Delivered Hunter 4/3/45; Grenier 15/3/45; Assigned 8AF 28/3/45; Returned to the USA 4100 BU Patterson 12/6/45; 1 BU Bolling 6/8/45; 1503 BU Hamilton 23/10/45; 1 BU Bolling 29/10/45; 902 BU Orlando 13/12/45; 621 BU Pinecastle 17/6/46; 554 BU Memphis 19/6/46; 613 BU Phillips 20/8/46.
Delivered Hunter 6/3/45; Grenier 18/3/45; Assigned 8AF 28/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; Sth Plains 4/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/2/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Dow Fd 17/7/44; Assigned 838BS/487BG Lavenham 18/7/44; transferred 833BS/486BG [2N-H Sudbury 11/44; {59m} Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/7/45; Recl Comp 7/6/46.
Delivered Lincoln 15/2/45; Grenier 1/3/45; Assigned 8AF 4/3/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46.
Assigned 92BG Bangor 2/8/42; 340BS/97BG Polebrook 24/8/42 THE RED GREMLIN; took Gen Eisenhower to Gibraltar (1st B-17 to Gib) with Paul Tibbets; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; Biskra 25/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Returned to the USA 13/7/44; Salvaged 19/6/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/43; Salina 17/2/43; Rapid City 20/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned: 334BS/95BG Alconbury 30/3/43; 3m, blew up on base 27/5/43, Salvaged. (along with three other aircraft:42-29706; 42-29804; 42-29808, five severe damage & six minor damage). Nav-Lt Frank Metzger, ord-Frank Baldassaro, mech-Stan Banks, mech-Fred Briske, r/mech-John Carlisle, c/c-Byron Carroll, mech-Sam Eliak, ord-Albt Finn, a/iNavigator: John Gira, r/m-Wallace Henderson, Ord/off-Lt Harry Irwin, mech-Clinton Lewis, r/mech-Lou Palmer, arm-Earl Rogers, arm-Glen Swarts, arm-Jack Twitford, arm-Howard Welch; ord-Alvin McCool {92BG}, r/mech-Tom Cunningham {92BG}. (19KIA), 21 seriously inj and 14 slightly injured).
Assigned 326BS/92BG Bangor 31/7/42; 342BS/97BG Polebrook 8/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; bombed and damaged on base by Luftwaffe 23/12/42; Salvaged. LITTLE EVA.
Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Salina 9/1/43; Lake Charles 31/1/43; Morrison 12/2/43; Homestead 17/2/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-L] Bassingbourn 7/3/43; Missing in Action Rouen-Sotteville 28/3/43 with John Coen, Co-pilot: Caryll Nobbs, Navigator: Harry Davidson, Bombardier: John Butler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Strozzi, Radio Operator: Fran Byrne, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bectel, Waist gunner: Lou McLane, Waist gunner: Paul Kyes,Tail gunner: Domenic Caruso (10 Killed in Action); shot down and ditched Channel, a mile off Fecamp, Fr.. Missing Air Crew Report 16086.
Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 25/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned 837BS/487BG Lavenham 8/7/44; transferred 833BS/486BG [4N-R] Sudbury 27/10/44; then 835BS [H8-V]; 75m Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 12/11/45. SUPERSTITUOUS ALOYSIUS aka BOLT FROM THE BLUE..
Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/43; Sioux City 20/3/43; Tinker 28/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43. Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-Y/V] Kimbolton 2/5/43. Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Bohn Fawkes, Co-pilot: Chas Mauldin, Navigator: Elmer Bendiner, Bombardier: Bob Hejny, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Reedman, Radio Operator: Fred Reinhard, Ball turret gunner: Walt Gray, Waist gunner: John Leary, Waist gunner: Harry Edwards,Tail gunner: Mike Arooth (10 Returned to Duty); ditched Channel, all rescued by Air Sea Rescue launch HSL180 from Dover, Kent, UK. No MACR. TONDELAYO.
Assigned 326BS/92BG Bangor 1-August-1942; transferred to 414BS/97BG Polebrook 24-August-1942; Missing in Action 21-October-1942 on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient/Keroman, France. All were picked up by a French fishing boat and turned over to the Germans at Quimper, France. 8POW 1DIC 1EVD. No Missing Air Crew Report (MACR).
Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-A] Westover 8/42; Thurleigh 13/10/42; wrecked 21/10/42 RAF Sutton Bridge, Cambs. with Wilson, life raft latch broke loose and raft tangled round horizontal stabilizer, rep; transferred 482BG Alconbury 22/8/43; 379BG Kimbolton 27/3/44; Returned to the USA 22/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/10/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 10/7/42; Assigned 42BS/11BG Hawaii but transferred to Kualoa, New Caledonia en route to 72BS/5BG 22/7/42; Espirito Santo 23/11/42; Guadalcanal 12/42; Kualoa, New Caledonia 8/4/43; Returned to the USA 8/11/44. JEZEBEL. (?with Rich Adams force landed Tyndall 10/7/44?)
