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

Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-A] Grafton Underwood 6/1/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 11/2/44 with Clifford Moore, Bombardier: Paul Kenney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Traynor, Radio Operator: Noah Puckett, Ball turret gunner: Jack Brown (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Joe Wise, Navigator: George Schmalzreid, Waist gunner: Rich Wells,Tail gunner: Joe Humble (4 evaded capture); Waist gunner: Don Lee (Killed in Action); flak, crash landed Sepmeries, six miles SE of Valenciennes, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2530 SALVAGE QUEEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 24/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-D] Grafton Underwood 9/6/43; Missing in Action Villacoublay 26/6/43 with Harry Burgeon, Co-pilot: Vic Kress, Navigator: Dave Wilmont, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Peckham, Radio Operator: Harry McFarland, Waist gunner: Ed Costello,Tail gunner: Henry Ullmer (7 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Tom Hunt, Ball turret gunner: Bill Aguiar, Waist gunner: Roland Jenkins (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft KO’d #1, ship crash landed Bernouville, near Gisors, between Beauvais & Rouen, Fr. No MACR..

Delivered Salt Lake City 17-Sep-41; coll with C-39 (early Dakota) No. 38-512 McClelland Field 10-Sep-41 (repaired); Assigned 19BG Clark Field, PI 20-Oct-41; strafed on ground 8-Dec-41. Parts used by Japanese for a B-17D re-construction. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG- ] Alconbury 8/4/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; Horham 15/6/43; 1m, transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-A] Polebrook 12/7/43; 8m Missing in Action Watten 27/8/43 with Bill Suit, Co-pilot: Jim Grayson,Tail gunner: Lionel Mount (3 Killed in Action), Radio Operator: Bertil Eriksop, Ball turret gunner: Orville Greece (2 evaded capture); Navigator: Myron Johnson, Bombardier: Bernie Bell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Noe, Waist gunner: Joe May, Waist gunner: Louis Lochen (5 Prisoner of War); flak severed tail, crashed Villiers-sur-Simon, 11 miles W of Arras, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 469. FAST WOMAN.

Delivered Denver 24/11/43; Kearney 11/12/43; Romulus 19/12/43; Presque Is 20/12/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-A] Molesworth 13/1/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 24/2/44 with John Henderson,cp-Ken Crook, Navigator: Warren Wiggins, Bombardier: Woodrow Monkres, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Simpkins, Radio Operator: Chas Maple, Ball turret gunner: Rich Miller, Waist gunner: Vernon Powell, Waist gunner: Norman Shuart,Tail gunner: Mike Milliff (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Boppard, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2762.

Delivered Hunter 14/12/44; Dow Fd 27/12/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-N] Nuthampstead 3/2/45; taxi accident at Chelveston with Dave Bishop 4/5/45; RAF Valley 26/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Patterson 16-Apr-41; Hickam 17-Oct-41; Assigned 19BG Clark Field, PI 23-Oct-41 with Edwin Green, Carey O’Bryan, Edgar Whitcomb, Luther Heigder, Couts McGibbons, Wilbert McClellan, Bernie Strohecker, Bill Templeton, Bob Menzie; strafed on ground 8-Dec-41. Salvaged. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Minneapolis 9/3/42; Assigned 435BS/19BG Hawaii 5/5/42; transferred 65BS/43BG; when on mission to Bougainville 16/6/43 with Jay Zeamer, who along with crewmate Joe Sarnoski (Killed in Action) earned Medal of Honor for great bravery, pilot & 5 others all WIA; after repair transferred 8PRS; Returned to the USA 4134 BU Spokane 22/3/44; 423 BU Walla Walla 4/7/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 29/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 9/8/45. OLD 666 aka LUCY.

Assigned 326BS/92BG Bovingdon 20-Aug-42; 414BS/97BG Polebrook 28-Aug-42; Missing in Action on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. This was 97th’s first mission 21-Oct-42, shot down and crashed Plouescat, near Morlaix, France. 8KIA 2POW Missing Air Crew Report 15352.

Assigned 92BG Podington 13/7/42; transferred 343BS/97BG Polebrook 8/42; Maison Blanche 22/11/42; transferred 414BS; Salvaged 15/3/43 in Oran. PEGGY D Jr (II).

Delivered Patterson 11-Apr-41; Assigned 30BS/19BG Clark Field, PI 20-Oct-41; Del Monte return to Batchelor, Australia for repairs 17-Dec-41 with Lee Coates, Jim Colovin, Walt Seamon, Harris, John McLaurin, Earl Christianson, Martin Schadel, Cooksey, Barber, Chas Smith; but crashed on take off for Samarinda, Borneo then Singosari, Java with Edwin C. Teats 28-Jan-42. Salvaged. Never used in combat. Bever served in the UK.

