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Delivered Long Beach 17/4/43; New Castle 30/4/43; Presque Is 6/5/43; Assigned: 333BS/94BG [TS- ] Earls Colne 14/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; MIA Huls 22/6/43 Pilot: John Sabella, Co-Pilot: Delbert Long, Navigator: Joe Gaudette, Bombardier: Warren Tinker, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Hardin, Radio Operator: Gustav Eliason, Ball Turret Gunner: Don Benner, Waist Gunner: Alf Galasso, Waist Gunner: Chas Stimpson, Tail Gunner: Leroy Blocker (10POW); direct flak hit, Enemy aircraft, crashed two miles E of Opheusden, Germany. No MACR.

Delivered Denver 1/3/44; Roswell 26/4/44; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3018 BU Kingman 1/10/44; 4126 BU San Bernardino 12/1/45; 3018 BU Kingman 18/1/45; 3030 BU Roswell 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Denver 19/11/43; Kearney 2/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Prestwick, UK 21/12/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 27/12/43; Salvaged 11/4/44.

Delivered Denver 26/11/43; South Bend 21/12/43; Assigned 1st SAG Langley Fd 1/1/44; Mitchell 9/1/44; Morrison 12/1/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 15/1/44; 305BG Chelveston 11/2/44; crashed on take off with Girard Minea 3/12/44, Salvaged.

Delivered: Long Beach 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 23/4/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned: 337BS/96BG Andrews Fd 1/6/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; MIA 22/6/43 Pilot: Harry Russell, Co-Pilot: Purcell Rae, Navigator: Lou Chadwick, Bombardier: Sid Loveless, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Emelio Galli, Radio Operator: Bob Clark (KIA’), Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Kelso, Waist Gunner: John McNew, Waist Gunner: Alcario Lobato, Tail Gunner: Sam Sacco (10POW); flak hit & crashed in polder Rietveld, near Schelluinen, Hol. No MACR.

Delivered Denver 2/11/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; ass 365BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 5/1/44; MIA Stettin 13/5/44 Pilot: Chas Bailey, Co-Pilot: Curtis Thomas, Navigator: Thaddeus Borek, Bombardier: Calvin Faragher, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Carleton Williams, Radio Operator: Amim Lakies, Ball Turret Gunner: Irving Ward, Waist Gunner: Jim Kenney, Waist Gunner: Chivous Hardin, Tail Gunner: Bob Casilles (10INT); no gas, forced landing Bulltofta, Sweden, MACR 4873; left 25/5/45, sal 21/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/12/43; Kansas City 27/12/43; Orlando 1/1/44; 902 BU Orlando 2/6/44; Mat Spl Tonopah 23/6/44; Mat Com Wright Fd 28/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Prestwick, UK 30/6/44; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall, fitted with TV camera and GB-4 glide bomb equipment (Batty) 2/7/44

Delivered Cheyenne 2/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-N] Gt Ashfield 8/9/44; MIA Berlin 6/10/44 Pilot: Don Andreas, Harry Swift, Mike Cangemi, Bob Quicksall (4KIA); Alvin Rosenthal, Abel Rebello, Rod Hambree, Mike Pace, George Sachen (5POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Koenigshorst, Germany. MACR 9520.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/44; Tucson 20/2/44; Grenier 4/3/44; Slated 731BS/452BG, Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-O] Framlingham 7/3/44 AVENGER II; MIA Dusseldorf 9/9/44 Pilot: Bruno Latici, Walt Werby, Mario Valente, Cecil Smith, George Hinds, Grover Swearingen, Frank Brady, Bob Brown, Homer King (9POW); flak hit set #3 engine on fire, plane left formation, exploded and crashed Luedenscheid, Germany. MACR 8913. THE AVENGER II.

Delivered Lincoln 23/1/45; Dow Fd 6/2/45; Assigned 8AF 15/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 23/1/45; Grenier 6/2/45; Assigned 8AF 15/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley with Elmer Fikes 29/6/45; Salvaged 121 BU Bradley 17/7/45.

Delivered Tulsa 27/3/44; Kearney 22/5/44; Grenier 29/5/44; Assigned: 748BS/457BG Glatton 30/5/44; 750BS; (battle damage ‘ 9/7/44 Pilot: ‘ then landing accident ar Brake, Germany. 9 RTD. FISH ‘N CHIPS.

