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Assigned to the 358BS/303BG [VK-F] at Bangor. Maine on 14-Oct-42; arrived at Molesworth, UK on 16-Oct-42; Missing in Action Vegasack 18-Mar-43 when it was attacked by enemy aircraft near Helgoland. Germany and flak near Wilhelmshaven, crashed on the flats on the Jadebusen (Jade Bight), near Wilhelmshaven, Germany on a mission to bomb the port facilities at Vegesack, Germany. The crew had been sent to the 303BG from the 92BG as a replacement crew. 5KIA 5POW. Missing Air Crew Report 15149. 

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG Bangor 13/4/43; delivered UK, transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-A] Bassingbourn 22/4/43; Missing in Action 23m Gutersloh (Gütersloh) 21/2/44 with Bill Gibbons, Co-pilot: Clyde McCallum, Navigator: Don Shea, Bombardier: Wilf Conlon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Parsons, Radio Operator: Bill Doupance, Ball turret gunner: Julius Edwards, Waist gunner: Jack Bowen, Waist gunner: Clarry Bateman,Tail gunner: Paul Goecke (10 Prisoner of War); separate enemy aircraft attacks KO’d #3 & #4 plus wings on fire, crash landed target area, near Herford, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2463. LIGHTNING STRIKES.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/42; Assigned 93BS/19BG Mareeba, Aus (1st aircraft in) 3/8/42; transferred 63BS/43BG; crashed on take off Mareeba, NQ, and destroyed with Capt Herschall R. Henson 13/9/42, all KIA. HOOMALIMALI.

Delivered Tulsa 24/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 15/5/45; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-G] Polebrook 27/5/44; 55m Missing in Action Sterkrade 22/1/45 with Dick Goldsborough, Chas Balik, John Romanishin, Carl Miller, Tom Kennedy, John Kalapp, Ramsey Fendall, Jack Rushing (8 Prisoner of War); George Shirts (Killed in Action); straggling after target and crashed Boxmeer, Hol.; Missing Air Crew Report 12011. HARD HEARTED MAMA.

Delivered Tulsa 24/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-W] olebrook 29/5/44; {27m} Missing in Action Ulm 9/8/44 with Anthony Zotollo, Co-pilot: Bob Lawsen, Navigator: John Rowan, Xn-Wayne Livesay, Bombardier: Joe Loiacono, ng-Clair Miller, Ball turret gunner: Henry Fiengo, Waist gunner: Bernie Calderbank, Waist gunner: Lou Cohen (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Len Barton, Radio Operator: Edwin West,Tail gunner: Claud Carter (3 evaded capture); flak KO’d #3 and #4, crew bailed over Kattendijke, aircraft Katseveer, on South Beveland Peninsula, Holl.; Missing Air Crew Report 7394.

Delivered Long Beach 10/9/43; Scott 28/9/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-A] Polebrook 24/10/43; {2m} Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with Orville Castle, Co-pilot: Leon Anderson, Radio Operator: Mike Beckett (3 Killed in Action), Navigator: Marion Cessna, Bombardier: Ken Williams, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clinton Logan, Ball turret gunner: Francis Bousquet, Waist gunner: Lawton Wilkes {RIP 15/9/44}, Waist gunner: Bob Cheek,Tail gunner: George Bond (7 Prisoner of War); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed Eggese, a mile S of Gross Mackenstedt, SW of Bremen. Missing Air Crew Report 1576. ARISTOCRAP.

Delivered Denver 28/2/43; Smoky Hill 22/3/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-G] Polebrook 17/5/43 MURDER INCORPORATED 31m; crashed on take off after losing engine at Oundle, near Barnwell, UK 21 February 1944, with Lt – Evans, crew ? ; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 22/2/44, Salvaged . CENSORED.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/43; Gore 17/5/43; Cheyenne 20/5/43; Geiger 28/5/43; Walla Walla 3/6/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 30/6/43; Dow Fd 10/7/43; Assigned 571BS/390BG [FC-N] Framlingham 12/7/43 SHORT STUFF; then SPIRIT OF ’76; Missing in Action Brandenburg (28m) 18/4/44 with Bernardo Procopio, Co-pilot: Eric Millington, Navigator: Walt Coburn, Bombardier: Tony Sansone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Quimby, Radio Operator: Carroll Belisle, Ball turret gunner: Burless Dye, Waist gunner: Shrader Mitchell, Waist gunner: Chas Robertson,Tail gunner: Wallace Sharpless (10INT); flak, force landed Bulltofta, Sweden. Pilot Procopio, Millington, Dye, Mitchell, Belisle, Robertson and Sharpless accompanied by Swedish and US officials flew back to UK in B-24 9/10/44, then Coburn and Sansone followed suit a month later. Missing Air Crew Report 4012. (left Sweden 16/6/45). SHORT STUFF.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-J] Polebrook 16/5/43; 27m battle damaged 28m Munster 10/10/43 with Theo Argiropulos, crew ?; abandoned and ditched North Sea, just off Covehithe, Nfk; all rescued RTD. ARGONAUT III.

