Delivered Tulsa 22/5/44; Dallas 4/6/44; Langley 6/7/44; Dow Fd 2/8/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-L] as H2S aircraft Polebrook 5/9/44; {54m} transferred 305BG Chelveston 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46. THE PATHFINDER.
Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Horham 6/4/44; with L.J. Price, force landed 4/8/44 sal; with M.S. Roy force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44; with H. Rivet force landed France 20/2/45; with J.E. Galbraith force landed RAF Ludham UK 21/3/45, sal; 106m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45. EL’S BELLES.
Delivered Cheyenne 6/1/44; Gr Island 10/1/44; Grenier 24/1/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG [ -H] Knettishall 14/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Gus Christiani, Navigator: Leon Levy, Bombardier: Ray Newark, Waist gunner: Bill Kline, Waist gunner: Bill Pope (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Clarry Farrington, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sal Ciaccio, Radio Operator: Bill Mayne, Ball turret gunner: Rupert Smith,Tail gunner: John Griscom (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed in swamp at Neu-Ringer, 14 miles N of Nordhorn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3091. SHACK RABBITS.
Delivered Cheyenne 15/7/44; Hunter 16/7/44; Dow Fd 9/8/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-O] Polebrook 21/8/44; 509BS [RQ-O]; in base taxi accident with Ed Ashton 20/1/45; 59m 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 17/12/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/43; El Paso 4/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-O] Bassingbourn 28/2/44; battle damaged on mission 14/2/45 and force landed continent where it was sal 13/3/45. JEZEBEL.
Delivered Long Beach 28/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; ass 544BS/384BG [SU-V] Grafton Underwood 8/1/44; 546BS [BK-V]; MIA Bonn (Cologne) 4/3/44 Pilot: Walt Carpenter{died from injuries while in hospital}, Bombardier: Murray Altman (2KIA); Co-Pilot: John Kennedy, Navigator: Carl Hedin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dwight McCracken, Radio Operator: Wayne Fallesen, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed O’Leary, Waist Gunner: Don Girard (7POW); Waist Gunner: Bernie Zyglowicz, Tail Gunner: Clarry Leibring (2EVD); flak, crashed Blangemont, nine miles SW of St Pol, Fr; MACR 2741.
Delivered Cheyenne 13/9/42; New Castle 12/10/42; Assigned 353BS/301BG Chelveston 1/11/42; Tarafaoui 26/11/42; Maison Blanche 5/12/42; Biskra 16/12/42; {71m} transferred 346BS/99BG Navarin 8/1/43; Gen Doolittle aboard mission to Kiarouan Afd 9/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Missing in Action Bolzano 10/11/43, with Jerry Wickcliffe, DeWitt, Ellsworth, Isert, Hogan, Arlinghaus, Chestnut, Auzniarek, Pinkard (9 Killed in Action); Prochaska (Prisoner of War); crashed north of Brescia, Italy; Missing Air Crew Report 1129.
Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Spokane 26/11/43; Gt Falls 5/12/43; Cheyenne 11/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Memphis 29/12/43; Morrison 3/1/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 14/1/44; {12m} transferred depot 2/44; Salvaged 17/4/45.
Delivered Tulsa 15/9/42; W Palm Beach 7/1/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG Ain M’Lila 15/1/43; Missing in Action {1m} Gabes 4/2/43 with Bill Broderick, Co-pilot: McMillan, Navigator: Kinal, Bombardier: Hills, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Horton, Radio Operator: Magun, Ball turret gunner: Stokes, Waist gunner: Thofern, Waist gunner: McLaughlin, g-Conlon (10 Prisoner of War); shot down Gabes, Mor?. Missing Air Crew Report 15358.
Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/44; Hunter 5/3/44; Homstead 12/3/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 2/4/44; {46m} battle damaged Munich 19/7/44 with ? ; crash landed base & collided with bulldozer; Salvaged.
Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned Soxo 4/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 31/5/43; Morrison 9/6/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 18/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Missing in Action {46m} Piraeus 11/1/44 with Rich Williams, Shields, Elkin, DesRuissseau, Harkey, Day, Young (7 Killed in Action); Daley, Rappleye, Ogens (survive-3RTD?); mid air coll, crashed Poretson, Gr (?); Missing Air Crew Report 1831.
Delivered Cheyenne 19/5/43; Gore 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 31/5/43; Morrison 8/6/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG St Donat 20/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Missing in Action {13m} Capua, It. 4/9/43 with Wilbur Crouch, Co-pilot: Kinney, Navigator: Fleischauer, Bombardier: Kimber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Allen, Radio Operator: Goll, Ball turret gunner: Curtician, Waist gunner: Shripka,Tail gunner: Kulthua. Missing Air Crew Report 513. THE LADY EVELYN.
