Delivered Tulsa 26/5/44; Dallas 10/6/44; Langley 8/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 463BG PFF Celone 19/8/44; transferred 429BS/2BG Amendola; with Walter Baxter involved in landing accident at Holzkerchen A/Fd, Germany 30/8/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.
Delivered Long Beach 16/7/43; Rome 6/8/43; Assigned 812BS/482BG [MI-J] Alconbury 9/43 (H2-X); Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/2/44 with Warren Bock{Wounded in Action}, Co-pilot: Glen Kofoed, Navigator: Dwight Lambert, Bombardier: Regis Murtha, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Hankins, radar op-Capt Dave Williams, Ball turret gunner: Bob Laut, Waist gunner: Guilford Colvin, Waist gunner: Lt Roger Layne,Tail gunner: Bill Cotter,Tail gunner: Bruce Fellows (11 Prisoner of War), mickey op-Lt Col David Alford{HSX Op} (EVD-liberated by US troops Sept ’44 in Ardennes); flak, Col Alford made force landed in field between Meddo & Zwolle, nt Winterswijk, Holl. Missing Air Crew Report 3159.
Delivered Lincoln 24/11/44; Dow Fd 15/12/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-P] Nuthampstead 17/1/45; battle damaged Dresden 14/2/45 with Magness; AOC 16/2/45; Salvaged.
Delivered RAF [AN523] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-D] Polebrook 21-Apr-41; damaged in RAFR Brest mission 16-Aug-41 with Sturmey, Franks, Mulligan, Goldsmith Wounded in Action (4 Returned to Duty); H. Needle, S. Abrose, M.Leahy (3 Killed in Action); attacked by enemy aircraft at 32,000 ft, the highest yet recorded, and crash landed Roborough, Plymouth, Devon, UK. and burnt out. Written off. (Those who died were killed in initial engagement).
Delivered RAF [AN524] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-?] Polebrook 3-May-41; crashed 21-Aug-41 became instructional airframe.
Delivered RAF [AN525] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-D] Polebrook 21-Apr-41; Missing in Action on mission to bomb the Admiral Scheer on Oslo harbour 8-Sep-41 with D. Romans, F.Hart, P. Corbett, J. Brown, W. Honey, H. Merrill (RCAF), R. Beattie (7 Killed in Action); shot down by two Bf 109s, but shot down one of them first; the bomber went on to crash in mountainous country, Norway. Crew buried in Bygland churchyard, Setesdal Valley, 100m north of Kristiansund.
Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Hunter 8/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 30/4/44; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-D] Thurleigh 18/5/44; 532BS/381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 100+m, Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Recl Comp 7/6/46. WE PROMISED.
Delivered RAF [AN529] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-C] Polebrook 6-May-41; transferred 220 Squadron (NF- ) Portreath to Shallufa 29-Oct-41; following first mission to Benghazi with F/Off Swanson crash landed behind enemy lines at Fort Maddalena, Libya 8-Nov-41. Salvaged.
Delivered SAD 3-Oct-40; Salt Lake City 24-Dec-40; Assigned 9BS/7BG Langley Field; Patterson 30-Dec-40; with Chester Gilger crash landed Fort Douglas, UT 4-Feb-41 Salvaged.Never used in combat, never served in the UK.
Delivered SAD 14-Oct-40; Sunset Field 21-Jun-41; Langley 14-Nov-41; Assigned Hickam Field, Hawaii 6-Jan-42; Returned to the USA Long Beach 25-Oct-42; Smyrna 15-Dec-42; Hendricks 25-Dec-42; Sebring 1-Jun-43. Written off 4-Aug-43. Never served in the UK.
Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/44; Kearney 17/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-H] Nuthampstead 28/4/44; (30m) Missing in Action Brettevillet 8/8/44 with Capt John Baker, Co-pilot: Dick Osteen, Bombardier: John Kressenberg, Radio Operator: Roy Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Wilson, Waist gunner: Mike Romano,Tail gunner: Len Harrison (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Selby Hereid, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jerome Fields (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Le Hamel, NE of Vire, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 7383.
Delivered RAF [AN520] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-?] Polebrook, UK 4-Apr-41; transferred 206 Squadron [VX-X] Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland 1-Nov-41; 220 Squadron [ZZ-D] Nutts Corner 1-Apr-42; RAF Coastal Command Development Unit (Ballykelly) Tain, Scotland 20-Jun-42; 206 Squadron [VX-X] Benbecula 27-Feb-42; transferred 214 Squadron [BU-U] (Cheaburgh?) Oulton? Sculthorpe, Nfk. 19-Feb-44; Struck Off Charge 14-Aug-44. RETUS at Portland, Oregon.
Delivered RAF [AN518] as part of Lend-Lease Act; 90 Squadron (WP-B) Polebrook, UK Aug-41; transferred 220 Squadron, Portreath, MIA Bygland, Norway, 8-Sep-41. First B-17 loss (RAF). Salvaged. This was an RAF loss not a USAAF loss.
