Boeing B-17 #42-97174 / Joanne
Abschuss durch Flak / (21 Juni 1944)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
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Boeing B-17 #42-30642 / Geronimo
Abschuss durch Flak / (19 Juli 1944)
Boeing B-17 #44-6163 / Passaic Warrior
Zurückgekehrt in die USA / (08 Juni 1945)
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B-17 #42-102481 / Kentucky Winner
Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Kearney 4/5/44; Grenier 19/4/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-P] Gt Ashfield 20/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 18/3/45 with Bill Cocker, Bill Chaney, Harold Morthorst, Bob Crider, Ellis Murray, Vince Figini, Joe Ryan, Harry Grimet (8 Returned to Duty); Bill Martsch (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Grodzisk, Russia. Missing Air Crew Report 13141. KENTUCKY WINNER.
B-17 #42-3031 / Nitemare
Delivered Cheyenne 20/1/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-F] Bassingbourn 19/4/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 26/7/43 with James W. Rendall, Co-pilot: Vernon Brack, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Johnson, Waist gunner: Dave Ramsey, Waist gunner: Byron Brunty,Tail gunner: Chas Murray (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: George Guy, Bombardier: Bob Cadilek, Radio Operator: John Monahan, Ball turret gunner: Bob Oyler (4 Killed in Action); sustained flak damage, dropped back crashed Nindorf, 10 miles SE of Rotenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 201. NITEMARE.
B-17 #42-102724
Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; 325 BU Avon Park 9/12/44; with John Girard force landed FL 28/1/45; Recl Comp 9/2/45.
B-17 #43-38088 / Redwing
Delivered Cheyenne 24/6/44; Hunter 14/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-R] Bassingbourn 11/8/44; {60+m} Returned to the USA Bradley 12/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 12/8/45. REDWING.
B-17 #42-102534
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; MacDill 31/3/44; 326 BU MacDill 15/2/45; 329 BU Alexandra 3/3/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 20/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.
B-17 #42-107062 / Worry Bird aka Miss Bea Haven aka Little Joe Jr
Delivered Denver 9/2/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Dow Fd 3/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25/4/44; no ops, transferred 562BS/388BG Knettishall 29/4/44 WORRY BIRD; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 29/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. LITTLE JOE JR aka MISS BEA HAVEN.
B-17 #42-107207
Delivered Tulsa 21/3/44; Kearney 2/4/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-O/D] Deenethorpe 2/5/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 30/5/44 with Alpheus Kilmer, Co-pilot: Jim Hunter, Navigator: Bill Griggs, Bombardier: John Wilson{Wounded in Action}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Delois Deitsch, Waist gunner: Bob Hicks, Waist gunner: Jim Alexander (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Bob Brooks, Ball turret gunner: Ed Gormley,Tail gunner: Angelo Mannisi (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Everingen, seven miles NW of Helmstedt Afd, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5304.
B-17 #42-3353 / Tar Fly
Delivered Denver 20/5/43; Dow Fd 7/7/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-L] Snetterton 13/7/43;MIA Beaumont Sur Oise 9/9/43 with Edwin Noordewier, Co-pilot: Herman Eitel, Navigator: Francis Kelly, Bombardier: Martin Gelman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Sheaves, Radio Operator: W.B. Surratt, Waist gunner: Nathan Karpf, Waist gunner: Bill Garrett (8 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Orville Sloane,Tail gunner: Lonnie Ogle (2 Killed in Action); flak, crash landed W of Evreux, near Beaumont-Le-Roger, Fr. TAR FLY.
B-17 #42-30202
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Dow Fd 18/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall; Missing in Action Kassel 30/7/43 with Earl Pickard, Bob Hoke, Wallace Soderberg, Orville Lewis, Walt Togel, Sam Tucker, Ralph May, Don Boyd, Harlan Oakberg (9 Prisoner of War); Billy Hooker (evaded capture); flak, crashed Liege, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 3125.
B-17 #42-3322 / Full House
Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Bangor 1/6/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-J] Andrews Fd 2/6/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; landing accident with Russell Girse 17/9/43; Missing in Action Sorau 11/4/44 with Ralph Winslow, Co-pilot: Vince Gill, Navigator: John Hill, Ed Segall, Ball turret gunner: Harry Sandford, Waist gunner: George Roche (6 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Ralph Munoz, Radio Operator: Carl Caputo, Waist gunner: John Massie,Tail gunner: Joel Burklund (4KIA- all trapped in ship which sunk immediately); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, ten miles of coast at Dankerdorf, ten miles SW of Riggenwalde, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3808. FULL HOUSE.