Delivered Lincoln 24/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned 837BS/487BG Lavenham 13/9/44; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-K] Kimbolton 24/9/44; u/c coll on landing 3/5/45 with Hub Woodruff; Salvaged 6/5/45. LUCKY PATCH.
Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-H] Bangor 29-Aug-42; Bassingbourn 1-Oct-42; Missing in Action 11m Wilhelmshafen 26-Feb-43. Flak hit caused fire in #4, crashed North Sea. 10 Killed in Action, Missing Air Crew Report 4830. KICKAPOO.
Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-U] Bangor 2/9/42; Bassingbourn 29/9/42; Missing in Action Kiel 19/5/43 with Edwin Baxley, Co-pilot: Jim Breeden, Navigator: Jim Fulmer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jarvis Hall (4 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Art Poston, Radio Operator: Bill Peeler, Ball turret gunner: Gene Trimble, Waist gunner: Bill Rathgerber body never found, Waist gunner: Art Berkovitz,Tail gunner: Harrell Thompson (6KIA, plus unknown British news man); shot down with engine out and crashed Kiel Bay and exploded. Missing Air Crew Report 15632. SPIRIT OF ALCOHOL.
Assigned 369BS/306BG Westover 21/8/42; not del; Boise 17/12/42; Tinker 7/4/43; Lewiston 23/4/43; Gore 19/5/43; Pocatello 2/6/43; Spokane 17/6/43; Moses Lake 20/9/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.
Assigned 423BS/306BG Westover 16/8/42; took off from Gander (Newfoundland) en route Thurleigh 5-Sep-42 exploded over Atlantic an hour out. (10 KIS) no trace, ditched off Greenland. Missing Air Crew Report 16344.
Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS-E] Rougham 10/6/43; suffered battle damage over St Dizier 4/10/43 with Bill Winnieshiek, Navigator: George Dowling, Waist gunner: Vance VanHooser{wia, never flew again}, rest unknown (10 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft knocked out #3 engine and ship crash landed at Margate, Kent, UK, and sal. DOUBLE TROUBLE.
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-N] Framlingham 27/5/44; battle damaged Hannover 28/3/45 with ?; force landed Chievres A/fd, Bel; repaired & ret group 7/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 12/12/45. SONGOON.
Delivered Cheyenne 13/8/44; Hunter 22/8/44; Grenier 4/9/44; Assigned 92BG Podington 5/9/44; transferred 570BS/390BG [DI-K] Framlingham 6/9/44; on Dresden mission 2/3/45, collided with 43-37565, but returned to base and repaired; 836BS/487BG Lavenham 21/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 15/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45.
Delivered Kearney 28/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG Eye 11/7/44; 851BS; on mission 26/9/44 with ? ; (8 Returned to Duty); lwg-John Volin (Killed in Action); Missing in Action Schlessheim 9/4/45 with Bill Schoenfeld, Ray Schar, Redmond Fraser, Ray Swallow, Frank Alexander, Gene Malmstedt, Irwin Wrampe (7 Prisoner of War); Dan Bereck, Dean Smith (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Schlessheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 13909. THE LUCKY STRIKE.
Delivered Kearney 27/8/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 422BS/305BG Chelveston 12/7/44; Missing in Action Delitzsch 16/8/44 with Darrel Betz (Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Lou Peterson, Navigator: Theo Zech, Bombardier: Jim Mauzy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dick O’Brien, Radio Operator: Tom Brannan, Ball turret gunner: Bill Dunn, Waist gunner: Chas Major,Tail gunner: Joe Michalski (8 Killed in Action); flak KO’d #4 and wing before spiraling down and breaking half, crashed Vollradisroda, SE of Weimar, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8436.
Delivered Denver 1/2/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 332BS/94BS [XM-E] Bassingbourn 18/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-M] Grafton Underwood 10/7/43; Missing in Action Hamburg 25/7/43 with John Hegewald, Co-pilot: George Doubet, Navigator: Herbert Moritz (3 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: John Neyland, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Ketterer, Radio Operator: Paul Henry, Ball turret gunner: Dudley Hulbert, Waist gunner: Walt McCormack, Waist gunner: Alvin Freitag,Tail gunner: Arlie Bridge (7 Killed in Action); flak, crashed SE of St Peter-Ording, Ger. No MACR. LONGHORN.