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

Delivered Denver 10/1/44; 1SAG Langley 13/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-M] Bassingbourn 27/4/44; 324BG; transferred 601BS/398BG [3O-Q] Nuthampstead 6/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 18/6/44 with Ralph Halter, Navigator: Capt Harry Kravif, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clint Loveland, Radio Operator: Ed Goesel, Maj John Weibel (398BG Dep. CO as misson lead pilot), Lt Bob Parsons R.R. of 91BGTail gunner: John Burns (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Dick Sherman, Ex Navigator: Bob Bunning Ex nav, Bombardier: Art Harris,Tail gunner: John Burns (3 Prisoner of War); 398BG crew; flak set #1 ablaze & wing came off, crashed Fleestedt, SE of Harburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5996.

Delivered Tulsa 20/5/44; Kearney 30/5/44; Hunter 7/6/44; Morrison 19/6/44; Assigned 352BS/301BG Lucera 30/6/44; Missing in Action Wiener Neudorf 26/7/44 with Ralph Delenney, Kerr, Massey, Kuhn, Chesney, Salasek, Anderson, Fulton (8 Killed in Action); Demos, Stark (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Mariazell; Missing Air Crew Report 7142.

Delivered Lowry 7/8/42; Hamilton 6/10/42; Assigned 63BS/43BG Mareeba, Aus 17/10/42; then 403BS; Assigned Gen Richard Sutherland to see 503rd Paras to drop over Nadzab 5/9/43; Returned to the USA Rapid City 2/12/43 (398BG training at Walker Fd, Kan); Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45. LADY LUCK aka THE MUSTANG.

Delivered Lincoln 3/11/44; Dow Fd 12/11/44; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-M] Polebrook 11/12/44; {62m} Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. COUPE DE GRACE II.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Sioux City 12/5/43; Patterson 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG [–G] Knettishall 17/6/43; Missing in Action Hanvover 26/7/43 with Earl Horn, Bombardier: Bob Bailey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Baker, Radio Operator: Everett Hobbs, Ball turret gunner: Francis Whittaker, Waist gunner: Sam DeGeorgio, Waist gunner: Horace Hoffman (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Don Wetherbee, Navigator: Irving Cohen, Oliver Deckard (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Deckbergen, 30 SW of Hannover, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3130.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/42; West Palm Beach 8/1/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG Ain M’Lila 23/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43; {65m} transferred 96BS/2BG Massicault 14/11/43; Bizerte 1/12/43; Missing in Action {10m} Piraeus 14/12/43 with Walter Ward, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Wivell, Ball turret gunner: Frank Naro (3 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Chas Miller, Navigator: Tony Aratari, Bombardier: Joe Stanford, Radio Operator: Bill Redmon, Waist gunner: Clayton Kahler,Tail gunner: Vince Henke (6 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Joe LeBlanc (KIA, found in wreckage); Missing Air Crew Report 1482.

Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Salina 8/1/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-X] Thurleigh 25/3/43; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-Y] Grafton Underwood 21/8/43; then transferred RAF Farnborough (ER Flt) 19/2/44; BAD 1 Burtonwood 11/4/44, Returned to the USA Tinker 4/5/44; 2167 BU Birmingham 13/7/44; 4136 BU Tinker 6/8/44; 4117 BU Robins 20/12/44; 4100 BU Patterson 2/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 17/5/45. MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND.

Delivered Dallas 17/2/45; Hunter 22/2/45; Grenier 30/3/45; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-F] Grafton Underwood 10/4/45 (last aircraft assgd to grp); transferred with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged 9AF Germany 25/7/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/44; Hunter 3/6/44; Dow Fd 27/6/44; Assigned 837BS/487BG [4F-A] Lavenham 28/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/8/44 with Jay Hatfield, Co-pilot: Clarry McGinn, ntg-John Taber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick Conway, Radio Operator: Henry Ong, Ball turret gunner: Cecil Glover, Waist gunner: Chas Jamison,Tail gunner: Joe Kazmouz (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Ed Reichel (Killed in Action); flak KO’d #3, crashed Zeitz, N of Calbe-East rlwy st, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7892.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Memphis 20/11/43; Assigned 352BS/301BG Cerignola 19/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {23m} Ploesti 15/4/44 with John Simon, (Returned to Duty); flak KO’d #3 and pilot dived to put out fire but engine drops in sea, ditched off Ortona; crew rescued by Italian fishing boats.

