Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Grenier 24/6/44; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 27/5/44; transferred 509BS/351BG [RQ-Y] Polebrook 2/6/44; 508BS [YB-Y]; on Ludwigshafen mission 9/9/44 with Farrell Evans, lost an engine but limped back to base OK, no injuries; (95m} Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; Sth Plains 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. BLACK WIDOW.
Delivered McChord 20/12/41; Assigned 19BG Java 18/1/42 with Strother; transferred 9BS/7BG; crash landed and partially burnt out Jogjakart 8/2/42 and abandoned; found by Japanese after US evacuation from Singosari airfield. It was repaired and flown to Japan for study and training, probably one of three known to have been used by enemy. Painted olive drab all over, red sun emblem covering US markings with Japanese wings logo on tail.
Delivered Sacramento 20/12/43; Assigned 93BS/19BG Java 18/1/42 with Bob Northcutt; transferred 9BS/7BG; crash landed Madera Is, DEI. 25/1/42 with Bob Northcutt; Written off 3/8/43. (?c/l given as near Bangkalan, Java and abandoned. May have been taken by Japanese and used for parts?).
Delivered Cheyenne 6/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-Z] Thurleigh 19/4/43; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-S] Kimbolton 17/6/43; battle damaged over Bremen 20/12/43, with Charlie Brown, Co-pilot: Pinky Luke, Navigator: Al Sadok, Bombardier: Bob Andrews, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frenchy Coulombe, Radio Operator: Dick Pechout, Ball turret gunner: Sam Blackford, Waist gunner: Lloyd Jennings (8 Returned to Duty); Waist gunner: Alex Yelesanko (wia later died),Tail gunner: Hugh Eckenrode (2 Killed in Action); force landed Seething Afd, Nfk; 2 BAD Warton 4/4/44; never flew in action again. Returned to the USA Homestead 16/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 11/8/45. YE OLDE PUB.
Delivered Lincoln 14/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-X] Nuthampstead 7/12/44; (25m) Missing in Action Neumunster 13/4/45 with Sam Palant (evaded capture); Co-pilot: Bob Taylor, Navigator: Mason Dicks, Bombardier: Nick Marabeas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilbur Withrow, Radio Operator: Paul Brown, Ball turret gunner: Tom Coleman, lwg-Orie Hedges, rwg-Bob Sandford,Tail gunner: Byron Cunningham (9 Prisoner of War); RDX bombs exploded when salvoed, crashed Garbeck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 13907.
Delivered Dallas 29/8/44; Hunter 28/7/44; Dow Fd 15/8/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG PFF Amendola 29/8/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 20/1/45 with Bill Wittlinger, Co-pilot: Hill Bohannon, Navigator: Sam Aboulafia, Bombardier: Chester Loller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Ganoe, Radio Operator: Jim Harrington, Ball turret gunner: George McCluskey, Waist gunner: Ed Pulis, Waist gunner: Tom Schwarzlose,Tail gunner: John Mikita (10 Prisoner of War); flak hit two engines, crashed Letten, Yugo; Missing Air Crew Report 11272. FLYING HOME.
Delivered Cheyenne 23/8/44; Hunter 2/9/44; Dow Fd 10/9/44; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-F] Molesworth 13/9/44; transferred 398BG Nuthampstead 22/5/45; no ops, RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45.
Delivered McChord 22/12/41; Geiger 27/12/42; Hamilton 28/1/42; Assigned Hickam 16/2/42; Returned to the USA 21/10/43; Written off 4/12/43.
Delivered Dallas 29/6/44; Langley 16/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned as PFF 335BS/95BG [OE-O] Horham 5/8/44 2m, transferred 569BS/390BG [CC-O] Framlingham 10/8/44; with U.M. Sherwood, crash landed RAF Leiston, Sfk Navigator: G. Dubois,Tail gunner: Larry Hereford [2wia] 5/1/44; battle damaged Heilbronn 20/1/45 with Earl Greenstreet, Bill Guion, Dave Roche, George Arnold, Ken Tricker, Vic Demaise, Cletus Wadlow, Tom Leibner {tg}, John Lockwood {spot jammer} (9 Returned to Duty); Tom Eason {wg} (KIA-bailed out too low); flak, crash landed Ettenheim, Ger. Sal; Missing Air Crew Report 11774. SWEET & LOVELY aka PRINCESS PAT.
