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

Delivered Denver 18/2/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG 4/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-Z] Ridgewell 16/7/43; Missing in Action 7m Bremen 8/10/43 with Leslie Kemp, Co-pilot: Bill Heim, Navigator: Frank Tomlin, Bombardier: Tom Nelson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Jennette, Radio Operator: Walt Richards, Ball turret gunner: Gilles Gentry, Waist gunner: Ray Duffy, Waist gunner: Jim Stinsman,Tail gunner: Ed Osborn (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Fladdderlohausen, 10 miles SE of Quackenbruck,Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1396. RON CHEE.

Delivered Lincoln 9/12/45; Dow Fd 17/12/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-M] Nuthampstead 13/2/45; (4m) Missing in Action Wittenberg, Ger 22/2/45 with Hubert Beatty, Co-pilot: Jim Honaker, Navigator: Jim Luna (3 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Urie Zook, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Moore, Radio Operator: Jim Godsey, Ball turret gunner: Bernard Bagley, Waist gunner: Alva Freeman,Tail gunner: John Conway (6 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft hit #1 & #2, crashed Altendorf, NE of Brunswick; Missing Air Crew Report 12650. BEATTY’S 8-BALLS.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Gr Island 11/4/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-K] Molesworth 23/4/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 21/11/44 with Arthur Chance, Bob Johnson, Ralph Coykendall, Elmer Menasco, Albt Miller, Leo Torre (6 Prisoner of War); Bill Couch, Shirley Moss, Tony Martin (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Leipzig; Missing Air Crew Report 11201. HELLER’S ANGEL.

Delivered Tulsa 2/4/44; Hunter 8/4/44; Dow Fd 25/4/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-D] Molesworth 30/4/44; transferred 457BG Glatton 22/5/45; 351BG Polebrook 29/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/45; Sth Plains 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gr Island 5/10/43; Wilmington 10/10/43; en route UK with Jack Rickman force landed Presque Is 14/10/43; used first B-17 from USA with US installation of Oboe II and used 14/1/44 Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-C] Snetterton 17/10/43; on return from Regensburg 21/7/44 with Ken Hamric, Co-pilot: Dan Kelley, Navigator: Jim Mills, Bombardier: Sam Warren, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rolland Harrison, Radio Operator: Rex McNary, Ball turret gunner: Chas Lappin, Waist gunner: Edwin Beugler,Tail gunner: Bill Kinney (9 Returned to Duty); crash landed nr, Butley-Bentwaters, Sfk, UK. Salvaged. GOERING’S NIGHTMARE.

Delivered Denver 17 June 1943; Kearney 20 July 1943; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY- ] Alconbury 14 August 1943. Shot down by enemy aircraft on the 6 September 1943 mission to Stuttgart with Pilot Robert W. Carlson; Co-pilot: Dave T. Kindt; Navigator: James R. Blackburn; Bombardier: Frank A. Price; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bobby L. Boutwell; Radio Operator: Hubert E. Sprague; Ball turret gunner: Clifford J. Pruitt; Left Waist gunner: John M. Trainer; Right Waist gunner: Frank J. Holczman; Tail gunner: Roy P. Ladd. The ship ditched into the Channel near Penhurst and the crew was saved by the Air Rescue Service. All returned to base, six of them slightly injured (scratches). No Missing Air Crew Report.

Delivered Long Beach 21/9/43; Gt Falls 13/10/43; Assigned 457BG Glatton 20/2/44; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-Y] Thurleigh 12/3/44. While on cross country navigation mission to Nutts Corner airfield, Belfast, it encountered foggy conditions and crashed Pearlwick Bay, near Glen Chase, Isle of Man, UK 15/4/45 with Bob Vieille, Co-pilot: Colin Liersch, Navigator: Howard Le Compte, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Gallion, Radio Operator: Chester Smailczewski, Bill Starbuck; plus passengers: Capt Bradley Butterfieldsq ops, Capt George Cubberleysq exec, Darrell Jones, Austin Parrishp and Red Cross nurse Emily Rea, 11KIS; sal. COMBINED OPERATIONS.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/7/44; Hunter 4/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-D] Bassingbourn 9/9/44; Missing in Action {28m} Berlin 5/12/44 with Ralph Blanton, Norval Covington, Roy Burns, Allison Stern, Lauren Porter, Arvid Johnson, Ken Minette, Emery Salyards, Lou Smith (9 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #1 and ship dropped away and crashed Spandau, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 11045. BRIDE OF MARS.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/43; Smoky Hill 24/4/43; Walla Walla 30/4/43; Rapid City 9/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-S] Horham 27/6/43; 9m, Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Fred Hodges, Co-pilot: Jim Peacock, Navigator: Bill Grody, Bombardier: Eleazar Moody, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Brown, Radio Operator: Bob Shafer, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Brooks, Waist gunner: Dick Porter, Waist gunner: Larry Burleigh,Tail gunner: Ernie Weaver (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked and then ship exploded, crashed in sea off Lathen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 214. EXTERMINATOR.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/43; 94BG Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-O] Bassingbourn 17/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 545th Bomb Squadron/384th Bomb Group [JD-E] Station 106, Grafton Underwood on 12 July 1943; Missing in Action Kiel 29 July 1943 with James R. Roberts, Co-pilot: Paul Pate Gordy, Navigator: Richard P. Sherrer, Bombardier: Thomas F. Cawley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul L. Overbaugh, Radio Operator: Robert P. Goldman, Waist gunner: Howard F. Avey (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Chester E. Conover, Waist gunner: Joseph P. Williams,Tail gunner: Robert J. Quaranta (3 Killed in Action); loss details ?, crashed at Kaltoft, near Schwelsig, Germany, No MACR. JIMMY BOY.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/7/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Dow Fd 12/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG [G6-F] Debach; Missing in Action Magdeburg 12/9/44 with Edwin Cockerham, Co-pilot: Bob Eggleston, Navigator: Dan Cashman, Bombardier: Bob Lawrence, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vic Husak, Radio Operator: Chester Sick, Ball turret gunner: Pvt Bob Uithoven, Waist gunner: Les White (8 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Jim Bartholomew (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hillerge, N of Gottingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8870.

