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

Delivered Long Beach 16/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-Q] Thurleigh 17/4/43 RIKKI TIKKI TAVI; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-T] Polebrook 11/7/43; Missing in Action 10m Frankfurt 4/10/43 with Dan Nauman, Co-pilot: Bill Keister, Navigator: Walter Blair, Bombardier: Mario Suozzo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Foy Rush, Radio Operator: Bob Martin, Ball turret gunner: Bill Towsley, Waist gunner: Lew Burgess body washed up 19/10/43, Waist gunner: Ralph Robeson,Tail gunner: Willard Hunter (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed mouth of River Scheldt, two miles from Flushing, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 910. MINOR BALL.

Delivered Hunter 4/9/44; Grenier 21/9/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 3/10/44; transferred 32BS/301BG Lucera 29/10/44; Missing in Action Vienna 12/2/45 with Merrill Barnes, Co-pilot: Ward, Navigator: Edelen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harper, Radio Operator: Whitcombe, Ball turret gunner: Olis, Waist gunner: Thomas,Tail gunner: Elmer (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Bowman, Waist gunner: Losh (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Tapolza; Missing Air Crew Report 12366.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-R] Nuthampstead 26/4/44; (23m) Missing in Action Noball V-1 sites 8/7/44 with George Wilson (KIA – went down with ship);Tail gunner: Reg Ferguson (evaded capture); Co-pilot: Vernon Atkinson, Navigator: Dick Dunn, Bombardier: Bob Perry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sanford Walke, Radio Operator: George Vela, Ball turret gunner: Martin Hansen, Waist gunner: Gerald Dye (7 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #1 & #2, crashed Money Cayeux, near Rouen, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 7217.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Pendleton 24/11/43; with Leon Sachs force landed Denver, Co 8/12/43; Salt Lake 12/12/43; Wendover 14/12/43; Assigned 748BS/457BG [A] Glatton 15/12/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 25/2/44 with Jim Chinn, Co-pilot: Bob Cooper, Radio Operator: Bob Mullins, Ball turret gunner: Bill Sullivan, Waist gunner: Dillard Engdahl, Waist gunner: Marion Ross,Tail gunner: Jeremiah Rolison (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Frank McNichol, Bombardier: John Vollmuth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vito Peragine (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Mont St Martin, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 3003.

Delivered Hunter 30/1/45; Grenier 11//2/45; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-J] Nuthampstead 29/3/45; RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. THE LITTLE PRINCESS.

Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-F] Bassingbourn 4/1/44; 22m Missing in Action Hamm 22/4/44 with Capt Harvey Hesse, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Williams (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Maj Chas Lee, Navigator: John Ryan(401BS), Navigator: Jay Suldan, GPb-Capt Provost Marshall, Radio Operator: Fred Snavely, Ball turret gunner: Harlan Bunn, Waist gunner: John Guy, Waist gunner: Leon Sterle, Ball turret gunner: Lt Leon Krahling (9 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3, gas tank exploded & crashed Korbecke, 19 miles SE of Hamm, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4259. QUAD ZERO then JUST NOTHING.

Delivered Patterson 5/9/44; Hunter 19/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-M] Nuthampstead 4/11/44; (23m) Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Perry Powell, Co-pilot: Sam Walker, Navigator: Bruce Phelps, Bombardier: Marvin Luckie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Harper, Radio Operator: Bob Colgan, Ball turret gunner: Albt Aleksyn, Waist gunner: Tom L’Estrange (8 Killed in Action);Tail gunner: Joe Bancroft (Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 42-97387; crashed Lehmke, near Gardelegen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12215.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-H] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; (81m) Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with John McCormick, Bombardier: Bill Logan (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bill Feinstein, Navigator: Ray Woltman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marvin Gooden, Radio Operator: Joe Stritch, Ball turret gunner: Reynaldo Gracia, Waist gunner: Bill Garner,Tail gunner: Jack Withrow (7 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-38697(398BG), crashed Lehmke, near Gardelegen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12214. MAUDE AN’ MARIA.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; Kearney 28/1/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-A] Molesworth 3/3/44; transferred 562BS/388BG [V] Knettishall 4/3/44; Missing in Action La Glacerie 8/5/44 with Lou Heving, Co-pilot: Joe Cicak, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Heim, Radio Operator: Howard Gollner, Waist gunner: Dave Kimmel (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Clifton Billado, Bombardier: Dick Seitzinger, Ball turret gunner: Joe Morse, Waist gunner: Will Kronitz,Tail gunner: Don Klein (5 Killed in Action); flak KOd #2, crashed Channel off St Suveeur-le-Vicomte, 19 miles S of Cherbourg, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 4599. PEG OF MY HEART aka SWEET ADELINE.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/44; Lincoln 21/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned 353BS/301BG Lucera 12/10/44; transferred depot 22/1/45; Re-ass AF Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp 6/12/48.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/4/44; Hunter 30/4/44; Grenier 12/5/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 23/5/44; Missing in Action {24m} Vienna 16/7/44 with John Harrington, Co-pilot: Larry Jenkins{wia both legs broken], Navigator: Henry Sievers, Jim Roche, Radio Operator: Ray Voss, Ball turret gunner: Owen Bruce, Waist gunner: Louis Kanner, Waist gunner: Randolph Steelman,Tail gunner: Bob Boulware (9 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Art Cox (Killed in Action); flak hit nose & #3 engine, crashed Strasshof; three chutes seen; Missing Air Crew Report 6904.

