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Delivered Tulsa 5/10/42; Lockbourn 28/4/43; La Junta 26/6/43; with George Brown crash landed Lockbourn 26/12/43; Written off 1/1/44.

Delivered Tulsa 4/10/42; Smyrna 13/11/42; 2114 BU Lockbourn 28/10/43; with Don Burley force landed base 12/12/43; 4124 BU Altus 10/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Tulsa 4/10/42; Smyrna 13/11/42; Lockbourn 28/4/43; with John Heckman crashed three miles SE of Karnack, TX 15/5/43; Written off 17/5/43.

Delivered Tulsa 8/10/42; Smyrna 13/11/42; Lockbourn 30/5/43; 2132 BU Maxwell 27/7/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 12/8/43; 4142 BU Dayton 17/4/44; with John Burwell force landed Lockbourn 29/6/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 24/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Denver 21/7/43; Love 23/7/43; Dyersburg 9/8/43; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-S] Gt Ashfield 3/9/43; MIA Augsburg 16/3/44 Pilot: Wesley Krause, Navigator: Bob Dwyer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ron Hanaver, Radio Operator: John Peterson, Ball Turret Gunner: Francis Mills, Waist Gunner: Willie Partin, Waist Gunner: Ralph Kelley, Tail Gunner: Jim Kennedy (8POW); Co-Pilot: Harry Waller, Bombardier: Orla Huddlestone (2KIA-both in ariel attack); Enemy aircraft, crashed St Quentin-sur-Coole, six miles S of Chalons-sur-Marne, Fr. MACR 3245. OHIO AIR FORCE.

Delivered Tulsa 4/10/42; Smyrna 18/11/42; Fairfield 19/3/43; force landed Lockbourn with John McNichol 1/7/43, rep; Patterson 14/7/43; Written off 27/11/43.

Delivered Tulsa 4/10/42; Salina 10/11/42; 3701 BU Amarillo 13/8/43; with Tony Pellini 25/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Geiger 28/9/42; Walla Walla 30/11/42; Boise 7/1/43; Tinker 6/8/43; with Carl Appling force landed MacDill 19/12/43; with Rich Calef force landed at 3705 BU Lowry 3/3/44; Recl Comp 2/10/45.

Delivered Tulsa 22/2/44; Hunter 4/3/44; with Frank Cunningham force landed Orlando 11/3/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 341BS/97BG Amendola 2/7/44; Missing in Action Regensburg 28/12/44 with 2Lt Joseph M Neider, 2Lt John S Aldridge, 2Lt Abe Schamis, F/O Gerard A Baranowski, T/Sgt John F Huf Jr, Sgt William E Richards, S/Sgt Donald J Meckle, Sgt Edward T Gorman, S/Sgt Paul W Ruple, S/Sgt Roy Blackburn; engine mech fault lagged behind formation, crashed Peelton; 10 x POW MACR 10876.

Delivered Tulsa 24/2/44; 222 BU Ardmore 20/12/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/6/44; Kearney 25/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-G] Grafton Underwood 23/7/44; battle damage Nurnberg 3/10/44 Pilot: ‘; forced landing Belgium. ium, Salvaged. 14/11/44. PARKER’S MADHOUSE (Remains found on farm at Tremelo, near Brussels, and most cleared away by scrapmen. However the tailplane was used on the farm for about 60 years and is now a project for restoration Belgian Aviation History Society).

Delivered Dallas 23/8/43; 4100 BU Patterson 21/6/44; 202 BU Galveston 22/6/44; 268 BU Peterson 30/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 1/8/45.

Delivered Tulsa 28/3/44; Kearney 6/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 22/4/44; MIA Eindhovenl 9/8/44 Pilot: Horace Bradshaw, Tim Ahren, Bill Farriss, George Blanford, Mike Billey, Alex Jablonski, Bill Kirk (7POW); Roy Martin (EVD); Frank Doucette (KIA); flak, crashed Eindhoven, Hol. MACR 7388.