Delivered Kearney 9/8/44; Grenier 20/8/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 24/8/44; battle damaged Cologne 17/10/44 with ?; crash landed Honington A/fd, UK Sal; Returned to the USA Bradley 25/6/45; Sth Plains 29/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-Y] Alconbury 23/5/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Coleman Goldstein, Co-pilot: Shirley Casey, Navigator: Herbert Brill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Weber, Ball turret gunner: George Jasman,Tail gunner: Owen Scott (6 evaded capture), Bombardier: John Maloney, Radio Operator: Herb Edenholm, Waist gunner: Emil Mahne, Waist gunner: Nicholas Mucci (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Jauriac, near Expiremont, 17 miles N of Bordeaux, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1959.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Morrison 24/3/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-D] Framlingham /43; transferred 335BS [OE-D], 412BS [QW-D]; 3m, Missing in Action Emden 21/5/43 with Dexter Schnebly, Co-pilot: George Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Phil Auld, Waist gunner: Chas Craig (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Clyde Roy, Bombardier: Walt Krava, Radio Operator: Oscar Sanders, Ball turret gunner: Mark Curtis, Waist gunner: Roy Curtiss,Tail gunner: Chas Corum (6 Prisoner of War); flak hit over Dollard Bay, crashed Dreiborg, 25 miles E of Groningen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 4907.

Delivered Lincoln 13/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG [7Q-P]Eye 1/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45. THE JUDGE.

Assigned 92BG Bangor 31/7/42; 340BS/97BG Polebrook 8/42; damaged UK 7/9/42, rep; flew Gens Doolittle & Lemnitzer to Gibraltar 6/11/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; badly damaged again by enemy ground attack on Biskra 10/1/43; Salvaged 14/1/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Tinker 4/3/44; Hunter 6/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-P] Deenethorpe 28/4/44; detailed Leipzig 16/8/44 with W.A. Shackleford, Navigator: J.M. Rush, Bombardier: W.M. Scalon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: M. Luchfield, Radio Operator: R.C. Knox, Ball turret gunner: L.C. Kenagy, Waist gunner: S.A. Papzion, Waist gunner: Dick Truxell,Tail gunner: W.W. Moore (9 Returned to Duty); Co-pilot: George Shullo (KIA-flak); Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with Max Cain, Co-pilot: Bob Henderson, Navigator: Jim Pettus, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Jameson, Radio Operator: Emil Spencer, Waist gunner: Homer Arbogast,Tail gunner: Dick Truxell (7 Prisoner of War); tog-Don Byers, Ball turret gunner: Bob Barron (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #2, later ship exploded, crashed Dreilingen, NE of Fassberg Afd, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8203. CARRIE B II.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Grenier 2/1/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [K] Glatton 29/1/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 24/2/44 with Max Morrow, Co-pilot: Tom Davis, Bombardier: Bob Horn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Lee, Radio Operator: Dave Wallace, Waist gunner: Bernie Harris, Waist gunner: Everett Tyler,Tail gunner: Merton Cattanach (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Daren McIntyre, Ball turret gunner: Italio Stella (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Flensungen-Mueke, 12 miles NE of Giessen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2917.TEXAS BLUEBONNET.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/7/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 20/7/44; Assigned 751BS/457BG [O] Glatton 22/7/44; 749BS, 748BS; Missing in Action Magdeburg 28/9/44 with Albt Sikkenga, Co-pilot: Paul Reichert, Bombardier: Vivian McWhorter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Darnell, Radio Operator: Tony Villane, Ball turret gunner: Alton Eason (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Angelo Archiopoli, Waist gunner: Bob Christofferson,Tail gunner: Stan Hojnowski (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Gehoelz an der Asse, S of Wolfenbuttel, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9772.

Delivered Geiger 419BS/301BG 20/4/42; experimental armament equipment installed at Bovingdon; never involved in combat; Returned to the USA 14/2/43 for Project Reed; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/10/46. DREAMBOAT.