B-17F 41-24582 ‚One O’Clock Jump‘, assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-G] Bangor 11-Oct-42; Molesworth 16-Oct-42; Despatched 12-Dec-42 on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France but weather prevented bombing of that target and the marshalling yards at Rouen/Sotteville were attacked as a target of last resort. The aircraft went into a spin (possibly as a result of prop wash)on the way to the target and crashed near Fontainebleau, France. 2KIA 5POW 3EVD MACR 16031.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/4/44; Hunter 27/4/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 352BS/301BG Lucera 26/5/44; Missing in Action Wiener Neudorf 26/7/44 with Ernie Howell, Campbell, Dawson, Woodson, West, Vodicka, Bauman, Mears (8 Killed in Action); Hammond, La Rosa (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Wiener Neustadt; Missing Air Crew Report 7143.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/5/43; Kearney 5/6/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 18/7/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {87m} Wiener Nuedorf 26/7/44 with Dave Kerr, Stallings, Haggerty, Young, Schultz, Denny, Fellows, Vines, Boyd (9 Killed in Action); Marlin (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Baden; Missing Air Crew Report 7000.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/42; Assigned with Lewis Anderson 63BS/43BG Hawaii 31/7/42; transferred 64BS; aircraft was lost then ran out of gas and ditched in Gulf of Papua 7/1/43 with Guyton M. Christopher, Co-pilot: Judson Ramaker, Bombardier: Meyer Levin, Joe Bayless, David Patrizi, Joe Wrenn (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Lt Barbee, S/Sgt Katisoff, Sgt Schrimmer (3 Returned to Duty). W/O 30/4/45. Missing Air Crew Report 16075.

Delivered Long Beach 17/1/43; Salina 27/1/43; Morrison 9/3/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 8/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M’Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Missing in Action {80m} Athens 20/12/43 with Dave Rohrig, Co-pilot: Adolph Dippolito, Navigator: John Back, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Hiskey, Radio Operator: John Caputo (5 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Lloyd Haefs, Ball turret gunner: John Carson, Waist gunner: Lewis Crawford, Waist gunner: Walt Chesser (4 Prisoner of War),Tail gunner: Frank Horner (evaded capture); flak, crashed and exploded, no chutes seen; RTD 29/6/44; Missing Air Crew Report 1518. EAGER BEAVER.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Kearney 4/3/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-Q] Molesworth 26/3/44; Missing in Action Saarbrucken (8m) 11/5/44 with Capt John Long, Co-pilot: Wilbur Gee, Bombardier: Joe Fahlbusch, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Wilson, Radio Operator: Oscar Villasenor, Ball turret gunner: Frank Logan, Waist gunner: Albt Ledley, Waist gunner: Mace Henson (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Henry Przybyszewski,Tail gunner: Tony Orlando, obs-Capt Bob Livingston (3 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #1, further shells took out #3, aircraft then exploded at Neuhaus, near Fischbach, four miles N of Saarbrucken, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4868. BOW-UR-NECK STEVES.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/42; Assigned 63BS/43BG Charlesville, Aus (as TOJO etc) 30/7/43; Torrens Creek, Aus 27/8/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Mareeba, Aus 21/1/43; Port Moresby, NG 11/5/43; transferred 54TCW 11/43 then to 41TCS/317TCG 11/43 and renamed (CHIEF etc); Written off 7/12/45. MAMA MAXIE aka TOJO’S NIGHTMARE aka THE SUPER CHIEF.

