Delivered Denver 20/11/43; Seattle 23/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Assigned 750BS/457BG [P] Glatton 29/1/44; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. ELIZABETH ANN.
Delivered Hunter 12/2/45; Grenier 1/3/45; Assigned 8AF 7/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/7/45; Independence 2/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 7/2/46.
Delivered Topeka 14/2/45; Love Fd 23/2/45; Grenier 1/4/45; Assigned 8AF 5/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 23/5/45; Sth Plains 25/5/45; 613 BU Phillips 7/3/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Kearney 25/2/44; with Phil Birong force landed base 6/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Langford Lodge, UK 3/4/44; Assigned 92BG Podington 24/3/44; transferred 547BS/384BG [SO-K] Grafton Underwood 15/4/44; Missing in Action Oberpfaffenhofen 24/4/44 with Dick Brouillard, Co-pilot: Chas Parker, Navigator: Walt McLaughlin, Bombardier: Paul Burton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl McCain, Radio Operator: Bernard Currin, Ball turret gunner: Bob Bryson, Waist gunner: John Pierce, Waist gunner: Bob Belknap,Tail gunner: Bob Jones (10 Prisoner of War); crew bailed after enemy aircraft set ship ablaze, crashed two miles SW of Schlehdorf, 31 miles S of Oberpaffemhofen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4351.
Delivered Denver 15/5/43; Dow Fd 7/7/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-V] Rougham 7/43; Missing in Action Solingen 29/11/43 with Walter Chyle (Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bob Foster, Navigator: Burgess Overbey, Bombardier: Pete Maximowicz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herb Owens, Radio Operator: Delmar Best, Ball turret gunner: Buford Edwards, Waist gunner: Vince Osadchy, Waist gunner: Bill Ross,Tail gunner: Floyd Frye (9 Killed in Action); hit by flak and enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, SW of Borkum Is, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1186. VIRGIN’S DELIGHT.
Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/44; Gr Island 23/2/44; Presque Is 12/3/44; Assigned 988BG Nuthampstead 16/3/44; transferred 545BS/384BG [JD-G] Grafton Underwood 31/3/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with George Poole, Co-pilot: Bob Butler, Bombardier: Des Dillingham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gus Mazzaccaro, Radio Operator: Bill Marshall, Ball turret gunner: Herman Hoskins, Waist gunner: Cleo Martino, Waist gunner: Bill Brennan,Tail gunner: Ed Holland (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Morris Kantor (KIA- killed during fighter attack); enemy aircraft, crashed Messbach, near Billings, 11 miles SE of Darmstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3871. G.I. JIVE.
Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 23/3/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD- ] Thurleigh 6/4/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 20/6/44 with Derrill Latham, Co-pilot: Ellis Porter, Navigator: Andy Nuttall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bryan Epps (4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Harry Bryant, Radio Operator: Winston Breckles, Ball turret gunner: Harry Reed, Waist gunner: Ed Smith,Tail gunner: Ed Walsh (5 Killed in Action); flak hit blew off nose, crashed Erlenstrasse, Eidelstedt/ Holstein, near Hamburg; Missing Air Crew Report 5987.
Delivered Dallas 24/7/44; Langley 17/8/44; Dow Fd 16/9/44; Assigned PFF 418BS/100BG [LD-B] Thorpe Abbotts 18/9/44; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-L] Ridgewell 3/10/44; 7+m 306BG Thurleigh 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46. THE ALAMO.
Delivered Tulsa 18/2/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 22/4/44; no ops, transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-M] Molesworth 12/5/44; battle damaged French A/fds 11/6/44 with Don Stark{Wounded in Action}, Co-pilot: George Conley, Navigator: John Auerhamer{Wounded in Action}, Bombardier: Dick Nelson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Delmer Batten, Radio Operator: Joe Steinhagen, Ball turret gunner: Max Richkind, Waist gunner: Harry Nelson, Waist gunner: Jim Eggink,Tail gunner: Jim Morrow (10 Returned to Duty); stalled on end of base runway then skidded and u/c ripped off and tail wheel collapsed; Salvaged 1 SAD 13/6/44. SWEET MELODY.
Delivered Dallas 19 August 1944; Langley 20 July 1944; Presque Isle 13 August 1944; Assigned 493BG Debach 15/8/44, then 349BS/100BG [XR-T] Thorpe Abbotts; Salvaged 9AF Germany 29/12/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/44; Hunter 1/5/44; Grenier 19/5/44; Assigned 352BS/301BG Lucera 26/5/44; Missing in Action Memmingen 18/7/44 with Gilbert Wilson, Bergen, Henry, Seitzinger, Isaac, Voight, Van Tassel, Sterling, Lynde (9 Prisoner of War); Criner (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Bozen; Missing Air Crew Report 7310.
Delivered Cheyenne 22/7/44; Kearney 31/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-H] Horham 12/8/44; with C.E. Willis force landed A-82 Rouvres, Fr 20/2/45; 73m, crash landed base with ?, non op 6/5/45; ditched North Sea with Roger Sundin 26/5/45. HEAVY DATE.
Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Grenier 4/6/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-O] Polebrook 9/6/44; {6m} battle damaged Munich 12/7/44 with Pete Wishnewsky, Co-pilot: Dale Thompson, Navigator: Jim Shaver, Bombardier: Bernie Yarcusko, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Basil Manos, Radio Operator: Tom Cobb, Ball turret gunner: Harry Kistner, Waist gunner: Chas Kazalia,Tail gunner: John Taylor (9 Returned to Duty); crash landed base, #3 engine wrenched off, aircraft caught fire and damaged beyond repair; Salvaged 15/7/44.