Delivered Long Beach 10/9/43; Scott 28/9/43; ass 568BS/390BG [BI-F] Framlingham 7/10/43; Waist Gunner: Jim Mallos (KIA-flak) 7/1/44; MIA Augsburg 13/4/44 (35m) Pilot: Morris Swavel, Co-Pilot: Wilmer Goldinger, Navigator: Theo Lipchitz, Bombardier: Phil Wade, eggt-Alec Gwazdosky, Radio Operator: Frank Bobrowicz, Ball Turret Gunner: Dan Miller, Waist Gunner: Bill Walker, wg-Bob Gibbs[body washed up 8/5/44], Tail Gunner: Jim O’Brien (10KIA); flak hit in return, crashed about 12 miles W of Ostend harbour, Belgium. MACR 3947. ANOXIA QUEEN.

Delivered Denver 28/10/43; Kearney 13/11/43; ass 410BS/94BG [GL-X] Rougham 9/12/43; MIA Augsburg 18/3/44 Pilot: Harry O’Neill, Co-Pilot: Alvin Lynch, Navigator: Bill Bright, Bombardier: Chas Eberhardt, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Morin, Radio Operator: Emilio Signorelli, Waist Gunner: Fred Baurschmidt (7POW); Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Schmitt, Waist Gunner: Frank Baier, Tail Gunner: Vince Mellina (3KIA); flak, two engines on fire, then tail snapped off, crashed Johanneskirchnermoos, seven miles E of Munich, Germany. MACR 3418. LITTLE AUDREY.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Denver 2/3/44; 1SAG Langley 22/4/44; Dow Fd 20/5/44; Assigned (H2X) 482BG Alconbury 21/5/44; with Bob Slocum crash landed & blew up at Home Farm, Blatherweek, ? UK 20/1/45, Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 19/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; ass 407BS/92BG Podington 1/12/43; while parked was hit by 42-40002 which ground looped 1/1/44, sal 6/1/44.

Delivered Denver 11/10/43; Las Vegas 26/10/43; W/O 19/12/43.

Delivered Long Beach 10/9/43; Scott 28/10/43; ass 570BS/390BG [DI-J] Framlingham 13/10/43; MIA Augsburg 13/4/44 Pilot: Don Zollers, Navigator: Howard Cizek, Bombardier: Frank Farnsworth, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Forrest Faire, roCarl Fessel, Ball Turret Gunner: -Ray Percival, Waist Gunner: Bob Murphy, Waist Gunner: Byron Elmer, Tail Gunner: Germany. ld De Ainza (9POW); Co-Pilot: Len Gallant (KIA- found dead in a quarry at Ispringen, NW of Pforzheim); flak, crashed near Mannheim, Ger. MACR 3946. HEY MOITLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/4/44; Hobbs 27/4/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 25/6/44; 3000 BU Orange 3/4/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 4/5/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 21/5/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 25/5/45; 420 BU March 7/10/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 14/10/45; 3036 BU Yuma 15/10/46; 4160 BU Hobbs 5/1/46; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Hunter 29/4/44; Grenier 11/5/44; Assigned 774BS/463BG Celone 17/5/44; Missing in Action Munich 8/7/44 with Alfred Bodine, Co-pilot: Robert Bogard, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harold Agona, Waist gunner: James Barnett, Waist gunner: Abraham Adamsky (5 KIA), Navigator: Vernon Hill, Bombardier: Ebe Atkins, Radio Operator: Salvatore Cestaro, Ball turret gunner: William Barley, Tail gunner: Robert Adams (5 POW); flak, crashed Siebenhirten, south of Vienna, Austria; Missing Air Crew Report 7320.

Delivered Denver 26/11/42; Wendover 12/12/42; Long Beach 9/3/43; Written off 25/4/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Hobbs 27/4/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 16/1/45; 3010 BU Williams 22/3/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 30/3/45; 3701 BU Amarillo 7/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Lockbourn 24/4/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 2/6/44; 3036 BU Yuma 15/7/45; 3026 BU Luke 22/8/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 16/10/45; 34701 BU Amarillo 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/4/44; Kearney 2/5/44; Grenier 15/5/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-L] Deenethorpe 30/5/44; on local flight from Deenethorpe to Greenham Common 29/6/44 with Major Leon Stann, Co-pilot: Don Frazier, Navigator: Capt H.D. Wood, Radio Operator: Ben Musser (4 Returned to Duty); three attempts to land ended with a ground loop off end of runway, hit a ditch tearing off #3, and destroyed; Salvaged 2 SAD 3/7/44.