Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/44; Homestead 19/3/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 28/4/44; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-B] Polebrook 7/5/44; {120m} Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. SILVER DOLLAR.
Delivered Dallas 17/7/43; Scott 8/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG Thurleigh 20/8/43; transferred 364BS/305BG [WF-D] Chelveston 31/8/43; Missing in Action Kiel 5/1/44 with Stephen Barker, John Farley, Paul Wilson, Vince Durante, Billy Peyton, Sherman Crews, John Baudoin, John McAllister, Bill Hastings (9 Prisoner of War), Merle Wood (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Cuxhaven, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1685.
Delivered Denver 19/7/43; Geiger 9/8/32; Walla Walla 11/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-B] Thurleigh 20/9/43; Missing in Action Erding 24/4/44 with Dave Ramsey, Co-pilot: Edwin Miller, Navigator: Bob Krohn, Bombardier: Sterling Strange, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Ryan, Radio Operator: John Gray, Ball turret gunner: Paul Callaghan, Waist gunner: Carl Potter, Waist gunner: Don Miller,Tail gunner: Paul Walshin (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #3 and #4 followed by fire, crashed Augsburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4278. DEARLY BELOVED.
Delivered Denver 17/12/43; Langley 10/1/44; Mitchell 23/1/44; Assigned: 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 29/1/44; Transferred: 413BS/96BG Snetterton 30/1/44; 422BS/305BG [JJ- ] Chelveston 20/3/44; MIA St Lo 25/7/44.
Delivered Tulsa 16/5/44; Kearney 27/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-J/Q] Bassingbourn 7/6/44; slight mid-air collision over Peterborough with 42-107040 but returned to base with Tom Martin 5/12/44; {71m} Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; Sth Plains 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. SHURE SHOT.
Delivered Tulsa 3/2/44; Grenier 17/3/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-K] Bassingbourn 1/4/44; 324BS [DF-D]; on mission 27/5/44 with Capt ? Juehl, Waist gunner: Walter Meader (KIA – in fighter attack); returned safely after slight mid-air collision with 44-6151 over Peterborough with John Lindahl 5/12/44; 98+m battle damaged over Stuttgart 3/3/45 with John Lindahl, but got back to base; XXX (MACR 9469?);RetUS Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. SHIRLEY JEAN.
Delivered Louisville 6/4/45; Sth Plains 16/4/45; 2140 BU Smyrna 6/11/45; 342 BU Smyrna 5/5/46; 4104 BU Rome 10/6/45; 554 BU Memphis 12/6/45; 4104 BU Rome 30/9/46; Recl Comp 10/4/47.
Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/43; Salina 2/3/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-O] Thurleigh 20/4/43; Missing in Action Heligoland Airdome 15/5/43 with Frank Clemons, Radio Operator: John Mulherin, Ball turret gunner: Don Kind, Waist gunner: Reuben Carr, Waist gunner: Emil Miller,Tail gunner: Roy Fries (6 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Frank Clark, Navigator: Louis Means Wounded in Action, Bombardier: Oran Highley Wounded in Action, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Condon (4 Prisoner of War); aircraft downed by enemy aircraft and flak. Crash landed in shallow water between Neuwerk Island and Cuxhaven Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 15512.
Delivered Lincoln 12/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 28/9/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Chas Moses, Tom Freeman, Sherrill Davis, John Dargacz, John Hallmark, Sam Levy, Bill Brown, Gerald Pryme (8 Killed in Action); Bob Humphreys (Prisoner of War); mid air coll, crashed Rheine, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10312.
Delivered Long Beach 23/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-H] Deenethorpe 2/1/44; Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Frank Kuhl, Co-pilot: Ed Czupryk, Navigator: Armand Sussman, Bombardier: Bill Urry, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Robinson, Radio Operator: Ed Shaw, Waist gunner: Bob Funk, Waist gunner: Bill Smith,Tail gunner: Jim Terwiske (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Ray Dziadzia (Killed in Action);flak holed gas tanks then hit by enemy aircraft, ship exploded crashed Oythe, near Vechta, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4018.
Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-N] Deenethorpe 11/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 2/11/44 with Herb Oas (Prisoner of War); Tom Hayes, Bill Green, Bill Mencow, Byron Cook, Bill Brereton, Theo Monarky, John Dunn, John Readon (8 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Merseburg; Missing Air Crew Report 10159. WOLF PACK.
Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Tinker 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 29/5/43; Dow Fd 31/5/43; Assigned: 351BG Polebrook 9/6/43; Transferred: 388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; 335BS/95BG [OE-M] Horham 18/6/43; 39m, MIA Eberfeld 5/1/44 Pilot: Andy Williams, Navigator: George Thomas, Bombardier: Gene Schienburg, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Carl Westfall, Radio Operator: Paul Levinson, Ball Turret Gunner: George Ganster, Waist Gunner: Harry Hunke, Waist Gunner: Don Lynch, Tail Gunner: Joe Booker (9POW); Co-Pilot: Gene Davila (EVD-ret UK 7/9/44); crashed Lambourg, near Mesmil-Martinsart, 16 miles S of Arras, Fr. MACR 1687. HOLY TERROR.