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Pueblo 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Presque Is 17/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 19/5/43 NOBODY’S BABY (taken by CO Col Leber to UK as no pilot wanted it !) with Lt Col Joe Nazzaro {Gp CO}, Major Conway Hall {HQ}, Lt Edgar Kurner {HQ}, Lt Warren Berning {HQ}, M/Sgt Russell Faust {radio}, M/Sgt Halston Randall {ettg}, Capt Norman Mackay {HQ nav}, Lt Bill Fullick {HQ bomb}, Sgt Phil Costanzo, Pfc Randall Nichols; {4m} transferred 365BS/305BG [XK-D] Chelveston 22/8/43; RAF 100 Gp 28/12/43, RG 13/1/44; training aircraft 20/3/44 to 27/5/45; Salvaged 26/7/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 29/11/43; Kearney 20/12/43; Oklahoma City 28/12/43; Morrison 17/1/44; Assigned 457BG, Salvaged 11/12/43; rep, transferred 414BS/99BG Tortorella 18/1/44; {111m} Vienna 3/11/44; transferred depot 3/1/45; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 26/4/45; 4104 BU Rome 28/4/45; Recl Comp 2/10/45. PISTOL PACKIN‘ MAMA.
Delivered Cheyenne 11/12/43; Kearney 26/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-D] Framlingham 17/1/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 2/6/44 with Bob Crouch, Waist gunner: George Ferguson, Waist gunner: Ben Tureman (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John McNally, Navigator: Bob Hybarger, Bombardier: Ralph Bradbury, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Maxwell, Radio Operator: John Poliak, Ball turret gunner: Bob Michaels,Tail gunner: Sam Genco (7 Killed in Action); flak hit #3 engine on fire, ship spun in and crashed Maison le Fitte, ten miles NW of Paris, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 5231. PAPER DOLL II.
Delivered Cheyenne 16/2/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW- ] Andrews Fd, UK 24/4/43; Missing in Action Emden 29/5/43 with Jack McMath, Co-pilot: Ernie Dickenson, Bombardier: Bill Peterson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald Olsen, Radio Operator: Lear Godbey, Waist gunner: Ray Masiero,Tail gunner: Virgil Gregory (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Edwin Martin, Ball turret gunner: Art Shilo, Waist gunner: Harry Boegahalz (3 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, KO’d #3 setting wing on fire, crashed between Partenay-de-Bretagne and Clayes, nine miles NW of Rennes, Fr.; Missing Air Crew Report 3984.
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Isle 15/10/43; Wilmington 19/10/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 26/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with George Ford, Bombardier: Art Bodel, Waist gunner: Carl Glasmeier{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Leo Bianchi,Tail gunner: Denton King (5 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Max Newman, Ball turret gunner: George Jones (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jean Pitner, Navigator: Arno Plischke, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Andy Hathaway (3 evaded capture); hit by FW 190 KO’d #2, setting fire to wing, crashed Laneuville, NW of Paris, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1394.
Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Kearney 6/8/44; Grenier 15/8/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-Z] Podington 27/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 13/9/44 with Capt Howard Donlon, Co-pilot: Capt Bob Ruckman, Navigator: Henry Vicars, Xn-Julius Gburczyk, Bombardier: Orin Christenson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Matlock, Radio Operator: Bob Turner, Waist gunner: Wayne Butler (8 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Joe Marino,Tail gunner: Lt Gustave Kirause (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Brandis Afd, E of Leipzig, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8889. U’VE AD IT.
Delivered Dallas 2/7/44; Langley 30/7/44; Dow Fd 23/8/44; Assigned as PFF 418BS/100BG [LD-Q] Thorpe Abbotts; transferred 335BS/95BG [OE- ] Horham battle damaged Hamm 26/11/44 with ? force landed St Trond, Bel; 3m, RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 7/4/44; transferred 339BS/96BG [QJ-G] Snetterton 8/4/44; Missing in Action Politz 25/8/44 with Chas Jennings, Co-pilot: Styrlin Scogin, Navigator: Delmar Woodruff, Bombardier: Don Merrill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dewitt Deckert, Radio Operator: Bob Bowers, Waist gunner: Wayne Henley (7 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Ed Whitelaw,Tail gunner: Gene Weiss (2 Prisoner of War); flak knocked off wing, crashed Hagen, NW of Stettin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8283. CHATTERBOX!
Delivered Denver 24/8/43; Gr Island 21/9/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-S] Thorpe Abbotts 27/9/43; non-operational landing accident 27/12/43 with Martin Tashian, Co-pilot: John Dutka, Navigator: Stan Gorski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Floyd Douglas, ae-John White, Radio Operator: Bob Longworth, aro-Wilbur Palmer, g-Lucien Neveu,Tail gunner: Jim Morrow (9 Returned to Duty); On test flight 28/1/44 with Bill Sellers, Co-pilot: Jack George, Navigator: Aaron Shapiro, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vince Hodis, Radio Operator: Jesse Lehr, pass-Lt Hugh Hamill, pass- Waclaw Osinski, (7 Returned to Duty), caught fire in bomb bay threatening fuel and ammunition; Salvaged. (? with Jim Choy crashed 42 miles NNW Las Vegas 31/7/45?). FLYIN’ JENNY.
Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/43; Pueblo 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-F] Polebrook 26/4/43; 29m 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 19/3/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 28/5/44; Amarillo 7/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/1/46. AMATOL.
Delivered Denver 22/1/44; 1SAG Langley 3/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned (H2X) 482BG Alconbury 5/4/44; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-A] Thorpe Abbotts 21/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.