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

Delivered Geiger 301BG 28/4/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 8/7/42; Tucson 24/8/42; March 4/9/42; Boise 14/10/42; Pocatello 6/11/42; Gowen 6/2/43; Hendricks 25/3/43; force landed base with Dick Jager 21/4/43; Written off 29/4/43.

Delivered Hunter 28/10/44; Cheyenne 3/11/44; Lowry 20/11/44; with Darwin Detlets force landed Dow Fd 19/1/45; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-L] Podington 20/3/45; battle damaged Pilsen 25/4/45 with ?; crash landed continent; Salvaged 8/5/45.

Delivered Kearney 14/7/44; Presque Is 26/7/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 8/8/44; Missing in Action Vienna 10/9/44 with Gail Stubbs, Co-pilot: Halford, Navigator: Seigel, Bombardier: Gill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: McCloskey, Ball turret gunner: Baumberger, Waist gunner: Holloway (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Gelber, Waist gunner: Hitt,Tail gunner: Schneider (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Vienna, Aus, Missing Air Crew Report 8261.

Delivered Kearney 11/8/44; Grenier 22/8/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG [R5-T] Lavenham 5/10/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 28/9/44 with Clarry Lamason, Co-pilot: Kelvin Pierce, Navigator: Ray Kathary, Bombardier: Howard McIntyre, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Adams, Ball turret gunner: Gordon Sorrell, Waist gunner: Bill Lordi, Waist gunner: Bill Bauchens,Tail gunner: Dick Gruwell (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bob Breiling (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Naherstille, SE of Eisenach, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9421.

Delivered Geiger 301BG 25/4/42; Lowry 31/5/42; Assigned 42BS/11BG Hickam, Hawaii 7/6/42; transferred 13AF Poppy Henderson Fd 22/7/42; shot down over Choiseul Bay, Bougainville 1/2/43 with Maj Earl O. Hall (Sqd CO), Co-pilot: Joaquin Castro, Navigator: Frank Stern, Bombardier: Jim Bales, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Adler, Radio Operator: Jim Stephens, Francis Banasiak, Jesse Olmstead, Martin Grady. Missing Air Crew Report 15093.

Delivered Denver 28/6/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-N] Horham 30/8/43; force landed Bassingbourn Afd 16/10/43; force landed RAF Friston 30/11/43 with James W Conley (7 Returned to Duty), Navigator: Robert J Fogarty, Bombardier: Royal Klein, rop Edward R McCarraher (all wia); 19m, transferred to SAD Watton 5/12/43; Returned to the USA 3704 Keesler 4/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 24/9/45. WEE BONNIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/8/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-N] Polebrook 27/9/43; Missing in Action {2m} Anklam 9/10/43 with Lloyd Christman, Co-pilot: Jim Laird, Navigator: Eldred Hancy, Bombardier: John Hemm, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Commodore Sharp, Waist gunner: Jim White, Waist gunner: Bill Klink (7 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Dave Pressel, Ball turret gunner: John Butterbach,Tail gunner: Edmond Blais (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hallig Hooge Island, SW of Sylt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1035.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/8/44; Hunter 3/9/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 94BG Rougham 25/9/44; transferred 325BS/92BG [NV-O] Horham 4/10/44; landing accident at Bovingdon A/fd with Jack Crofton 22/1/45; repaired and assignd Green Project; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45.

Delivered Boise 28/4/42; Lowry 29/5/42; Assigned 26BS/11BG Hickam Fd 7/6/42; transferred 23BS/5BG; t/o Carney Fd, Guadalcanal, shot down over Kahili, Bougainville 27/7/43 with Karl Stubblefield, Co-pilot: Bill Nevling, Navigator: Walt Witherspoon, Bombardier: Bob Joners, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lowell Symons, Radio Operator: Tom Shadrick, Ball turret gunner: Don Christensen, Waist gunner: John Larson,Tail gunner: Ranier Payton.(9 Killed in Action). Missing Air Crew Report 182. DE-ICER.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Kearney 13/1/44; Romulus 24/1/44; Grenier 25/1/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P] Horham 2/2/44; 8m, Missing in Action Berlin 4/3/44 with Bill Brownlow, Co-pilot: Jack Wallace, Navigator: Steve Simpson, Bombardier: Jim Kiser, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Kelly, Ball turret gunner: Chas Priest,Tail gunner: Wilson Rossignol (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Glenn Wood, Waist gunner: John Winter,Tail gunner: Henry Rife (3 Killed in Action); flak hit, broke in two, crashed Gyhum, six miles NW of Rotenburg, near Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2798.

