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Delivered Denver 23/1/44; Albuquerque 16/2/44; Pyote 17/3/44; 235 BU Biggs 16/8/44; 222 BU Ardmore 4/3/45; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/8/45.

Delivered Denver 16/1/44; 1SAG Langley 13/2/44; Boca Raton 11/3/45; 420 BU March 21/8/45; 3539 BU Langley 3/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Gr Island 8/12/43; Romulus 14/12/43; Mitchell 17/12/43; Syracuse 26/12/43; Grenier 31/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned: 560BS/388BG [O] Knettishall 9/1/44; destroyed at Poltava Pilot: George Little 21/6/44. Salvaged. AQUILA.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/7/44; Kearney 12/8/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 348BS/99BG Tortorella 17/10/44; in base taxi accident with Bob Hartnett 24/2/45; {55m} transferred 301BG Lucera 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 3/8/43; Denver 5/8/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 6/9/44; 235 BU Biggs 7/10/44; 233 BU Davis Monthan 28/3/45; with Rich Henkel force landed 27 miles NE Tiellico Plains, Tx 8/4/45; 283 BU Galveston 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 31/10/45.

Delivered Long Beach 3/8/43; Assigned (F-9B) 3705 BU Lowry /44; Recl Comp 18/9/47.

Delivered Dallas 27/6/44; Hunter 28/7/44; Dow Fd 8/8/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 15/8/44; Missing in Action Vienna 13/2/45 with Phil Whitman, Co-pilot: Leon Drake, Navigator: Ferdinand Theil, Bombardier: Bob Stricker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Driver, Radio Operator: Jim Sanders, Ball turret gunner: Jim McPadden, Waist gunner: Chas McDonald,Tail gunner: Bob Anderson (9POW?); Waist gunner: Lester Smith (Killed in Action); hit by bombs, crashed Schuetzen; Missing Air Crew Report 12109.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/5/44; Kearney 12/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 29/5/44; transferred 562BS/388BG Knettishall 30/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Lt Beatty 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/5/43; Roswell 9/6/43; Kearney 10/6/43; Dow Fd 2/7/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-B] Snetterton 3/7/43; MIA {15m} Berlin 4/3/44 Pilot: Paul Herring, Co-Pilot: Chas Beard, Navigator: John Wilson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Goetz, Tail Gunner: Glenn Bronneke, foto-Howard Sakaris (6EVD); Bombardier: Bill Wood, Radio Operator: Bob Doherty, Ball Turret Gunner: Walter Rich, Waist Gunner: Everett Johnson, Waist Gunner: Luigi LaCovelli (5POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Glabais, 15 miles SE of Brussels, Belgium. MACR 3425. MISCHIEF-MAKER II.

Delivered Long Beach 3/8/43; Denver 4/8/43; (F-9B) Assigned Min Map Asia 1/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/10/45.

Delivered Denver 20/9/43; Gr Island 6/10/43; ass 331BS/94BG [QE-S] Rougham 9/10/43; sal 2/6/45. LUCKY 13.

Delivered Long Beach 1/8/43; Denver 3/8/43; 19BG Pyote 9/11/43; 2519 BU Fort Worth 19/9/44; 236 BU Pyote 4/10/44; 3704 BU Keesler 12/1/45; 235 BU Biggs 3/4/45; 4117 BU Robins 11/4/45; Recl Comp 20/4/45.

Delivered Long Beach 30/7/43; Dallas 8/8/43; 247 BU Smoky Hill 12/7/44; 4119 BU Brookley 2/2/45; 247 BU Smoky Hill 14/3/45; Recl Comp 20/11/45.

Delivered Denver 9/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG [W] Knettishall 1/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft on ground Poltava, Russia with Lt Brunk 21/6/44, Salvaged. FAIRMAN WILLIE.

Delivered Long Beach 19/9/43; Scott 26/9/43; ass 561BS/388BG [E] Knettishall 10/10/43; on training flight Hethel, 24/11/43 Pilot: Riley Bissonette, Co-Pilot: Clarry Willingham, Navigator: Tom Toolin, (3RTD) pilot failed to extend landing gear; repaired but eventually destroyed on ground by Luftwaffe at Poltava, Russia w/Lt Ramsey 21/7/44; sal.

Delivered Long Beach 30/7/43; Denver 16/8/43; 221 BU Alexandria, Written off 24/9/44.

Delivered Dallas 10/7/43; Love 1/8/43; Las Vegas 3/8/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 30/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/9/45.

Delivered Dallas 10/7/43; Las Vegas 3/8/43; 2137 BU Hendricks 23/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/10/42; Geiger 18/12/42; Biggs 3/1/43; Redmond 18/6/43; Ephrata 8/8/43; 232 BU Dalhart 9/6/44; 4104 BU Rome 10/12/44; 4117 BU Robins 14/6/45; Recl Comp 2/3/46.