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

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/42; Assigned 16 Air Sd/1Gp Salina 11/1/43; with George Davis crashed nine miles north of Sheridan, AZ 11/3/43; (all nine Killed in Service). Written off 12/3/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Hunter 10/6/44; Dow Fd 30/6/44; Assigned 848BS/490BG Eye 1/7/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 5/11/44 with Clarry Bridwell, Floyd Norman, Dick Colyer, Wendell Cole, Jack Provolt, Ed Longer, John Porterfield, Bob Joyce (8 Killed in Action); Paul Finot (Prisoner of War); mid air coll, crashed Neustadt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10325. PENNS-BELLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/44; Hunter 15/7/44; Dow Fd 23/7/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-Q] Ridgewell 28/7/44; {67m} transferred 303BG Molesworth; re-ass 398BG Nuthampstead 22/5/45 as re-deployment a/c; no ops, RAF Valley 2/6/45, Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 41678 BU Sth Plains 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. PAIR OF QUEENS, GEE AND BEE.

Delivered Lowry 3/3/42; Assigned 435BS/19BG Hawaii 18/5/42; transferred 65BS/43BG; Missing in Action Bogadjim PNG 3/8/43 with Walter K. Brenneman; Written off 5/8/43. RED MOOSE EXPRESS.

Delivered Dallas 16/7/44; Langley 12/8/44; Dow Fd 12/9/44; Assigned 306BS/398BG Nuthampstead 14/9/44; Missing in Action Neuss, Ger. 23/1/45 with Federico Gonzales (Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Col Frank Hunter Gp CO, Navigator: Chas Letts, Capt Bill Beatovich ex nav, Bombardier: Capt Bill Campbell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Rogers, Radio Operator: Bob Mayfield, rwg-Bill Shumate, VN-Lt Ralph Lentz lwg,Tail gunner: Lt Bill Butters (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Heerde, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 11799 [?11798].

Delivered Dallas 27/7/44; Cheyenne 1/8/44; Kearney 9/8/44; Grenier 21/8/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-A] Podington 9/9/44; during assembly for Munster 19/2/45 with John Deegan, crew bailed OK?, caught fire and abandoned; crashed Temple Grafton, UK; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-J] Polebrook 29/4/44; Missing in Action {9m} Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 with Gosta Johnson, Co-pilot: Herb Neumann, Navigator: Bob Schmidt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Anderson, Radio Operator: Joe Smith, Ball turret gunner: John Dettart, Waist gunner: Ed Kolling,Tail gunner: Dick Drews (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Sam Rosenberg (KIA- died of wounds in hospital June 7); enemy aircraft, crashed Ortenberg, two miles SE of Offenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5325.

Delivered Lowry 4/3/42; Assigned 28BS/19BG Hawaii 13/4/42; transferred 64BS/43BG 22/5/42; Brookley 17/5/43; transferred 5AF? 20/1/45; (? landing accident at Goose Bay, Labrador with Fred Nelson/Bob Sperber 23/8/45?): Salvaged North Africa 23/8/45.

Delivered Hunter 10/11/44; Grenier 4/12/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 1/1/45; {14m} Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46; Recl Comp 19/11/47.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Savannah 30/12/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Tortorella 1/44; {19m} transferred 96BS/2BG Amendola 28/3/44; {63m} Returned to the USA 2137 BU Hendricks 22/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46. JUANITA.

Delivered Denver 24/8/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 27/10/43; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-N] Polebrook 21/11/43; battle damaged {6m} Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Ed Apperson, crew unknown (10 Returned to Duty), abandon over UK due to gas shortage and bad weather; crashed Whitwell, Herts, UK. Salvaged 1/1/44.

Delivered Lowry 5/3/42; Boise 7/4/42; Assigned 93BS/19BG, transferred 394BS/5BG Hawaii 28/5/42; Returned to the USA Hendricks 21/12/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 9/8/45. CROCK-O-CRAP. (Shown in Midway, a TV documentary).

Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 312/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK- ] Molesworth 23/4/44; Missing in Action Friedrichshafen (1st mission) 24/4/44 with Paul Stewart, Co-pilot: Rudolph Heap, Navigator: Bob Moller, Bombardier: Dario Manze, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Coe, Radio Operator: Drackart Jones, Ball turret gunner: Joe Jasinski (7 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Ray Cadlolo, Waist gunner: Jim Cast,Tail gunner: Roy Sable (3 Prisoner of War); flak and enemy aircraft severely damaged nose, three bailed then it exploded, crashed Gross-Seeham, 22 miles from Munich/Rosenheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4274.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 21/7/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-A] Nuthampstead 9/8/44; on landing from non-op off with Jim Runnion ran off runway, two crew minor injs. nosed over at base 5/11/44; Salvaged 2 SAD Abbotts Ripton 9/11/44.

Delivered Lowry 5/3/42; Assigned 19BG Hawaii 16/4/42; crashed Charters Towers, Qld, Aus, 7/5/42 with Major Pierre D. Jacques, unknown crew OK; Salvaged.

Delivered Hunter 20/10/44; Dow Fd 28/10/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-N] Molesworth 1/11/44; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE-Y] Horham 2/11/44; with N.W. Richardson force landed A-7 Laon AF, Fr 5/1/45; 51m, Returned to the USA Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/11/45. BELLIGERENT (BEAUTY) LADY.

Delivered Denver 10/2/44; Hunter 3/3/44; Homestead 17/3/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 18/3/44; Missing in Action {87m} Munich 16/11/44 with Edwin H Miller crew, Mettler, Hershberger, Fouts, Sherwood, Earl McGuire, Horn, Merrill Johnson, Lester Johnson, Loughman. Mech fault, landed Eisi, ?; Crew returned in another a/c; Salvaged 6/11/45. MERCURY.

Delivered Lincoln 17/12/44; Dow Fd 23/12/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-E] Podington 24/2/45; secret mission 1/6/45 and returned next day; Assigned to Istres, France, with Bill Gibbons, landing accident at Foggia, It 7/10/45; ret 2/6/45; Green Project, Salvaged 9AF Germany 4/3/46. KATY SUE.

Delivered Denver 12/11/43; Gt Falls 16/11/43; Kearney 25/11/43; Assigned 419BS/301BG Cerignola 11/1/44; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action Wiener Nuedorf 26/7/44 with Chas Starling, Chas Van Houten, Chas Campbell, Belton Jones, Glenville Kingsley (5 Killed in Action); Warren Garren, Chas Jackson, Bill Krippel, Bill Kelly, Clayton Vowell (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed St Katherin; Missing Air Crew Report 7127. BAR FLY.

Delivered Lowry 5/3/42; Sacramento 11/4/42; Assigned 7BG Hawaii 16/4/42; transferred 19BG Nandi, Fiji Is 27/12/42; retUS then Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 10/9/45.