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

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-T] Rougham 17/10/44; 333BS [TS-T]; transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 19/10/44; Missing in Action Dresden 2/3/45 with Bill Hemphill, Co-pilot: Larry Van Meir, Navigator: Ray Baynes, Bombardier: Alvin Murtha, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Molnar, Radio Operator: Arnold Hurst, Ball turret gunner: Maurice Huot, Waist gunner: Tony Minkiewicz,Tail gunner: Chas Kreiger (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Besterode, near Kassel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12859.

Delivered Denver 19/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 11/11/43; transferred 365BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 3/12/43; Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43 with Howard Hunter; Co-pilot: Howard Johnson, Navigator: Gerald Foster, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gordon McCully, Radio Operator: Don Montgomery, Ball turret gunner: Jim Cole, Waist gunner: Dwight Norman, Waist gunner: Ken Detweiler,Tail gunner: George Coleman (9 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: David Park (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Dreeke, near Kornau, NE of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1708.

Delivered Tulsa 29/4/44; Hunter 5/5/44; Grenier 19/5/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-J] Bassingbourn 27/5/44; 47m Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with John Askins, Navigator: Tony Della Porta, Bombardier: Paul Collier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hilmer Beicker, Radio Operator: Roger Armstrong, Ball turret gunner: Bob Webb, Waist gunner: Harry Sackman,Tail gunner: Roy Loyless (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Randall Archer (KIA-by sniper on ground); 88m shell hit cockpit and set on fire enemy aircraft, crashed Clappenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10141. U.S.A. – THE HARD WAY.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 563BS/388 Knettishall 4/9/43; Missing in Action Munster 23/3/44 with Don Filler, Co-pilot: Hugh Wetzel, Bombardier: Bill Findlay, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Rechlin, Ball turret gunner: Harry Asmussen (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Morin, Radio Operator: Ray Brennan, Waist gunner: Ben Adams, Waist gunner: Loren Humble,Tail gunner: Ray Wilson (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Walle, 11 miles NW of Celle, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3541.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Wendover 10/12/43; Presque Is 19/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 22/1/44; transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-R] Kimbolton 18/3/44; crashed on take off with Harry Watson after stalling 23/1/45; Salvaged.

Delivered Long Beach 3/2/43; Rapid City 17/2/43; Brookley 28/3/43; Morrison 10/4/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG Alconbury 24/4/43; transferred AFSC 5/43, then 546BS/384BG [BK-E] Grafton Underwood 7/8/43; Missing in Action Le Bourget 16/8/43 with Dave Magowan, Co-pilot: Leonard Bughman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Grinstein, Radio Operator: Ladislaw Koves, Ball turret gunner: Matt Coody, Waist gunner: Ed Ohe (6 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Jim Murray (Killed in Action); Navigator: John Dougherty, Bombardier: John Heald, Waist gunner: Bob Sheets (3 evaded capture); shot down by enemy aircraft after crew bailed, crashed near Ramboville, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 295.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 30/6/44; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-G] Polebrook 1/7/44; Missing in Action 22m Augsburg 19/7/44 with Herb Konecheck, Co-pilot: Barrett Levinsky, Navigator: Joe Difranks, Radio Operator: Guerino Lostocco, Ball turret gunner: Jim Ocamb, Waist gunner: Phil Hersey,Tail gunner: Max Hainet (7 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ken Landstrom,ettg-Chas Wiles, (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Stossberg, near Allgau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7557.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/44; Lincoln 15/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 10/9/44; transferred 613BS/401BG [IN-D] Deenethorpe 12/9/44; 615BS [IY-P]; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45. BOTTLE BABY.

Delivered Denver 24/12/43; Gr Island 16/1/44; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 8/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Bill Lentz, Co-pilot: Phil Hiden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mike Miller, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bennett (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Ken Hickey, Bombardier: John Pond, Radio Operator: Chas Deutsch, Waist gunner: John Olheiser, Waist gunner: Bob Perdue,Tail gunner: Merton Dewitt (6 Prisoner of War); mid-air coll with enemy aircraft, wreckage crashed Oegenbostel, two miles N of Wedemark, near Plumhof, N of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3090.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/11/42; Assigned 334BS/95BG Rapid City 21/12/42; crashed mountains near Ordway, Col, in fierce snowstorm 24/1/43, with Ed Woodward, Co-pilot: Lester Cattron, Navigator: Norval Kelly, Bombardier: Hascall Young, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas McDonald, Radio Operator: Carl Simpson,Tail gunner: Chas Burns, pass – Martin Walden, Taylor Hunt, Vince Larney (10 Killed in Service) aircraft totally destroyed. Written off 15/2/43.

