mid air coll, crashed Patri, Grece; Missing Air Crew Report 1833.

Assigned 341BS/97BG Polebrook Mar-42; 325BS/92BG Bovingdon Sep-42, then to Alconbury 6-Jan-43; detailed Portreath-Gibraltar with mail, freight & passengers, but engines malfunction and poor weather forced to return but crash landed Chivenor, Devon 14-Feb-43 10RTD. No MACR issued

Delivered Geiger 301st Bomb Group 30/3/42; Wendover 23/5/42; Assigned 52BS/29BG Gowen 5/6/42; Wendover 11/7/42; Westover 11/8/42; Oklahoma City 5/12/42; Boise 31/12/42; with Jim Geary crashed Gowen Fd 15/2/43 thru mechanical failure; Written off 18/2/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/6/44; Kearney 15/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-Y] Podington 30/6/44; battle damaged Mannheim 11/12/44 with Ralph Rollins, crew?; force landed Metz, France; Salvaged 8/2/45.

Delivered Lincoln 14/10/44; Cheyenne 26/10/44; Grenier 7/11/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-T] Podington 30/12/44; Missing in Action Kassel 1/1/45 with Ralph Rollins, Co-pilot: Billy Reel, Navigator: Tony Meyenberg, Bombardier: Tom Curran, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Michael, Radio Operator: Bill Easton, Ball turret gunner: Ed Etzel, Waist gunner: Ellis Montgomery,Tail gunner: Bob Martin (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Stendahl, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11371.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 26/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [4N-E] Sudbury 11/7/44; 66m Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45. MISS IRISH.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/9/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG Thorpe Abbotts 24/9/43; transferred 340BS/97BG Depienne 5/10/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Verona, It. 14/2/44 with Frank Chaplick, Cowell, Sedgely, Baron Wounded in Action,Bradley, Grilliott (7 Returned to Duty); Householder, Duca, Murphy (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ditched 100 yds offshore at Calvi, Corsica; crew all swum ashore; Missing Air Crew Report 2395.

Delivered Denver 10/4/43; Tinker 19/4/43; Memphis 25/4/43; Homestead 30/4/43; Macon 16/5/43; Memphis 22/5/43; Homestead 1/6/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG St Donat 17/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; {2m} crash landed 11/8/43; Salvaged 19/8/43.

elivered Cheyenne 30/8/44; Hunter 9/9/44; Dow Fd 20/9/44; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 25/9/44; transferred 509BS/351BS [RQ-T] Polebrook 6/10/44; 508BS [YB-H]; {49m} Returned to the USA Bradley 12/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/44; Gr Island 12/4/44; Dow Fd 11/5/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Y] Thorpe Abbotts 14/5/44; Missing in Action Ruhrland 11/9/44 with Albert Trommer, Navigator: Jim Wright, Bombardier: Levi Groce, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alvin Severson, Radio Operator: Bill Stone (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Tim Bradshaw, Ball turret gunner: J.C. Klutz, Waist gunner: Tom Kentes,Tail gunner: Chas Wilson{Wounded in Action} (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed on school in Schmiederberg, Ger (now Kovarska, Czech republic). Missing Air Crew Report 8820. BOSS LADY (not painted on).

Delivered Tulsa 28/4/44; Kearney 4/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-B] Thorpe Abbotts 23/5/44; transferred 418BS [LD-B]; Missing in Action Bohlen 11/9/44 with Larry Riegel, Co-pilot: Joe Johnston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Herrick, Radio Operator: Ray Deming, Waist gunner: Phil Mangan,Tail gunner: Jewell Spruell (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: George Prater{Wounded in Action}, Bombardier: Chas Dolby, Ball turret gunner: Nestor Colleghin (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Schmiedeberg, Ger (now Kovarska, Czech). Missing Air Crew Report 8811. LEADING LADY.

Delivered Hunter 14/7/44; Grenier 29/7/44; Assigned 352BS/301BG Lucera 9/8/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 16/10/45; 593 BU Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Lincoln 27/9/44; Gt Falls 29/9/44; Lincoln 1/10/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 13/10/44; 350BS [LH-H] ; Missing in Action Magdeburg 10/4/45 with Delbert Reeve, Hazen Willett, Steve Poulos, Bob Trueblood, Albt Crabbs, Herman Williams, Art Ehrler, Wesley Woods (8 Killed in Action); George Woodham (evaded capture); jet enemy aircraft knocked off wing, crashed Zobbenitz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 14171. (Last aircraft lost by 100BG) LI’L REBEL.

Delivered Kearney 27/6/44; Grenier 8/7/44; Assigned 531BS/100BG [EP- ] Thorpe Abbotts 11/7/44; battle damaged Berlin 18/3/45 with Merrill Jensen, Co-pilot: Chas Kemp, Navigator: Rich Scroxton, Bombardier: C.P. Friel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: T.L. Gallagher, Radio Operator: J.T. Palmer, Ball turret gunner: H.B. Hodges, Waist gunner: A.C. Schembri,Tail gunner: M.J. Madsden (9 Returned to Duty); hit by Me 262s, KO’d #4, and wing tip, force landed Kakoneiwicz, Poland, all crew returned to base; Salvaged 26/3/45; transferred 91BG Bassingbourn 7/5/45. WHITE CARGO aka HEAVENLY DAYS.