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

Delivered Long Beach 10/7/43; Cheyenne 12/7/43; Tinker 12/10/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 14/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Rapid City 9/5/44; Gt Falls 12/5/44; Rapid City 15/5/44; 225 BU Rapid City 1/5/45; 246 BU Pratt 30/9/45; 3505 BU Scott 21/10/45; 246 BU Pratt 22/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 3/1/46.

Delivered Rapid City 9/5/44; 4136 BU Tinker 5/9/44; 225 BU Rapid City 9/9/44; with Norman Lepperd force landed 11 miles NE of base 12/2/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 18/7/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 24/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/1/45.

Delivered Sioux City 9/5/44; Gt Falls 12/5/44; Sioux City 14/5/44; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/45; 222 BU Ardmore 14/6/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 12/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/12/45.

Delivered Sioux City 9/5/44; with ? 224 BU Sioux City 13/12/44; Recl Comp 1/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned: 365BS/305BG Chelveston 12/8/44; MIA Cologne 14/10/44 Pilot: Dick Nichols, Ken Coombs, Julius Melegh, Franklin Sollars, Ed Price, Chas Brown, Phil Carroll, Tom Sirman (8KIA); John Knight (POW); mid air coll, crashed between Rhine River and Düsseldorfer Straße, Cologne, Germany. MACR 9474.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/44; Hunter 15/7/44; Dow Fd 23/7/44; Assigned: 365BS/305BG Chelveston 11/8/44; MIA Cologne 14/10/44 Pilot: Gordon Gustafson, Bob Bader, Dave Higgins, Jim Kavaney, Fred Stone, Ray Kolb, Marlin Gustafson, Dick Smith, Ray Kessel (9KIA); mid air coll, crashed Cologne, Germany. Near Marshalling Yard Köln-Niehl. MACR 9475/KU-3229

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG Eye 21/7/44; Returned to the USA Reading 20/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 21/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/6/44; Hunter 13/7/44; Dow Fd 23/7/44; Assigned: 849BS/490BG Eye 26/7/44; during assembly for Frankfurt 5/1/45, Pilot: Harry Adelman, Co-Pilot: Chas Elder, Navigator: Art Saye, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Virgil Walton, instr etTail Gunner: Harry Bennett, Radio Operator: Don Turrle, instr ro-Harvey Smetzer (7KIA); instr p-Maj Ed Blum, instr n-Lt Ernie Langholz {rt hand amputated}, Bombardier: Lt Harry Hatrell (3RTD ‘ all wia); mid air coll w/43-38111 (490BG); crash-landed near Rougham A/fd, Sfk, UK; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/6/44; Hunter 13/7/44; Grenier 22/7/44; Assigned 849BS/490BG Eye 25/7/44; lost on training flight 5/1/45 with Don Wood, Co-pilot: John Smith, Navigator: Forest Redman, Ex Navigator: Warren Allen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Todt, instr Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Hammond, instr Radio Operator: Cliff Kwasigroh, Radio Operator: Ed Sarazewski, instr p-Lt Paul McGee (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-38050 (490BG); crashed Rougham A/fd, Sfk. UK; Salvaged 17/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned: 324BS/91BG [DF-L] Bassingbourn 23/7/44; MIA Halle 16/8/44 Pilot: Vincent Fonke, Fred Van Sant, Bob Simcock, Herb Carlson, Ray Prange, Chas Brudo, Bill Weaver, Wendell Meenach (8POW); Willard Holden (KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Witzenhausen, Germany. MACR 8424 (8180′).

Delivered Cheyenne 16/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned PFF 490BG Eye 12/7/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 9/3/45 with Robert K. Mason Crew, 9 RTD; force landed Typhoon Base, Wevelgem, Belgium; Salvaged 24/3/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned: 423BS/306BG [RD-T] Thurleigh 23/7/44; during assembly for Kassel 15/12/44 Pilot: Lorn Wilke; mid air coll w/43-37633 (306BG); crashed Greenham Common, UK; 16 killed, Salvaged. MILK RUN SPECIAL.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-Z] Thurleigh 10/6/44; mid air coll Pilot: 43-38019 (306BG) over Greenham Common, UK 15/12/44 w/Chas Crooks; 16 killed; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Grenier 21/7/44; Assigned: 490BG Eye 25/7/44; battle damage Chemnitz 6/2/45 Pilot: ‘; forced landing Melsbroek A/fd, Belgium. Salvaged. 5 SAD.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 851BS/490BG Eye 12/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned: 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 23/7/44; MIA Pirmasens 9/8/44 Pilot: ‘; mid air coll, Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned: 422BS/305BG Chelveston 12/7/44; battle damage Berlin 18/3/45 Pilot: Roy McCaldin, Navigator: Lyman Clark, togg-Bill King, Radio Operator: John Powers, Ball Turret Gunner: Union Melton, Tail Gunner: Jim Murphy, sj-Andy Kester (7RTD, picked up by Russians); Co-Pilot: Emil Sobol, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Alex Archibald (2POW); flak, crashed Berlin; MACR 13146. Salvaged. 4/4/45. THE NAUGHTY VIRGIN.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/4/44; Hobbs 1/5/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 16/1/45; 3701 BU Amarillo 7/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/44; Hunter 27/4/44; Dow Fd 12/5/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 16/5/44; Missing in Action Odertal 26/12/44 with Ralph Brown (KIA when ditching); Nolan, Katritses, Dochelli, Gardner, Cochran, Frisk, Crampton, Bantwell (8 Returned to Duty); crew rescued.

Delivered Ft Myers 13/4/44; Bismark 5/5/44; 2118 BU Buckingham 11/5/44. 2126 BU Laredo 1/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/11/45.

Delivered Ft Myers 13/4/44; Bismark 18/4/44; 2126 BU Laredo 11/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Hendricks 13/4/44; Denver 18/4/44; Hendricks 25/4/44; 3036 BU Yuma 14/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 5/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Hendricks 13/4/44; Denver 18/4/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 17/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/11/45.