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

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 749BS/457BG [D] Glatton 23/5/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Keylon Clarke, Navigator: Walt Sundling, Bombardier: Bob Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albt Griffith, Radio Operator: Bill Sethloff, Waist gunner: Dave Dooley,Tail gunner: Dick Anderson (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bob Hovland, Ball turret gunner: Reed Simpson (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Buckau, E of Burg, near Magdeburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9775. THE DENVER BANDIT.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/8/43; Pyote 27/8/43; 435BS/19BG Pyote 9/11/43; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 20/6/45.

Delivered ATS Seattle 21/11/44; 4000 BU Wright 13/9/45; 4117 BU Robins 17/9/45; 4000 BU Wright 13/11/45; Recl Comp 2/8/46.

Assigned 323BS/91BG Bangor 14/9/42; West Palm Beach 24/11/42; transferred MTO 97BG Biskra, Alg. 1/43; 49BS/2BG 14/11/3; Massicault, Tun 14/11/43; Missing in Action Steyr, Aus. 24/2/44 with Harry Meyer, Co-pilot: Ralph Sneedon, Navigator: John McTeague, Bombardier: Ralph Karsh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ben Hughes, Radio Operator: Kinnon Taylor, Waist gunner: Lawrence Dunn (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Edwin Jackson, Waist gunner: Webb Digh,Tail gunner: John McMullin (3KIA, buried in forest near Moosbach, Austria); s/d, no chutes seen, crashed near Hocheck. Missing Air Crew Report 2619. INDIANAPOLIS WAR BIRD.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Assigned 749BS/457BG [S] Glatton 29/1/44; Missing in Action Hamm 25/11/44; force landed France; Salvaged 18/3/45.

Delivered Denver 6/7/43; Assigned 595BS/396BG Moses Lake 24/7/43; crash landed base 1/8/43 with Richard Wong, rep; 352 BU Lakeland 27/8/43; with Ray Jones force landed Drew Fd 13/2/44; 327 BU Drew 4/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 22/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Grenier 9/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 20/12/43; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-O] Podington 27/1/44; battle damaged Cologne 28/1/45, with Chas Lane, force landed Belgium; Salvaged 2/2/45. IRENE aka JEAN B.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX- ] Podington 13/9/44; Missing in Action {71m} Zwickau 7/10/44 with Chas Kerr, George Vogler, Leroy Draud, Bill Cummings {Ex nav}, Joe Barrett (5 Prisoner of War); Dwight Benjamin, Bob Devaney, Alby Salazar, Bill McCray, Bob Moshier (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Emmerich; Missing Air Crew Report 9345.

Delivered Denver 20/12/43; 1SAG Langley 12/1/44; Mitchell 15/1/44; Assigned 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 5/2/44; transferred 422NLS/305BG [JJ-S] Chelveston 20/3/44; 544BS/384BG [SU-X] Grafton Underwood 4/8/44; 358BS/303BG [VK-X] Molesworth 8/44; landing accident at base with Werner Goering 7/12/44; transferred 398BG Nuthampstead 22/5/45; no ops, to RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. MERCY’S MADHOUSE.

Delivered Denver 2/7/43; Smoky Hill 16/8/43; 4601 BU Lakeland 15/8/44; 325 BU Avon Park 17/8/44; with Bob Jones force landed Avon Park 27/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 15/8/45.

Delivered Long Beach 23/2/43; Patterson 17/4/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-P] Polebrook 23/4/43; Missing in Action 19m Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Capt Eugene Harris, Co-pilot: Jim O’Donoghue, Navigator: Tom Briscoe, Bombardier: John McLain, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Tigue, Waist gunner: Harry Mellott,Tail gunner: Mitch Miles (7 Killed in Action), Radio Operator: Orville Click, Ball turret gunner: Ray Smith, Waist gunner: Paul Lucyk (3 Returned to Duty); lost two engines through mechanical problems, but safely ditched Channel, however only three survived when rescue came nearly three days later. Missing Air Crew Report 1550. PATTY ANN II.