Delivered Denver 31/12/42; Cheyenne 13/1/43; Ainsworth 19/1/43; Rapid City 8/3/43; Lowry 29/4/43; Rapid City 5/5/43; Portland 15/6/43; Geiger 12/11/43; 247 BU Smoky Hill 10/6/44; 4136 BU Tinker 26/7/44; 235 BU Biggs 17/1/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 18/4/45; with Bob Steve force landed base 27/8/45; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/42; Pueblo 27/1/43; Biggs 24/2/43; Blythe 18/3/43; Walla Walla 17/5/43; Redmond 18/6/43; Madras 21/6/43; Walla Walla 15/8/43; 4117 BU Robins 24/7/44; with Mario Cornell to 328 BU Gulfport, but force landed Nadawah, Al 31/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 23/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/8/44; Lincoln 25/8/44; Grenier 10/9/44; Assigned: 388BG Knettishall 13/9/44; Transferred: 569BS/390BG [CC-P] Framlingham 14/9/44; MIA Hamburg 25/10/44 Pilot: Gene Bivins, John Green, Alf Ayash, Carl Kintz, John Sewell, Warren Van Hoose (6KIA); Vince Niemann, Tony Lapina, Jim Denyer (3POW); flak, crashed Gut Moor, near Munster, Germany. MACR 10261.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Dow Fd 13/6/44; Assigned: 364BS/305BG Chelveston 29/7/44; battle damage Berlin 3/2/45 Pilot: Creson; forced landing continent, rep & ret 16/2/45; Transferred: 545BS/384BG [JD-P] Grafton Underwood 9/5/45; Salvaged. 9AF Germany 10/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/42; Gt Falls 14/1/43; Ephrata 4/2/43; with Wade Sneed force landed 6/4/43; Geiger 8/4/43; with Pervis Youree force landed two miles N of Ardmore 21/12/43; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 6/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/42; Sioux City 19/1/43; Cheyenne 31/1/43; Rapid City 14/3/43; Casper 5/5/43; Sioux City 28/6/43; Kearney 6/8/43; Tinker 30/10/43; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/44; 4160 BU Albuquerque 20/6/44; with Lewis Berggren force landed Sioux City Fd 11/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Long Beach 3/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; ass 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 24/11/43; battle damage Pas De Calais 15/2/44 Pilot: Leon Swedlund, Co-Pilot: George Guscatt, Navigator: Rex Cantrell, Bombardier: Fred Berlinger{wia-leg amputated}, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jackson Osborne, Radio Operator: Chas Day, Ball Turret Gunner: Ernest J. Mayer Jr., Waist Gunner: Chas Thompson{wia}, Waist Gunner: John Brutenback, Tail Gunner: Grendell Hawes (10RTD); losing engines and power on return, crash-landed RAF Detling, Kent, UK. Hitting concrete pillbox. STAR DUST.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/43; Sioux City 15/1/43; Casper 5/5/43; Lowry 11/5/43; Sioux City 28/6/43; Kearney 3/8/43; Tinker 18/11/43; 4136 BU Tinker 17/7/44; 224 BU Sioux City 28/8/44; 4160 BU Albuquerque 27/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/43; Gt Falls 14/1/43; Rapid City 31/1/43; Walla Walla 23/4/43; Spokane 1/5/43; Gt Falls 31/7/43; Glasgow 3/8/43; Assigned 540BS/383BG Geiger 15/10/43; 4117 BU Robins 12/7/44; 327 BU Drew 24/8/44; 4100 BU Patterson 18/2/45; 1077 BU Bowman 20/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/44; Hunter 20/7/44; Grenier 27/7/44; Assigned: 544BS/384BG [SU-A] Grafton Underwood 11/8/44; trans with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged. 9AF Germany. any 10/12/45. PLEASURE BENT.

Delivered Amarillo 3/7/45; Dallas 2/8/43; Gr Isle 13/8/43; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-W] Gt Ashfield 3/9/43; crash landed base, Salvaged 6/4/44. PAT PENDING.