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

Delivered Denver 17/5/43; Dow Fd 11/6/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-N] Grafton Underwood 27/6/43; Missing in Action Villacoublay 14/7/43 with Jim Munday{Wounded in Action}, Radio Operator: Ed Ruby, Waist gunner: Francis Green, Waist gunner: Joe Woodstock,Tail gunner: George Blackwell (5 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Fred Marston{evaded for a time but turned over to Gestapo with other US crewmen from another group}, Navigator: Bill Lansford, Bombardier: Bob Olson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Miles, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Johnson (5 Prisoner of War); crash landed Les Essarts-Le-Roi, S of Versailles, Fr. No MACR.

Assigned 359BS/303BG Molesworth 21/4/42; slated 388BG, transferred 97BG Polebrook 8/42; 327BS/92BG [UX-R] Bovingdon 9/42; 305BG Grafton Underwood 6/11/42; 96BG Snetterton 11/8/43; 388BG Knettishall 11/8/43 as t/t & hack; Salvaged 22/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-H] Thorpe Abbotts 4/10/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 31/12/44 with Floyd Henderson, Co-pilot: Dick King, Bombardier: Elmer Kovach, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Shepard, Radio Operator: George Robinson, Waist gunner: Fred Horcasitas (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: George Smigo, Ball turret gunner: Leo Murphy,Tail gunner: Frank Sauls (3 Prisoner of War); hit by flak on bomb run spun down and collided with 43-38124 (100BG), both going down in flames, crashed Radegast, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11366. DIXIE BABY aka FOOLS RUSH IN.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-S] Thorpe Abbotts 21/7/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 31/12/44 with Clifton Williams, Ken Newkirk, Dick Williams, Alvin Petteys, Chas McGimley, Lee Carpenter (6 Killed in Action); Larry Ward, Jim Murphy, Roland Douglass (3 Prisoner of War); mid air coll with falling wreckage from 42-31066 (100BG), crashed Hamburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11363. KRAMP’S TRAMPS.

Delivered Lincoln 12/9/44; Dow Fd 11/10/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-N then K] Nuthampstead 19/10/44; repaired Missing in Action 10/1/45 with Andrews, AOC {B-70} 13/1/45; re-ass from 2 SAD Abbotts Ripton 17/2/45; (27m) Missing in Action Bohlen 2/3/45; enemy aircraft, crashed Slany, near Karlovary, Czech; Missing Air Crew Report 12853.

Delivered Long Beach 8/9/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-S] Snetterton 29/9/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 21/2/44 with Alver Smith, Bombardier: Ernie Martin, Ball turret gunner: Frank Morales, Waist gunner: Dan Kricks,Tail gunner: Bob Means (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jim Lynn, Navigator: Bernie Moynahan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Loyal Messler, Radio Operator: Harry Angus, Waist gunner: Bill Ford (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Gross-Munzel, near Kolenfeld, five miles S of Wunstorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2425.

Delivered Dallas 28/4/44; Kearney 7/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned Soxo 9/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/7/44; 4185 BU Independence 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/4/45; Hunter 16/5/45; San Francisco 4/6/45; Assigned Manila, PI. 31/12/45; Recl Comp 11/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/43; Pueblo 19/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Casper 1/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-H] Bassingbourn 20/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-J] Grafton Underwood 12/7/43; On return from the first Schweinfurt mission, 17 August 1943, with battle damage from enemy aircraft, the ship crash landed at Grafton Underwood with Pilot-Randolph G. E. Jacobs, Co-pilot-Eugene A. Boger, Navigator-John Quinn Curtin, Bombardier-James Edward Seibel, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner-Aldo J. Gregori, Radio Operator-Doy J. Cloud, Ball Turret Gunner-Thomas Joseph Vezina, Tail Gunner-Robert L. Compton, Waist Gunner-Jack Keith Goetz and Waist Gunner Lawrence C. Wager (10 Returned to Duty). The aircraft was salvaged. Aircraft Name: EL RAUNCHO

Delivered Cheyenne 7/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Morrison 24/3/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW- ] Alconbury 5/4/43 MISS CARRIAGE (or MISCARRIE); 1m, w?John Storie force landed Framlingham 14/5/43; transferred 325BS/92BG [NV-R] Alconbury 17/6/43; then 326BS; 546BS/384BG [BK-O] Grafton Underwood 14/9/43; Missing in Action on a mission to Anklam, Germany on 9 October 1943 with Mark Brooks Calnon, Co-pilot: Vernon Dale Barnes, Navigator: Ted Harold Kusler, Bombardier: Lowell Clarence Hasler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John D. Rolleri, Waist gunner: Robert Marshall Hendrickson, Waist gunner: John Aloysius McGettigan (7 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Robert B. Patterson, Ball turret gunner: Sam Lopez and Tail gunner: Cesareo Garcia Lendoiro were Killed in Action (3 KIA); Damaged by enemy aircraft, crashed by Schelswig, North West of Keil, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 873. PHILLY-BROOKLYN.

