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

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Hunter 10/6/44; Dow Fd 30/6/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-T] Bassingbourn 31/7/44; 401BG [LL-J]; after 22 missions switched to Carpet Jammer Ops; Returned to the USA Bradley 15/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. (nose art painted by pilot Dave Hettema) OLD BATTLE AXE.

Assigned 326BS/92BG Bangor 19/7/42; 340BS/97BG Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Carried all commanders for Operation Torch to Gibraltar 5/11/42; Missing in Action Tripoli 18/1/43 with Russell Wilkin, Lohr, Diffley, Flink, Bishop, James, Underwood, Emrick, Ehrenreich, Lupica; Written off 31/10/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-L] Podington 15/4/44; battle damaged Ludwigshafen with Lt Thomas 5/9/44, crash landed Manston, UK, (9 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 7/9/44. ROUND TRIP TICKET.

Delivered Dallas 17/8/44; Langley 2/9/44; Dow Fd 22/9/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 1/10/44; transferred 493BG Debach 3/10/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 31/12/44 with Dick Malone, Stan McKay, John Volpe, Gilbert Sousa, Tom Heilman, Bill Lawrence, , Capt Dave Whitlock {mission pilot} (7 Killed in Action); Frank Druehl, George Zackert {ex nav}, Art Donovan, Edgar Stoelting, Bill Gleason {ex nav} (5 Prisoner of War); flak, exploded over Hameln, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 11235.

Delivered Dallas 25/9/43; Harvard 6/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 21/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Hayden Hughes, Co-pilot: Howard Barr, Navigator: Bill Allen, Bombardier: Dick Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Zesut, Radio Operator: Ray Small, Ball turret gunner: Jim Boyd, Waist gunner: Barley Hill,Tail gunner: George Bentley (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Roger Hess (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #2, crashed near Destedt, seven miles E of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4247.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-I] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; 601BS [3O-I, then to F]; after mission 17/3/45 with McAfee, AOC {A-97} 18/3/45, ret 22/4/45; RAF Valley 1/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG Eye 11/7/44; mission to Koblenz 2/12/44 with ? aban thru poor weather; force landed Belgium; Salvaged 6/12/44.

Delivered Long Beach 6/8/43; Denver 14/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-N] Thurleigh 18/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43; hit by enemy aircraft and exploded, broke in half at radio room, crashed Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 823.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Spokane 6/11/43; Gt Falls 8/11/43; Cheyenne 23/11/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 25/12/43; {73m} Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 2/2/45; 4104 BU Rome 4/2/45; 4100 BU Patterson 24/3/45; Recl Comp 2/5/46. CATHERINE THE GREAT.

Delivered Tulsa 24/3/44; Hunter 11/4/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-A] Nuthampstead 3/5/44; flown by Group CO Col Hunter on first mission 6/5/44; (4m) Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Capt Unite Brodin, Co-pilot: Major Judson Gray(mp), Navigator: Capt Gordon Davidson, Ex/n-Lou Haberman, Bombardier: Paul Voehringer, Ball turret gunner: Pete Corrado, Waist gunner: Sidor Stizzo, Waist gunner: Martin Woodward, (8 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leroy Elton, Radio Operator: Bernie Rochford,Tail gunner: Lt Jerome Hans (3 Prisoner of War); flak hits #3 and #4, then exploded and crashed Jungfernheide railway station, Berlin; Missing Air Crew Report 5252.

