Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 3/4/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-Z] Nuthampstead 5/5/44; repaired Missing in Action 21/11/44 with Lt Landrun but ret 24/11/44; declared WW 23/12/44 and became group’s weather ship; landing gear collapsed while taxying from non-op with David Mills 2/4/45; Salvaged 4/4/45.
Delivered Long Beach 26/4/43; Sioux City 7/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 30/6/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 3/7/43; detailed Solignen, 30/11/43 with Paul Kelly, Co-pilot: John Corzette, Navigator: John Wiley, Bombardier: Marion Wiles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Theo Lambert, Radio Operator: Edwin Bishop, Ball turret gunner: Merrick Castilie, Waist gunner: Eldridge Sauter, Waist gunner: Sterling Crawford,Tail gunner: Andrew Jenkins (10 Returned to Duty) crash landed on wrong runway at Polebrook on return through pilot error. Salvaged. JUST AG.
Delivered Seattle 15/12/42; Eglin 4/3/43; McClellan 17/3/43; Seattle 8/5/43; Wright 23/6/43; Seattle 6/8/43; MATCOM Wright Fd 2/6/44; 110 BU Mitchell 19/9/44; Wright 27/9/44; RRD Nashville 3/8/45; 4020 BU Wendover 22/8/45. Assigned to Project Hermit; converted to radio-controlled drone and crashed into mountain on the Wendover, UT bombing range. (RFC Searcey Fd 11/9/45?).
Delivered Lincoln 29/12/44; Dow Fd 25/1/45; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-H] Polebrook 1/2/45; {14m} Returned to the USA Bradley 23/5/45; Sth Plains 26/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.
Delivered Denver 26/10/42; Brooksville 30/12/42; Orlando 29/5/43; Hobbs 26/11/43; Orlando 1/1/44; Dallas 9/1/44; 2117 BU Buckingham 29/6/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 11/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.
Delivered Long Beach 20/10/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-S] Chelveston 5/1/44. Crashed near Canterbury on return from mission to Saarbrucken on 11 May 1944. Two crew had bailed out over Germany and were captured. MACR 4874 Missing in Action Merkville 3/8/44 with Ben Buttrey, Co-pilot: Bob Heithoff, Navigator: Jim McDermott, Bombardier: Bob Horn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edsel Newton, Radio Operator: Walt Crusoe, Ball turret gunner: Warren Dunphy, Waist gunner: Joe Quain,Tail gunner: Chas Newell (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed wood near Buhl, Baden-Baden, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7702. SWINGING DOOR aka V-FOR VICTORY.
Delivered Long Beach 19/10/43; Gr Island10/11/43; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 9/12/43; transferred 652BS/25BG (Recon) Watton 8/44; Salvaged 22/6/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 28/12/42; Salina 9/1/43; Morrison 12/2/43; Homestead 18/2/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-V] Chelveston 2/3/43 YE WHITE SWAN; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 22/8/43; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Jason Duncan, Waist gunner: Harry Starkey, Waist gunner: Morris Wall,Tail gunner: Roy Mattson (4 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Harry Allchin, Navigator: Mac Huffman, Bombardier: Bob Kesslar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vinal Wade, Radio Operator: Ed Doherty, Ball turret gunner: Leon Jeffers (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft started fire in #1, but ship exploded in air, crashed Steenvoorde, five miles E of Cassel, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1578. FULL BOOST.
Delivered Denver 26/10/42; West Palm Beach 13/1/43; Assigned Soxo 15/1/43; on ferry trip from Marrakech, Morocco to UK, with Edwin Pipp, (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Treswithick Farm, Cardingham, Cornwall, UK, 10/2/43; Salvaged n/battle damaged 2/11/43.
Delivered Cheyenne 23/12/43; Gr Island 12/1/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-N] Rougham 8/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 18/4/44 with Irwin Pomerantz, Co-pilot: Bert Dutton, Navigator: Ed Artick, Bombardier: Ray Hamel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nelson Klingensmith, Radio Operator: Tom Doherty, Ball turret gunner: Lou Langston, Waist gunner: Russ Norris, Waist gunner: Steve Beck,Tail gunner: Bill Mavity (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed near Friesack, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4158. LONESOME POLECAT .
Delivered Tulsa 27/11/42; Hobbs 23/12/42; Lowry 25/7/43; Hobbs 3/8/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; 4124 BU Altus 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 20/8/45.
Delivered Denver 15/1/44; Gr Island 21/1/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 10/2/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 21/6/44 with Lou Hernandez, Co-pilot: Tom Madden, Navigator: Alf Lea, Bombardier: Joe Baker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Hutchinson, Waist gunner: Herschell Wise, Waist gunner: Bob Gilbert (7EVD- fought with Russian army until end of war, and joined US forces at Poltava base); Radio Operator: Jack White, Ball turret gunner: Bill Cabaniss,Tail gunner: Arnold Schumate (3POW-all wia); enemy aircraft KOd #2 and #3, crashed Swory, near Biala Podlaska, Pol. Missing Air Crew Report 10282. BTO IN THE ETO.
