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Delivered Cheyenne 12/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned: 369BS/306BG [WW-L] Thurleigh 13/6/44; MIA Delitzsch 16/8/44 Pilot: Eldon Ralstin, Radio Operator: Bob Behnke (2KIA); Co-Pilot: Bill Goetz, Navigator: Dick Locke, Bombardier: Tom Meersman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Howard, Ball Turret Gunner: Sam Simonian, Waist Gunner: Gerald Wrightsman, Tail Gunner: Fred Lloyd (7POW); flak ko’d two engines, crashed Obermolbitz, Ger; MACR 7900.

Delivered Sth Plains 28/4/45; Patterson 25/5/45; 4132 BU Garden City 30/4/46; re-ass 31/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 16/10/47; 4185 BU Independence 19/10/47; 4112 BU Olmstead 17/11/47; 605 BU Eglin 12/1/48; 1 EGM Gp Eglin 1/6/48; AMC Brookley 8/4/49; 3203 MSU Gp Eglin 11/4/49; 1 EGM Gp Eglin 5/7/49; AMC Brookley 30/8/49; Recl Comp 19/10/50.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/4/43; Smoky Hill 28/4/43; Walla Walla 7/5/43; Smoky Hill 21/5/43; Dow Fd 6/6/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-F] Snettisham 12/6/43; crash-landed Wolferton, Nfk; 19/8/43 Pilot: Jim Attaway, Co-Pilot: Matt Vinson{wia}, Navigator: Chas Norderer, Bombardier: John Miller, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Woods, Radio Operator: Bob Huff, Ball Turret Gunner: Larry Moore, Waist Gunner: John Kangles, Waist Gunner: Dick Garrow, Tail Gunner: John Trujillo, ComP-Col Jim Travis (11RTD – 2 minor injuries); cp Vinson brought ship back after rested bailed out, to c/l on Wolferton Sands, Nfk. and was awarded the DSC. Salvaged. 21/8/44. BLACK HEART JR.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/11/42; Assigned 317BS/88BG Walla Walla 21/9/42; with Jay Sterling force landed Sioux City, IA 22/12/42, damaged fuselage but repaired; Redmond 21/2/43; Dyersburg 13/6/43; Walla Walla 15/8/43; 3701 BU Amarillo 17/11/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 13/3/45; 2510 BU Enid 20/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/3/45; Hunter 25/3/45; Grenier 12/4/45; 1103 BU Morrison 20/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [G] Glatton 5/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45. PATTY ANN.

Delivered Louisville 15/3/45; Hunter 21/3/45; Grenier 30/3/45; Assigned 8AF 31/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/5/45; Sth Plains 5/6/45; 247 BU Smoky Hill 17/2/46; 598 BU Topeka 25/6/46; 263 BU Geiger 30/9/46; 4134 BU Spokane 12/2/47; re-ass 31/3/47; 3705 BU Lowry 16/7/47; 2621 BU Barksdale 30/10/47; 4117 BU Robins 4/3/48; Recl Comp 15/10/48.

Delivered Long Beach 16/7/43; to Dalhart with Freeman Storm but crash landed six miles north east Gulfport, MS 26/8/43; Written off 7/9/43.

Delivered 488BG Avon Park 11/5/44; MacDill 23/5/44; 326 BU MacDill 28/2/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 20/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 17/7/43; Cheyenne 20/7/43; Ft Myers 14/11/43; 9BG McCook 7/6/44; 2121 BU Keesler 9/6/44; Mat Com Lockheed Burbank 24/6/44; 3704 BU Keesler 1/8/44; Recl Comp 3/8/45.

Delivered Tulsa 5/10/43; Smyrna 14/11/42; Fairfield 20/3/43; Kearney 19/7/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 24/10/43; 4124 BU Altus 12/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 9/8/43; Assigned: 364BS/305BG [WF-P] Chelveston 2/9/43; cp error as u/c collapsed taxying for Brunswick mission 29/1/44 Pilot: Harry Patterson, Co-Pilot: Ken Stansfield, Navigator: Vernon Price, Bombardier: Jim Harvey, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Elwood Mather, Radio Operator: Bob Hartshorn, Ball Turret Gunner: Troy Little, Waist Gunner: Bob Bain, Waist Gunner: Vince Pulida, Tail Gunner: Carl Neighbors (10RTD); Salvaged. n/battle damage 30/1/44.

Delivered 488BG Avon Park 11/5/44; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 23/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned: 365BS/305BG Chelveston 8/7/44; MIA Karlsruhe 9/8/44 Pilot: Marion Wood, Theo Redlein, Morris Duchen,Harry Snyder, Irvin Johnson (5KIA); Julius Kopplin, Bury Heffron, Jules Adler, Stan Smolkowski (4POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Beinheim, Germany. MACR 8068.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/6/44; Kearney 21/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned: 835BS/486BG [H8-G] Sudbury 8/7/44; {31m} battle damage Frankfurt 5/1/45 Pilot: Estersohn, crew RTD; forced landing continent and sal.

Delivered Lincoln 12/10/44; Dow Fd 24/10/44; Assigned: 833BS/486BG [4N-T] Sudbury 25/10/44; MIA Mannheim 21/1/45 Pilot: George Holdefer, Theo Odell, Sante Fasan, Fred Hermann, John Dellafave, Tony Victor, Sol Shindel, Chas McGee, Joe Ginney (9POW); flak, crashed Ingstettin, Germany. MACR 11798.

Delivered 488BG Avon Park 11/5/44; Gt Falls 15/11/44; Avon Park 19/5/44; 901 BU Pinecastle 2/6/44; 903 BU Orlando 2/6/44; 325 BU Avon Park 15/6/44; with Don Crawford 29/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 12/6/43; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 14/6/43; on noNavigator: operational flight 13/10/43 crashed just off runway; Pilot: Rodney Doe, Co-Pilot: Pete Musulin, n-Fred Bergman, Pvt Walter Nolan (4KIA); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Stanton (RTD); Salvaged. 30/1/44. BATTLIN’ BETSY.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/10/42; Pyote 9/1/43; Chico 13/3/43; Gowen 24/5/43; Assigned 383BG Geiger 22/6/43; force landed base with George Ash 11/7/43; 504BG Fairmont 19/7/43; Written off 28/2/44; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

Delivered Denver 15/2/44; 1SAG Langley 21/4/44; 420 BU March 21/8/44; 3539 BU Langley 3/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.