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

Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/44; Kearney 12/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 3/5/44 LOVELY LADY; taxi acc 28/12/44 with Bill Randle, struck 43-38822 (452BG); Salvaged 29/12/44. SACK TIME SIOUX.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/10/43; Gt Falls 1/11/43; Denver 20/11/43; Prestwick 8/1/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 9/1/44; force landed mid air coll with 42-102660 24/2/44; Salvaged 28/12/44; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 4/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45. FRIVOLOUS SAL.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/43; Gore 2/3/43; Tinker 5/4/43; Romulus 12/4/43; Presque Is 26/4/43; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 19/7/43; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-F] Alconbury 21/7/43; 524BS/379BG [WA-F] Kimbolton 4/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Sam Gaffield, Co-pilot: Thoralf Carlson, Navigator: Steve Namjestink, Bombardier: Hector De Vargas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Grossman, Radio Operator: John Ehrenzeller, Ball turret gunner: Fred Landis, Waist gunner: Art Skelton,Tail gunner: Bill Forsythe (9 Killed in Action), Waist gunner: Ramey Gray (Prisoner of War); coll with enemy aircraft, crashed Grettstadt, SE of Goshsheim, SE of Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1353.

Delivered Dallas 8/7/44; Langley 3/8/44; Grenier 29/8/44; Assigned 34BG Mendlesham 22/8/44; transferred 861BS/493BG Debach [Q4-L] 1/9/44; 863BS; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-D] Thorpe Abbotts 6/9/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 27/6/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/6/43; Gore 13/6/43; Rapid City 20/6/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Gr Isle 30/6/43; Dow Fd 18/7/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Massicault 17/8/43; Bizerte 1/12/43; {13m} transferred 885BS (TD at Maison Blanche, Alg); Missing in Action secret mission 10/9/44 to drop supplies to French & Italian underground, with John Meyers, Co-pilot: Darl Heffelbower, Navigator: Ian Raeburn*, Bombardier: Ray Wilson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Pullis, Radio Operator: Ernie Kolin, rwg-Bob Lloyd, lwg-Walt Bildstein*,Tail gunner: Louis Simpson (9 Killed in Action); the aircraft and crew remains were found after the war 2/8/45 on Mount Gran Mioul, near Sestriere, Italy. (* both buried Florence American Cemetery, Italy) Missing Air Crew Report 9578. MISS CHARLOTTE.

‘Short Snorter’ was assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-B] Bangor 31-Aug-42; Bassingbourn 1-Oct-42. On 20-Dec-43 the aircraft was damaged on the mission to Romilly, France with Capt William Harris, but limped back to base OK. 10RTD. Shot down 30-Dec-42 by FW190s shortly after the leaving the target of the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Aircraft was set afire and exploded at 21,000 feet. This was the 3rd mission for this aircraft. 10KIA MACR 3265

Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/43; Presque Is 27/4/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-O] Chelveston 22/6/43; Missing in Action 14/10/43 with Neal Fisher, Co-pilot: Clinton Bush, Radio Operator: Harvey Bennett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clinton Bitton, Waist gunner: Loren Fink,Tail gunner: George LeFebre (6 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Carl Booth (body never recovered), Bombardier: Don Hissom, Ball turret gunner: Harry Insdorf, Waist gunner: Tom Therrien (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Waldenrath, near Geilenkirchen, 17 miles N of Aachen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 916.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Dow Fd 13/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-S] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Bill Kopf, Co-pilot: Alf Scott, Navigator: Toscha Massey, Ball turret gunner: Clyde Smith, Waist gunner: Leroy Bernard, Waist gunner: Tony Perroni,Tail gunner: Elton Buddemeyer (7 Killed in Action), Bombardier: Gene Connor, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Hugh Mauritho, Radio Operator: Herbert Yeryar (3 evaded capture); enemy aircraft blew off nose, crashed Rambluzin-Meuse, 11 miles S of Verdun, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 841. THE JOKER.

Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Gr Island 15/10/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-P] Rougham 26/10/43; Missing in Action Emden 11/12/43 with Burwell Capehart, Co-pilot: Les Smith, Navigator: Verne Viterbo, Bombardier: Burdette Wright, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Babcock, Radio Operator: Bob Kirkpatrick (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Sid Landis, Waist gunner: Ben Jones, Waist gunner: Lloyd Hadley,Tail gunner: Francis Castle (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Oudeschip, Delfzijl, in River Eems estuary, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1258. SWEET SUE aka MISS MARY.

Delivered Lincoln 5/10/44; Grenier 15/10/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-V] Nuthampstead 23/11/44; (15m) Missing in Action Kassel 1/1/45 with Howard Pinner, Co-pilot: Leon Tebbs, Bombardier: Bill Jordan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Niilo Isaacson, Radio Operator: Jim Schofield, Ball turret gunner: Elbert Huey (6 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Warren King, Waist gunner: John Furrow,Tail gunner: Glen Kline (3 Killed in Action); mech fault in #2 which exploded, aircraft turned back for base but ditched North Sea where Air Sea Rescue launches picked up survivors; Missing Air Crew Report 11581.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/8/42; Hamilton 11/9/42; Assigned 403BS/43BG Mareeba, Aus 17/9/42; Iron Range, Aus 17/10/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Missing in Action Vitiaz Strait 29/11/42 with John E. Titus. (11 Killed in Action); Written off 31/10/44.

