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

Delivered Lincoln 19/11/44; Dow Fd 3/12/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG Lavenham 2/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. CARRY ME BACK.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Grenier 7/6/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-A] Molesworth 19/6/44; Missing in Action (4m) Bremen 24/6/44 with Harry Farthing, Co-pilot: Frank Page, Navigator: Jim George, Bombardier: John Carson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Sweetie, Radio Operator: Francis Postles, Ball turret gunner: Ernie Viles, Waist gunner: Leon Greig,Tail gunner: Joe Melynk (9 Prisoner of War); mech fault an engine out, crashed Parnewinkel, four miles S of Bremervorde, NE of Bremen; Missing Air Crew Report 6539.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/42; West Palm Beach 18/12/42; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-D] Thurleigh 1/2/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-M] Grafton Underwood 22/8/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Horace Writz, Bombardier: Paul Beeler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Gribbons (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Russell Harmen, Navigator: Bob Corman, Radio Operator: Frank Robertson, Ball turret gunner: Tony Hetzer, Waist gunner: Zenen Mikolayk, Waist gunner: Ed Gac,Tail gunner: Ed Pazsit (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Doehren, near Melle, 18 miles SE of Osnabruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2264. THE GEEZIL.

Delivered Tulsa 16/5/44; Kearney 25/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG [P] Glatton 16/6/44; Missing in Action Kassel 2/11/44 with Sam Schimel, Co-pilot: Ed Grudzien, Don Scheuch, Albert Schmidt, Henry Short, Bob McFarlane (6 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Dick Coffman,Tail gunner: Bob Kaer, Ball turret gunner: Dominic Staszwski (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ziegelrode, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10314.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/44; Hunter 9/1/45; Dow Fd 4/2/45; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 6/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 29/1/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 28/2/44; transferred 751BS/457BG [V] Glatton 2/3/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Graeme Bow, Navigator: George McGee, Bombardier: Dick Hibschman, Ball turret gunner: Bob Robinson, Waist gunner: Chester Spurrier (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Don Allen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chester Hall, Radio Operator: John Bruggeman,Tail gunner: Joe Navarro (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Annarode, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10322. PAPER DOLL.

Delivered Long Beach 28/9/43; Gr Island 12/10/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-F] Deenethorpe 13/12/43; Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Bob Stine, Co-pilot: Bob Kehoe, Navigator: Lee Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Trump, Radio Operator: Frank Keeney, Ball turret gunner: John Risi, Waist gunner: Dick Thill, Waist gunner: Ed Phillips,Tail gunner: Gilbert Prager (9 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Walter Empric (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Isernhagen, four miles NE of Hannover, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4017. GLORIA J.

