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Delivered Hunter 26/1/45; Dow Fd 20/2/45; Assigned 8AF 22/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 22/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/2/46.

Delivered Hunter 26/1/45; Dow Fd 11/2/45; Assigned 8AF 15/2/45; Re-ass 30/4/47; 10 HB Oberpfaffenhofen 18/1/48; Recl Comp 7/1/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Grenier 7/6/44; Assigned: 337BS/96BG [AW-R] Snetterton 11/6/44; destroyed by Enemy aircraft at Poltava Pilot: Carl Schram 21/6/44; Salvaged. 1/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/7/44; Hunter 20/7/44; Presque Is 31/7/44; Assigned 711BS/447BG [IR- ] Rattlesden 2/8/44; during assembly for Kassel 2/10/44 with Capt Cliff Leach, Dave Bowen, Don Rubin, Bill Rogers, Earl Riggs, Clyde Klee, Bill Haines, John Henry, Carl Reitzel (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 44-6460 (447BG); crashed Hitcham, UK; 17 men killed. Salvaged.

Delivered Kearney 11/8/44; Grenier 20/8/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG [IJ- ] Rattlesden 26/8/44; mid air coll with 43-38245 (447BG) on assembly for Kassel 2/10/44 with Bill Wilder, Norman Manock, Chas McGuire, Bill Eakins, Ciriaco Genova, Ed Suarez, Tom Wiltze, Harry Lee (8 Killed in Action); Elliott Mishler (RTD – parachuted through shattered nose); crashed Treacles Farm, Kettlebaston, Sfk. UK.; 17 killed. Salvaged.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/43; Wichita Falls 26/12/43; Orlando 30/12/43; Written off 31/1/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Denver 3/3/44; 1SAG Langley 1/6/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-L] Snetterton 29/6/44; crash landed base with Francis Jones 14/1/45; Salvaged 15/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; 1SAG Langley 20/4/44; 3539 BU Langley 16/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Denver 31/12/43; 1SAG Langley 23/1/44; Grenier 5/2/44; Assigned: 813BS-482BG [PC-E] Alconbury 19/2/44; t/o 17/3/44 for Snetterton ready to lead mission the following day Pilot: Capt Lopez Mantoux, Co-Pilot: Emerson Dyer, Navigator: Bill Ryan{seriously injured}, Bombardier: Capt Newton Hatfield, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Albt Brown, Radio Operator: Francis Lynen, Waist Gunner: John Campbell, Waist Gunner: Chas Clark, Tail Gunner: Vince Carlwicz, pass: Sgts Harley Rayner, Dan Delmonte & Cpl Harry Williams; visibility was impaired and struck tree, knocking off right stabilizer; (12RTD), Salvaged. 18/3/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/44; Denver 1/3/44; Alexandra 20/3/44; 221 BU Alexandra 17/1/45; 329 BU Alexandra 1/3/45; 326 BU MacDill 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; 1SAG Langley 21/4/44; Atlanta 7/5/44; 112 BU Westover 9/3/45; 3539 BU Langley 16/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; 1SAG Langley 4/6/44; Dow Fd 20/5/44; Assigned Soxo ?

Delivered Tulsa 29/4/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 26/5/44; mech fault, Kassel 8/9/44 Pilot: ‘; c/r France; 9RTD. LOTTA BULL.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/8/43; 30BS/19BG Pyote 9/11/43; 246 BU Pratt 4/6/44; 271 BU Kearney 18/6/43; 246 BU Pratt 19/7/44; 232 BU Dalhart 23/8/44; 244 BU Harvard 4/10/44; 203 BU Jackson 21/1/45; 215 BU Pueblo 16/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45.

Delivered Dallas 6/8/434; Gore 7/8/43; Dallas 12/8/43; 435BS/19BG Pyote 21/8/43; 9BG McCook 6/6/44; 245 BU McCook 16/9/44; 245 BU Brookley 16/10/44; 245 BU McCook 9/12/44; 4100 BU Patterson 11/12/44; 237 BU Kirtland 3/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 26/11/45.

Delivered Lincoln 24/1/45; Grenier 17/2/45; Assigned 8AF 22/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; 1SAG Langley 30/5/44; Grenier 19/6/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG Snetterton 29/6/44; MIA Merseburg 28/7/44 Pilot: Mel Franklin, (+ 452BG crew), Capt John Slusser, Norman Willbach, Frank Parker, Martin Guyette, Bill Crandall {mickey op} (6KIA); Warren Payne, Ray Keegan, F/O Harry Eastman {tg} (3POW); mid air coll, ‘ w/42-97616, crashed Merseburg, Germany. MACR 7828.

Delivered Denver 7/1/44; Salt Lake City 12/1/44; 1SAG Langley 4/2/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG Snetterton 5/4/44; MIA Pilot: 452BG Merseburg 28/7/44 w/Capt F.J. Boyer, Maj Gerald R. Carris, Bill Graham, Leon Nagengast, Carl Omohundro, Lt Chas Everett {mickey op}, Roger Haskell, Lt Kyle Gilmour {tg}(8KIA); Bill Kaplan, Lloyd Helms, Col Archie Smith {mission pilot} (3POW); mid air coll ‘ w/42-97764; crashed Merseburg, Ger. MACR 7827. HI-BLOWER.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/5/44; Patterson 30/5/44; Kearney 30/6/44; Dow Fd 13/7/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG Snetterton [MZ- ] 14/7/44; MIA Frankfurt 9/3/45 Pilot: Harvey Fox, Co-Pilot: Tom Tierney, Bombardier: Bill Andrews, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Fred Chambers, Radio Operator: Aldie Tiush, Ball Turret Gunner: Jack Tompkins, Waist Gunner: John Albert, Tail Gunner: Ted Stott (8POW); Navigator: Germany. ld Clohessy (KIA); flak, crashed Langen, Ger. Salvaged. 14/4/45; MACR 12958.

Delivered Dallas 6/8/43; Gore 7/8/43; Dallas 10/8/43; 19BG Pyote 9/11/43; with Don Allenby to 221 BU Pierre 20/8/44; 504BG Fairmont 26/8/44; 241 BU Fairmont 17/9/44; 249 BU Alliance 19/10/44; 268 BU Peterson 1/3/45; 4134 BU Spokane 8/6/45; 268 BU Peterson 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45.