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.

„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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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-8602

B-17 #44-8602

Delivered Lincoln 28/10/44; Grenier 10/12/44; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 22/1/45; battle damage Hamburg 17/1/45 Pilot: Ira Smith, Co-Pilot: Bob Wilcox, Navigator: Bill Nicholson, Bombardier: Howard Simon, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harry Hoffman, Radio Operator: Bob Scott, Ball Turret Gunner: Haskell Ray, Waist Gunner: Julian Anderson, Tail Gunner: Bill Everly (9INT); flak, forced landing Bulltofta, Sweden. MACR 11728; rep & ret UK; Returned to US: Bradley 1/8/45; Independence 3/8/45; Scrapped: Kingman 10/12/45.

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-97361 / The Punched Fowl

B-17 #42-97361 / The Punched Fowl

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 728th BS / 452nd BG ( K ) RAF Deopham Green 6/4/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Alex Halbleib, Co-pilot: George Kelly, Navigator: Sam KniffenWounded in Action, Bombardier: Chas Shulman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Binkele, Waist gunner: Wilbur Postlewaite (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Joe Carr, Ball turret gunner: Francis Nader, Waist gunner: Willard Morgan,Tail gunner: Pat McDonough (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ohren, near Limburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4821. THE PUNCHED FOWL.

B-17 #42-30151 / Spare Parts

B-17 #42-30151 / Spare Parts

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; New Castle 30/4/43; Presque Is 5/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-J] Ridgewell 15/6/43; Missing in Action 6m Cologne 4/3/44 with Dave Keyes, Co-pilot: Rich Seal, Navigator: Ralph Lynch, Bombardier: John Hughes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Van Voorhis, Radio Operator: John Fair, Ball turret gunner: Theo Simone, Waist gunner: Henry Levandoski, Waist gunner: Dale Hillett,Tail gunner: Chas Davis (10 Prisoner of War); mech fault, force landed La Bagarre, Clairmarais, three miles NE of St Omer, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2910. SPARE PARTS.

B-17 #41-9211 / Typhoon McGoon II

B-17 #41-9211 / Typhoon McGoon II

Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/42; Assigned 98BS/11BG Hawaii (flew to New Caledonia, at Guadalcanal Jan 43); fitted with ASV radar on nose and under wing and at least eight missions and six Japanese aircraft to its credit; retUS 901 BU Orlando 14/12/45. TYPHOON McGOON II.

B-17 #43-37524 / Queen of the Ball

B-17 #43-37524 / Queen of the Ball

Delivered Cheyenne 26/4/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-D] Polebrook 23/5/44; {63m} battle damaged Stuttgart 9/12/44 with Danforth Merrill, Co-pilot: Lou Edwards, ng-Jack McGee, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Poppe, Radio Operator: Jim Williams, Ball turret gunner: Tom Veltry, Waist gunner: Claude Chaffin,Tail gunner: Bill Teel (8 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Vernon Smith (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #2 and ship lost controls temporarily, however p returned controls and returned to base; Salvaged 10/12/45. Missing Air Crew Report 7903; QUEEN OF THE BALL.

B-17 #43-39275

B-17 #43-39275

Delivered Lincoln 28/1/45; Grenier 20/2/45; Assigned 8AF 26/2/45; re-ass ATC 30/4/47; 1414 BAS Dharan 28/1/48; Recl Comp 16/12/48.

B-17 #41-9215 / Gallopin‘ Gus

B-17 #41-9215 / Gallopin‘ Gus

Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/42; Assigned 98BS/11BG Hawaii 5/6/42; transferred 13AF (Poppy) 22/7/42; Written off 15/6/44. GALLOPIN‘ GUS.

B-17 #41-9055 / Nippon Miss

B-17 #41-9055 / Nippon Miss

Delivered Boise 338BS/96BG (?303BG) 28/2/42; {re-ass 7BG Hawaii then 19BG – according to Fortress Against the Sun by Gene E. Salecker}; with Dan Minnick force landed Salt Lake City Fd 30/3/42; Ephrata 4/6/42; Muroc 3/7/42; Geiger 2/9/42; Rapid City 1/10/42; crashed mountains of Sierra Grande, NM with Paul Cunningham 17/10/42; Salvaged. NIPPON MISS.

B-17 #42-38145 / Rosalie Ann

B-17 #42-38145 / Rosalie Ann

Delivered Denver 27/12/43; Gr Island 14/1/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG [6K-T+] Deopham Green 6/2/44; target Berlin 19/5/44 with Bill Gaither, Co-pilot: Ernie Demaray, Navigator: John Stull, Bombardier: Roger Soth, Ball turret gunner: John McCallum, Waist gunner: Joe Lovett, Waist gunner: George Mondell Wounded in Action, Tail gunner: Bob Sellstrom (8 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: Ed Sullivan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Williams (2 Killed in Action); during assembly coll with 42-31242 (388BG), crash landed New Buckenham, Nfk., sal 20/5/44. ROSALIE ANN.

B-17 #42-102665 / Round Tripper

B-17 #42-102665 / Round Tripper

Delivered Cheyenne 24/3/44; Hunter 19/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned: 730BS/452BG [6K-A+] Deopham Green 1/5/44; destroyed by Enemy aircraft at Poltava Pilot: Lt Kirke 21/6/44; Salvaged. 16/7/44.