Delivered Denver 3/12/43; Gt Falls 5/12/43; Cheyenne 16/12/43; Jackson 20/12/43; Savannah 21/12/43; Homestead 3/3/44; Assigned 353BS/301BG Lucera 4/3/44; Missing in Action {4m} Verona 22/3/44 with Bob Lawrence, Rederau, Birbiglia, Yurasha (4 Killed in Action); Harris, Anderson, Zarder, Figgatt, Rockwell, Gallagher (6 Prisoner of War); exploded over target, crashed Verona, It; Missing Air Crew Report 3285.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Q] Horham 7/10/43; 19m Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Clark Huddleston, Co-pilot: Jim Gholson, Navigator: Henry Levine, Bombardier: Earl McKenna, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Wilsey, Radio Operator: Wilbur Bronson, Ball turret gunner: Brandon Weaver, Waist gunner: Jackson Bryant,Tail gunner: Silas Richardson (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Murray Podolsky (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Wohlstreck, NE of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2545. IRISH LUCK.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-P] Deopham Green 5/1/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 28/9/44 with Larry Downey, Co-pilot: Chas Gilette, Navigator: Ed O’Neill, Bombardier: Jack Short, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stan Monikitas, Radio Operator: Ray Cremson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Vidulich, Waist gunner: Cliff Haas,Tail gunner: Bob Scott (9 Returned to Duty); flak KO’d #2, force landed Brussels Afd, Bel; Salvaged 14/11/44. SNAKES EYES.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Romulus 9/1/44; Presque Is 13/1/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-M] Deenethorpe 1/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Capt George Gould, Co-pilot: Frank Linc, Navigator: Bob Lotz, Bombardier: Jay Wade, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Gould, Radio Operator: Hugh Reddy, Ball turret gunner: Chas Warlow, Waist gunner: Jim McCaha{wia to foot, taken to hospital and repatriated before end of war} , Waist gunner: Ralph Meeks,Tail gunner: John Cumpson (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed two miles E of Platendorf, near Gifhorn, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4346. BADLAND BAT.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/9/44; Hunter 20/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-V] Horham 28/9/44; 51m, 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 19/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/44; Hunter 15/7/44; Dow Fd 26/7/44; Assigned 490BG Eye 29/7/44; transferred 327BS/92BG [UX-O] Podington 30/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 29/9/44; Bismark 4/10/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-L] Nuthampstead 23/11/44; (47m) Missing in Action Oranienburg 10/4/45 with Jim McAfee, Co-pilot: Don Jones, Navigator: Burton Roth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Arthur Roit, lwg-Felix Tichenor,Tail gunner: Max Paxton (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Frank Lewis, Radio Operator: Paul Krup, Ball turret gunner: Haskell Boyes, RCM-Bob Engard {wg} (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 13867.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Rapid City 8/3/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-Z] Thurleigh 2/6/44; Missing in Action Halle 16/8/44 with Young Newsom, Co-pilot: Irving Dudley, Navigator: Harry Pasvoll, Bombardier: Gordon Slocum, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jerry Myers, Ball turret gunner: Milton Bassett, Waist gunner: Orville Werts,Tail gunner: Floyd Owens (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Henry Kantor (KIA-on ground, two Luftwaffe soldiers from Rheine airfield nearby were tried and hung 5/9/47); flak, crashed Rotenkirchen, W of Bohlen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7901. ZAMRO.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/1/43; Salina 2/2/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Morrison 3/3/43; Navarin, Alg. 4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila 17/6/43; Massicault 31/7/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; transferred 840BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/44; Kearney 13/1/44; Grenier 25/1/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-E] Framlingham 3/2/44 ETO-ITIS; Missing in Action Berlin [24m] 8/5/44 with Tom Hammond, Co-pilot: Bill Hately, Navigator: Lionel Israel, Bombardier: Orlando Merrill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Fields (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Ernie Quayle, Ball turret gunner: Alvin Smith, Waist gunner: Chas Snideman, Waist gunner: Lou Luedte,Tail gunner: Phil Maitner (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KOd #1 and #2, along with electrics, crashed Hademsdorf, 22 miles N of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4584. SHY ANN.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/44; Savannah 22/2/44; Homstead 17/3/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 17/3/44; Missing in Action Moravska Ostrova, Czech 29/8/44 with Bill Tune, Co-pilot: Francis Flynn, Navigator: Loy Dickinson,ettg-Tom Coogan, Radio Operator: Bob Kirsch, Waist gunner: Joe Owslanik (6 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Russ Meyrick, Ball turret gunner: Joe Marinello (2KIA – both found in plane wreckage); Waist gunner: Joe Sallings,Tail gunner: Bob Donahue (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Boikowitz, Czech?; Missing Air Crew Report 8763. TAIL END CHARLIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Nashville 19/11/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-Z] Podington 27/12/43; Missing in Action Merkwiller, Fr. 3/8/44 with Neil Curtiss {325bs} (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Blanton, Navigator: George Chester, Bombardier: Gene Hamblin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Haun, Radio Operator: Jim Schafer, Ball turret gunner: Dick Anthony, Waist gunner: Bill Murray,Tail gunner: Bill Damian (8 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Brulange, near Metz, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 7698.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Wilmington 10/10/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-G] Framlingham 13/10/43; Missing in Action Nurnburg 10/9/44 with Chas McIntosh, Bombardier: Ray Wilson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Stokes, Radio Operator: Karle Kolmerer, Ball turret gunner: Griffith Williams, Waist gunner: Ernie Starr (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Basil Shafer, Navigator: Duward Bare(wia),Tail gunner: Ben Howell (3 Prisoner of War); flak hit in #4, went down and exploded, crashed in Schweinauer Strasse, Nurnberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8910. GUNG HO.