Delivered Denver 15/6/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned: 96BG 16/8/43; Transferred: 364BS/305BG [WF-R] Chelveston 18/9/43; MIA 14/10/43 Pilot: Dennis McDarby, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Art Linrud, Radio Operator: Hosea Crawford, Ball Turret Gunner: Ben Roberts, Tail Gunner: Dominic Lepore (5POW), Co-Pilot: Don Breeden{never found}, Navigator: Bill Martin, Bombardier: Harvey Manley, Waist Gunner: Leon Henlin, Waist Gunner: Bob Wells (5KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Eygelshoven, near Maastricht Holl. MACR 1034.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 22/4/43; transferred 325BS/92BG [NV-C] Alconbury 24/4/43; then 327BG [UX-D]; Missing in Action T/Ops 6/9/43 with Wayne Bogard, Navigator: Jim McGrew, Waist gunner: Frank Lusic (3 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Bob Larsen, Bombardier: Taylor Harrison, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Beach, Radio Operator: Max Gibbs, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Carl, Waist gunner: Herschell Richardson,Tail gunner: Cloe Crutchfield (7 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed near Estissac, 12 miles W of Troyes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 741.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 1/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Ken Smith, Co-pilot: Bob Nixon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Hacic, Ball turret gunner: Harvey Fleming, Waist gunner: Floyd Holman, Waist gunner: Russell Moss,Tail gunner: Ken Burns (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John Nightingale, Bombardier: Bill Doyle, Radio Operator: Roy Morris (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed near Kemmel, Belg., five miles E of Hildesheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2540. HARD TO GET.

Delivered Denver 28/12/42; Salina 6/1/43; Morrison 31/1/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Navarin 20/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 840BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; 419BS/301BG Lucera 17/5/44 as training a/c; 463BG Celone 9/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 20/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 7/7/45. LADY LUCK II.

Delivered Denver 16/12/43; Kearney 27/12/43; Presque Is 9/1/44; Nutts Corner, Belfast, N. I. 21/1/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-H] Kimbolton 12/2/44; aborted mission to Leipzig, 7/7/44 when u/c collapsed at end of runway, with Gene Jordan, Co-pilot: Chas Carver, Navigator: John Madden, tog-Bill Harris, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jess Garrett, Radio Operator: Rudolph Bransen, Ball turret gunner: Lyman Stewart, Waist gunner: Allyn Mathews,Tail gunner: Remmie Kadlick (9 Returned to Duty); sal 2 SAD 9/7/44.

Delivered Dallas 4/8/43; Gore Fd 5/8/43; Dallas 8/8/43; Dalhart 17/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-R] Podington 26/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Frank Talbot, Co-pilot: Elvin Erickson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Evans, Radio Operator: Gerald Young,Tail gunner: Nelson Smith (5 Killed in Action), Navigator: Jim Houser, Bombardier: Ed Walter, Ball turret gunner: Donovan Jones, Waist gunner: Arlen Harmon, Waist gunner: Bill Tench (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Sickershausen, SE of Kitzingen, 12 miles SE of Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 847. BOBBY JOE.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Presque Is 10/5/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-N] Polebrook 26/5/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Horham 16/6/43; on 16/9/43 with Bill McPherson force landed RAF Harwarden; taxi accident with Albt Rummans Metfield 13/10/43; Missing in Action (20m) Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Capt Bill McPherson, Co-pilot: George Byrnes, Navigator: Bill Prochaska, Bombardier: Austin Pritchard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon Ciaccia, Radio Operator: Tony Kosmala, Ball turret gunner: Frank A. Castellucci, Waist gunner: Morris Eckard, Waist gunner: Henry Rhodes (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Fred Nunnold (EVD-and returned); #3 feathered, gear down, then crashed between Rheims & Sedan, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 855. TROUBLE SHOOTER.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/5/43; Gore 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-N] Chelveston 10/6/43; fitted with H2S equipment in trials at Burtonwood, UK; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Ellsworth Kenyon, Co-pilot: Tom Davis, Navigator: John Cole, Bombardier: Joe Collins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Finley Mercer, Ball turret gunner: Art Englehardt, Waist gunner: Dick Lewis, Waist gunner: Chas Green,Tail gunner: Walt Gottshall (9 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Russ Algren (KIA-chute caught fire); enemy aircraft, crashed four miles W of Duren, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 911. LALLAH V…-.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Tinker 25/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/5/43; Dow Fd 6/6/43; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-V] Grafton Underwood 23/6/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Larry Keller, Co-pilot: Marion Odell, Navigator: Jerome Hart, Bombardier: Ken Gross, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Virgilio Jacoby, Ball turret gunner: Harry McLean (6 Killed in Action), Radio Operator: Wallie Vansandt, Waist gunner: John Maloney, Waist gunner: Pete Motiaytis,Tail gunner: Chas Jellings (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Bischbrunn, near Markt Heidenfeldt, 18 miles W of Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 839. SAD SACK.