Delivered Great Falls, Montana, force landed Nashville, Tennessee with Jim Dale; repaired & assigned 423BS/306BG Westover 15-Aug-42; Thurleigh 8-Sep-42. B-17F 41-24496, was despatched along with 12 other B-17s to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft received severe damage from German FW-190 fighters, killing the Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, TSgt Kenneth R. Aulenbach and wounding three others. The pilot, Capt Robert C. Williams and Co-Pilot, 2LT Warren George managed to fly to damaged aircraft back to England, making an emergency landing at RAF Exeter. The aircraft was salvaged. 1KIA 9RTD-3WIA. No MACR issued.
Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Presque Is 16/3/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-U] Rougham 13/3/44; 410BS [GL-U]; battle damaged Merseburg 25/11/44 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 13/12/44.
Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/43; Denver 1/3/43; Gore 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-W] Polebrook 17/4/43; battle damaged Bordeaux 31/12/43 36m, crash landed Sywell, Notts; 1st Base Air Depot, Burtonwood; Returned to the USA Rome 21/7/44; Roswell 5/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/10/45. SNOOZIN‘ SUSAN.
Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; with Joe Cannon force landed Denver 7/8/43; Lowry 12/8/43; Dyersburg 14/8/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-R] Thorpe Abbotts 5/9/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Stewart McLain, Co-pilot: John McBride, Navigator: Phil Mordkowitz, Bombardier: Homer Glasco, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Angelo Fernandez, Radio Operator: Sam Kuntz, Ball turret gunner: Larry Bennett, Waist gunner: George Knudsen (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Claude Zukowski,Tail gunner: Bill Cook (2 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #2, crashed Channel, off Sangatte, near Calais, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2760. MISMALOVIN‘.
Delivered Cheyenne 29/7/43; Gr Isle 9/8/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-K later J] Thorpe Abbotts 28/8/43; battle damaged Ludwigshafen (14m) 30/12/43 with George Brannan, (rest of crew unknown); crash landed Starston Hall, near Harleston, Nfk, UK, one man with severe wounds and two slightly wounded; Salvaged 2/1/44. SUNNY II.
Delivered Cheyenne 1/8/44; Kearney 13/8/44; Grenier 23/8/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-H] Thorpe Abbotts 30/8/44; force landed Tibenham, Sfk 31/12/44 with Lt Baker, rest unknown; battle damaged Leipzig 27/2/45 with ?; crash landed Trimach, Switz; Salvaged 31/10/45. BACHELOR’S HEAVEN.
Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 11/3/44; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-M] Grafton Underwood 12/3/44; crashed on take off for mission 16/6/44 with Ken Ungerman, Co-pilot: Chas Widner, Navigator: Evan Williams, Bombardier: John Dugger, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roger Schlising, Radio Operator: Bob Bailey, Ball turret gunner: Frank Vallone, Waist gunner: Dallas Jacobs,Tail gunner: Herb Stephens (9 Returned to Duty); ground-looped off runway and up against a gun emplacement; Salvaged 18/6/44. FLAK HOPPER.
Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM- ] Rougham 8/4/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Tom Williams, Co-pilot: Edwin Waite, Navigator: Joe Davis, Bombardier: Lew Ranck, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken McLean, Radio Operator: Herb Schoket, Ball turret gunner: Jerry Pasquale, Waist gunner: Casimir Skomski, Waist gunner: Wayne Waters,Tail gunner: J.W. Smith (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Obergonderhausen, 12 miles SW of Koblenz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 15260. BOTTLED IN BOND.
Delivered Tulsa 16/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-V] Rougham 8/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/8/44 with Orville Spenst, Co-pilot: Larry Metzroth, Navigator: Ed Pacek, Bombardier: Ira Dodd, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Brown, Radio Operator: Forest Crosman, Ball turret gunner: Jim Theiss, Waist gunner: Bob Hurd (8POW-rescued by German Sea patrol);Tail gunner: Frank Trilling (KIA-drowned); flak damage and three engines out, ditched North Sea, off Frisian Islands [54°14’N – 07°25’E]. Missing Air Crew Report 8075.
Delivered Denver 10/5/43; Bangor 1/6/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-J] Andrews Fd 2/6/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; landing accident with Russell Girse 17/9/43; Missing in Action Sorau 11/4/44 with Ralph Winslow, Co-pilot: Vince Gill, Navigator: John Hill, Ed Segall, Ball turret gunner: Harry Sandford, Waist gunner: George Roche (6 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Ralph Munoz, Radio Operator: Carl Caputo, Waist gunner: John Massie,Tail gunner: Joel Burklund (4KIA- all trapped in ship which sunk immediately); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, ten miles of coast at Dankerdorf, ten miles SW of Riggenwalde, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3808. FULL HOUSE.
Delivered Hunter 23/10/44; Dow Fd 1/11/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-H] Molesworth 2/11/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 6/4/45 with Melvin Alderman, Roman Ley, George Thomas, Howard Weinberg, Raoul Prieto, Bill Toler, Don Beebe, Jesse Moore (8 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 44-8547 (487BG), crashed Teplitz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 13719. GREEN HILL BELLE.