Delivered Denver 19/9/43; Scott 26/9/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-R] Polebrook 24/10/43; Missing in Action {3m} Solingen 1/12/43 with Jim Plant, Co-pilot: Fred Smith, Navigator: Fred Larson, Bombardier: Wayne Dillard, Radio Operator: Byron Hunter, Waist gunner: John Rowe, Waist gunner: Jake Hobbs,Tail gunner: John Hill (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Harkins; Ball turret gunner: Paul O’Neill (2 Killed in Action) enemy aircraft, crashed near Daun, 37 miles SW of Koblenz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1658.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/9/43; Scott 28/9/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG Ridgewell 20/10/43; Missing in Action 19m Brunswick 30/1/44 with Bob Deering, Navigator: Dave Barer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wardell Horne, Radio Operator: Andy Richards, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Husvar, Waist gunner: Lloyd Jackson, Waist gunner: Wallace Scott,Tail gunner: Loren Sandford (8 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Williams, Bombardier: Paul Crabtree (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed on a street between Kohle & Ottbergen, six miles E of Hildesheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2243. LITTLE DUCHESS aka WOLVERINE.

Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-B] Polebrook 17/4/43; Missing in Action {1m} Kiel 19/5/43 with Bob Mansfield, Navigator: Dave Nash, Bombardier: Sid White (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Don Jasinek, Radio Operator: Elmer Peterson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Anchors, Waist gunner: Cliff Cole, Ball turret gunner: Louis Strumolo, Waist gunner: Willard Backman,Tail gunner: Tom Higgins (7 KIA); flak hit #3 which was smoking badly, bombs were dropped then ditched Baltic Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 15719. IN THE MOOD.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque Is 12/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-H] Polebrook 16/4/43; Missing in Action 1m Courtrai 14/5/43 with Cliff McCoy, Co-pilot: Chas Nickels, Navigator: Carlisle Nottingham, Bombardier: Jerry Scollard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pete Brasic, Radio Operator: Cecil Bazar, Ball turret gunner: George Osborne, Waist gunner: Cleman Smith, Waist gunner: Bill Lafferty (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Bob Hilton (Killed in Action); flak hit & exploded, crashed Stene, two miles S of Ostende, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 15557.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/7/44; Kearney 9/8/44; Grenier 16/8/44; Assigned 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 18/8/44; during assembly for Plauen 26/3/44 with Hugh McCutcheon, Co-pilot: Jim Holt, Navigator: Julius Bowers, tog-Paul Sleetz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Dalton, Radio Operator: Bert Servo, Ball turret gunner: John Lankin, Waist gunner: Howard Armstrong,Tail gunner: Irwin Meltz (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-38876(452BG); crashed Framsden and Crettingham, UK; all killed; Salvaged.

Delivered Hunter 2/10/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 17/10/44; during return from Plauen in heavy overcast 26/3/45 with Arlin Porter, Co-pilot: Chas Daugherty, Navigator: Melvin Danner, Bombardier: Bill Young, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Elgin, Radio Operator: Norman Shirk, Ball turret gunner: Harry Yeaney, Waist gunner: Joe Dawson,Tail gunner: Hardin Lewis (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-38402; crashed Crettingham, near Framsden, UK; all killed; Salvaged 28/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Gr Island 13/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 24/4/44; no ops, transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-P] Ridgewell 27/4/44; landing accident at Glatton A/fd with Vince Peters 8/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; Sth Plains 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. HELL’S ANGEL.

Delivered Denver 18/11/43; Gt Falls 6/12/43; New Castle 14/12/43; Presque Is 16/12/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-G] Podington 4/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 23/3/44 with Henry Murdock, Co-pilot: Frank Evans, Navigator: Martin Maher, Bombardier: Paul Martz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Bryant, Radio Operator: George Anderson,Tail gunner: John Verona (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Bernie Kandcer, Waist gunner: Jack Williamson, Waist gunner: Carl Chumbley (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed between Merfeld & Bornste, NW of Dulmen, Westfalen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3415. BLACK MAGIC.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW- ] Podington 23/1/44; Missing in Action Munster 23/3/44 with Cliff Robbins, Co-pilot: Fred Maxwell, Navigator: Martin Feingold, Bombardier: Dick Kappel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: J.G. Wilson, Ball turret gunner: Ysaya Dirosario,Tail gunner: Frank Page (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Lester Petig, Waist gunner: Walt Richardson, Waist gunner: Sam Nelson (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Nateln, due N of Soest, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3414.