Delivered Dallas 23/8/43; 2100 BU Maxwell 3/6/44; 281 BU Pierre 31/10/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 20/3/45; 2100 BU Maxwell 14/7/47; crashed McKenzie, Tenn, 8/9/45 with Moles; fell from high altitude, crashed and burned; 8KIA; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 10/1/46.

Delivered Denver 20/7/43; Gore 8/8/43; Dyersburg 10/8/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW- ] Alconbury 16/9/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Jim Grumbles, Bombardier: Bob McGee, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Muntzinger, Radio Operator: Dick Frievalt, Waist gunner: Miland Bills, Waist gunner: Hugh Halsell,Tail gunner: Mike Cahill (7POW -?6), Co-pilot: Lloyd Busboom, Navigator: Ed Neu (2 evaded capture – 4?), Ball turret gunner: Alex Dominski (KIS-shot while escaping with evadees}; flak, crashed La Varenne, near La Bataille, 22 miles SE Niort, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1958. (+1669?)

Delivered Denver 2/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Romulus 6/1/44; Kearney 7/1/44; Memphis 9/1/44; Presque Is 10/1/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-B] Deenethorpe 31/1/44; 134m crash landed Polebrook 22/4/44. But survived the war. FANCY NANCY IV.

Delivered Denver 21/9/43; Scott 7/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-B] Deenethorpe 23/12/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Ron Rohner, Navigator: Stan Johnson, Bombardier: Emil Smetana, Radio Operator: John Morreale, Ball turret gunner: Ken Dickerson (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Frank Leonard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Surowski, Waist gunner: Cliff Barker, Waist gunner: Lowell Reif,Tail gunner: Harry Cyr (5 Prisoner of War); flak damage then FW190 KO’d #2, crashed Beienrode, three miles N of Konigslutter, 11 miles E of Brunswick, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report (2276) 2876. FANCY NANCY III.

Delivered Denver 30/9/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Memphis 6/11/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-N] Deenethorpe 24/12/43; battle damaged Bordeaux 31/12/43, with Shribner Dailey, rest unknown (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Kimbolton; Salvaged 4/1/44. FANCY NANCY II.

Delivered Long Beach 21/9/43; Gt Falls 25/9/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-F] Deenethorpe 26/10/43; Bremen 26/11/43 with Scribner Dailey, Co-pilot: Alex Stoker, Navigator: John Malone, Bombardier: Capt W.T. Hutson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Flynn, Radio Operator: Arth Hildreth, Ball turret gunner: George Cook, Waist gunner: Chas Hagen,Tail gunner: Chas Sanders (9 Returned to Duty), Waist gunner: Leo Baranik (Killed in Action). Mid-air collision with 42-30317 (388BG); on return crash landed RAF Detling, Kent, UK; sal 2 SAD 9/12/43. B17 42-37838 Fancy Nancy crashed near Kimbolton after mission to Gironde. 10 RTD

Delivered Cheyenne 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/5/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43; coll with 42-37838 (401BG) losing entire tail section, crashed Vehne Moor, Bissel, near Ahlhorn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3075. SECOND CHANCE.

Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Gr Island 3/9/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-U] Ridgewell 20/9/43; Missing in Action {15+m} Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Gordon Crozier, Co-pilot: Sid Van Ness, Navigator: George Hannon, Bombardier: Albt Monaco, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Dideum, Ball turret gunner: Bob Osborne, Waist gunner: Gordon Giddens, Waist gunner: Cliff Easley,Tail gunner: Walt Purnell (9 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: George Balmore (Killed in Action); flak, ship exploded & crashed near Schlagen, eight miles N of Paderborn, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1887.

Assigned 92BG Bangor 4/7/42; crash landed Dow Fd, with Alvin Podwojski 15/7/42, rep; 341BS/97BG Polebrook 8/42; Maison Blanche 17/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; Biskra 25/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; 347BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43 {16m}; depot 3/44; 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Returned to the USA Homestead 24/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Stillwater 4/10/45. WONGO.