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

Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/45; Hunter 25/3/45; Grenier 15/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/1/46.

Delivered Orlando 31/7/44; 328 BU Gulfport 3/8/44; 4124 BU Altus 7/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/1/45.

Delivered Denver 26/12/43; Omaha 6/1/44; Atlanta 10/1/44; Lakeland 16/1/44; Morrison 13/2/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 15/2/44; Missing in Action Atzgersdorf, Aus. 24/5/44 with Russell Orf, Navigator: Carl Jamas (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Wyckoff, Bombardier: Max Coddington, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Drennan, Radio Operator: Bill Fossey, Ball turret gunner: Cornelius Snedeker, Waist gunner: Ralph Goff,Tail gunner: Tom Bates (7POW?); enemy aircraft, crashed near Šoštanj, Slovenia (German: Schönstein); Missing Air Crew Report 5195.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/12/44; Hunter 11/1/45; Dow Fd 4/2/45; Assigned PFF 366BS/305BG Chelveston 25/2/45; on to St Trond, Belgium; with Dick Madarassy went missing, but later found crashed Hochvogel Mountain, Austria 14/12/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/2/46. LAURA.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/42; Pocatello 14/11/42; with Harry Simpson crashed 10 miles S of Soda Springs, near Grace, Id, 3/12/42; Written off 7/12/42.

Delivered Denver 22/12/43; Tulsa 9/1/44; Brookley 10/1/44; Lakeland 11/1/44; Morrison 28/2/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 1/3/44; Missing in Action Treviso 7/4/44 with Seymour Florsheim, Co-pilot: John Sant, Navigator: Kinsell, Bombardier: Pearcy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Klima, Radio Operator: Alexander, Ball turret gunner: Ozmon, Waist gunner: Schmitt, Waist gunner: Grimes,Tail gunner: Sharun (10 Returned to Duty); ditched Adriatic Sea, all crew rescued by RAF Walrus which could not take off so taxied 30 miles to safe territory.

Delivered Denver 24/12/43; Barksdale 9/1/44; Savannah 10/1/44; Lakeland 11/1/44; Morrison 14/2/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 16/2/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 19/8/44 with Lucas Gomolak, Co-pilot: Howard Brunn, Navigator: Bob Oppenheimer, Bombardier: Horace Ball, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Baumeister, Radio Operator: Tom Cooper, Ball turret gunner: Orlyn Schette, Waist gunner: Ben Wheaton,Tail gunner: Harry Laws (9INT); mech fault, force landed Turkey; Missing Air Crew Report 12531.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/12/43; Gr Island 18/1/44; Assigned: 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 10/2/44; MIA Magdeburg 21/6/44 Pilot: Marvin Anderson, Elmer Shach, Don Loop, Lester Mickelson, Ernie Simi, Joe Spermbauer, Orley Doan, Frank Ferreri, Roy Ness, Isaac Alban (10INT); flak, crash-landed Sovde, Sweden. MACR 5932.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Kearney 16/11/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 1/1/44; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Henry Hammond, Co-Pilot: Bob Brown, Navigator: Fred Heubner, Bombardier: Lee McDonald, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lou Doren, Radio Operator: John McMillan, Ball Turret Gunner: Noel Lamarche, Waist Gunner: Matt Kwasny, Tail Gunner: Thurlow Schultz (9POW); Waist Gunner: Frank Maxey (KIA); mid air coll w/42-31151 (96BG); crashed Montherme, 12 miles N of Charleville-Mezieres, Fr. MACR 2378.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Long Beach 13/10/43; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-S] Snetterton 15/10/43; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Darrell Sisler, Co-Pilot: Clarry Johnson, Navigator: Montidier Estes, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Lewis, Waist Gunner: Tom Price, Waist Gunner: Larry Rotholtz (6KIA); Bombardier: Jim Kelly, Radio Operator: Phil Rousse, Ball Turret Gunner: Art Brown, Tail Gunner: Walter Wilde (4POW); mid air coll w/42-31436 (96BG), disintegrated and crashed Gusenburg, near Frankfurt, Germany. MACR 2381.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/1/44; Gt Falls 14/1/44; Kearney 28/1/44; Assigned: 366BS/305BG [KY-V] Chelveston (a GH ship) 15/2/44; MIA Freidrichshafen 24/4/44 Pilot: Capt Joe Lincoln, Co-Pilot: Albt Pagnotta, Navigator: Phil Campbell, Bombardier: Milton Goldfeder, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Rhodes, Waist Gunner: Gene Snodgrass, Waist Gunner: Bill Bergman, Tail Gunner: Virgil Marro (8EVD); Radio Operator: Isaac Denemy, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Mayfield (2KIA- the former by aircraft fire, the latter’s chute failed); flak KOd an engine, then on return hit by Enemy aircraft, crashed Leuze, near Aubenton, Belgium. MACR 4275.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/12/44; Hunter 5/1/45; Dow Fd 2/2/45; Assigned 8AF 8/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/12/44; Hunter 5/1/45; Dow Fd 21/1/45; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 22/1/45; transferred 332BS/94BG [XM-X] Rougham 23/1/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/10/42; Wayne 3/12/42; Houlton 2/1/43; Gander-Prestwick 26/3/43 with Arthur Sims, to RAF [FA711]; 206 Sq (VX-E) Benbecula, Scot. 20/7/43; Azores 23/10/43; Struck Off Charge while at Scottish Aviation for repairs 14/8/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Hunter 16/4/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-M] Snetterton 22/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Jim Bryer 21/6/44; Salvaged 1/7/44; ANGEL PUSS.

