Delivered Lincoln 26/11/44; Grenier 20/12/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-Q/J] Nuthampstead 1/2/45; battle damaged 10/4/45 with Shaffer on mission to Oranienburg was hit by a rocket from an Me262, but made it home to RAF Manston, UK and ret. group 25/5/45; RAF Valley 2/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 1/6/45; Sth Plains 5/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45.
Delivered Denver 2/11/43; Gr Island 21/11/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-Y] Podington 8/1/44; on mission 7/5/44 Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Fawcett (Killed in Action); 45 Missing in Action Munich 11/7/44 with John Seilheimer, Co-pilot: Bob Maloney, Navigator: Alex La Penna, Bombardier: Bob Johnson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ben Strusynski, Radio Operator: Gerald Swindell, Ball turret gunner: Art Janiszewski, Waist gunner: Frank Kollman,Tail gunner: Frank Rossi (9INT); flak, lost two engines, then hit by Swiss flak (lost 4ft off wing) and attacked by aircraft on approach to force landed Switzerland; Missing Air Crew Report 7508. MANCHESTER LEADER.
Delivered Cheyenne 6/11/43; Gr Island 21/11/43; Wilmington 30/11/43; Presque Is 1/12/43; Prestwick 7/12/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-B] Polebrook 2/1/44; Missing in Action {1m} Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Dick Case, Co-pilot: George Smith, Navigator: Ed Jackson, Bombardier: Dave Steed, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Hanson, Radio Operator: Jim Wiersma, Ball turret gunner: Dave Flanzbaum, Waist gunner: Harry Simmons, Waist gunner: Harry Peters (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Ray Howard (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Forest House, Donnershagen National Park, 11 miles SE of Holzminden, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1941.
303BG/427BS assigned with crew on 1-May-42 at Alamogordo Field, Almogordo, New Mexico. Sent with crew to Dow Field, Bangor, Maine for deployment 5-Oct-42. Arrived at Molesworth, UK 24-Oct-42. Missing in Action St Nazaire 3-Jan-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed into the Atlantic while on approach to target of St. Nazaire, France. 10KIA, MACR 6141. Participated in 6 Operations (3 were Aborted) See Biography events for crew infomation.
Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Smoky Hill 30/5/43; Tinker 8/6/43; Smoky Hill 17/6/43; Casper 28/6/43; Kearney 30/6/43; Eglin 4/7/43; Dow 9/7/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Ain M’Lila 27/7/43; Massicault 31/7/43; {19m} transferred 341BS/97BG Depienne 14/11/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 23/6/44 with Lyle Fleener, Clancey, Ballard, McShane, Gindes, Popkin, King, Huhnke, Logsdon, Potvin; enemy aircraft, crashed Bucharest; Missing Air Crew Report 6951. HUSTLIN‘ HUZZY.
Delivered Denver 3/2/43; Salina 14/2/43; Rapid City 16/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Alconbury 29/3/43; (4m) Missing in Action Rennes 29/5/43 with Cody Watson, Co-pilot: Reynold Lasher, Navigator: Bob Titus, Ball turret gunner: Joe Coss, Waist gunner: Harry Rants (5EVD; Bombardier: Rex Orme, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Dehaven, Radio Operator: Francis Moran, Waist gunner: John Brown,Tail gunner: Ron Hemminger (5 Prisoner of War); coll with enemy aircraft losing four feet of right wing, #4 running away, crashed Rennes, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 4895.
Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG [CQ-G] Rattlesden 3/6/44; Missing in Action Hannover 18/6/44 with Mark Golden (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jim Waltonblack, Navigator: Alvin Long, Bombardier: Jim McColgan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Homer Howes, Radio Operator: John Kauffman, Ball turret gunner: Fred Slater, Waist gunner: Rudi Giannoni, Waist gunner: Guido Valentine,Tail gunner: Ray Gaswint (9 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #2, then fire broke out in cockpit and ship exploded, crashed Ohlum Gross Lobke area, 10 miles NE of Hildersheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5902.
Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/44; Hunter 20/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 94BG Rougham 9/4/44; transferred 602BS/398BG [K8-R] Nuthampstead 26/4/44; with Marshall Payne, but CP ran off runway 11/11/44, Salvaged 12/11/44.
Delivered Denver 18/2/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG 4/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-Z] Ridgewell 16/7/43; Missing in Action 7m Bremen 8/10/43 with Leslie Kemp, Co-pilot: Bill Heim, Navigator: Frank Tomlin, Bombardier: Tom Nelson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Jennette, Radio Operator: Walt Richards, Ball turret gunner: Gilles Gentry, Waist gunner: Ray Duffy, Waist gunner: Jim Stinsman,Tail gunner: Ed Osborn (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Fladdderlohausen, 10 miles SE of Quackenbruck,Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1396. RON CHEE.
Delivered Lincoln 9/12/45; Dow Fd 17/12/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-M] Nuthampstead 13/2/45; (4m) Missing in Action Wittenberg, Ger 22/2/45 with Hubert Beatty, Co-pilot: Jim Honaker, Navigator: Jim Luna (3 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Urie Zook, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Moore, Radio Operator: Jim Godsey, Ball turret gunner: Bernard Bagley, Waist gunner: Alva Freeman,Tail gunner: John Conway (6 Prisoner of War); jet enemy aircraft hit #1 & #2, crashed Altendorf, NE of Brunswick; Missing Air Crew Report 12650. BEATTY’S 8-BALLS.
Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; Gr Island 11/4/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-K] Molesworth 23/4/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 21/11/44 with Arthur Chance, Bob Johnson, Ralph Coykendall, Elmer Menasco, Albt Miller, Leo Torre (6 Prisoner of War); Bill Couch, Shirley Moss, Tony Martin (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Leipzig; Missing Air Crew Report 11201. HELLER’S ANGEL.
Delivered Tulsa 2/4/44; Hunter 8/4/44; Dow Fd 25/4/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-D] Molesworth 30/4/44; transferred 457BG Glatton 22/5/45; 351BG Polebrook 29/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/45; Sth Plains 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gr Island 5/10/43; Wilmington 10/10/43; en route UK with Jack Rickman force landed Presque Is 14/10/43; used first B-17 from USA with US installation of Oboe II and used 14/1/44 Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-C] Snetterton 17/10/43; on return from Regensburg 21/7/44 with Ken Hamric, Co-pilot: Dan Kelley, Navigator: Jim Mills, Bombardier: Sam Warren, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rolland Harrison, Radio Operator: Rex McNary, Ball turret gunner: Chas Lappin, Waist gunner: Edwin Beugler,Tail gunner: Bill Kinney (9 Returned to Duty); crash landed nr, Butley-Bentwaters, Sfk, UK. Salvaged. GOERING’S NIGHTMARE.
Delivered Denver 17 June 1943; Kearney 20 July 1943; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY- ] Alconbury 14 August 1943. Shot down by enemy aircraft on the 6 September 1943 mission to Stuttgart with Pilot Robert W. Carlson; Co-pilot: Dave T. Kindt; Navigator: James R. Blackburn; Bombardier: Frank A. Price; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bobby L. Boutwell; Radio Operator: Hubert E. Sprague; Ball turret gunner: Clifford J. Pruitt; Left Waist gunner: John M. Trainer; Right Waist gunner: Frank J. Holczman; Tail gunner: Roy P. Ladd. The ship ditched into the Channel near Penhurst and the crew was saved by the Air Rescue Service. All returned to base, six of them slightly injured (scratches). No Missing Air Crew Report.
Delivered Long Beach 21/9/43; Gt Falls 13/10/43; Assigned 457BG Glatton 20/2/44; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-Y] Thurleigh 12/3/44. While on cross country navigation mission to Nutts Corner airfield, Belfast, it encountered foggy conditions and crashed Pearlwick Bay, near Glen Chase, Isle of Man, UK 15/4/45 with Bob Vieille, Co-pilot: Colin Liersch, Navigator: Howard Le Compte, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Gallion, Radio Operator: Chester Smailczewski, Bill Starbuck; plus passengers: Capt Bradley Butterfieldsq ops, Capt George Cubberleysq exec, Darrell Jones, Austin Parrishp and Red Cross nurse Emily Rea, 11KIS; sal. COMBINED OPERATIONS.
