B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies
Die Boeing B-17 Fliegende Festung im Zweiten Weltkrieg mit einer Datenbank über das Schicksal jeder einzelnen Maschine.
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“Das beste Kampfflugzeug, das jemals gebaut wurde. Sie konnte die meisten Schäden verkraften und blieb immer noch in der Luft.”
General Ira C. Eaker
Featured B-17s
Zuletzt aktualisierte B-17 in der Datenbank
B-17 #42-29485 / Miss Fury
Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/42; Salina 3/1/43; West Palm Beach 31/1/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Navarin 20/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; 7 more missions, Sterparone 22/4/44; Written off 31/7/44, repaired to 463BG Celone as weather aircraft 4/45; Salvaged 5/10/45. MISS FURY.
B-17 #41-24571 / Indianapolis War Bird
Assigned 323BS/91BG Bangor 14/9/42; West Palm Beach 24/11/42; transferred MTO 97BG Biskra, Alg. 1/43; 49BS/2BG 14/11/3; Massicault, Tun 14/11/43; Missing in Action Steyr, Aus. 24/2/44 with Harry Meyer, Co-pilot: Ralph Sneedon, Navigator: John McTeague, Bombardier: Ralph Karsh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ben Hughes, Radio Operator: Kinnon Taylor, Waist gunner: Lawrence Dunn (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Edwin Jackson, Waist gunner: Webb Digh,Tail gunner: John McMullin (3KIA, buried in forest near Moosbach, Austria); s/d, no chutes seen, crashed near Hocheck. Missing Air Crew Report 2619. INDIANAPOLIS WAR BIRD.
B-17 #44-6138
Delivered Tulsa 12/5/44; Hunter 21/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-P] Rougham 1/6/44; MIA Munster 5/10/44 Pilot: Bob Messersmith, Jack Wise, Ken Nefzger, Joe Helfrich, Lou Knouthe, Foster Gilgis, John Ritenour, Wilbur Seibold, Paul Jaworski (9POW); flak, crashed Kersmecke (1,6km north of Plettenberg), Germany; MACR 9510.
B-17 #42-106994 / Little Guy
Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 18/2/44; Grenier 22/2/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 3/4/44; Missing in Action 37+m Altenbeken 26/11/44 with Kyle Smith, Radio Operator: Lester Colson, Ball turret gunner: Gustavo Contreras (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Don McGurk, Navigator: Melvin LaLuzerne, tog-Byron Wear, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Porter, Waist gunner: Tom Arnold,Tail gunner: Francis DeLange (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Apeldoorn, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 11205. LITTLE GUY.
B-17 #42-5915 / Cash & Carry
Delivered Long Beach 7/5/43; Denver 14/5/43; Geiger 26/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-J] Framlingham 15/7/43; Missing in Action (11m) Munster 10/10/43 with Bob McGuire, Co-pilot: Glenn Oster, Navigator: Albt Drouhard, Bombardier: Jack Nosser, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herschel Rasco, Radio Operator: Joe Chassaing, Ball turret gunner: Hershel McFeely, Waist gunner: George Hodgins, Waist gunner: Norman Augerr,Tail gunner: Cliff Strang (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, with wing on fire and #1 engine out, crashed Quantwick, near Ahaus, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 860. CASH & CARRY.
B-17 #42-30045 / She’s My Gal aka Fight’n-n-Bit’n
Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD- ] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-M] Horham 28/6/43 SHE’S MY GAL; 28/7/43 with E.L. Lemke force landed Gt Ashfield AFB, Sfk,; 6/9/43 with Max Crowder force landed Chipping Norton; 12m, Missing in Action Saarlautern 4/10/43 with Max Crowder, Co-pilot: Edgar Taylor, Navigator: Paul Terrell, Bombardier: Bill Savage, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Lewis, Radio Operator: Duke Rosenburg, Ball turret gunner: Andres Torres, Waist gunner: Theo Mayer, wo-Melvin Hibbert,Tail gunner: Arlie Arneson (10 Prisoner of War); flak, ditched 5 miles off Bayeux, France; Missing Air Crew Report 744 & 1455. FIGHT’N -‘N – BIT’N.
B-17 #42-31673 / Lassie Come Home aka Black Magic
Delivered Cheyenne 6-Dec-43; Kearney 17-Dec-43; Harrisburg 8-Jan-44; New Castle 9-Jan-43; Presque Is 11-Jan-44; Prestwick 16-Jan-44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 16-Jan-44; transferred 322BS/91BG [LG-B] Bassingbourn 27-Jan-44. On 16-Aug-44 the aircraft was on a mission to attack the aircraft factories at Halle, Germany. Attacked by approximately 25 enemy aircraft, setting the radio room in fire and exploding in mid-air. Crashed Deiderode, SW of Gottingen, Germany. (one of six aircraft lost in about 30 secs). 4KIA 5POW Missing Air Crew Report 8183. Aircraft had logged 76 missions.
B-17 #42-30580 / Equipoise
Delivered Cheyenne 27/6/43; Smoky 10/7/43; Dow Fd 15/7/43; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-N] Alconbury 14/8/43; Salvaged n/battle damaged 6/1/44 following ground collision with 42-31377, after ship blew right tyre; with Bill Lock, Co-pilot: Walt Price, Navigator: Milton Cohen, Bombardier: Sol Greenberg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Shaw, Radio Operator: Jim Lavett, Ball turret gunner: Jim Farrell, Waist gunner: Rich Wilder, Waist gunner: Stan Sztore,Tail gunner: Porter Adams. (10 Returned to Duty). EQUIPOISE.
B-17 #42-31373 / Flakstop
Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 731BS/452BG [7D-V] Deopham Green 3/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Chas Wagner, Radio Operator: Francis Shaffer, Waist gunner: Joe Tracey, Waist gunner: Fred Richmond,Tail gunner: George James (5 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Freeman (Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Alan Willis, Navigator: Clyde Martin, Bombardier: Henry Gladys, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don PorterWounded in Action (4 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Staphorst-de-Leijen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2916. FLAKSTOP.
B-17 #42-97219 / Revel’s Revenge
Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Grenier 12/3/44; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 12/3/44; MIA Merseburg 28/9/44 Pilot: Vic Olson (KIA); Francis Miller, John Kern, Ben Spevack, Wilmer Breckenridge, Theo Wilke, John Wyman, Chas Patterson, Casimir Piatek (8POW); flak, crashed Merseburg, Germany. MACR 9378. REVEL’S REVENGE.