Delivered Denver 20/12/43; Lincoln 5/1/44; Lakeland 10/1/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 23/2/44; Missing in Action Vienna, Aus. 16/6/44 with Jim Klentzman, Co-pilot: Tom Fort, Navigator: Ray Barbe, Bombardier: Alvin Meers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou Corpora, Radio Operator: Henry Webb, Ball turret gunner: Earle Surritte, Waist gunner: Ray Zeilinski,Tail gunner: Phil Jackell (9POW?); Waist gunner: Dick Goforth (? Killed in Action); flak, crashed Dijon, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 6020.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/43; Kearney 13/1/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-M] Snetterton 8/2/44; MIA Rostock 11/4/44 Pilot: Bob Fleming, Co-Pilot: Phineas Chrystie, Bombardier: Nicholas Caputo, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Schultz, Radio Operator: Harry Grant, Ball Turret Gunner: Lewis Selak, Waist Gunner: Bob Wolbert, Waist Gunner: Alvin Gregson, Tail Gunner: Dan Westmoreland (9POW); Navigator: Chas Norderer (KIA); flak damaged, showed ship down and Enemy aircraft KOd two engines, crash-landed Vadersdorf, on Fehmarn Is, in Baltic Sea, Germany. MACR 3813.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/10/42; Wayne Co 3/12/432; Houlton 3/2/43; Gander-Prestwick 10/2/43 to RAF [FA712]; 519 Sq (Z9-E) Wick, Scot. 22/12/44; 251 Sq Langham 26/7/45 as [RD-C]; Struck Off Charge and sold to International Alloys 4/3/47. KEFLAVIK CUTIE.

Delivered Alexandra 2/4/44; used in training by 452BG; 120 BU Greenville 27/6/44; 221 BU Alexandra 17/1/45; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 325 BU Avon Park 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 13/11/45.

Delivered Alexandra 2/4/44; 120 BU Greenville 27/7/44; 221 BU Alexandra 28/7/44; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 503 Gray Pt 14/6/45; 329 BU Alexandra 21/6/45; 327 BU Drew 1/8/45; 203 BU Jackson 18/8/45; 268 BU Peterson 9/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 7/11/45.

Delivered Sioux City 1//4/44; 224 BU Sioux City 24/12/44; 209 BU Des Moines 26/12/44; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/45; 225 BU Rapid City 17/6/45; 203 BU Jackson 6/7/45; 239 BU March 27/9/45; 420 BU March 7/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/2/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 8/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall [ -M] 26/6/43; MIA Gdynia 9/10/43 Pilot: Henry Nagorka, John Leverone, Mike Mahoney, Francis Antalek, Bill Caruso, John Dugan (6POW); Gil Parker, Ed Keisler, Bob Blankenburg, Wilbur Quinn (4KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Nth Sea; MACR 3141. IZA ANGEL II. (‘ To Watton 1/3/44; Returned to US: Patterson 27/6/44; Salvaged. Patterson 24/2/45. Named just IZA ANGEL.’)

Delivered Lincoln 14/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 8AF 6/1/45; Salvaged 14/4/45.

Delivered Pyote 4/4/44; 263 BU Pyote 25/7/44; 555 BU Love 1/8/44; 235 BU Biggs 16/8/44; 202 BU Galveston 21/1/45; 268 BU Peterson 30/3/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 23/6/45; 200 BU Chicago Mun 21/8/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 8/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.