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Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Billings 25/11/43; Wendover 12/12/43; Grenier 20/1/44; Assigned: 750BS/457BG [O] Glatton 8/2/44; 748BS; MIA French A/fds 14/6/44 Pilot: Bill Rogers, Co-Pilot: Stan Wolczanski, Navigator: Wilbert Collard, n/g-Sgt Milton Bunch, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joshua Lane, Waist Gunner: Orion Shumway, Tail Gunner: Ray Jones (7EVD); Radio Operator: John Chumas, Ball Turret Gunner: Dave Quick (2POW); flak KOd #3 and caused fire, crashed Iverni, four miles NW of Meaux, Fr; MACR 5904.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Tacoma 22/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Kansas City 28/12/43; New Castle 8/1/44; Presque Is 9/1/44; RAF Valley 15/1/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [AW-R] Snetterton 16/1/44; trans 413BS [MZ-Q]; was taxiing on base 7/3/44 Pilot: Don Kasch, but brakes failed and collided with parked gas tanker, no injuries to crew or ground crew; MIA Berlin 8/3/44.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gr Island 5/12/43; Romulus 13/12/43; Presque 15/12/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ- ] Snetterton 20/12/43; MIA Brunswick 10/2/44 Pilot: Harry Thompson, Co-Pilot: Don Weightman, Navigator: Chas Flynn, Bombardier: George Wachal, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harry Rankin, Radio Operator: Edgar Orbell, Ball Turret Gunner: Russ Nelson, Waist Gunner: Martin Buckman, Waist Gunner: Earl Case, Tail Gunner: Dean Whitten (10KIA); flak, no trace ever found so presumable came down in North Sea. MACR 2375.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/5/44; Kearney 26/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned: 749BS/457BG [J] Glatton 7/6/44; en route to targer, damaged and aborted 26/6/44 Pilot: Scott Ormsby; Co-Pilot: Fred Stallings,Bombardier: Art Mendenhall, Waist Gunner: Alvin Hendrick (3POW); Navigator: Vincent Lemon (EVD), (6RTD); on return from Montbartier, sustained landing accident w/Dick Peterson 14/2/45; Returned to US: Bradley 22/5/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 24/5/45; Scrapped: Kingman 14/12/45. ACE OF HEARTS.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Kearney 14/12/43; Chicago 18/12/43; Syracuse 19/12/43; Presque Is 21/12/43; Assigned: 369BS/306BG [WW-M] Thurleigh 21/1/44; MIA Erding 24/4/44 Pilot: Gil Vandermarliere {wia}, Co-Pilot: Bill James, Navigator: Ray Uhrich, Bombardier: Sid Shertzer {landed in tree, thern on freeing himself fell and injured his back}, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Vogt, Radio Operator: Willard Elliott, Ball Turret Gunner: Earl Wynn, Waist Gunner: Jim Copeman, Waist Gunner: Everett Minto, Tail Gunner: Walt Lastinger (10POW); Enemy aircraft KOd two engines, then radio lost followed by a third engine, crashed Horbach, near Althegnenberg, 11 miles SE of Augsburg, Germany. MACR 4282.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gr Island 3/12/43; Kearney 8/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-D] Thurleigh 4/1/44; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Warren Lutz, Co-Pilot: Tom Johnson, Navigator: Ed O’Neill, Bombardier: Jim Knox, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Warren Adams, Radio Operator: Joe Reed, Ball Turret Gunner: Roy Ward & brother Waist Gunner: Ray Ward (8KIA); Waist Gunner: Alec Lazek, Tail Gunner: Chas Lux (2POW); flak hits damaged right wing and cut fuel lines, ship crashed two miles S of Hecklingen, near Stassfurt, 20 miles E of Halberstadt, Germany. MACR 4240.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/11/43; Seattle 23/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Romulus 14/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned: 366BS/305BG Chelveston 21/1/44; MIA Frankfurt 24/3/44 Pilot: Harry Cornell, Co-Pilot: Don Eddy, Bombardier: George Meyer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Darwin Gidel, Radio Operator: Bob Sage, Ball Turret Gunner: Pete Wolak, Waist Gunner: John Kettman, Waist Gunner: Darius Logan, Tail Gunner: Clelland Martinson (9POW); Navigator: Leo Hartman (KIA); flak, crashed Winkel-St-Hruis, nine miles NE of Ghent, Belgium. MACR 3537.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/43; Las Vegas 25/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 9/2/44; 2126 BU Laredo 19/4/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/11/43; Gr Island 5/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; RAF Valley 20/12/43; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-D] Rougham 21/12/43; MIA Augsburg 13/4/44 Pilot: Carl McDowell, Co-Pilot: John Leaf, Navigator: Simon Sanger, tog-Sgt Powell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Risch Adams{wia}, Radio Operator: Gaston McCurdy, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Sampson, Waist Gunner: Jeff Shelton, Waist Gunner: Harry Swift (\’Swett), Tail Gunner: Milton Moore; flak damage and runaway prop #1, ditched 25 miles off English coast on return; (10RTD). NINE YANKS AND A JERK.