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

Delivered Lincoln 18/8/44; force landed base with ? 29/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned 342BS/97BG Amendola 28/9/44; Missing in Action Salzburg 11/11/44 with Paul Bohonek, Croller, Flint, Darner, Martyn, Gullett, Charrange, Lindsay, Brunstetter, Willison; mid air coll with 44-6366, crashed Treviso; Missing Air Crew Report 9861.

Assigned 353BS/301BG Westover 12/7/42; Chelveston 9/8/42; Tafaraoui, Alg 26/11/42; Maison Blanche, Alg 5/12/42; Biskra, Alg 16/12/42; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/1/43; St Donat, Alg 6/3/43; Oudna, Tun 6/8/43 {56m}; transferred 96BS/2BG Massicault, Tun 14/11/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; Missing in Action {22m} Klagenfurt 19/3/44, with Herman Lavine, Co-pilot: Art Hyatt, Navigator: George Seamans, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mike Croccia, Radio Operator: Harry Hanson, Ball turret gunner: Virgil Laz(m)ar, Waist gunner: Oscar Rome,Tail gunner: Bob Cary (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Louis Boehm, Waist gunner: Ken Cook (2 Prisoner of War); shot down by fighters firing rockets, six chutes seen, crashed Cilli, It; Missing Air Crew Report 3287. DARK EYES. (?BRIGHT EYES?)

Delivered 29BG MacDill 7/5/42; Assigned 340BS/97BG Polebrook 6/42; transferred 326BS/92BG Bovingdon 9/42; transferred 326BS/11CCRC 1/43; crashed on take off from Bovingdon on navigation exercise 24/6/43; with Jim Buford, Co-pilot: Jack Berry, Navigator: Harry Thompson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ramon Sherer, Radio Operator: Herb Jackson, pass-Lt Walter Fieg, Navigator: Capt Ralph Menees, Navigator: Lt Bill Turner, Navigator: Lt Joe Hudson, Navigator: Lt Chas Lichtenberger, obs-Lt Col Melvin Smith (11 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 25/6/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/43; Memphis 16/4/43; Assigned 368BS/305BG [BO-Z] Thurleigh 5/5/43; transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-M] Alconbury 25/7/43; with Basil Jones, plus crew (?); crash landed Ashdown Forest, near Wych Cross, Sussex battle damaged Stuttgart 6/9/43 (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged AFSC 7/9/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Morrison 5/5/43; Warner Robbins 11/5/43; Morrison 16/5/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 28/5/43; Ain M’Lila 17/6/43; to Massicault with Ed Dittus and involved in landing accident 29/10/42; {36m} transferred 419BS/301BG Oudna 14/11/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {0m} Returned to the USA Grenier 14/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.

Delivered Lincoln 13/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-C] Podington 11/10/44; Missing in Action Dresden 14/2/45 with Walt Kelly, Alex Ellett, Walt Sierzant, Roman Pasinski, Bill Balentine, Malcolm Serfass, Ben Britton, Dick Youngdahl (8 Killed in Action); Ernie Robertson (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Conderque, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 12354. FLAT TOP.

Assigned RAF [FA693] but transferred 92BG Bangor 24/6/42; 342BS/97BG Polebrook /8/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui, Alg. 22/11/42; Biskra 25/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43 {125m}; transferred 99BG Tortorella 11/43 {12m}; Returned to the USA Morrison 18/5/44 {total 137m}; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd, 19/5/45. WAR EAGLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Wendover 10/12/43; Assigned 748BS/457BG [R] Glatton 26/1/44; Missing in Action Osnabruck 26/9/44 with Bob Ellsworth, Co-pilot: John Van Ingen, No nav, Bombardier: Tom Metcalfe, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Kreighbaum, Radio Operator: Jim Mellin, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Milbouer, Waist gunner: Elmer Lafayette, Waist gunner: Larry Maher,Tail gunner: Joe Smolinski (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, exploded in mid-air breaking into three pieces, crashed Osterwieck, NE of Goslar/Harz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9771. OH KAY!

Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-L] Ridgewell 1/10/43; battle damaged Berlin 19/5/44, sal 2/6/45. SUGAR.

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 10/10/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 11/10/44; Missing in Action Hamm 26/11/44 with Wayne Daniels, Bernie Rieth, Alf Soo, Harry Saunders, Wilbur James (5 Prisoner of War); Roger Randles, Joe Shaeffer, Phil McCaffrey, Mal McInnes (4 Killed in Action); flak & exploded, crashed Eisleben, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11207. THUNDERBIRD.

