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

Delivered Cheyenne 23/7/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-E] Horham 11/8/44 KURCHOW; 335BS [OE-X/C]; 36m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. EXCELSIOR.

Delivered Long Beach 5/4/43; Tulsa as crew trainer TB-40 13/4/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 13/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/45; Hunter 3/3/45; Grenier 27/3/45; Assigned 487BG Lavenham 23/4/45; Returned to the USA Charleston 26/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/45; Hunter 5/3/45; Grenier 23/3/45; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 25/3/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 27/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45.

Delivered Salt Lake City 13-Feb-41; Albuquerque 1-Oct-41; Assigned 19BG Clark Field 2-Nov-41; strafed and destroyed at Clark Field 8-Dec-42. Salvaged. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-A] Alconbury 8/4/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; 4m, transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-E] Grafton Underwood 10/7/43; 2 Base Air Depot, Lt Staughton 5/4/44; Returned to the USA 6/5/44; Tinker 6/6/44; Recl Comp 9/2/45. KATHY JANE.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Morrison 10/3/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-M] Molesworth 6/4/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with Capt John Van Wie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert Hlebasko, Ball turret gunner: Gene Morton, Waist gunner: Theo Swanson (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jim Walsh, Navigator: Paul Blank, Bombardier: Bob Taylor, Radio Operator: Bob Noll, Waist gunner: Ben Spring{later repatriated},Tail gunner: Bob Bridges (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Retwischof, S of Bad Oldesloe, SW of Lubeck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 91. TOOTS – BUTCH.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Billings 16/3/43; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 1/4/44; slated 398BG, Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-A] Horham 8/4/44; 21m, transferred 571BS/390BG [FC-X] Framlingham 1/6/44 ODD BALL; Waist gunner: Bob Kincaid (Killed in Action) on mission to Paris-St-Ouen 22/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 5/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45. DOUBLE IN BRASS.

Delivered Hunter 4/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 353BS/301BG Lucera 17/10/44; Missing in Action Vienna 19/11/44 with Albert Luster, Guernsey, Holler, Reed, Velozzi, Perry (6 Killed in Action); Ellison, McKinley, Grinstead (3 evaded capture & return); mid air coll with 42-97910, ditched Adriatic Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 10098.

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 15/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 353BS/301BG Lucera 4/7/44; battle damaged Wiener Neudorf 26/7/44 with Greenfield, crew ?; mid air coll with 44-6549 Winterhofen, Aus; (‘6549 ditched); ‘910 returns and Salvaged.

Delivered SAD 30-Nov-40; Salt Lake City 22-May-41; Sunset Field 14-Jun-41; Assigned 38RS/19BG [aircraft 41] 14-Nov-41; arrived during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour 7-Dec-41 with Lt Bruce Allen, Co-pilot: Lt Chas McArthur, Lt Leo Eminger, Avn Cdt Walt Decker, M/Sgt Horace Hunsberger, Sgt Floyd Wright, Pfc Ray Fetty, Pvt Dick Morris, Pvt J.W. Childers; RETUS to Langley; with Larry Dennis on training run, crashed Sebring, Florida 29-May-43 (4 Killed in Service); Written off 29-May-43. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/44; Gr Island 3/3/44; Grenier 21/3/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-M] Thurleigh 2/4/44; transferred 534BS/381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 100+m, Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45. BEGIN THE BEGUINE – SHE DOOD IT.

Delivered Patterson 5/9/44; Hunter 20/9/44; Grenier 23/10/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 25/10/44; battle damaged 24/12/44 with ?; flak, crashed Leige, Bel; 9RTD; Salvaged. BORROWED TIME.

Delivered Hickam 17-Oct-42; Assigned 93BS/19BG Clarke Field 20-Oct-41; with Jim Connally landed Malang, 11-Jan-41; returned to Batchelor, Australia 20-Dec-41 with Jim Connally, Milton Beekman, M. Rowan, Durward Fesmire, Milton Kelm, Bob Hiron, Coburn, Peterson, Quinzel, Dick Olsen, McIntyre; to Samarinda, Borneo then Singosari, Java 30-Dec-41; while on a test flight 3-Feb-42 with Ray Cox, Co-pilot: John Huse, Navigator: John Sowa, Bombardier: Art Karlinga, John Remsy, Jack Bingham,Tail gunner: Don Barnes (7 Killed in Action) two others were 131st Field Artillery members, both KIA, shot down by Zeros over Malang, Java, the last B-17C in theatre.

Delivered Tulsa 4/4/44; Hunter 15/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-A] Horham 3/5/44; 25m, Missing in Action Brux 24/8/44 with Dave Schmidt, Co-pilot: Edgerton Paulson, Navigator: Calvin Jenkins, Bombardier: Harry Eustice, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Watson, Radio Operator: Dick Hyatt, Ball turret gunner: Don McQuade, Waist gunner: Jim Ward,Tail gunner: Jim Kelly (9 Prisoner of War); with two engines feathered, dropped behind, crashed Nuttel, E of Tennenheide, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8278.

Delivered Denver 16/4/43; New Castle 29/4/43; La Guardia 30/8/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-M] Polebrook 28/5/43; 511BS [DS-M]; Missing in Action {10m} Hamburg 25/7/43 with Edwin Boyd, Navigator: Delbart Ray, Bombardier: Eldon Tolman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Hamlin (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Joe Perkins, Radio Operator: Chas Cavanaugh, Ball turret gunner: Joe Keen, Waist gunner: Albert Garrison, Waist gunner: John Lewis,Tail gunner: Roy Weatherford (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 then attacked again, crashed Schmalfeld, three miles N of Kaltenkirchen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 92. CAPTAIN BILL.

Delivered Lincoln 12/9/44; Grenier 6/10/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-R] Horham 12/10/44; with H. Rivet, obs-George Reese [wia] 5/1/45; flak battle damaged over Seelze, Ger 14/3/45 with G.E. Brumbaugh, Ball turret gunner: Edwd Kuzma [wia]; force landed Belgium; 1WIA 8RTD; repaired & ret gp; 32m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; Sth Plains 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45.

Delivered 38RS/11BG [aircraft 40] SAD 29-Nov-40; arrived during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour 7-Dec-41 with Lt Earl Cooper, Lt Dick Eberenz, Lt John Crockett, Avn Cdt Jim Buchanan, T/Sgt Jesse Broyles, Sgt Joe Bruce, Sgt Lee Best, Cpl Elmer Lippold, Pvt Don McCord; with Bill Raper crashed 130 miles off Oahu, HI 15-Jun-42. Missing Air Crew Report 16123. The MACR has this with 303rd BG 360th BS and this is possible because the 303BG did not deploy to the UK until 12-Sep-42.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/43; Gore 2/6/43; Dow Fd 8/7/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-S] Rougham 9/7/43; considered war weary and sal 31/5/45. DONNA LOU II.

Delivered Tulsa 2/2/44; Gr Island 13/4/44; Dow Fd 17/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 22/4/44; no ops, transferred 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 12/5/44; Missing in Action Stettin 13/5/44 with Henry Hansen, Co-pilot: Edwin Locke, Navigator: Vince Kiely, Bombardier: George Clements, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Maxwell, Radio Operator: Clarry O’Malley, Ball turret gunner: Don Urban, Waist gunner: John Hamilton,Tail gunner: Dominic Bloise (9 Returned to Duty); flak KOd #2 & #3, ditched North Sea about 60 miles from UK, all saved by ASR; No MACR. ANY TIME ANNIE.