Delivered Lincoln 31/10/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 18BS/34BG Mendlesham 20/12/44. Battle damaged on Operation Varsity 24/3/45 with Lester Bennett, Co-pilot: Henry Karger, Navigator: Lou Bertino, tog – Ken Lewman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ocko Pickett, Radio Operator: Roger Dilley, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Verman, Waist gunner: Bill Johnson,Tail gunner: Chester Kordas (9 Killed in Action); a mid air collision resulted in c/l. Salvaged 25/3/45. HOMESICK ANGEL aka HAPPY WARRIOR.
Delivered Dallas 17/7/44; Langley 3/8/44; Grenier 16/9/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [N7-S] Nuthampstead 11/10/44; 603BS [N7-S]; re classified as HO aircraft at 1 SAD Troston 18/1/45; 306BG Thurleigh 27/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.
Delivered Dallas 20/8/44; Langley 27/9/44; Dow Fd 16/10/44; Assigned as SH aircraft 601BS/398BG Nuthampstead 5/11/44; 603BS [N7-V]; re-classified as HO aircraft after modification at 1 SAD Troston 23/1/45; transferred 833BS/486BG [2N-T] Sudbury 9/4/45; [3m} transferred 306BG Thurleigh 21/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45. POLECAT TOO aka GOIN’ HOME.
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Gr Island 21/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-A] Bassingbourn 22/4/44; Missing in Action 14+m Berlin 21/6/44 with Ed Waters, Co-pilot: George Abbott, Bombardier: Jim Van Pelt, Waist gunner: Bob Hettinger (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Alf Kovner, ttg-Lou Miller, Radio Operator: Chester Kolano, Ball turret gunner: Harry Humm, Waist gunner: Claude Hopkins,Tail gunner: Ed Shirley (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft KO’d #3 and set fire to wing, crashed Ruehlow, ten miles E of Neubrandenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5983. SLEEPYTIME GAL.
Delivered Tucson 25/2/42; West Palm Beach 17/4/42; Assigned 12AF 29/4/43; Ret US Memphis 10/4/44; Morrison 8/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 2/6/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Hunter 22/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG [G6- ] Debach 4/8/44; detailed Magdeburg 12/9/44, mission 55, with the George M Durgin crew; landed in Belgium to get Donald W Gray, Haywood (Frank) Deese & Ray H Higginbotham to hospital ASAP but Don Gray died later that day; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 5/11/44 with John Kolberg, Bruce Johnson, Martin Rosenberg, Vince Churm, Bob Klindworth (5 Killed in Action); Joe Loughran, Bob Kurio, Bill Vayo, Art Fisher (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ludwigshafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10327.
Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Kearney 24/7/44; Grenier 7/8/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 13/8/44; Missing in Action Kassel 2/10/44 with Bill McCage, Co-pilot: Lou Smith, Navigator: Gene Killoren, Bombardier: Bill Boatwright, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carlton Seaton, roJoe Cummings, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Burns, Waist gunner: Chas Camp,Tail gunner: Harry Peterson (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Muenchenhof, Ger?. Missing Air Crew Report 9369.
Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-D] Polebrook 20/4/43; Missing in Action 7m St Nazaire 28/6/43 with Bill King, Co-pilot: Lloyd Gullickson, Navigator: Sid Lang, Radio Operator: Chas Armstrong, Ball turret gunner: Bradley Learned, Waist gunner: Reid Merry (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Russ McDonald, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leroy Birkley, Waist gunner: Jack Sanderson,Tail gunner: Ernie Taylor (4 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d all engines, ditched Bay of Biscay, only four crewmen found by French fishermen; Missing Air Crew Report 15511. ARGONAUT II.
Delivered Barksdale 24/2/42; 97BG Sarasota 29/3/42; Walla Walla 28/6/42; crashed & burned 15/7/42. Salvaged.
Delivered Dallas 12/5/44; Langley 27/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green 15/7/44; battle damaged Ansbach 22/2/45 with Bill Emmett, Co-pilot: Bill Hoffman, Navigator: Clinton Ewen, tog-Sgt Warren Holt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sid Mason, Radio Operator: George Benedict,Tail gunner: Dean Clementson (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Jim Moss, Waist gunner: Francis Adkins, radar op-Bill Lorig (3 Prisoner of War); flak hit and exploded in mid-air, crashed Oberpfaffenhofen, Ger. Sal; Missing Air Crew Report 12657. JOHNNY REB.
Delivered Cheyenne 31/8/44; Hunter 4/9/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-F] Nuthampstead 4/11/44; (4m) Missing in Action Merseburg 21/11/44 with Bob Lehner, Co-pilot: Stan De Lafayette, Bombardier: Henry Perence, Waist gunner: Virgil Register (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Jim Esterbrooks, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ozie French, Radio Operator: Bill Elliott, Ball turret gunner: Ken Bachman,Tail gunner: Rex Kellogg (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Zimmernsupra, near Efurt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11211. LEHNER’S RAIDERS.