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

Assigned RAF [FA681] but transferred 353BS/301BG Westover 7/7/42; Podington 6/8/42 {6m}; Tafaraoui, Alg 24/11/42; 346BS/99BG Navarin, Alg 3/4/43; transferred 429BS/2BG {5m}; ret 99BG; Le Senia, It. depot 3/44; crash landed 19/8/44. Salvaged. K.O.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/4/44; Hunter 25/4/44; Dow Fd 15/5/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 22/5/44; {71m} Salvaged 2/12/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Wendover 12/10/43; Presque Is 19/1/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [B] Glatton 23/2/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 12/5/44 with John Akers, Co-pilot: Chas Scott, Navigator: Lloyd Dell, Bombardier: Leo Kruszinski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed White, Radio Operator: Bob Marsteller, Ball turret gunner: Austin Moore, Waist gunner: Harry Peterman, Waist gunner: Chris Milgo,Tail gunner: Wallace Taft (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Naunheim/Eifel, six miles SE of Mayen, SW of Koblenz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4800. ROSE OLIVE.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Dow Fd 9/4/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-N] Podington 25/4/44; landing accident on return from Orly, Fr. 19/5/44, with Stan Hansen, Co-pilot: Wilbur McKliny, Navigator: Norman Pipkern, Bombardier: Abel Chaves, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marlin Erman, Radio Operator: Leland McLean, Ball turret gunner: Earl Hefley, Waist gunner: Larry Dallas, Waist gunner: Harry Ciaci,Tail gunner: Francis Christian (10 Returned to Duty); blew a tyre on landing and skidded off runway and nosed up; Salvaged 2 SAD 21/5/44.

Delivered Hunter 26/10/44; Grenier 6/11/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 3/12/44; damaged in rough landing on return from gunnery range 31/3/45 with Edwin Deadrick; Salvaged.

Delivered Palm Beach 20/3/42; Assigned 444BS/40BG Panama 7/4/42; Guatemala 3/7/42; Panama 23/9/42; Guatemala 30/9/42; with Jim Lyons force landed Albrook, CZ 3/12/42; Written off 20/4/43.

Delivered Palm Beach 22/3/42; Assigned 44BS/40BG Howard, CZ, 7/4/42; Guatemala 4/9/42; Panama 16/10/42; Guatemala 20/10/42; with Bob Gaughan, damaged in taxi accident, Galapagos 6/1/43; Written off 7/1/44.

Delivered Lincoln 28/9/44; Bismark 3/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [L] Glatton 17/10/44; transferred 92BG Podington 10/5/45; secret mission 28/5/45, ret 29/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 22/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 24/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/44; Savannah 22/2/44; Morrison 5/3/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 15/3/44; severe battle damaged Maribor 7/11/44 with Henry Reynolds, Co-pilot: Steve Watkins, Navigator: Bob Young, Bombardier: Bob McDuffie{Wounded in Action}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Stevens, Radio Operator: Ray Wesson, Ball turret gunner: Jack Reischling, Waist gunner: Gilbert Littell, Waist gunner: Sam Tuthill,Tail gunner: Dean Homer (10 Returned to Duty); two engines out, no hydraulics then ground looped, rep; {99m} RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Smoky Hill 12/5/43; Bangor 6/6/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-J] Horham 15/6/43; 6m, battle damaged Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Bill Thomas, rest unknown (7 Returned to Duty); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Cameron, Radio Operator: Rex Neely, Waist gunner: Harry Koukol (3POW-all bailed out) Missing Air Crew Report 215; crash landed Framlingham Airfield, Suffolk 13/8/43.