Delivered Cheyenne 14/4/45; Hunter 15/5/45; ATC San Francisco 2/6/45; Assigned Air Sea Rescue 11AF Shemya 1945; force landed 29/10/45 with Jake Brunnemer; transferred 5AF, Okinawa; Recl Comp 28/5/46; 2 WW Furstenfelde, Ger 1955.
Delivered Cheyenne 10/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned: 365BS/305BG [XK-E] Chelveston 18/10/43; MIA Bremen 26/11/43 Pilot: Bob Reid, Co-Pilot: Harry Luke, Navigator: Vincent Halpin, Bombardier: Ralph Riddle, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Jones, Radio Operator: John Ladd, Ball Turret Gunner: Walter Lutz, Waist Gunner: John Neill, Waist Gunner: Ed Lapley, Tail Gunner: George Roe (10POW); flak, possibly crashed in sea off Emden, Germany. MACR 1326.
Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-B] Framlingham 29/9/43; battle damaged Montdidier (42m) 22/6/44 with Walter Fairchok, Co-pilot: John Cheppo, Navigator: Bill Flaherty, Bombardier: John Ingram, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Gorski, Radio Operator: Herman Fontana, Waist gunner: Bob Jones, Waist gunner: Bill Holter,Tail gunner: John Ingle(9 Returned to Duty); Ball turret gunner: George Lomden (Killed in Action); force landed Beaulieu, Hampshire, UK; Salvaged 30/1/44. CABIN IN THE SKY.
Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/43; Scott 21/9/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-A] Kimbolton 27/9/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Capt Doug Hoverkamp, Navigator: Meyles Sheppard, Radio Operator: Orvin Taylor, Ball turret gunner: Ben St Johns, Waist gunner: Clem Budelman, Waist gunner: Howard Lawson,Tail gunner: Warren Prosperi (7 evaded capture), Co-pilot: Ernie Hoppe, Bombardier: Frank Paisano, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wendell Shepard(captured 16/3/44} (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Chenogne, near Sibret, five miles from Bastogne, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 2873. DUFFY’S TAVERN.
Delivered Cheyenne 14/4/45; Hunter 15/5/45; ATC San Francisco 2/6/45; Assigned 5AF, Okinawa 12/12/46; Recl Comp 1/10/48.
Delivered Denver 21/10/43; Gr Island 4/11/43; with Tom Oxnard force landed Gander, Nfd. 29/11/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-E] Bassingbourn 30/3/44; transferred to 324BS [DF-E]; retUS Bradley 12/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45. BETTY LOU’S BUGGY.
Delivered Denver 17/12/43; Albuquerque 21/12/43; Langley 14/1/44; Assigned: 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 29/1/44; Transferred: 413BS/96BG [MZ-D] Snetterton 30/1/44; 33BS/94BG [XM- ] Rougham 3/44; MIA Brandenburg 18/4/44 Pilot: Gay Rieder, Navigator: Bert Brooks, xn-Elvin Hemp, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chas Elkin, Radio Operator: Herb Geilert, Waist Gunner: Matt Cerasaro, Waist Gunner: Bob Hoegh, Tail Gunner: Herb Kurinsky (8POW); Com P-Maj Lew Weimer, Bombardier: Chas Coleman (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Nauen, three miles N of Retzow, Germany. MACR 4160.
Delivered Dallas 25/9/43; Harvard 6/10/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-N] Thurleigh 19/11/43; transferred 708BS/447BG Rattlesden /44; Missing in Action Evreux 6/2/44 with Allen Reed, Co-pilot: Arthur Clark, Navigator: Jim Campbell, Bombardier: Tom Wilkins (4 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Davidge, Radio Operator: Edmund Harma, Ball turret gunner: Paul Boles, Waist gunner: Jim Alexander, Waist gunner: Ben Denny,Tail gunner: Bob Russ (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Wissous, near Paris-Orly, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2353.
Delivered Cheyenne 24/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Romulus 10/10/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-U] Snetterton 14/10/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Bob Lindstrom, Co-pilot: Bert Ripley, Navigator: Ralph Swanson{wia, gangrene set in, leg amputated}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Karlsson, Radio Operator: John Hutchins, Ball turret gunner: Roger Dearman, Waist gunner: Harry Itzikoff, Waist gunner: Bob Gentry,Tail gunner: Chas Haywood (9 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Edmund Bairstow (EVD-ret UK by 8//6/44); enemy aircraft, crash landed Dyonne, five miles NE of Rethel, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2860.
Das Schicksal dieser B-17 Fliegenden Festung ist nicht bekannt.
Delivered Dallas 1/5/44; Kearney 9/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned: 322BS/91BG Bassingbourn 31/7/44; MIA {12m} Merseburg 2/11/44 Pilot: John Hamilton, Co-Pilot: Elwood Fritz, Waist Gunner: Bob Memory, Tail Gunner: Mayo Granlund (4KIA); Navigator: Ralph Caldwell, Bombardier: Jim King, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Claude Mason, Radio Operator: Joe {known as Cress} Cereszewski {wia}, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Cunningham (5POW); Enemy aircraft KO’d #2 & #4 and set right wing ablaze, crashed Haideburger, Germany. MACR 10150. CANNON BALL TOO.
Delivered Long Beach 6/9/43; Gr Island 23/9/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-R] Kimbolton 2/12/43; to 527BG [FO-B]; retUS Bradley 12/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. CAROL DAWN.