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Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gore 25/5/43; Gr Isle 3/6/43; Dow Fd 1/7/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG Snetterton 12/7/43; EXCALIBER MIA Oschersleben 28/7/43 Pilot: Gene Wilcox, Co-Pilot: Jim Stratton, Navigator: Alvin Jorgenson, Bombardier: Ed Johnson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Clyde Mercer (5RTD); Radio Operator: Dan O’Neill, Ball Turret Gunner: Jack Lewis (2KIA); Waist Gunner: Tom Holton, Waist Gunner: Horace Holcombe, Tail Gunner: Ross Calvert (3POW- picked up by Germany. ans 3/8/43); Enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea; MACR 142. ALCHOLHOL ANNIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/43; Smoky Hill 1/6/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 6/7/43; Assigned: 333BS/94BG [TS-G] Rougham 27/6/43 THUNDERMUG II; 410BS [GL-G]; Salvaged. n/battle damage 2/5/45; POLLY JO.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Grand Isle 3/6/43; Dow Field 25/6/43; Assigned: 333BS/94BG Rougham 26/6/43 BOUNCING BITCH (BOUNCIN’ ANNIE I); Transferred: 331BS [QE- ]; MIA Bordeaux 5/12/43 Pilot: John Fant; severe weather conditions, ditched Channel; 10RTD. SOUTHERN BELLE aka BOUNCIN’ BITCH III.

Delivered Lincoln 9/10/44; Grenier 17/10/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [D] Glatton 21/10/44; battle damaged Dresden 14/2/45 with Duane F. Southwood; force landed France; Salvaged 28/2/45. KRAUT KRUSHER.

Delivered Dallas 20/4/44; Hunter 30/5/44; Grenier 14/6/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG Snetterton 16/6/44; battle damaged Munich 13/7/44 with ?; crashed on take off for Hersheim, with Art Miller 3/1/45, Salvaged.

Delivered Long Beach 21/8/43; (F-9B) Assigned Min Mapping Asia 1/4/44; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 28/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 11/10/45.

Delivered Hunter 15/3/45; Grenier 22/3/45; Assigned 8AF 30/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/45; Sth Plains 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 21/8/43; (F-9B) Assigned Min Mapping Asia 1/4/44; Ret US 1377 BU Yuma 21/9/45; 4132 BU Garden City 25/9/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 5/6/46; 4112 BU Olmstead 9/6/46; 16 Photo Gp MacDill 24/9/46; 307 BU MacDill 7/12/46; Recl Comp 12/2/47.

Delivered Long Beach 6/8/43; Cheyenne 10/8/43; 202 BU Galveston 9/6/44; 497BG Pratt 18/6/44; 29BG Dalhart 2/9/44; 246 BU Pratt 16/9/44; with George Scott 16/2/45; 347 BU Key Fd 22/3/45; 246 BU Pratt 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. VIES GUYS.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/12/43; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned: 482BG Alconbury 9/2/44; Transferred: 748BS/457BG [W] Glatton 2/3/44; battle damage Germany. an oil inst 16/2/45; forced landing continent & collided Pilot: 42-38064; Salvaged. 22/2/45.

Delivered Hunter 15/3/45; Grenier 20/3/45; Assigned 8AF 27/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; Sth Plains 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/11/45.

Delivered Denver 30/12/43; Kearney 14/1/44; Morrison 31/1/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-Z] Gt Ashfield 21/2/44; MIA Venlo 15/8/44 Pilot: Bob Harrington, Jim Kelly, Joe Norbut, Phil Feldman, Jim Terry, Dominic Romeo, Jim Craver, Paul McNally (8POW); Jim Moulton (EVD); flak, crashed Deurkheim, Germany. MACR 7907.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/6/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 21/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 11/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.

Delivered Denver 14/3/44; Kearney 8/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-Q] Gt Ashfield 22/4/44; MIA Magdeburg 28/5/44 Pilot: Francis Hunter, Co-Pilot: Ray Miller, Navigator: Preston Ray, Bombardier: Antero Coelho, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ralph Marts, Radio Operator: Jerome Schrotter, Ball Turret Gunner: Dick Scott, Waist Gunner: Ed Kowalski, Waist Gunner: Ken Sheehan, Tail Gunner: Maurice Pruner (10POW); flak KOd #4, crashed Albrechtshain, near Grimma, E of Leipzig, Germany. MACR 5265.

Delivered Hunter 15/3/45; Grenier 21/3/45; Assigned 8AF 1/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; Sth Plains 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/2/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/7/44; Kearney 30/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-L] Gt Ashfield 11/8/44; battle damage Darmstadt 12/12/44 Pilot: Hibbert; forced landing Antwerp A/fd, Belgium. Salvaged. 10/2/45.

Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Gt falls 20/12/43; Denver 26/12/43; Kearney 2/1/44; Presque Is 24/1/44; Grenier 29/1/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-N] Gt Ashfield 4/2/44; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Howard Worster, Co-Pilot: Chas Manuel, Navigator: Ray Stroben, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Wagner, Radio Operator: Bernie Kelly, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Maltby, Waist Gunner: Sam Riccio, Waist Gunner: Melvin Click, Tail Gunner: Vernon Burke (9KIA); tog-Bob Pellman (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed in forest two miles W of Langerhein, near Ziegenberg, six miles W of Bad Nauheim, Germany. MACR 4879.

Delivered Denver 14/12/43; Gt Falls 20/12/43; Kearney 1/1/44; Grenier 21/1/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-L] Gt Ashfield 2/2/44; MIA Berlin 8/5/44 Pilot: Andy Drobysh, Co-Pilot: Harry Gousha, Navigator: Clem Irons, Bombardier: Bob Hudson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe O’Donnell, Radio Operator: Cullen Cotton, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Waters, Waist Gunner: Russ Beyko, Waist Gunner: Art Carter, Tail Gunner: Chas Moore (10POW); Enemy aircraft KOd #3, crashed Worphausen, nine miles NE of Bremen, Germany. MACR 4563. GIN RICKY.

Delivered Dallas 14/5/43; Love 16/6/43; Roswell 22/6/43; Dallas 17/7/43; Roswell 29/7/43; 435BS/19BG Pyote 9/11/43; used by 452BG in training; 2114 BU Lockbourn 4/6/44; Written off 13/6/44.

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Kearney 19/12/43; Wilmington 31/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR-V] Gt Ashfield 18/1/44; MIA Paris 2/8/44 Pilot: Luther Newcomer, Joe Panasuk, Ed Abbott, Ken Waterfield (4POW); Russell Katz, Jim Lindquist, Ed O’Day, Marion Church, Jack Davis (5EVD); flak, crashed Paris, Fr. MACR 8161.