Delivered Palm Beach 22/3/42; Assigned 6AF Panama 7/4/42; 5BG Gautemala 15/4/42; SAD 17/7/42; Guatemala 31/7/42; force landed Duncan Fd, TX with George Herman 2/8/42; Gautemala when with Gus Seiferman crashed Frain Janes after hitting object in flight; Written off 28/9/42.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/2/44; Rapid City 6/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 3/5/44; no ops, transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-B] Podington 7/5/44; Missing in Action Merkviller 3/8/44 with John Hendrickson, Ball turret gunner: Otto Hoff, Waist gunner: John Beaver (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Albt Swanson, Navigator: Abe Dresner, Bombardier: Bill Goade, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Madden, Radio Operator: Barney Haley,Tail gunner: Bill Mosher (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Lesch, NW of Metz, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 7699.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Dow Fd 16/7/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG [2C-G] Lavenham 5/7/44; battle damaged Weimar 9/2/45 with ?; force landed Rennes, Fr; Salvaged 13/3/45.

Delivered 97BG MacDill 12/3/42; Assigned 7BG Asanol, India with Lt Col Bob Tate 1/4/42; with Norman Llewellynn crash landed base 2/4/42; Glen 5/4/43; Written off 20/1/45. (?Baugher records as Assigned 68BG [Recon Group] lost in Mediterranean on Peni mountains between Rosas Bay and Creus Cape, NE Spain, due to poor weather and probable navigation error. All 12 Killed in Service . Missing Air Crew Report 1414 gives serial as 41-9106, but probably incorrect as ‘106 was assigned 11AF in Aleutians an Written off in May 45.?)

Delivered Tulsa 27/2/44; Hunter 4/3/44; Homestead 8/3/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 17/3/44; Missing in Action (62m) Moravska Ostrova 29/8/44 with Bill Garland, Co-pilot: Leo Zupan, Navigator: Albt Novak, Bombardier: Bill Hayett, Radio Operator: Chas Griffin, Ball turret gunner: Jesse Barker, Waist gunner: Ralph DeWitt, Waist gunner: Bob Hoadley (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Irving Katz, Waist gunner: Russ Payne (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, #1 on fire and supercharger went out on #2, while attacks ko’d #3; crashed between Metylovice & Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic today; Missing Air Crew Report 7987. SNAFUPERMAN.

Delivered MacDill 1/3/42; with Boardman Reed damaged in taxi accident at MacDill and another aircraft 19/4/42, rep; Assigned 341BS/97BG Polebrook 4/42; transferred 92BG Bovingdon 8/42; CCRC 1/43; 305BG Chelveston as tow target & hack; Returned to the USA 4104 BU Rome 25/8/44; Recl Comp 14/8/45.

Delivered Tulsa 11/2/44; Kearney 25/2/44; with Vernon Hannaford force landed base 6/3/44; Grenier 3/4/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-P] Podington 23/4/44; Missing in Action 08/09/1944 Ludwigshafen with Tom Havard, Co-pilot: Hugh waterman, Navigator: Harry Shaw, Bombardier: Leon Linden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gil Schnaufer, Radio Operator: Harry Brouette, Ball turret gunner: Jesus Ortiz, Waist gunner: Bill Mooney,Tail gunner: Tom Hughes (9 Returned to Duty); #2 caught fire, crew ordered to bail out; pilots took ship on to land at French fighter base; Salvaged. Missing Air Crew Report 8596.

Delivered Minneapolis 11/3/42; Assigned 435BS/19BG Hawaii 6/5/42; transferred 30BS/43BG; Written off 19/2/43.

Delivered Hunter 23/11/44; Grenier 13/12/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-H] Podington 4/3/45; battle damaged Berlin 18/3/45 with Bob Groen, Andt Banyas, Lucian Nowlin, Rat Amatangelo, Merle Smith, Gedson Landford, Chas Apodaca, Gene James (8 Returned to Duty); Walt Ibowicz (Killed in Action); force landed Poland; Salvaged 26/3/45.

Delivered Hunter 2/10/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-D] Molesworth 28/10/44; mechanical fault force landed Harrington A/fd with Clem Rogers 5/4/45; transferred 457BG Glatton 23/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45.