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

Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Salina 11/1/43; Morrison 5/3/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-W] Alconbury 19/5/43; transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-W] Kimbolton 4/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Roland Martin, Co-pilot: Linden Price, Navigator: Dan Maher, Bombardier: Irving Rittenburg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Mattern, Radio Operator: Nick Macri, Ball turret gunner: Elihu Peacock, Waist gunner: Dan Sirianni, Waist gunner: John Cihonski,Tail gunner: Adam Janik (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed S of Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 957. THE IRON MAIDEN.

Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Gore 16/7/43; Gr Isle 24/7/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 11/8/43; Presque 16/8/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 20/8/43; transferred 339BS/96BG [QJ-P] Snetterton 21/8/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Coles Goodner, Co-pilot: Arthur Leu, Navigator: Jim Lapp, Bombardier: Howard Day, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lester Kraft, Radio Operator: Bernie Harman, Ball turret gunner: John Chaney, Waist gunner: Melvin Jackson, Waist gunner: Roy McGinnis,Tail gunner: Dick Cuirszak (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crash landed Ingwiller, 22 miles NW of Strasbourg, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 836.

Delivered Hill 22/7/43; Ephrata 4/8/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [IJ- ] Snetterton 9/9/43; transferred 337BS [QJ- ] Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Marion Barnhill, Navigator: Bob Simanon, Bombardier: Clark Jackson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Jerzomske, Radio Operator: John Fix, Ball turret gunner: Anselmo Montoya, Waist gunner: Bob Hardcastle, Waist gunner: Dave Kaster,Tail gunner: Jim David (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Vic Cook (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Lake Barmsee, Ger, near Mittenwald, seven miles E of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Ger.,while heading for Switzerland; Missing Air Crew Report 834.

Assigned 352BS/301BG Westover 10/7/42; transferred 32BS 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 {35m}; transferred 416BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43 {39m}; transferred 816BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Returned to the USA Olmstead 4/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 11/9/45. PLAYBOY.

Delivered Denver 25/9/43;Harvard 17/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG [CQ-D] Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Warren Donahue, Co-pilot: Melvin McArdie, Navigator: Hugh Simms, Bombardier: Bill Gaillard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Sage, Radio Operator: Carroll Elwell, Waist gunner: Ken Olson, Waist gunner: Norbert Arvin (8 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Bill Lockman,Tail gunner: Joe Pennock (2KIA-both died when aircraft exploded); enemy aircraft severe damage tail and set aircraft on fire, crashed Abbenrode, nine miles E b Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4250

Delivered Dallas 30/7/43; Gore Fd 31/8/43; Dallas 2/8/43; Redmond 17/8/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-G] Chelveston 18/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Vic Maxwell, Co-pilot: Willis Rowen, Navigator: Urban Klister, Bombardier: Andy Zavar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Silas Adamson, Radio Operator: Jerome Pumo, Ball turret gunner: Craig Conley (7 Killed in Action), Waist gunner: Herb Whitehead, Waist gunner: Chas Crane,Tail gunner: Bill Connelley (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Glashofen, near Markt Heidenfeldt, 15 miles NW of Wurzburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 922.

Delivered Long Beach 28/4/43; Denver 2/5/43; Tinker 13/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-T] Earls Colne 25/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Ed Reed, Co-pilot: Sid Bledsoe, Navigator: John Oerther, Bombardier: Burnie Hayes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Virgil Epperson, Radio Operator: Earl Morris, Ball turret gunner: Howard McGavack, Waist gunner: Bob Elliott,Tail gunner: Joe O’Brien (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Jim Flener (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set wing on fire, crashed near Landa, between Wurzburg & Mannheim, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 789. SUPERSTITUOUS ALOYSIUS.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Westover 9/6/43; Dow Fd 10/6/43; Presque Is 13/6/43; Rome Fd 15/6/43; Patterson 27/6/43; Bolling 4/7/43; Louisville 8/8/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-R] Thurleigh 24/8/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with George Bettinger, Co-pilot: Abe Block, Bombardier: Leland Dowden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Gerking, Radio Operator: Gordon Lewis, Ball turret gunner: Elmer Mills, Waist gunner: Don Williams, Waist gunner: Jim Montana,Tail gunner: Linden Voight{wia-foot blown off} (9 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Elbert Wood (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ginnick, near Wettweiss, seven miles SE of Duren, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 821. THE WICKED WAAC.

Delivered Long Beach 20/4/43; Lowry 5/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-T] Snetterton 12/6/43; Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Harry Johnson, Co-pilot: Luther Bailey, Navigator: Herb Springer, Bombardier: Bill Hopkins, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill McAnear, Radio Operator: Jim Learn, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Jenewein, Waist gunner: Mike Morenelis, Waist gunner: Walt Chmiel,Tail gunner: Dick Moore (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 3809. KIPLING’S ERROR III.