Delivered Lincoln 16/12/44; Grenier 20/12/44; Assigned 837BS/487BG Lavenham 3/3/45; 838BS; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; Independence 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 11/12/45.
Delivered Geiger 25/12/41; Assigned 93BS/19BG Java 21/1/42 with Preston; then 7BG, strafed Bandoeng, DEI 19/2/42; Salvaged. (?One source reveals destroyed on ground at Malang, Java 3/2/42?).
Delivered Tulsa 18/2/44; Grenier 1/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-K] Nuthampstead 10/4/44; (24m) Missing in Action French noball sites – Humieres 8/7/44 with Capt Kearie Berry (swum to Goodwin Sands),Tail gunner: Manuel Ray (2RTD, both picked up by Air Sea Rescue launch); Co-pilot: Ray Thornton, Navigator: Walter Kruse, Bombardier: Paul McCain, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Bisping, Radio Operator: Carlo Galioto, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Hess, Waist gunner: George Papajohn (7 Killed in Action); flak, ditched Channel; Missing Air Crew Report 7220 (?7219).
Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-X] Polebrook 4/6/44; Missing in Action {59m} Misburg 26/11/44 with Frank Boettcher, Ed Walota (2 Killed in Action); Leon Mitchell, Bob Francis, Buford Wilhoit, Bob Wombold, Bob Westcoff, Bob Jarois, Dick Cook (7 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Koeln, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11203. DOTTIE’S TAXI.
Delivered Hunter 10/1/45; Grenier 2/2/45; Assigned 750BS/457BG [N/W] Glatton 18/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. McGUIRE’S CHOP HOUSE.
Delivered MacDill 30/12/41; Assigned 7BG Hawaii (Project X) 4/1/42, but crash landed 20 miles NW of Coalinga Aux Fd, CA with Owen Clarke 23/3/42; Nasal (10AF?) 20/5/42; Written off 30/6/43.
Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Presque Is 7/8/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG Molesworth 12/8/43; transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-S] Thurleigh 22/2/44; on training flight9/5/44 with Ralph Clark, Co-pilot: Capt John Kelly, Navigator: Ralph Zimmerman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cpl C.E. Flach, Radio Operator: L.L. Cannon, pass-Capt Wendell Hull, Lts R. Jones, L.J. Folkes, Don Giles and Lt Col Jarvis (UK Home Guard; fire broke out in #2, unable to reach bas crash landed Wilden, Bedfordshire, hit a tree and skidded a long way, but no injuries; (10 Returned to Duty); Tran (Oboe Mk I radar) 813BS/482BG [PC-I] Alconbury 10/5/44; Salvaged 9AAF Stansted /44.
Delivered Denver 1/11/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-W] Horham 1/12/43; 8m, Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with Tony Tuberose, Co-pilot: Chas Kipka, Navigator: Melvin Spencer (spent only one night at Horham, never even unpacked his gear), Bombardier: Bill Whitman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald Bentzel, Radio Operator: George Calandros, Ball turret gunner: Chas Dillow, Waist gunner: Julius Miller (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Wilbert Mannie,Tail gunner: Vince Barbella (2 Killed in Action); left formation with #1 & #4 on fire, crashed Aloys Meiman’s Farm, at Recke-Langenakker, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2526.
