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

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-X] Nuthampstead 13/6/44; battle damaged French V-sites 6/7/44 with Harry Sleaman, Co-pilot: Leon Waring, Navigator: John Allare, Bombardier: Jim Haas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elwood Davies, Radio Operator: Genharo Iorion, Ball turret gunner: Leon Weber,Tail gunner: Bob Adkins (9 Returned to Duty); over target flak KO’d #2 and #3 and other damage, then equipment thrown out and bombs salvoed; six men bailed out near Hastings, Sussex before aircraft crash landed Penshurst, Kent;Sal 2SAD Abbotts Ripton 9/7/44. THE PROWLER.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/42; Assigned 26BS/11BG Hawaii 4/6/42; Missing in Action Tulagi, Guadalcanal 4/8/42 with Rush E. McDonald, Co-pilot: John Heard, Navigator: Homer Vail, Bombardier: Joe Wood, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Hammack, Assigned eng-Rich Inman, Radio Operator: Leroy Payne, Waist gunner: Jim Briggs,Tail gunner: Dann Goss (9 Killed in Action); rammed by Zero at Tulagi. Missing Air Crew Report 16119 (?).

Delivered Cheyenne 4/11/43; Gr Island 27/11/43; Assigned 348BS/99BG Tortorella 29/12/43; {23m} transferred 429BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; Missing in Action Blechammer, Ger. 7/7/44 with Driscoll Horton, Co-pilot: Peter Beers (2 evaded capture); Navigator: Bob McAdams, Bombardier: John Schmitthenner{Wounded in Action}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Hurley, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Tickner, Waist gunner: Ray Murphy{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Jim Osborn,Tail gunner: Vincent Sodaro (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bob Stewart (RIP, died in Wetzler POW camp); #2 engine feathered. crashed St Micheil, Austria; Missing Air Crew Report 6564. OLD SHEP.

Delivered Lincoln 8/9/44; Gt Falls 11/9/44; Lincoln 13/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-K] Thurleigh 3/1/45; transferred 92BG Podington 9/5/45; Green Project, Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Kearney 23/2/44; Presque Is 12/3/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-N] Polebrook 24/3/44; Missing in Action {20m} Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Edgar Sengstock, Navigator: Bob Fitzpatrick, Bombardier: Wilf Kirby, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Sahulcik, Radio Operator: Ralph Green, Ball turret gunner: John Kilby,Tail gunner: Oliver Weatherholt (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Harry Emerson[actually drowned in River Rhine], Waist gunner: Bob Wenzloff (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KOd three engines, crashed Windschlag, three miles NE of Offenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5330. MR MALFUNCTION.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/42; Assigned 431BS/11BG Hawaii 7/6/42; then 26BS; Missing in Action 19/2/43 with Capt Smith. FIJI FOO. (movement card shows – retUS Tinker 16/6/43; Patterson 19/2/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 18/9/45). {a US website shows aircraft Assigned 28FS/6FG and with George Haney in landing accident at Tontouta, New Caledonia, 27/10/43).

Delivered Cheyenne 24/8/44; Gt Falls 29/8/44; Hunter 7/9/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 19/9/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 6/12/44 with Alvin Hufford, Wayne Lough, Conrad Gale, Dick Bowling, Ralph Cole, Dean Leyerly, John Keefe, Willis Hanemannn, Lou Dodson (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Nordoellen, Hol?. Missing Air Crew Report 11056. LIL-LU.

Delivered Denver 31/12/42; Ogden 1/1/43; Salina 29/1/43; Kearney 6/2/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 23/3/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Missing in Action {39m} Foggia 19/8/43 with Herb Thomas, Bombardier: Jack Greene, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stan Mikula, Radio Operator: Tom Wilson, Ball turret gunner: Bob Beasley, Waist gunner: Bill Breausseau, Waist gunner: Ephraim King,Tail gunner: John Hopkins (8 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Herman Schachschneider, Navigator: John Eberle (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed sea off Licosa Point, near Naples, seven chutes seen. Missing Air Crew Report 457. PRECIOUS.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Kearney 5/4/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-D] Podington 7/5/44; battle damaged Permasens 9/8/44 with Lt Maltby, crew unknown; Salvaged 2 SAD 12/8/44. CANVAS BACK III.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/42; Assigned 42BS/11BG Hawaii 4/6/42; transferred 31BS and 23BS/5BG 22/7/42; Written off 15/6/44. ALLEY OOP. (?ditched off Russell Island, SWPAC 20/3/43?)