Delivered Long Beach 9/9/43; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-Y] Molesworth 19/11/43; Missing in Action Hamm 22/4/44 with John Seddon, Bombardier: Walt Meldrich (2 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Chas Burks, Navigator: George Fitzpatrick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Rogers, Radio Operator: John Hess, Ball turret gunner: Don Maloney, Waist gunner: John Nemchick, Waist gunner: I.E. Holcomb,Tail gunner: Bill Mummery (8 Prisoner of War); mech fault #3 out which fell off and struck a farmhouse killing several civilians, crashed Ingelmuster, eight miles N of Kortrijk, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 4273. NERO.

Delivered Denver 21/7/43; Dyersburg 7/8/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-N] Molesworth 9/9/43; transferred 365BS/305BG [XK-N] Chelveston 17/9/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with Harry Elliott, Co-pilot: Shelby Pitts, Navigator: Arnold Hunger, Bombardier: Bill Staub, Ball turret gunner: Ken Mahood, Waist gunner: Jim Stiles, Waist gunner: Ed Matte,Tail gunner: Larry Mize (8 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Mandell, Radio Operator: Ray Poirier (2 Killed in Action); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Winschoterdiep, Zuidbroek, Hol,, Missing Air Crew Report 1572.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/11/43; Wendover 7/12/43; Assigned 457BG [N] Glatton 27/1/44; battle damaged Augsburg 25/2/44 with Ed Repps, Co-pilot: Aaron Ayers, Navigator: Bob Jackson, Bombardier: George Stateman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Steve Billisits, Radio Operator: Francis Boyson, Ball turret gunner: Chas Mehring, Waist gunner: Irving Feldman, Waist gunner: John Harmke,Tail gunner: Ivan Browning (10 Returned to Duty); on return crash landed RAF Detling, near Headcorn, Kent; repaired & ret 29/2/44; force landed continent 10/9/44, Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/42; Assigned 63BS/43BG Charlesville, Aus 30/7/42; Torrens Creek, Aus 27/8/42; Iron Range, Aus 17/10/42; Milne Bay, NG 23/11/42; Mareeba, Aus 21/1/43; Port Moresby, NG 11/5/43; transferred 54TCW Port Moresby 11/43; Written off 10/4/47, but scrapped at Clark Field, Phillipines 7/48. PANAMA HATTIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/8/44; Lincoln 3/9/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-H] Molesworth 24/9/44; Missing in Action Cologne 15/10/44 with Ed Gaines, Art Bergeron, Harrison Beder, Glenn Fragasso, Elmo Tisdale, Jim Heffran, Jim Shrader (7 Killed in Action); Lucien Lawson and Ray Tartaglia (2 Prisoner of Wars); Flak, crashed Cologne; Missing Air Crew Report 9472.

Delivered Boeing 7/10/43; Wright Fd Mat Com 19/10/43; Memphis 28/11/43; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-F] Molesworth 13/1/44; Missing in Action Weisbaden 15/8/44 with Sam Smithy, Co-pilot: Erny Boat, Navigator: Lansing Joralemon, Bombardier: Bob Klein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Fischer (5POW-all found in wreckage); Radio Operator: Archie Snoddy, Ball turret gunner: Roman Politylo, Waist gunner: Juan Bazo-Fontaneil,Tail gunner: Walt Bieranoski 4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Adenau, W of Koblenz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8169. HELEN HEAVEN.

Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Gr Island 27/12/43; Presque Is 29/1/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-P] Molesworth 15/2/44; Missing in Action Koblenz 11/10/44 with Ernie Price, Chas Thomas, Leon Patillo, Fred Creel, Bill Noel, Mike Postek, Ray Cole, John Reed, Paul Bilchak (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Wesseling, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9563. PUGNACIOUS PETER.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-N] Molesworth 18/1/44. Missing in Action (46m) NW France A/Fds 22/6/44 with Pilot, Dale Fisher; Co-pilot, Carlos Johns; Navigator, Carl Felton; Bombardier, Carthel Gaskin; Flight engineer/top turret gunner, John King; Ball turret gunner: Bernie McKeever; Waist gunner, Vic Crandell; Tail gunner, Bob Cooper, 8 Killed in Action. Radio Operator, Bob Johnson, evaded capture. Flak hit in #3 followed by explosion, crashed Pont-a-Tressin, near Lille, France. Missing Air Crew Report 6541. OLD GLORY.