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Wilmington 9/12/43; Presque Is 12/12/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-X] Rougham 16/12/43; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Ken Chiem, Co-Pilot: Dominic Guadiomonte, Navigator: Alf Weinberg, Bombardier: Marion Gordy, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Stan Janisek, Radio Operator: Vernon Sovia, Ball Turret Gunner: Jack Parker, Waist Gunner: Dennis Nicklin, Tail Gunner: Oscar Gibson (9POW); Waist Gunner: Gene Powell (KIA-chute failed), flak damage caused crew to bale out Herzberg, but ship flew on for another 100 miles, crashed Hassenberg, nine miles E of Coburg, Germany. MACR 4467. PASSIONATE WITCH II.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Assigned: 332BS/94BG Rougham 20/12/43; 410BS [GL-G]; MIA Munich 12/7/44 Pilot: Lloyd Handskemager, Carl Brunt (2KIA); Jim Wareham, Joe Strickler, Bob Perry, Reedas Franklin, Harry Hindman, Arthur Ariel, Norfleet Davis, Dwight Davis (8POW); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Grenaa, Den. MACR 7509. DOODLES aka DOODLEE DOO.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/43; Las Vegas 25/10/43; 3022 BU Indian Springs 5/2/45; 3021 BU Las Vegas 22/2/45; 3018 BU Kingman 28/2/45; 3702 BU Buckley 8/6/45; Recl Comp 20/3/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 16/12/43; MIA Brunswick 10/2/44 Pilot: Manny Magilavy, Co-Pilot: Joe Hayes, Navigator: Peter O’Toole, Bombardier: Harvey Greenfield, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Clifford Speare, Radio Operator: Sid Porter, Ball Turret Gunner: John Shirley, Waist Gunner: John Cavanaugh, Tail Gunner: Lloyd Gray (9POW); Waist Gunner: Bob Honer (KIA); flak & Enemy aircraft, crashed Durlager Strasse, Wagenfeld, nine miles SE of Diepholz, Germany. MACR 3374. DISCOVEREE.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/11/43; Kearney 27/11/43; Cleveland 4/12/43; Assigned Soxo from Goose Bay to Prestwick 9/12/43 with Martin Borchant, Co-pilot: Wilmer Erast, Navigator: Giles Seefield, Bombardier: Stan Fort, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Baynes, Radio Operator: Peter Schultz, Ball turret gunner: Grant Johnson, Waist gunner: Elmer Pavlick, Waist gunner: Don Dorsey,Tail gunner: Heed Tenney (10 Returned to Duty), force landed Nutts Corner near Langford Lodge, Nth. Ireland and ran off runway; Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Kearney 26/11/43; Kansas City 28/11/43; Memphis 29/11/43; Kearney 3/12/43; Assigned 414BS/97BG Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Cechina, It. 10/2/44 with J.L. Brennan, Shapiro [picked up by US Army patrol}, Anthony, Morse {picked up by USN LCI} (4 Returned to Duty); Bealin, McKinley, Dickie, Hodges, Kirkpatrick, Smith (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Littori; 2 picked up by US army patrol, 2 landed in sea rescued by USN, 6POW; Missing Air Crew Report 2305.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/10/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Wilmington 24/10/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-N] Rougham 30/10/43; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Rich Whorton, crew ‘ (10RTD); flak, ditched North Sea, crew rescued. SWEATY BETTY.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Gt Falls 12/11/43; Gr Island 27/11/43; Assigned 342BS/97BG Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 22/2/44 with 2Lt Paul A Kovacs, 2Lt Frank B Thompson, 2Lt Thomas C Straub, 2Lt William M Bolin, T/Sgt Lawrence U Moulthrop, T/Sgt Kabasta, S/Sgt Egan, S/Sgt Arrington, S/Sgt Garcia, S/Sgt Allen, S/Sgt Needham; enemy aircraft, crashed Regensburg; nine chutes seen; 9 x POW, 2 x KIA MACR 2490.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Gr Island 21/11/43; Romulus 27/11/43; Syracuse 28/11/43; Presque Is 1/12/43; Assigned: 8WEA Cheddington 2/12/43; trans 368BS/306BG [BO-V] Thurleigh 23/9/44; Salvaged. 17/4/45. ELIZABETH.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/11/43; Gt Falls 9/11/43; Kearney 26/11/43; Kansas City 28/11/43; Wright Fd 30/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Assigned 414BS/97BG Depienne, Tun, 7/12/43; Missing in Action Udine 18/3/44 with Rich Munson, Co-pilot: Irvine Williamson, Navigator: ? Seward, Bombardier: Tom Howard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Marion, Radio Operator: Harley Spoon, Ball turret gunner: Bob Brown, Waist gunner: Cecil Sullivant, Waist gunner: Cletus Reiss,Tail gunner: Vera Curry (10 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft, crashed Fiume, It; crew bailed; Missing Air Crew Report 3359.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/10/43; Las Vegas 26/10/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 3/9/44; 4152 BU Lockbourn 1/10/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 29/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 5/6/45; Gore 6/7/43; Pendleton 24/7/43; Geiger 10/8/43; 457BG Ephrata 5/11/43; 3701 BU Amarillo 17/11/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 13/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 5/6/43; Gore 3/7/43; Walla Walla 23/7/43; 4100 BU Patterson 1/9/44; 327 BU Drew 8/11/44; 301 BU Drew 22/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 5/6/43; Gore 28/6/43; Hendricks 9/7/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 15/9/44; 4124 BU Altus 5/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 6/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/43; Las Vegas 25/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 16/9/44; 2126 BU Laredo 23/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.