b-17;
queen of the skies
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Updated
Nov. 23, 2012
2012 WBC Report
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2013 Status: pending 2013
GM commitment |
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Paul Risner, FL |
2012 Champion |
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Event History |
1992 |
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Frank Alexander |
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32 |
1993 |
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Kevin Combs |
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35 |
1994 |
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Kevin Combs |
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32 |
1995 |
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Paul Risner |
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31 |
1996 |
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Robert Hamel |
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32 |
1997 |
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Paul Risner |
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34 |
1998 |
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Paul Weintraub |
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32 |
1999 |
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William Burch |
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32 |
2000 |
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John Conlon |
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29 |
2001 |
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Jim LeVay |
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32 |
2002 |
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Paul Risner |
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32 |
2003 |
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William Rohrbeck |
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34 |
2004 |
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Stephen Quirke |
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37 |
2005 |
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Keith Hunsinger |
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36 |
2006 |
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Paul Risner |
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39 |
2007 |
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Dave Long |
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42 |
2008 |
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Dan Dolan Sr |
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46 |
2009 |
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Rich Moyer |
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47 |
2010 |
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Paul Risner |
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66 |
2011 |
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Steve Sabatino |
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77 |
2012 |
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Paul Risner |
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60 |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Paul Risner FL 12 343
2. Richard Moyer MN 09 156
3. William Rohrbeck NH 06 106
4. Keith Hunsinger OH 05 100
5. Eric Stranger OH 11 76
6. Bill Beckman SC 12 72
7. Steve Sabatino PA 11 60
8. Dan Dolan Sr NJ 08 60
9. Dave Long NC 07 60
10. Stephen Quirke WI 04 56
11. Judy Krauss PA 02 42
12. Jim LeVay MA 01 40
13. John Conlon OK 00 40
14. Brian Wool DE 11 36
15. Chris Daly SC 10 36
16. William Burch MD 00 34
17. Tim Evinger PA 10 31
18. Kevin Coombs GA 07 28
19. Anthony Musella VA 10 27
20. Gus Collars SC 12 24
21. Joshua Vierheller MD 10 24
22. Ruth Evinger PA 09 24
23. Mike Windle DE 09 24
24. Ken Richards SC 08 24
25. Don Del Grande CA 01 24
26. John Ellmann Sr MD 00 24
27. Paul Weintraub MD 09 22
28. David Gantt SC 03 20
29. Daniel Hoffman NC 12 18
30. Steve Shedden TN 12 18
31. Jonathan Izer MD 11 18
32. Jim Miller TN 08 18
33. Bill LeVay MA 01 16
34. John Poniske PA 00 16
35. Roger Knowles OH 04 15
36. Nathan Hill MD 12 12
37. Bruce Peckham NY 07 12
38. Scott Pfeiffer SC 06 12
39. Ralph Gleaton SC 02 12
40. Rob Navolis OH 01 12
41. Chris LeFevre AZ 04 10
42. Michael Metcalf NC 99 9
43. John Emery SC 02 8
44. Joshua Dunn VA 02 8
45. Michael Haley NY 00 8
46. Roger Covington MD 11 6
47. Steve Munchak VA 08 6
48. Phil White MD 09 6
49. Marty Musella VA 06 6
50. Evan Hitchings DE 04 5
51. John Poniske Jr PA 05 5
52. Henry Richardson VA 03 3
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2012 Laurelists
Repeating
Laurelists: |
Bill Beckman, SC
2nd
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Gus Colllars, SC
3rd
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Daniel Hoffman, NC
4th
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Nathan Hill, MD
5th
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Stephen Shedden, TN
6th
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Past Winners |
Kevin Coombs, GA
'93-'94
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Paul Risner, TN
95, 97, 02, 06, 10, 12
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Robert Hamel, CT
1996
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Paul Weintraub, MD
1998
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William Burch, MD
1999
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John Conlon, OK
2000
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Jimmy Levay, MA
2001
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William Rohrbeck, NH
2003
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Stephen Quirke, WI
2004
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Keith Hunsinger, OH
2005
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Dave Long, NC
2007
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Dan Dolan Sr, NJ
2008
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Richard Moyer, MN
2009
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Steve Sabatino, PA
2011
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Paul Risner and his wingman, Keith
Hunsinger. The good Rev must be one of the best wingman ever
judging by Paul's six wins. Rev - your Germans got to shoot better! |
Speaking of great wingmen ... who
else has one better than Justin Rice's better half, Ayree, who
actually clips his counters for him? And she can shoot, too! |
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Fighter ID charts line the walls of
the squadron's home field. |
No event has more dice rollers thanks
to Paul Weintraub. |
8th Air Force Leaner But Just as
Mean!
The time was three weeks after Black Thursday when the 8th
Air Force took 20% casualties on the raid over Schweinfurt. Emerging
from those dark days was veteran Paul Risner to become a six-time
B17 champion. Paul outscored Bill Beckman by one point!
How much is that? Bill failed to win it all by missing one ME-109
or having one more crew member return safely in any of his three
missions. Although the squadron put less planes in the air this
year for the first time since 2005, it was still the third largest
raid over Germany in our 21 years.
MISSION #1 WILHELMSHAVEN (Target: U-Boat Pens)
Philip White was awarded the DFC for landing his plane with an
engineer at the controls replacing the wounded cockpit crew.
Steve Sheddon's pilot suffered frostbite but remained in formation
to earn the Bonze Star.
MISSION #2 GELSENKIRCHEN (Target: Railroad yard)
Even with a milk run mission things happen. Roger Covington's
bombs detonated when hit by a strafing fighter to earn a posthumous
vicarious Purple Heart.
MISSION #3 WESSEL (Target: Aircraft Industry)
Four pilots suffered Roger's fate. Jacob Hebner, Jim Miller,
Kaarin Engleman, and Justin Rice all had bombs explode in their
bomb bay. The downing of Justin's plane was especially telling
in that his other half, Ayree Rice, commanded the fighter that
shot him down. It's not known if couple's counseling was needed
afterwards, but Justin reports he won't forget to take out the
garbage next year.
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The After Action Meeting is packed
again as the gift table beckons with the usual array of aerial
warfare books, models and assorted goodies to supplement plaque
prizes. |
The dean of the WBC GMs with 21 straight
years at the helm of B17, Dave Terry, always puts on a
great show with lots of extra visuals and support from helpers
like Mark Yoshikawa. |
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