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Delivered Louisville 14/5/45; Rome 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Louisville 17/5/45; Rome 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/10/44; Hunter 26/11/44; Grenier 30/12/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 3/1/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 21/10/44; Dow Fd 29/10/44; Assigned 8AF 1/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 23/10/44; Dow Fd 31/10/44; Assigned: 305BG Chelveston 2/11/44; Returned to US: Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 6/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 21/11/45. SHE’S A HONEY.

Delivered Lincoln 14/10/44; Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 8AF 28/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 24/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/8/44; Lincoln 25/8/44; Grenier 12/9/44; Assigned: 385BG Gt Ashfield 18/9/44; Transferred: 546BS/384BG [BK-M] Grafton Underwood 27/9/44; trans with group to Istres for mapping duties, Salvaged. 9AF Germany. any 10/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 22/10/44; Dow Fd 30/10/44; Assigned: 482BG Alconbury 1/11/44; Transferred: 337BS/96BG [AW-A] Snetterton 1/11/44; Salvaged. 17/1/45; Returned to US: Bradley 1/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 3/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45. SCATTER FLAK.

Delivered Ardmore 2/5/44; with Chas Gibbon force landed base 9/6/44; with Hiram Blankenship force landed base 10/6/44; 4136 BU Tinker 9/7/44; 235 BU Biggs 25/8/44; 222 BU Ardmore 18/3/45; 332 BU Ardmore 1/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 10/9/45.

Delivered Ardmore 2/5/44; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/9/45.

Delivered Long Beach 28/7/43; Denver 16/8/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 2/6/44; 6BG Gr Isle 8/7/44; 202 BU Galveston 3/10/44; 4100 BU Patterson 11/1/45; 202 BU Galveston 22/3/45; 268 BU Peterson 30/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 7/8/45.

Delivered Topeka 21/10/44; Lincoln 23/10/44; Grenier 27/10/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 29/10/44; transferred 338BS/96BG [BX-A] 30/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/11/45.

Delivered Hunter 15/10/44; Dow Fd 27/10/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 29/10/44; transferred 339BS/96BG [QJ-S] Snetterton 30/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 1/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/6/45; 237 BU Kirtland 8/1/46; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 7/2/46.

Delivered Lincoln 14/10/44; Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-A] Snetterton 29/10/44; MIA Brandenburg 31/3/45 Pilot: Ed Murphy, Co-Pilot: John Allen, Navigator: Bob Tobakin, Bombardier: Ed Holy, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gene Wojnowski, Radio Operator: Max Klein, Ball Turret Gunner: Ivor McKee, Waist Gunner: Dick Belgium. , Tail Gunner: Alex Prohoroff (9KIA); flak, crash-landed Fulda A/fd, Germany. MACR 13715.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/43; Biggs 3/7/43; Dalhart 17/7/43; with Lionel Sharikin crash landed base 16/7/43, rep; crashed 12 miles north of Moorland, OK with Ed Larrivee 18/8/43; Written off 20/8/43.

Delivered Hunter 19/11/44; Dow Fd 2/12/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG Debach 4/12/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 3/3/45 with George Graff, Ray Goetschius, Paul Edmunds, Dwain Kantor, Bob Dawson, Cameron McKin (6 Prisoner of War); Bill Thomas, Bernie McGivern, Francis Mungavin (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hildesheim, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12886.

Delivered Denver 1/1/44; Kearney 13/1/44; Assigned: 369BS/306BG [WW-Y] Thurleigh 25/2/44; MIA Erding 24/4/44 Pilot: Bill Tarr, Co-Pilot: Ross Handy, Navigator: Olin Odom, Bombardier: Bert Krashes, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Georges Farkes, Radio Operator: Jack Cunningham, Ball Turret Gunner: Don Lively, Waist Gunner: Bill Simpson, Waist Gunner: John Moore, Tail Gunner: Bob Seaman, obs-Capt Shubel Owen, Gp Int. Off. (11POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Straubing, near Ingoldstadt, Germany. MACR 4284.

Delivered: Hunter 24/10/44; Dow Fd 1/11/44; Assigned: 422BS/305BG Chelveston 5/12/44; ex-Kassel 15/12/44 Pilot: Finis Harris, John Griffin, R.L. Mason, Laverne Ridge, Herschel McCoy, Cliff Melton, R.L. Buryy, Willie Barnes, Chas Nordland (9KIA); hit radio mast at Daventry, Nthants, in poor visibilty, crashed near Daventry, Northants, UK; Sal, MACR 149.

Delivered Tulsa 12/5/44; Kearney 22/5/44; Grenier 29/5/44; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG-E] Gt Ashfield 30/5/44; Returned to US: Bradley 24/6/45; Sth Plains 28/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 28/11/45. ARCHER’S STORK CLUB.

Delivered Vandalia Mat Wea Exp 21/7/44; Ladd Fd 6/12/44; 4143 BU Clinton 1/4/45; 4148 BU Bedford 24/6/45; 4147 BU Bedford 11/8/45; 4119 BU Brookley 25/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/10/45.