Delivered Tulsa 23/1/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-A] Molesworth 24/3/44; Missing in Action (42m) Berlin 21/6/44 with Tom Morningstar{Wounded in Action}, Co-pilot: Fred Patterson, Navigator: Dick Kinder, Bombardier: Bernie Dooley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ted Schultz, Radio Operator: Fred Hartman, Ball turret gunner: John Grob, Waist gunner: Bob Schuster,Tail gunner: Bart Casillas (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Bad Schwartau, N of Lubeck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 6538. MAIRZY DOATS.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/8/44; Lincoln 1/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-H] Horham 25/9/44; with T.J. Tower force landed A-74 Cambrai/Niergneis, France 5/1/45; with C. Earley both with gs Ellingworth & Theo Hempen (wia) 25/2/45; landing accident at base with Jim Galbraith 15/3/45; (62m) Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/44; Alexandra 12/2/44; Presque Is 10/3/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 11/3/44; 710BS; Salvaged 2/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 1103 BU Morrison 8/10/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. HEEL DER FUHRER.

Assigned RAF [FA680] but transferred 92BG Bangor 28/6/42; with J.C. Dempsey damaged when force landed Dow Fd, Bangor 20/7/42, rep; transferred 364BS/305BG [WF-E/Z] /43 for training; Returned to the USA Grenier 18/1/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Cheyenne 14/5/43; Tinker 21/5/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-L] Andrews Fd 5/6/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 563BS/388BG Knettishall /43; Missing in Action Hanover 26/7/43 with Aubrey Bobbitt, Co-pilot: Pete McCahill, Navigator: Larry Wiegman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Claybourn,Tail gunner: Bill Hart (5 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Gordon Amos, Radio Operator: Jim Duncan, Ball turret gunner: Paul Warren, Waist gunner: Larry Hopwood, Waist gunner: Jim Langley (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Holtland, NE of Leer, S of Hesel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5386. GUZZLERS.

Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-D] New Castle 4/10/42; Thurleigh 26/10/42; transferred 369BS [WW- ]; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-A] Grafton Underwood 5/9/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 15/3/44; Returned to the USA Homestead 14/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge Fd 23/11/44. LITTLE AUDREY.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/3/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-A] Snetterton 3/5/44; Missing in Action Osnabruck 21/11/44 with Henry Sullivan, Co-pilot: John Towle, Navigator: Martin Feifer, Bombardier: Earl Stevens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Theron Lambert, Radio Operator: Dave Grunnah, Ball turret gunner: Ed Tighe, Waist gunner: Ken Woslager,Tail gunner: Loran Davis (9 Killed in Action); hit by prop wash, crashed Lamspringe, S of Hilesheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10415.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/1/45; Hunter 6/2/45; Dow Fd 20/2/45; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-P] Polebrook 9/3/45 (last aircraft Assigned grp); {7m} transferred 305BG Chelveston 5/45; re-ass 30/4/47; mapping Dutch 15/5/47; Recl Comp 19/11/47.

Delivered Denver 30/9/43; Gr Island 19/10/43; Memphis 26/10/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 1/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Clarry Grindley, Navigator: Bob Fanning, Bombardier: Don Mecum, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Parker, Radio Operator: George Hockenberry,Tail gunner: Jim Johnson (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Eino Allander{wia, chute failed}, Ball turret gunner: Don Liebman(wia, arm amputated but died of heart attack 2/4/44}, Waist gunner: Selmer Thompson, Waist gunner: Bayne Tucker (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Schoeningsdorf, six miles W of Meppen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3084. DUCHESS OF DIXIE.

Delivered Long Beach 10/9/43; Scott 7/10/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 25/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Len Tobias, Co-pilot: Walt Yurkurtat, Navigator: Herb Gotha, Bombardier: Alf Hano (4 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Eldridge{injured spine on landing}, Radio Operator: Neal McIntyre, Ball turret gunner: Fred Albers, Waist gunner: Lou Markson, Waist gunner: Joe Pikor,Tail gunner: John Filipowski (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set off explosion in radiao room and ship[ crashed Krugerhorst at Mieste, 12 miles NE of Helmstedt A/fd, 30 miles NE of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3087.