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

Delivered Hunter 12/11/44; Grenier 2/12/44; Assigned 839BS/487BG Lavenham 7/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 15/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/7/44; Hunter 8/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-E] Podington 24/9/44; Green Project, Salvaged 9AF Germany 29/10/45. ROUND TRIP TICKET II.

Delivered Denver 3/12/43; Boise 5/12/43; Denver 6/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Romulus 2/1/44; Grenier 8/1/44; Presque Is 10/1/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-G] Kimbolton 2/2/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 8/11/44 with Gerald Duffy (Killed in Action); Keith Foster, Jim Cheney, Joe Flisnick, Dick Lehmann, Chas Herbison, Bill MacHulsky, Jim Kennedy, Doug Griffin (8 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Arcen, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report 10354. TAG-A-LONG.

Delivered Geiger 301st Bomb Group 5/4/42; Lowry 1/6/42; Assigned 42BS/11BG Hickam Fd 10/6/42; t/o Plaine Des Gaiacs Afd, Missing in Action Rendova Is 8/9/42, with Capt Robert Richards, Co-pilot: Bob McGee, Navigator: Bill Morris, Bombardier: Chas Bayer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Otis Black, Radio Operator: Hugh King, Waist gunner: Yvon Bailey, Waist gunner: Peter Charuk,Tail gunner: Bill Omanoff (9 Killed in Action); crashed Rendova, on impact exploded following battle with Japanese H5K2 Mavis flying boat. Site visited by coastwatcher Sgt Harry Wickham and natives but found only eight lots of body parts. Missing Air Crew Report 16202. STINGAREE.

Delivered Lincoln 2/1/45; Grenier 25/1/45; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-A] Podington 4/3/45; battle damaged Berlin 28/3/45 with Joe Perry/W.Wesley?, crew?; crash landed base; Salvaged 2SAD 30/3/45.

Delivered Dallas 25/9/44; Hunter 20/10/44; Grenier 9/11/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-X] Thorpe Abbotts 11/11/44; transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-N] Podington 30/11/44; 306BG Thurleigh 7/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 11/5/46.

Delivered Long Beach 21/5/43; Denver 2/6/43; Morrison 7/6/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG St Donat 9/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {32m} Missing in Action Fischamend Markt 17/3/44 with Dave Turner, Co-pilot: Herb Snow, Navigator: Fred Sicilio, Bombardier: John Chapman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rex Keith, Radio Operator: Dean Garrett, Waist gunner: George Gaylord,Tail gunner: Dale Lavell (9 evaded capture & Returned to Duty); Ball turret gunner: Dick Musty (Killed in Action); crashed Zalaegerszeg. Missing Air Crew Report 3200.

Delivered Boise 26/3/42; Lowry 29/5/42; Assigned 72BS/5BG Hawaii 7/6/42; transferred 26BS/11BG; destroyed by Japanese bombing of Henderson Fd, Guadalcanal 23/3/43. ZERO-SIX-ZERO.

Delivered Tulsa 30/8/42; New Castle 4/10/42; Syracuse 6/10/42; Assigned 352BS/301BG Chelveston 11/42; Tafaraoui, Alg 26/11/42; {60m} transferred 49BS/2BG Massicault, Tun 14/11/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It. 9/12/43; Missing in Action Steyr, Aus. 24/2/44 with George Durney[wia], Co-pilot: Jim Wise, Navigator: Harry Larsen, Bombardier: Bernie Martin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Claston Campbell, Radio Operator: Chas Daughdrill, Ball turret gunner: Bill Meiselbar, Waist gunner: Jesse Hart, Waist gunner: Elvyn Hollingsworth,Tail gunner: Ed McCarvel (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft ko’d #2 & 3 lost power, followed by flak hits, crashed Kranj. Missing Air Crew Report 2614. LIL JO.

