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

Delivered Lincoln 9/12/44; Dow Fd 17/12/44; Assigned 8AF 22/12/44; Returned to the USA Patterson 18/7/45; Independence 20/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45.

Delivered Boeing 30/6/43; with Fred Highley force landed Wright Fd 7/1/44; Mat Com Wright 2/6/44; MAT IRE Minneapolis 3/8/44; with ? force landed base 8/8/44; 510 BU New York City 1/9/44; 1454 BU Minneapolis 6/9/44; ATS Wright 31/10/44; ATC IRE Minneapolis 5/11/44; 1454 BU Minneapolis 10/11/44; 4000 BU Wright 23/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/12/43; Roanoke 6/1/44; Lakeland 7/1/44; Morrison 21/2/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 23/2/44; transferred 341BS/97BG Amendola 1/7/44; {100m on 31/1/45 Vienna}; Salvaged 25/7/45.

Delivered Denver 22/12/43; Oklahoma City 4/1/44; Hunter 14/1/44; Savannah 19/1/44; Homestead 3/2/44; Assigned 15AF 6/3/44; Missing in Action Vienna 8/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/12/44; Hunter 12/1/45; Grenier 4/2/45; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 20/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/4/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/5/44; Kearney 9/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned: 835BS/486BG [2N-K] Sudbury 30/6/44; {15m} /MIA Stuttgart 5/9/44 Pilot: Tom Crawford (POW); John Johnson, John Engelmeier, Lyle Lundstrom, Cecil Davis, Henry Hewitt, Bob Beisler, Velton Robson (7KIA); Norman Jones (EVD); mid air coll w/43- 37949 (486BG), crashed Brest, Fr. MACR 8459.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/6/44; Kearney 21/6/44; Grenier 1/7/44; Assigned: 835BS/486BG [H8-B] Sudbury 2/7/44; {15m} MIA Stuttgart 5/9/44 Pilot: Art Eacham, Edgar Berry, Vic Durley, Bob Petry, Francis Pitman, Clayton Reiter, Harry Light, Ed Long (8KIA); Jim Jent (POW); mid air coll w/43-37866 (486BG), crashed Brest, Fr. MACR 8460. NOBODY GETSZIT.

Delivered Sioux City 1/4/44; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/45; 222 BU Ardmore 14/6/45; 554 BU Memphis 18/7/45; 332 BU Ardmore 23/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/8/45.

Delivered Lincoln 7/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 463BG Celone 15/12/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 16/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 24/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 8/11/44; Grenier 17/11/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 7/12/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 22/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 2/7/43; Pendleton 24/7/43; Geiger 17/8/43; Kearney 15/9/43; Geiger 23/9/43; with Fred Wickham force landed MacDill 29/12/43; with Roy Preece force landed MacDill 30/1/44; 326 BU MacDill 18/1/45; 331 BU Barksdale 19/1/45; 325 BU Avon Park 19/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/9/45.

Delivered Hunter 7/11/44; Grenier 23/11/44; Assigned 301BG Lucera 1/12/44; when parked at RAF Valley en route Italy was hit by taxiing aircraft 3/12/44; Salvaged 26/3/46.

Delivered Hunter 6/11/44; Dow Fd 15/11/44; Assigned 775BS/463BG Celone 3/12/44; mechanical failure with Elmer Broadbent and force landed seven miles N of base 15/4/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 19/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 4/11/44; Grenier 14/11/44; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 7/12/44; Salvaged 12/12/45.

Delivered Patterson 5/9/44; Lincoln 12/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 20/9/44; MIA Hamm 16/2/45 Pilot: Frank Payne, Co-Pilot: Bob Stuber, Navigator: Clinton Day, Bombardier: Paul Grisham, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lyle Varnum, Radio Operator: Art Staton, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Kiintz, Waist Gunner: Don Wolf, Tail Gunner: Dick Wasniak (9POW); flak, crashed Sundern, Germany. MACR 12447.

Delivered Hunter 9/12/44; Dow Fd 20/12/44; Assigned 463BG Celone 23/1/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.

Delivered Hunter 4/11/44; Grenier 14/11/44; Assigned 463BG Celone 3/12/44; Returned to the USA Morrison 19/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/4/44; Hunter 1/5/44; Dow Fd 15/5/44; Assigned 483BS Sterparone 20/5/44; transferred 340BS/97BG Tortorella 17/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 16/3/44 with P: Donald G. Wilson – KIA; CP: Camile Kelley – RTD; NAV: John B. Turner – KIA; BOMB: Arthur G. Drago – RTD; ENG/TT: Elmer D. Heater, Jr. – KIA; RO: Wesley M. Herborn – KIA; BT: Nicholas A. Catello: KIA; WG: Mack D. Rupard – RTD; WG: Joseph R. Cornett – KIA; TG: Irving Shankles – RTD; coll with 44-6757, ditched Adriatic Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 10353.

Delivered Hunter 4/11/44; Grenier 17/11/44; Assigned 342BS/97BG Amendola 3/12/44; Missing in Action Vienna 16/3/45 with P: Paul D. Algeo – KIA; CP: Edward T. Cullen – KIA; NAV: Irving A. Landa – RTD; BOMB: William H. Vale – RTD; ENG/TT: James E. Mellor – KIA; RO: Herbert P. Levinson – KIA; BT: James W. Alexander – KIA; WG: Richard J. Barlog – KIA; WG: Adolph E. Kokoefer – KIA; TG: William J. Tubb – KIA; PHOTO: Wilber P. Wolfe – KIA; mid air coll with 42-102939, ditched Adriatic; Missing Air Crew Report 13051.

Delivered Hunter 7/10/44; Dow Fd 24/10/44; Assigned 8AF 25/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; with Bob Mickelson, Frankfurt, Ks 7/7/45; Ft Riley 8/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 14/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.