Delivered Geiger AF HQ 9/11/42; Ainsworth 1/3/43; Rapid City 14/4/43; Geiger 22/6/43; Gt Falls 29/7/43; Lewiston 4/8/43; with S.H. Samuelson force landed Walker Fd, Ks 7/3/44; 248 BU Walker 9/6/44; 232 BU Dalhart 14/7/44; 3701 BU Amarillo 14/10/44; Written off 20/10/44. Recl Comp 9/2/46.
Delivered Denver 11/1/44; 1SAG Langley 6/2/44; Presque Is 10/3/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-H] Bassingbourn 27/4/44; 323BS [OR-T]; 41+m transferred 306BG Thurleigh 21/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 28/3/46. GERALDINE aka PEG ‘O MY HEART.
Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Dalhart 17/8/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-A] Polebrook 22/9/43; transferred 508BS [YB-A]. Missing in Action on its 12th mission, to Bordeaux on 31 December 1943 with Pilot Major John R. Blaylock; Navigator: James Taylor; Tail gunner: Captain Edward C. Boykin Jr (3 Killed in Action). Co-pilot: Colonel William A. Hatcher Jr [Group CO]; Navigator: Captain Jack E. Danby; Bombardier: Captain John W. Smith; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: William S. Maupin; Radio Operator: Edward C. Kase; Ball turret gunner: Joseph R. Quiles; Left Waist gunner: Adam J. Fischer; Right Waist gunner: Roger Blaser (8 Prisoner of War). Shot down by Flak & enemy aircraft, crashed near Médis A/fd, 3km NW of Royan, France. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 1984.
Delivered Cheyenne 4/12/44; Hunter 22/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 419BS/301BG PFF Lucera 10/2/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 2/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.
Delivered Geiger AF HQ 6/11/42; Pierre 4/3/43; Geiger 23/6/43; 556 BU Long Beach 10/7/44; 202 BU Galveston 20/7/44; 223 BU Dyersburg 23/2/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 1/3/45; 202 BU Syracuse 23/3/45; Rec Comp 3/1/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 7/1/45; Hunter 26/1/45; Dow Fd 1/2/45; Assigned PFF 615BS/401BG [IY-J] Deenethorpe 20/2/45; transferred 305BG Chelveston 20/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.
Delivered Tulsa 3/12/42; West Palm Beach 9/1/43; Assigned 97BG Biskra 20/1/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; transferred 346BG/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; {27m/99} 815BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action Milan 30/4/44 with Hilmer Landholt, Daniels,Kleiner, Bowles, Landwehr, Gatch, Con, Davis (8 Prisoner of War); Altgelt, Goddard (2 evaded capture to Switz.) flak & enemy aircraft. crashed Vanette, Missing Air Crew Report 4612. CHIEF WAHOO.
Delivered Lincoln 23/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Y/L] Horham 7/1/45; on 19/3/45 with W.C. Hunter, obs-R.B. Adams [wia]; 55m, Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45. THE BLESSED EVENT.
Delivered Denver 26/10/42; Brooksville 19/12/42; Orlando 31/1/43; Montbrook 13/8/43; 245 BU McCook 15/8/44; 9BG McCook 1/9/44; 249 BU Alliance 16/10/44; 224 BU Sioux City 25/1/45; with Rod Green force landed NE 10/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 13/8/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 19/1/45; Hunter 4/2/45; Dow Fd 13/2/45; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-N] Ridgewell 17/2/45; {4+m} transferred 367BS/306BG Thurleigh 5/45; taxi accident with John Hahn 26/6/45; with John Gooch force landed RAF Christchurch 15/7/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 1/4/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 19/7/44; Kearney 28/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-B] Bassingbourn 18/8/44; taxi accident with 44-6578 with Dudley Mathers 4/4/45; THE BIGGEST BIRD.
Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Dow 23/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-S] Ridgewell 25/5/43 with Lt Col Leland Fiegel, Capt Art Briggs, Lt Clayton Greenwood {eng/off}, Maj Garfield Schnabel {medic}, Lt Carey Ballew (statn/off}, M/Sgt Jim Hatton {Ass/eng}, M/Sgt Albt Purchase {rad/op}, T/Sgt Leon Szopinski {Ops/clk}, S/Sgt Harry Cenker {pers/clk}, Lt Spencer Muller {ATC nav}; battle damaged {1m} Antwerp 22/6/43 with Inman Jobe, Co-pilot: Jim Hudson, Navigator: Jim Bradley, Bombardier: Larry Potenza, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Kinley Lindsay, Radio Operator: Henry Klick, Ball turret gunner: Bob Osborne, Waist gunner: Woody Englett, Waist gunner: Tony Fox,Tail gunner: Art Sieber (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Nth Foreland, Kent, UK. on return from first mission of BG; Salvaged 1/7/43. LITTLE CHUCK.