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

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 30/9/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-R] Snetterton 2/10/44; battle damage Merseburg 30/11/44 Pilot: Wylder Modine, (‘9POW’); crash-landed Eschweiler, Germany. Salvaged. 22/1/45.

Delivered Lincoln 14/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned: 390BG Framlingham 23/9/44; Transferred: 338BS/96BG [BX-W] Snetterton 24/9/44; Returned to US: Bradley 1/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 10/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 8/12/45. RAIN CHECK.

Delivered Lincoln 14/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned 493BG Debach 1/10/44; battle damaged Merseburg 30/11/44 with ?; Salvaged 22/12/44.

Delivered Lincoln 14/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 17/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/1/46.

Delivered Lincoln 21/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 851BS/490BG Eye 19/10/44; 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 9/11/45. £5 WITH BREAKFAST.

Delivered Lincoln 21/9/44; slated 100BG, Dow Fd 6/10/44; 1377 BU Grenier 16/10/44; 3 WER Grenier 16/3/45; 53 RCN Sq Grenier 26/7/45; 53 RCN Sq Buckley 11/3/46; 53 RCN Sq Morrison 12/5/46; 53 RCN Sq McChord 23/5/46; 59 RCN McChord 31/5/46; 59 RCN Castle 9/9/46; 53 RCN Morrison 14/1/47 Atlantic duties; re-ass TB-17G 31/3/47; with Ford Sexton force landed 42 miles E of Kingston, Jamaica 10/6/47; 48 SR Borinquen, PR 9/1/48; Recl Comp 4/4/48.

Delivered Lincoln 20/9/44; Grenier 6/10/44; Assigned: 482BG Alconbury 11/10/44; Transferred: 338BS/96BG [BX-W] Snetterton 12/10/44; Returned to US: Bradley 1/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 3/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45. PEDER’S PARADE.

Delivered Hunter 21/9/44; Dow Fd 13/10/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG Nuthampstead 15/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Hunter 21/9/44; Dow Fd 2/10/44; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL-O] Rougham 15/10/44; MIA Bremen 24/2/45 Pilot: Walter Tejan, Jim Sigler {suffered severe civilian beating}, Bill Gorringe, John Hudson, Jim Cain, Joe Arnone, Marvin Hanson (7POW); Tom Rittinger, Bob Allen (2KIA); sustained two flak hits in the belly, KO’d #2, crashed Bremen, Germany. MACR 12614. THE LAD.

Delivered Lincoln 21/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 301TCS/473ASG 18/10/44; with Herbert Judy force landed five miles E of Tulin, Austria 28/12/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 1/7/46.

Delivered Lincoln 21/9/45; Dow Fd 6/10/44; Assigned 8AF 18/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 27/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 652REC/25BG Watton 16/10/44; Returned to the USA 613 BU Phillips Proving Ground 20/3/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/44; Hunter 22/3/44; Morrison 8/4/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 15/4/44; Missing in Action Belgrade 7/5/44 with Bill Lanford, McCabe, Varischetti, Macy (4 Prisoner of War); Dinovo, Sharp, Duquette, Beach, Carmela, Parsons (6 Killed in Action); crashed ? ; Missing Air Crew Report 4924.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/3/44; Des Moines 17/3/44; Ardmore 27/3/44; 202 BU Galveston 10/8/44; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/45; with Joe Looms force landed 332 BU Ardmore 10/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/3/44; Dyersburg 21/3/44; 554 BU Memphis 12/10/44; 4119 BU Brookley 7/11/44; 330 BU Dyersburg 2/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/3/44; Ardmore 21/3/44; 268 BU Peterson 2/1/45; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; with Bill Meyer force landed base range 19/6/45; 327 BU Drew 21/6/45; 332 BU Ardmore 3/7/45; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL-R] Rougham 6/4/44 FILTHY HAG; on mission to Hamm 22/4/44 Pilot: Lt Barton, Radio Operator: Carl Eckhart, Waist Gunner: Dave Blodgett, Waist Gunner: Frank Scorsune (3KIA); severely damaged with two engines out but ship limped home; MIA Munich 12/7/44 w/Wendell Scott, Co-Pilot: Edwin Weyer, Navigator: Tazwell Wingfield, Bombardier: Albt Hamey, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Morris Holt, ro-Jim Flanagan, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Lewis, wg-Byron Long, wg-Russ Lindenbaum, Tail Gunner: Mike Rodman (10INT); mech fault KO’d engine, forced landing Dubendorf, Switz; MACR 7510; Returned to US: 1103 BU Morrison 7/10/45; Scrapped: Walnut Ridge 14/1/46. GLORIA.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Alexandra 24/3/44; 221 BU Alexandra 17/1/45; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 24/6/45; 237 BU Drew 30/8/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 4/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Rapid City 24/3/44; 225 BU Rapid City, severely damaged by parking B-17 8/5/44; with Ed Newman crash landed base 14/6/44; W/O 17/6/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Gr Island 27/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned: 600BS/398BG [N8-J] Nuthampstead 27/4/44; on training mission 4/5/44 Pilot: Lt E. Ford in mid-air collision with 42-107191, damaged left wing but returned safely; (32m) MIA Brandenburg 6/8/44 w/Ike Alhadeff, Co-Pilot: John Sigsworth, Navigator: Clarry Evans, Bombardier: Paul Foster, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Martin Chavez, Radio Operator: Orville Elsrod, Ball Turret Gunner: Nathan Mirell, Waist Gunner: Tudor Mellville, Tail Gunner: Dave Walker (9POW); flak, crashed Stade, near Hamburg, Germany. MACR 7886. AGONY WAGON III.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Gr Island 30/3/44; 224 BU Sioux City, with Alan Van Sant crashed 14 miles N of base 8/8/44 (possible mid-air collsion with 42-102763); W/O 9/8/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 30/3/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG [M3- ] Deopham Green 11/4/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava, with Jim Nelson Rus 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-N] Rougham 8/4/44; battle damaged Karlsruhe 10/1/45 with ?; force landed continent, Salvaged 21/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; McDill 29/3/44; Bangor 7/4/44; slated 94BG, ass 390BG Framlingham 4/4/44; Transferred: 338BS/96BG [BX-A] Snetterton 5/4/44; MIA Weisbaden 10/11/44 Pilot: Art Brodsky, Co-Pilot: Art Mortenson, Navigator: Edwin Fitzgerald, Bombardier: Ed Ferguson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Fred Lobenstein, Radio Operator: Jack Fee, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Hurst, Waist Gunner: Ed Roszkowski, Tail Gunner: Bob Morgan (9KIA); flak, crashed Rheiningen, near Weisbaden, Germany. MACR 10358. TANGERINE II.