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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.

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 1/10/44; Assigned 8AF HQ Widewing 3/11/44; Salvaged 3/4/45.

ASR aircraft with red tailplane and wing panels.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/5/45; Hunter 6/6/45; Grenier 22/6/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 1391 BU Azores 1/1/48; 523 AB Lagens 1/6/48; 1050 ARS Lagens 27/8/48; 2152 RES Lagens 2/9/48; 6 RES Sq Lagens 25/4/49; 1050 MSU Gp Amchitka 9/5/49; 6 RES Sq Lagens 1/6/49; AMC Olmstead 18/6/49; Recl Comp 4/11/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/5/45; Hunter 21/5/45; Natal, Brazil 29/5/45 (6AF); re-ass 30/4/47; Puerto Rico 6/11/47; Recl Comp 17/2/48.

Delivered Lincoln 16/12/44; Grenier 29/12/44; Assigned: 749BS/457BG [K] Glatton 6/2/45; Returned to US: Bradley 4/6/45; Sth Plains 14/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 10/12/45. LADIES’ DELIGHT.

Delivered Long Beach 4/6/43; Gore Fd 28/6/43; Sebring 6/7/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 5/10/44; with Lake Sitton 3/1/45; 2156 BU Enid 20/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/11/45.

The fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/43; Hobbs 19/4/43; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; Hobbs 6/5/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; Recl Comp 22/3/45.