Delivered Dallas 30/7/43; Love 16/8/43; Redmond 17/8/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-G] Snetterton 9/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with John Scarborough, Co-pilot: Joe Barrett, Navigator: Don Springer, Bombardier: Willis Ulrich, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Ashley, Radio Operator: Dale Ellis, Ball turret gunner: Alf Auchu, Waist gunner: John Brown, Waist gunner: Ted Sietz,Tail gunner: Stan Davenport (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Rheims, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 832. V-PACKET.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/10/43; Assigned 341BS/97BG Depienne 6/12/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Bucharest 7/5/44 with Jim Galloway, Young, Prophater, Marshall, Wood, Poceicha, Marshall, Cassity, Johnson, Trout, Downen, Smith (10 Returned to Duty); ditched Adriatic, off Bari, all rescued.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-U] Thurleigh 18/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Bill Lockyear, Co-pilot: Craig Powell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Rich, Radio Operator: Bernie Swift, Waist gunner: John Regan, Waist gunner: Ernie Gilbert,Tail gunner: Lester Kurk (7 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Paul Welton, Bombardier: Albt Nagy, Ball turret gunner: Alf Weiland (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set fire to three engines, crashed Hammerstein, seven miles NW of Koblenz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 815.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/43; Salina 11/1/43; Morrison 5/2/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-H] Thurleigh 17/4/43 LITTLE AUDREY; transferred 358BS/303BG [VK-B] Molesworth 25/9/43; 4m Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Roy Sanders, Co-pilot: Henry Nogash, Navigator: Gordon Wood, Bombardier: Philip Peed, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Rozek, Radio Operator: Jim Trest, Ball turret gunner: Mathias Kremer, Waist gunner: Riker Smith, foto-Wallace Martin (9 Prisoner of War), Waist gunner: Martin Carll,Tail gunner: Alf Cockrun (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft struck with Me rocket, crashed Bamberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 907. JOAN OF ARC.

Delivered Denver 28/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Metropolitan 13/4/43; Presque Is 30/4/43; Dow Fd 1/5/43; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 2/5/43; transferred 365BS/305BG [XK-T/H] Chelveston 23/6/43; 545BS/384BG [JD-U] Grafton Underwood 29/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Giles Kauffman, Co-pilot: George Molner, Navigator: Frank Pogorzelski, Bombardier: Dave Danneman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Jarrell, Radio Operator: Jules Beck, Ball turret gunner: Jacob Martinez, Waist gunner: Paul Spodar,Tail gunner: Stan Rueben (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Pete Seniawsky (EVD-ret UK 1/12/43 via Spain & Gibraltar); crashed Bruckenau, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1038. TS aka BIG MOOSE.

Delivered Denver 10/1/44; Kearney 20/1/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-K] Snetterton 27/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Jim Fitzpatrick, Co-pilot: Tom Falls, Navigator: Jim Cline, Bombardier: Francis Joyce, Radio Operator: Ray Garafolo, Ball turret gunner: Hersal Cralle, Waist gunner: Don Vorhees, Waist gunner: Buford McCarson,Tail gunner: Chas Suessmann (9 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Swift (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, exploded, crashed Lindhorst, near Celle, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4568.

Delivered Denver 15/7/43; Gr Isle 25/7/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 9/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-I] Thurleigh 6/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with John Jackson, Navigator: Bernie Bernstein, Radio Operator: Warren Eitner, Waist gunner: Elza McQuithy, Waist gunner: Jerry Greenberg (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Dan Carey, Bombardier: Henry Farmer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sol Levine, Ball turret gunner: Burl Ford,Tail gunner: Ray Ristau (5 Prisoner of War) flak, crashed Friedburg, near Nieder-Florstadt, 15 miles N of Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 818.

Delivered Dallas 19 July 1943; Dalhart 17 August 1943; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-X/S] Alconbury 16 September 1943; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14 October 1943; on leaving the target, attacked by enemy Fw110 aircraft. Last sighted at 13:40 in the vicinity of Düren, Germany, it exploded & crashed near Kembach, 15 miles West of Wurzburg, Germany. Credit for the loss is attributed to German fighter pilot Fw. Joachim Gutmann, of 8./ZG26. 6KIA 4POW. Missing Air Crew Report-MACR 846.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/43; Tulsa 21/12/43; Orlando 31/12/43; 901 BU Pinecastle 2/6/44; 903 BU Pinecastle 10/9/44; 621 BU Pinecastle 9/7/45; with Max Hadley force landed base 28/7/45; 6138 BU Phillips 19/6/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 7/9/43; transferred 366BS/305BG [KY-F] Chelveston 21/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Bob Skerry, Co-pilot: John Lindquist, Navigator: Bob Guarini, Bombardier: Cecil Key, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Middleby, Ball turret gunner: Wayne Rowlett, Waist gunner: Gus Doumis,Tail gunner: Edwin DeVaul (8 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Stan Larrick, Waist gunner: Jack Johnson (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Adendorf, near Meckenheim, 10 miles SW of Bonn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 919.

Delivered Denver 28/7/43; Grand Island 9/8/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-H] Chelveston 1/10/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Chas Willis, Co-pilot: John Emperor, Waist gunner: Ed Sedingerchute caught fire,Tail gunner: Nick Stanchak (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Christian Cramar, Bombardier: Willard Dixon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Floyd Karns, Radio Operator: Alan Citron, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Snow, Waist gunner: John Gudaitis (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Hoorn, near Roermond, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 918.