Delivered Dallas 27/4/44; Hunter 5/6/44; Grenier 19/6/44; 111 BU Langley 12/7/44; Grenier 16/7/44; Assigned (PFF) 834BS/486BG [2S-S] Sudbury 17/7/44; {59m} transferred 838BS/487BG Lavenham 10/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/4/43; Smoky Hill 21/4/43; Morrison 4/5/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG St Donat 29/5/43; Oudna 6/8/43; involved in landing accident with John Gibson 23/10/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {29m} Salvaged 31/7/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Hunter 10/6/44; Dow Fd 30/6/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-T] Bassingbourn 31/7/44; 401BG [LL-J]; after 22 missions switched to Carpet Jammer Ops; Returned to the USA Bradley 15/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. (nose art painted by pilot Dave Hettema) OLD BATTLE AXE.

Assigned 326BS/92BG Bangor 19/7/42; 340BS/97BG Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Carried all commanders for Operation Torch to Gibraltar 5/11/42; Missing in Action Tripoli 18/1/43 with Russell Wilkin, Lohr, Diffley, Flink, Bishop, James, Underwood, Emrick, Ehrenreich, Lupica; Written off 31/10/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-L] Podington 15/4/44; battle damaged Ludwigshafen with Lt Thomas 5/9/44, crash landed Manston, UK, (9 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 7/9/44. ROUND TRIP TICKET.

Delivered Dallas 17/8/44; Langley 2/9/44; Dow Fd 22/9/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 1/10/44; transferred 493BG Debach 3/10/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 31/12/44 with Dick Malone, Stan McKay, John Volpe, Gilbert Sousa, Tom Heilman, Bill Lawrence, , Capt Dave Whitlock {mission pilot} (7 Killed in Action); Frank Druehl, George Zackert {ex nav}, Art Donovan, Edgar Stoelting, Bill Gleason {ex nav} (5 Prisoner of War); flak, exploded over Hameln, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 11235.

Delivered Dallas 25/9/43; Harvard 6/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Hayden Hughes, Co-pilot: Howard Barr, Navigator: Bill Allen, Bombardier: Dick Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Zesut, Radio Operator: Ray Small, Ball turret gunner: Jim Boyd, Waist gunner: Barley Hill,Tail gunner: George Bentley (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Roger Hess (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #2, crashed near Destedt, seven miles E of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4247.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-I] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; 601BS [3O-I, then to F]; after mission 17/3/45 with McAfee, AOC {A-97} 18/3/45, ret 22/4/45; RAF Valley 1/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG Eye 11/7/44; mission to Koblenz 2/12/44 with ? aban thru poor weather; force landed Belgium; Salvaged 6/12/44.

Delivered Long Beach 6/8/43; Denver 14/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-N] Thurleigh 18/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43; hit by enemy aircraft and exploded, broke in half at radio room, crashed Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 823.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Spokane 6/11/43; Gt Falls 8/11/43; Cheyenne 23/11/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 25/12/43; {73m} Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 2/2/45; 4104 BU Rome 4/2/45; 4100 BU Patterson 24/3/45; Recl Comp 2/5/46. CATHERINE THE GREAT.

Delivered Tulsa 24/3/44; Hunter 11/4/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-A] Nuthampstead 3/5/44; flown by Group CO Col Hunter on first mission 6/5/44; (4m) Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Capt Unite Brodin, Co-pilot: Major Judson Gray(mp), Navigator: Capt Gordon Davidson, Ex/n-Lou Haberman, Bombardier: Paul Voehringer, Ball turret gunner: Pete Corrado, Waist gunner: Sidor Stizzo, Waist gunner: Martin Woodward, (8 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leroy Elton, Radio Operator: Bernie Rochford,Tail gunner: Lt Jerome Hans (3 Prisoner of War); flak hits #3 and #4, then exploded and crashed Jungfernheide railway station, Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 5252.

Assigned 32BS/301BG Westover 7/42; Podington 6/8/42; originally assigned RAF as [FA678]; Tafaraoui 24/11/42; Missing in Action {6m} Bizerte, Tun 28/11/42 with John Bruce, Co-pilot: Earl, Navigator: Knop, Bombardier: Tannehill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hughes, Radio Operator: McGriff, Ball turret gunner: Backus, Waist gunner: Scott,Tail gunner: Gilger (9 Killed in Action); Missing Air Crew Report 16197. BAD PENNY.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 3/1/44; Missing in Action Kaltenkirchen 7/4/45 with Dave Owens, Co-pilot: Jim Smouse, Navigator: Gene Ahrens, Bombardier: John Kennedy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Phil Ellis, Radio Operator: Frank Rudinsky, Ball turret gunner: Don Phelps, Waist gunner: Bill Auferoth,Tail gunner: Marion Rodgers (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with Me 109, crashed Stadthagen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13886. OLD OUTHOUSE – NEVER A DRY RUN aka SNAKE EYES.