Assigned 352BS/301BG Westover 13/7/42; Chelveston 9/8/42; Tafaraoui 26/11/42; Maison Blanche 5/12/42; Biskra 16/12/42; Ain M’Lila 17/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43 {48m}; 346BS/99BG Oudna 10/43 {34m}; to depot 3/44; (82m) Returned to the USA 9/5/44 Amarillo; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/12/45 THE GOON.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/4/43; Smoky Hill 28/4/43; Walla Walla 5/7/43; Smoky Hill 21/5/43; Tinker 23/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 16/6/43; transferred 336BS/95BG [ET-B] Horham 18/6/43; 12m, Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with John Cabeen, Co-pilot: Jack Trowbridge, Navigator: Bert Johnston, Bombardier: Tom Streibich, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Grady Hewgley, Radio Operator: Bill Rouse, Ball turret gunner: Howard Champlain, Waist gunner: Merle Garrett, Waist gunner: Norman Forney,Tail gunner: Joe Palazzo (10 Prisoner of War); flak hit KO’d #1, dropped behind heading for Switzerland and crashed southern Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 547. CUDDLE CAT.

Delivered Lincoln 26/11/44; Grenier 20/12/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-Q/J] Nuthampstead 1/2/45; battle damaged 10/4/45 with Shaffer on mission to Oranienburg was hit by a rocket from an Me262, but made it home to RAF Manston, UK and ret. group 25/5/45; RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 1/6/45; Sth Plains 5/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

Delivered Denver 2/11/43; Gr Island 21/11/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-Y] Podington 8/1/44; on mission 7/5/44 Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Fawcett (Killed in Action); 45 Missing in Action Munich 11/7/44 with John Seilheimer, Co-pilot: Bob Maloney, Navigator: Alex La Penna, Bombardier: Bob Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ben Strusynski, Radio Operator: Gerald Swindell, Ball turret gunner: Art Janiszewski, Waist gunner: Frank Kollman,Tail gunner: Frank Rossi (9INT); flak, lost two engines, then hit by Swiss flak (lost 4ft off wing) and attacked by aircraft on approach to force landed Switzerland; Missing Air Crew Report 7508. MANCHESTER LEADER.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/11/43; Gr Island 21/11/43; Wilmington 30/11/43; Presque Is 1/12/43; Prestwick 7/12/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-B] Polebrook 2/1/44; Missing in Action {1m} Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Dick Case, Co-pilot: George Smith, Navigator: Ed Jackson, Bombardier: Dave Steed, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Hanson, Radio Operator: Jim Wiersma, Ball turret gunner: Dave Flanzbaum, Waist gunner: Harry Simmons, Waist gunner: Harry Peters (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Ray Howard (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Forest House, Donnershagen National Park, 11 miles SE of Holzminden, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1941.

303BG/427BS assigned with crew on 1-May-42 at Alamogordo Field, Almogordo, New Mexico. Sent with crew to Dow Field, Bangor, Maine for deployment 5-Oct-42. Arrived at Molesworth, UK 24-Oct-42. Missing in Action St Nazaire 3-Jan-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed into the Atlantic while on approach to target of St. Nazaire, France. 10KIA, MACR 6141. Participated in 6 Operations (3 were Aborted) See Biography events for crew infomation.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/5/43; Tinker 8/6/43; Smoky Hill 17/6/43; Casper 28/6/43; Kearney 30/6/43; Eglin 4/7/43; Dow 9/7/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Ain M’Lila 27/7/43; Massicault 31/7/43; {19m} transferred 341BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 23/6/44 with Lyle Fleener, Clancey, Ballard, McShane, Gindes, Popkin, King, Huhnke, Logsdon, Potvin; enemy aircraft, crashed Bucharest; Missing Air Crew Report 6951. HUSTLIN’ HUZZY.

Delivered Denver 3/2/43; Salina 14/2/43; Rapid City 16/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Alconbury 29/3/43; (4m) Missing in Action Rennes 29/5/43 with Cody Watson, Co-pilot: Reynold Lasher, Navigator: Bob Titus, Ball turret gunner: Joe Coss, Waist gunner: Harry Rants (5EVD; Bombardier: Rex Orme, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Dehaven, Radio Operator: Francis Moran, Waist gunner: John Brown,Tail gunner: Ron Hemminger (5 Prisoner of War); coll with enemy aircraft losing four feet of right wing, #4 running away, crashed Rennes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 4895.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG [CQ-G] Rattlesden 3/6/44; Missing in Action Hannover 18/6/44 with Mark Golden (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jim Waltonblack, Navigator: Alvin Long, Bombardier: Jim McColgan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Homer Howes, Radio Operator: John Kauffman, Ball turret gunner: Fred Slater, Waist gunner: Rudi Giannoni, Waist gunner: Guido Valentine,Tail gunner: Ray Gaswint (9 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #2, then fire broke out in cockpit and ship exploded, crashed Ohlum Gross Lobke area, 10 miles NE of Hildersheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5902.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/44; Hunter 20/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 94BG Rougham 9/4/44; transferred 602BS/398BG [K8-R] Nuthampstead 26/4/44; with Marshall Payne, but CP ran off runway 11/11/44, Salvaged 12/11/44.