Delivered Cheyenne 7/8/43; Dalhart 17/8/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG [H] Knettishall 8/9/43; on assembly for Schweinfurt 19/7/44 with Walt Malaniak, Co-pilot: Aaron Brinkoeter, Navigator: Leo Ramos, Bombardier: Amos Force, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Morris Thomas, Radio Operator: Ron Grey, Ball turret gunner: John McClusky, Waist gunner: Bill Klemm (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Harry Hagerty,Tail gunner: Jim Bennett (2 Returned to Duty); supercharger malfunction upset other engine settings, crashed Thurston, near Bury St Edmunds, Sfk. UK, Salvaged. LITTLE BOY BLUE.
Delivered McChord 22/12/41; Assigned 7BG Hawaii; transferred 28BS/19BG Java 21/1/42 with Bleasdale, then 93BS; transferred 64BG/43BG Australia as hack named QUEENIE with 5AFSC; Missing in Action from Nadzab to Biak, Dutch NG 8/7/44 with Col Walter Piehl, Co-pilot: Maj Allen Attebery, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cortez Beal, Radio Operator: Henry Willis, cr/ch-Edgar Elseman, plus passengers Maj Bob Barnes, Maj V. Henriques, Capt Fred Lewis, Capt Russ Helmar, Capt Paul McKnight, Capt Wendell Root, Lt Winton Witmer, Lt John Campbell, Lt Roland Hickey, W/O Dawson Hutchinson, August Bachor, Bill Ray, Noel Lowe, Clyde Hopkins (19 all Killed in Service , mostly members of 5th ASC HQ & few 58th SG HQ). No trace ever found. Missing Air Crew Report 6580.
Delivered Denver 9/3/43; Memphis 8/4/43; Presque Is 1/5/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Z] Framlingham 11/6/43; 2m, battle damaged over Kiel 13/6/43 with Don Eastling, Ball turret gunner: Ernie Cropper[wia],Tail gunner: Rich Bell[wia] (10 Returned to Duty). Salvaged Alconbury depot 14/6/43 CARBONDALE SPECIAL.
Delivered Tulsa 23/1/44; Kearney 14/2/44; Grenier 12/2/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Q] Polebrook 24/3/44; an armourer was checking turrets, then top turret caught fire on hardstand, but burnt out before fire wagon arrived, no injuries, 12/8/44; {26m} Salvaged 2 SAD 14/8/44. LUCILLE BALL.
Delivered Long Beach 2/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-V] Horham 8/10/43; with M.J. Worthing force landed Rattlesden AFB, Sfk, UK 10/2/44 (crew OK); [21m]Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Rich Read, Co-pilot: Clinton Kemper, Navigator: Sam Blum, Bombardier: Joe Gosselin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Parry, Radio Operator: Harry Goodwin, Ball turret gunner: Joe Lewasseur, Waist gunner: Earl Moye, Waist gunner: Ralph Brinson,Tail gunner: Henry Doudican (10 Prisoner of War); flak hit #2 feathered, crashed Goldenstedter Heide (heath), eight miles NE of Vechta, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2985.
Delivered Geiger 28/12/41; Assigned 26BS/11BG Hickam 13/2/42; transferred 394BS/5BG; crashed on take off Guadalcanal with Gene Roddenberry (later of Star Trek fame) 2/8/43; Bombardier: John Kruger, Navigator: Talbert Wollam [body taken home for burial 15/3/48] (2 Killed in Action), rest of unknown crew OK; Written off 13/8/43. [however another record gives aircraft was destroyed on ground at Morotai A/fd. D.E.I. by Japanese bombing in 11/44] YANKEE DOODLE.
Delivered Long Beach 8/11/43; Kearney 24/11/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX- ] Podington 27/1/44; Missing in Action Erkner 8/2/44 with Bob Lehner, Co-pilot: George Dopp, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Casella, Radio Operator: Herb Moomaw, Waist gunner: Ed Caton,Tail gunner: Frank Hamilton (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Eugene Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Ray Campbell, Waist gunner: Herb Wicker (3 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Dale Kinert (evaded capture); enemy aircraft set cockpit alight then ship exploded, crashed Vauxaillon, seven miles NE of Soissons, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2363.