Delivered Cheyenne 25/7/44; Hunter 4/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-D] Bassingbourn 9/9/44; Missing in Action {28m} Berlin 5/12/44 with Ralph Blanton, Norval Covington, Roy Burns, Allison Stern, Lauren Porter, Arvid Johnson, Ken Minette, Emery Salyards, Lou Smith (9 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #1 and ship dropped away and crashed Spandau, Ger.; Missing Air Crew Report 11045. BRIDE OF MARS.
Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/43; Smoky Hill 24/4/43; Walla Walla 30/4/43; Rapid City 9/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-S] Horham 27/6/43; 9m, Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Fred Hodges, Co-pilot: Jim Peacock, Navigator: Bill Grody, Bombardier: Eleazar Moody, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Brown, Radio Operator: Bob Shafer, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Brooks, Waist gunner: Dick Porter, Waist gunner: Larry Burleigh,Tail gunner: Ernie Weaver (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft attacked and then ship exploded, crashed in sea off Lathen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 214. EXTERMINATOR.
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/43; 94BG Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-O] Bassingbourn 17/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 545th Bomb Squadron/384th Bomb Group [JD-E] Station 106, Grafton Underwood on 12 July 1943; Missing in Action Kiel 29 July 1943 with James R. Roberts, Co-pilot: Paul Pate Gordy, Navigator: Richard P. Sherrer, Bombardier: Thomas F. Cawley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul L. Overbaugh, Radio Operator: Robert P. Goldman, Waist gunner: Howard F. Avey (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Chester E. Conover, Waist gunner: Joseph P. Williams,Tail gunner: Robert J. Quaranta (3 Killed in Action); loss details ?, crashed at Kaltoft, near Schwelsig, Germany, No MACR. JIMMY BOY.
Delivered Cheyenne 24/7/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Dow Fd 12/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG [G6-F] Debach; Missing in Action Magdeburg 12/9/44 with Edwin Cockerham, Co-pilot: Bob Eggleston, Navigator: Dan Cashman, Bombardier: Bob Lawrence, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vic Husak, Radio Operator: Chester Sick, Ball turret gunner: Pvt Bob Uithoven, Waist gunner: Les White (8 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Jim Bartholomew (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hillerge, N of Gottingen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8870.
Delivered Kearney 9/8/44; Grenier 20/8/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 24/8/44; battle damaged Cologne 17/10/44 with ?; crash landed Honington A/fd, UK Sal; Returned to the USA Bradley 25/6/45; Sth Plains 29/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/11/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-Y] Alconbury 23/5/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Coleman Goldstein, Co-pilot: Shirley Casey, Navigator: Herbert Brill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Weber, Ball turret gunner: George Jasman,Tail gunner: Owen Scott (6 evaded capture), Bombardier: John Maloney, Radio Operator: Herb Edenholm, Waist gunner: Emil Mahne, Waist gunner: Nicholas Mucci (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Jauriac, near Expiremont, 17 miles N of Bordeaux, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1959.
Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Morrison 24/3/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-D] Framlingham /43; transferred 335BS [OE-D], 412BS [QW-D]; 3m, Missing in Action Emden 21/5/43 with Dexter Schnebly, Co-pilot: George Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Phil Auld, Waist gunner: Chas Craig (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Clyde Roy, Bombardier: Walt Krava, Radio Operator: Oscar Sanders, Ball turret gunner: Mark Curtis, Waist gunner: Roy Curtiss,Tail gunner: Chas Corum (6 Prisoner of War); flak hit over Dollard Bay, crashed Dreiborg, 25 miles E of Groningen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 4907.
Delivered Lincoln 13/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG [7Q-P]Eye 1/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45. THE JUDGE.
Assigned 92BG Bangor 31/7/42; 340BS/97BG Polebrook 8/42; damaged UK 7/9/42, rep; flew Gens Doolittle & Lemnitzer to Gibraltar 6/11/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; badly damaged again by enemy ground attack on Biskra 10/1/43; Salvaged 14/1/43.