Delivered Kearney 28/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G-Q] Lavenham 14/8/44; Missing in Action Chemnitz 6/2/45 with ?.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gt Falls 2/10/43; Scott 21/10/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-O] Deenethorpe 4/11/43; Missing in Action Merseburg 11/9/44 with Milton Wingard, Co-pilot: Bob Abresch, Navigator: Bob Sullivan,Tail gunner: Ed Chiariello (4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Willard King, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Rutledge, Radio Operator: Ernie Cicogna, Ball turret gunner: Pat Winzey, Waist gunner: Bill Ingram (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Pegau, S of Leipzig, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8920. MAGGIE.

Delivered Boise 303BG 21/4/42; Presque Is 24/5/42; with Charlie Lee overshot field at Houlton, Me. 26/6/42; repaired but stayed in US; Boise 4/9/42; Rapid City 1/10/42; Smyrna 28/2/43; 2110 BU Lockbourn 6/9/42; 3021 BU Las Vegas 17/10/42; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 5/7/45.

Delivered Denver 17 August 1943. Assigned 95th Bomb Group/335th Bomb Squadron, Horham 6 September 1943. 23 missions. Missing in Action Eschweiler 24 January 1944 with Pilot Charles H. Mowers; Co-pilot: Gerald E. Roderick; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard C. Gebert; Radio Operator: Carlton H. Griffin; Ball turret gunner: Ceber M. Creech; Left Waist gunner: Frank A. Bialas; Right Waist gunner: Andrew Torok; Navigator: David W. O’Boyle; Bombardier: Gerald P. Dechambre; Tail gunner: Charles R. Warren. Hit over target, engine #1 feathered, crashed near Glabais, about 10km SE of Waterloo, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 2259.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Gr Island 23/2/44; Presque Is 13/3/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-X] Polebrook 26/3/44; Missing in Action {13m} Mannheim 27/5/44 with Tedfred Myers, Co-pilot: Clarry Butrum, Navigator: Henry Roszyk, Bombardier: Vernon Naass, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Stanford, Radio Operator: Edwin Draper{Wounded in Action}, Ball turret gunner: Avon Roysden, Waist gunner: Woodrow Blackburn, Waist gunner: Bill Mansmann{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: John Denton (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Baldenheim, six miles SE of Alsace, Fr., 25 miles SW of Strasbourg; Missing Air Crew Report 5327.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-L] Horham 6/2/44; 4m, severe battle damaged Berlin 16/3/44 with Dave Norred, Co-pilot: Harry Olsen, Navigator: Ellsworth Van Fleet, Bombardier: Frank Balestrine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Okula, Radio Operator: Gene Devan, Ball turret gunner: Fred Definis, Waist gunner: Theo Tyrell, Waist gunner: Delmar Treptow,Tail gunner: Lou Balog (10 Prisoner of War); crash landed Leipheim, near Grossorheim, seven miles SE of Nordlingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3230.

Delivered Denver 22/12/43; 1SAG Langley 17/1/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-J] Snetterton (H2X) 4/2/44; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD- ] Thorpe Abbotts 2/44; 5m, Missing in Action Merseburg 20/7/44; flak shell hit wing, did not explode, but pierced gas tanks; ship fell out of formation and hit by fighters and crashed just S of Chaamm, SE of Breda, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 7414. 7 Prisoner of War; 5 evaded capture – the latter eventually came back to base; BELLE OF BERLIN. {On Det Serv from 95thBG, may have carried those markings}

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Wendover 11/12/43; Assigned 457BG [N] Glatton 27/1/44; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-N] Ridgewell 11/3/44; {1m} crash landed base ex-Frankfurt 20/3/44 with Bernard Beckman, Cp-Capt Doug Winter{threw wrong switch – u/c coll}, Navigator: Dave Brophy, Bombardier: George Speer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Dirling, Radio Operator: Abe Levine, Ball turret gunner: Gerald Frain, Waist gunner: Rob Rush. Weg-Bob Luth,Tail gunner: Nick Rossi (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 2 SAD 21/3/44.

Assigned 352BS/301BG Chelveston 7/42; Tafaraoui 24/11/42; exploded mid air on return from depot 07/01/43 with Wesley Sloulin, Co-pilot: Olsen, Navigator: Fratalli, Bombardier: Crandall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hull, Radio Operator: Most, Ball turret gunner: Clark, Waist gunner: Karl,Tail gunner: Kimmel, plus three crew chiefs: White, Leonard, Greenway (12 Killed in Action); {8m} Missing Air Crew Report 16242. DUMBO.

Delivered Boise 303BG 21/4/42; Geiger 29/5/42; Assigned 36BS/28BG Kodiak 11/7/42; Missing in Action Kiska Island 17/7/42 with Jack S. Marks, Harold E. Mitts, John R. Giddens, John F. Cane, Edward P. Dwelis,, Bill V. Diehl, Hubert D. Smith, Theodore A. Alleckson, Robert G. Brown, Consetto J. Castagna; 10 KIA; MACR 15929.