Assigned 32BS/301BG Westover 7/42; Podington 6/8/42; originally assigned RAF as [FA678]; Tafaraoui 24/11/42; Missing in Action {6m} Bizerte, Tun 28/11/42 with John Bruce, Co-pilot: Earl, Navigator: Knop, Bombardier: Tannehill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hughes, Radio Operator: McGriff, Ball turret gunner: Backus, Waist gunner: Scott,Tail gunner: Gilger (9 Killed in Action); Missing Air Crew Report 16197. BAD PENNY.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 3/1/44; Missing in Action Kaltenkirchen 7/4/45 with Dave Owens, Co-pilot: Jim Smouse, Navigator: Gene Ahrens, Bombardier: John Kennedy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Phil Ellis, Radio Operator: Frank Rudinsky, Ball turret gunner: Don Phelps, Waist gunner: Bill Auferoth,Tail gunner: Marion Rodgers (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with Me 109, crashed Stadthagen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13886. OLD OUTHOUSE – NEVER A DRY RUN aka SNAKE EYES.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/44; Kearney 15/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-C] Deenethorpe 16/4/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with Parker Finney, Co-pilot: Virgil Price, Navigator: Dale Scott, tog-Brown Bralley, Waist gunner: Burton Miller,Tail gunner: Bill Duling (6 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Woodrow Snyder, Radio Operator: Ed Smith, Ball turret gunner: Golden Hill (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft damaged ship before exploding, crashed Brockhofe, NE of Fassberg Afd, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8202. DOWN ‘N GO.

Delivered to Dallas 11/5/44; Langley 26/6/44; Grenier 11/7/44; Assigned to the 545th BS, 384th BG [JD-Z]at Station 106, Grafton Underwood on 3/8/44; transferred to the 305th BG at Chelveston on 9/5/45; SCREAMIN’ EAGLE.

Delivered Denver 5/2/44; 1SAG Langley 1/4/44; Morrison 7/5/44; Assigned (PFF) 49BS/2BG Amendola 9/5/44; transferred 414BS/97BG Amendola 14/6/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 22/7/44 with Floyd Cofer, Scurzi, Rogers, McAllister, Handt, Miller, Fenyes, Pliska, Hinmill, Mandelman; flak, crashed Turgu ?; Missing Air Crew Report 6854.

Delivered Tulsa 9/2/44; Gr Island 18/2/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 13/3/44; Missing in Action Laon 8/5/44; enemy aircraft, crashed on Bremen road 15 miles E of Hoya, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4581. PEG OF MY HEART.

Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-N] Bangor 13/9/42; Bassingbourn 10/11/42; Missing in Action 19m Amiens 31/8/43 with Dick Rodman, Co-pilot: Stan Czerwinski, Navigator: Renis TeMaat, Bombardier: Saul Berson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leo Kane, Radio Operator: Lyle Young, Ball turret gunner: John Braisted, Waist gunner: Joe Trotz, Waist gunner: Emanuel Vaccaro,Tail gunner: Jim Murren (10 Killed in Action); coll with 42-29816 (91BG), crashed Channel. Missing Air Crew Report 563. “GOLLY” then LI’L AUDREY, re-named SNOOKS.

Delivered Denver 22/2/43; Salina 3/3/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-K] Bassingbourn 19/4/43; Missing in Action Amiens Glisy 31/8/43 with Buster Peek, Co-pilot: Bill Edwards, Navigator: Merlen Crist, Bombardier: Roger Fuller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wade Boggan, Radio Operator: Paul Payne, Ball turret gunner: Nelson Sanschagrin, Waist gunner: Ed Niebojewski, Waist gunner: Tom Power (9 Killed in Action),Tail gunner: Chas Allen (RTD – picked up by Air Sea Rescue within minutes); collision with 41-24523 (91st) on assembly to target and tail snapped off, crashed Channel. Missing Air Crew Report 671. THE EAGER BEAVER.

Delivered Denver 2/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-V] Nuthampstead 4/5/44; (4m) Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with John Ingram, Co-pilot: John Rose, Bombardier: Norman Bergen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Luther Willis, Radio Operator: Don Christensen, Waist gunner: Uvaldo Morales,Tail gunner: Tom Kelley (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bill Hoffman, Ball turret gunner: Frank Gnasdowski, Waist gunner: Joe Andrews (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Biesenthal, nine miles SW of Eberswalde, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5253.

Delivered Hunter 16/6/44; Grenier 26/6/44; Assigned 340BS/97BG Amendola 3/7/44; Missing in Action Budapest 20/9/44 with Ray Furcht, Birkes, Smith, Milligan, DaFonte, Olson, Huffman, Calabro, Gambill, Wolfe; flak, crashed Brod; Missing Air Crew Report 8738.