(YB-40) Delivered Tulsa 18/11/42; Biggs 17/3/43; Montbrook 31/3/43; Orlando 27/4/43; Presque Is 5/5/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-A] Alconbury 11/5/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 5/10/43; Returned to the USA 2/11/43; 24/2/44; 3036 BU Yuma 4/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 18/5/45. DOLLIE MADISON.

(YB-40) Delivered Tulsa 15/11/42; Biggs 14/3/43; Orlando 28/4/43; Presque Is 3/5/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-M] Alconbury 11/5/43; transferred Iceland 23/6/43; ret 25/7/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 5/10/43; Returned to the USA 2/10/43; 3036 BU Yuma 11/10/43; Recl Comp 8/11/44. WOOLAROC.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG [F] Glatton 9/3/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais (Gorenflos) 20/4/44 with Walt Milner, Co-pilot: Capt Bob Ensmenger, Navigator: John English, Bombardier: Ed Cannon, Radio Operator: Lyle Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Helner Beck, Waist gunner: Alton Schaffner, Waist gunner: Ralph Haldiman (8 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jerome Fogleman,Tail gunner: Lt Carl Gamblin (2 Prisoner of War); flak burst hit ship, crashed Bailleul, four miles S of Abbeville, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4058. SILVER QUEEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/42; Assigned 42BS/11BG Hawaii 3/6/42; Missing in Action Guadalcanal with Charles Norton 24/9/42 hit by several fighters. W/O 8/44 by 13 ADGp at New Caledonia. JAP BASHER (aka LOS LOBOS, ROAD HOME and ROVER BOY.)

(YB-40) Delivered Tulsa 15/11/42; Montbrook 31/3/43; Presque Is 30/4/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-L] Alconbury 13/5/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 5/10/43; Returned to the USA 3/4/44; 3036 BU Yuma 4/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 18/5/45. PLAIN DEALING EXPRESS.

(YB-40) Delivered Tulsa 7/11/42; Biggs 18/3/43; Montbrook 31/3/43; Presque Is 30/4/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-E] Alconbury 4/5/43; Returned to the USA Gander 2/11/43; 3010 BU Williams 26/9/44; 3036 BU Yuma 4/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 18/5/45. MONTICELLO.

(YB-40) Delivered Tulsa 6/11/42; Biggs 15/3/43; Montbrook 1/4/43; Presque Is 30/4/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-J] Alconbury 4/5/43; transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-J] Molesworth 16/7/43; 545BS/384BG [JD-P] Grafton Underwood 28/8/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 12/10/43; Returned to the USA 3/11/44; 3036 BU Yuma 4/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 18/5/45. LUFKIN RUFFIAN.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/42; Assigned 98BS/11BG Hawaii (flew to New Caledonia, at Guadalcanal Jan 43); fitted with ASV radar on nose and under wing and at least eight missions and six Japanese aircraft to its credit; retUS 901 BU Orlando 14/12/45. TYPHOON McGOON II.

(YB-40) Delivered Tulsa 4/11/42; Biggs 18/3/43; Orlando 28/4/43; Presque Is 1/5/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-G] Alconbury 4/5/43; Returned to the USA 2/11/43; Yuma 4/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 24/5/45. BOSTON TEA PARTY.

(YB-40) Delivered Tulsa 4/11/42; Biggs 14/3/43; Orlando 30/4/43; Presque Is 3/5/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-K] Alconbury 11/5/43; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-Q] Molesworth 16/7/43; AFSC 10/10/43; Returned to the USA 2/11/43; Salvaged 6/1/46. DAKOTA DEMON.