Delivered Denver 26/2/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-O] Presque Is 8/4/43; Polebrook 6/5/43; {24m} transferred 2 BAD 8/6/44; Returned to the USA Cincinnati 18/6/44; 613 BU Phillips Fd, 28/9/44. GREMLIN’S DELITE.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/43; en route to UK aircraft force landed Clonakilty, N. Ireland 7/4/43 with Bill Thomas, Co-pilot: Jim Stapleton, Navigator: Bill Prochaska, Bombardier: Collis Hayes, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Thompson frost-bitten feet, Radio Operator: Carl Cameron, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rex Neely, Waist gunner: Guy Tice, Waist gunner: Arlie Arneson,Tail gunner: Bill Whitcombe (10 Returned to Duty); Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-C] Alconbury 2/5/43; 1m (Ball turret gunner: J.R. Miller Wounded in Action), transferred 359BS/351BG [YB-N] Polebrook 17/6/43; suffered battle damage and sent to 2 BAD CCRC on return 10/11/43; Salvaged 18/6/45 13+m. T’AINT A BIRD.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/43; Smoky Hill 24/4/43; Dow Fd 19/5/43; Presque Is 21/5/43; Assigned 92BG Alconbury 13/6/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-Z] Alconbury 16/6/43; 1m, transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 6/43; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Art Becktoft, Co-pilot: Cliff Spencer, Navigator: Walt Nichols, Bombardier: Bob Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Williams, Ball turret gunner: Chas Marengo, Waist gunner: Ed Hoffman, Waist gunner: Henry Popielarski,Tail gunner: Andy Stanley (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Floyd Lowe (Killed in Action): enemy aircraft caused heavy damage, crashed outskirts of Bremen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 953. WAR EAGLE.

Delivered March 5-Jun-41; Assigned 93BS/19BG Clark Field, PI 20-Oct-41; Del Monte-Batchelor 17-Dec-41 with Ford, Chiles, Carrithers, Burke, Uliano, Gilbraith, Groel, Shafer, Wright, Huston; to Samarinda, Borneo then Singosari, Java 30-Dec-41 with Bill Bohnaker; ground accident, overshot runway at Malang, Java 16-Jan-42 with Bill Bohnaker. Sal, the first B-17 lost in Java. Never served in UK

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 1/10/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-J] Grafton Underwood 19/1/45; in landing accident aircraft crashed into tree on edge of base with Oscar Pierce 19/3/45; Salvaged 20/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/8/42; Hamilton 4/9/42; Assigned 403BS/43BG Laverton, Aus 14/3/42; transferred 65BS & 64BS Torrens Creek, Aus 27/8/42; Iron Range, Aus 17/10/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Mareeba, Aus 21/1/43; Port Moresby, NG 11/5/43; transferred 54TCW 11/43 then 57TCS/375TCS Port Moresby; on 4/5/44 with Robert Kennedy crash landed Tadji, near Aitape, NG, after supply drop attempt;. Salvaged 5/5/44.(nicknamed ??? (poss FLEE) BY HORSE

Delivered Cheyenne 24/3/44; Hunter 16/4/44; Grenier 28/4/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-C] Horham 3/5/44; 4m, transferred 351BS/100BG [EP-J] Thorpe Abbotts 8/6/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Bob Schomp, Co-pilot: Henry Preher, Navigator: Bob Culwell, Bombardier: Sylvester Dittbenner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edmund Radke, Radio Operator: John HunterWounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: Joe Rosolino, Waist gunner: Elmer Flood,Tail gunner: Art Malaney (9 Prisoner of War); flak set wing afire, ship exploded over Kleinebersdorf, SE of Stadtroda, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7814. YANKEE (WAHINE) WINE.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/44; Kearney 8/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-N] Grafton Underwood 29/6/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with John Buslee, Co-pilot: Dave Albrecht, Navigator: Bill Henson, Bombardier: Bob Stearns, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Len Bryant, Radio Operator: Seb Peluso, Ball turret gunner: George McMann,Tail gunner: Gerald Anderson (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: George Farrar (Prisoner of War); collided with 42‑31222 over target; both ships went down on fire and out of control; no chutes;, crashed Ostingersleben, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9753. LEAD BANANA.

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Memphis 24/10/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-D] Grafton Underwood 546 [BK-D] 23/11/43; Missing in Action Magdeburg (Berlin) 28/9/44 with Jim Brodie, Co-pilot: Lloyd Vevle, ng-Byron Atkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Crumpton, Radio Operator: Don Dooley, Ball turret gunner: Gordon Hetu (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: George Hawkins, Waist gunner: Harry Liniger,Tail gunner: Wilf Miller (3 Prisoner of War); Collided with 43‑37822 over target; both ships went down on fire and out of control; no chutes observed; crashed near Erxleben, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9366. LAZY DAISY.