Delivered Denver 25/3/43; Cheyenne 30/3/43; Smoky Hill 4/4/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-E] Alconbury 25/4/43; then 327BS [UX-B]; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with John Booker, Co-pilot: Jim McAvoy, Navigator: John Bradley, Bombardier: Chas Bennett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wayne Licher, Radio Operator: Porfirio Garcia, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Richardson, Waist gunner: Gene Simpson, Waist gunner: John Hancock,Tail gunner: Ray Cupp (10 Returned to Duty); flak, ditched North Sea, all rescued.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; Kearney 3/4/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-C] Polebrook 29/4/44; Missing in Action {10m} Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Howard Evans, Co-pilot: Jim Duffy, Bombardier: Roger Peterson (3 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Joe Norton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Kopf,Tail gunner: Stephen Kovacs (3 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Ron Pope, Ball turret gunner: Jack Honsowetz, Waist gunner: Glen Joiner (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, exploded crashed Nonnenweier, six miles W of Baden, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5324

Delivered Boise 29/3/42; Lowry 29/5/42; Assigned 72BS/5BG Hawaii 7/6/42; Written off 11/6/45. BOOMERANG.

Delivered Tulsa 29/3/44; Kearney 27/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG Glatton 7/6/44; Missing in Action Munster 28/10/44 with Pilot: J. Francis Angier, Co-pilot: Sam Cashman, Bombardier: Bob Maitland, Radio Operator: Bill Thomas, Ball turret gunner: Edwin Vantine,Tail gunner: Chas Osborne (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Sam Plestine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Lang,Tail gunner: Maynard Judson (3 Killed in Action); heavy flak damage, crashed near Hamburg; Missing Air Crew Report 10178.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/6/44; Kearney 20/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 834BS/486BG [2S-R] Sudbury 11/7/44; {34m} Missing in Action Merseburg 6/12/44 with Bob Miller, Edmund Barcikowski, Fred Kinsler, Dick Hobgood, Marion Taylor, Bill Effinger, Jim Mathis, Frank Ward, Stan Pavlic (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Uuddorp, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11047. MR TACOMA.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 17/7/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG Lavenham 18/7/44; 836BG [2G-J]; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/12/44 with Ed Perrot, (7 Prisoner of War); (2 evaded capture); flak, crashed Bitburg Eifel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11374.

Delivered Palm Beach 22/3/42; Assigned 6AF 21/4/42; Panama 14/6/42; Guatemala 6/7/42; Returned to the USA 9/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/9/45.

Delivered to Cheyenne 26/6/43; Dow Field 29/7/43; Assigned to the 546th BS, squadron code BK-F, 384th BG, Station 106, Grafton Underwood, UK on 9/8/43; Missing in Action Nantes 23/9/43 with Philip E. Higdon, Co-pilot: Louis E. Ritt, Navigator: Meyer Begab, Bombardier: Lawrence E. Johnston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: James L. Jett, Waist gunner: Willard J. Cronin,Tail gunner: Edward J. Humphrey (7 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Ardell Bollinger, Ball turret gunner: Joseph Markus Kalas, Waist gunner: Leonard J. Kelly (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & #4 engines, crashed at Plouguenast, 18 miles South of St Brieux, France. Missing Air Crew Report 748. JOLLY ROGER

Delivered Lincoln 13/12/44; Grenier 29/12/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-A] Framlingham 31/12/44; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-G] Grafton Underwood 3/2/45; Salvaged 27/4/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Kearney 5/2/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [F] Glatton 6/3/44; battle damaged 113m Hannover 14/3/45, force landed Lohne, Fr.; Salvaged. EL LOBO II.

Delivered Palm Beach 22/3/42; Assigned 74BS/40BG Howard, CZ Panama 4/7/42; /6BG Guatemala 15/6/42; SAD 17/7/42; Albrook, CZ 16/9/42; Guatemala 31/7/42; San Antonio 5/11/42; Guatemala 19/11/42; Borinquen, Puerto Rico, with Bill Marshall in landing accident, crew unknown, Galapagos 4/1/43; Written off 5/1/43.