Assigned 92BG Bovingdon 8/42; 414BS/97BG Polebrook 24/8/42; transferred Maison Blanche, Alg. 20/11/42; Missing in Action Foggia 7/9/43 with Bill Bispham, Pilot: Everett Blogg, Navigator: Glenn J. Rhodes Jr., Co-pilot: Dan Grover, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Dudgeon, Radio Operator: Casimir Chester, Ball turret gunner: Myron Johnson, Waist gunner: Edwin Grogan, Waist gunner: Albt Cahill,Tail gunner: Morton Schlesinger (8 Killed in Action); Missing Air Crew Report 642. STINKY JR.

Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; slated 303BG, Assigned 562BS/388BG [T] Knettishall 8/4/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Lt Barry 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44.

Delivered Denver 26/10/43; Gr Island 9/11/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-L] Thurleigh 4/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 29/3/44 with Alvin Schuering, Co-pilot: Harvey Nielsen, Navigator: Jack Hamilton, Bombardier: Rob Flood, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Hawthorne, Radio Operator: Mike Comarnisky, Ball turret gunner: Henry Ashley, Left waist gunner: Norton McAllister, Right waist gunner: Leon Currie, Tail gunner: Max Bergen (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #2 then later #3, crash landed Winzlar, SW of Steinhuder Lake, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3480.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/4/43; Gore 21/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Morrison 20/5/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG St Donat 25/5/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Missing in Action {24m} Wiener Neustadt 2/11/43 with Herb Pattison, Co-pilot: Beutke, Navigator: Apelhot, Bombardier: Irwin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sifferd, Radio Operator: Connell, Ball turret gunner: Funk, Waist gunner: Daleo,Tail gunner: Hoops (9 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Wiener Neustadt, Aus. Missing Air Crew Report 1094.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/45; Gore 9/3/43; Duncan 31/3/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-P] Molesworth 16/5/43; 16m Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/10/43 with Vic Loughman, Co-pilot: Winfield Gredvig, Navigator: Jim Maxwell, Bombardier: Ed Pullman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene High, Radio Operator: Russ Daley, Ball turret gunner: Ken McGee, Waist gunner: Gordon Barr, Waist gunner: Paul Robillard,Tail gunner: Bill Knorpp (10 Prisoner of War); mech problem, crashed St Vith, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 780.

Delivered Denver 14/2/44; Rapid City 17/2/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-U] Nuthampstead 25/4/44; battle damaged Merseburg 21/11/44 with Hyndman; force landed AOC Belgium, 21/11/44. Salvaged ASC 28/11/44; OLE BLOOD-N-GUTS.

Delivered Denver 28/7/43; Grand Island 10/8/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-A] Snetterton 29/8/43 RAMBLIN’ WRECK; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Tom Parks, Co-pilot: Earl Bason, Navigator: John Sweeney, Bombardier: Joe Leblanc, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Glen Richardson, Radio Operator: Blakley Seward, Ball turret gunner: George Gera, Waist gunner: Wesley Wright, Waist gunner: Frank Waizeneger,Tail gunner: Gordon Rodemark (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Eystrup, 28 miles SE of Bremen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1393. WILDFIRE.

Delivered Hunter 27/11/44; Grenier 5/12/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-A] Kimbolton 19/1/45; transferred 839BS/487BG Lavenham 22/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45.

Delivered Denver 1/2/43; Brookley 15/3/43; Assigned 429BS/2BG 20/4/43; (17m) Missing in Action Gerbini, It. 8/7/43 with Roy Kline, Co-pilot: Pat Maher, Bombardier: Ray Grace, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Wright, Radio Operator: Leo Cawdrey, Ball turret gunner: John Brown, Waist gunner: Don Kenyon, Waist gunner: Don Rosenow,Tail gunner: Rich Bruso (9 Killed in Action); Navigator: Edwin Kocher (Returned to Duty); shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed in Mediterranean, where Kocher was picked up by RN destroyer. Missing Air Crew Report 204. MISS CARRIAGE.

Delivered Denver 19/12/43; Kearney 5/1/44; Assigned 351BG Polebrook 25/2/44; transferred 457BG Glatton 1/3/44; 360BS/303BG [PU-O] Molesworth 11/3/44; Missing in Action Oranienburg (13m) 18/4/44 with Lloyd Holdcroft, Co-pilot: Clyde Bradley, Navigator: Chas Pace, Bombardier: John O’Donnell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John DeMarco, Radio Operator: Walt Francis, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Kern, Waist gunner: Walt Hustus, Waist gunner: Walt Slusser,Tail gunner: Bob Krumholz (10POW-all on their last mission); lost two engines, threw out gear to lighten ship but crash landed three miles SE of Reinsehlen Afd, near Hanover, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4009. THE ROAD BACK.