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Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Dow Fd 2/7/43; Assigned: 562BS/388BG [–J] Knettishall 1/7/43; MIA Hanover 27/7/43 Pilot: John Denton, Co-Pilot: Nathan Fair, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Hayman, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Cordts, Waist Gunner: Tom Kennedy, Tail Gunner: Chas Scott (6KIA); Navigator: Bill Davis, Bombardier: Ed Basham, Radio Operator: Frank Glose, Waist Gunner: Ivan Walter (4POW); flak KO’d #3 & set ship on fire, crashed on airfield at Vechtal, near Aurich, Germany. MACR 3131. MISTER YANK.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-V] Grafton Underwood 8/1/44; MIA Schweinfurt 13/4/44 Pilot: Clarry Stearns, Navigator: Bob Hock, Bombardier: Don Ackerson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dave Barkhurst, Radio Operator: Ed Hill, Ball Turret Gunner: Pierre Joseph, Waist Gunner: Theo Corrigan, Waist Gunner: John Robinson, Tail Gunner: Warren Martell (9POW); Co-Pilot: Joe Bedsole (KIA-had no chute when rest baled); Enemy aircraft before target, crashed Grossgumpen/Odenwald, near Lindenfels, 12 miles S of Darmstadt, Germany. MACR 3865. RUM POT.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/5/43; Gore 7/5/43; Patterson 23/5/43; Peterson 15/6/43; force landed base with Chas Shannon 5/7/43; Assigned (F-9) 1st Map Gp Bolling 2/11/43; 11 STA Morrison 11/6/44; 1st Ph Gp Peterson 18/6/44; Buckley 4/7/44; 8 STA Homestead 1/8/44; 326 BU MacDill 19/8/44; Buckley 4/10/44; 1st Ph Gp MacDill 12/10/44; Atkinson 14/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 20/5/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Paine 4/12/43; Kearney 11/12/43; Romulus 20/12/43; Presque Is 21/12/43; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-L] Gt Ashfield 30/12/43; MIA Magdeburg 12/4/44 Pilot: Ramon Newman, Harvey Dater, Ed Lower, Bob Kuhn (4KIA); George Pearson, John Fuchs, Clifton Estabrook, Clauds Lyons, Tom Morrisey (5POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Ruppershutten, Germany. MACR 8907. BIG GAS BIRD.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Kearney 5/12/43; Romulus 18/12/44; Presque Is 20/12/43; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR-Q] Gt Ashfield 30/12/43; forced due return to base when #1 cut out 24/5/44 Pilot: Roland Pocello, Co-Pilot: R.E. Peterson, Navigator: A.P. Minkus, Bombardier: L.R. Ayers, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: J.O. Osborne, Radio Operator: F.W. Allez, Ball Turret Gunner: D.B. Solomon, Waist Gunner: E.E. Smith, Waist Gunner: R.M. Valvaro, Tail Gunner: R.A. Rainey (10RTD); six crew baled Hengrave, Suffolk, before pilot attempted to land at Fornham All Saints, Suffolk, but hit hay stack and a tree, followed by a bomb explosion; five civilians were injured in the blast, which included two fireman and an ARP man; Salvaged. n/battle damage 24/5/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/42; Wayne Co 3/12/42; Dorval 13/12/42; Gander-Prestwick 22/12/42 with Hillier Thompson, to RAF [FA708]; 206 Sq (VX-?) Benbecula, Scot. 10/12/43; 220 Sq (ZZ-A) Benbecula, then to Lagens, Azores, crash landed Lagens when undercarriage collapsed, with USAAF Lt Theo Case instructing RAF Lts Peter Robinson & Bill Cameron, following heavy landing; Struck Off Charge 7/11/44..

Delivered Cleveland 14/11/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 3/1/45; 610 BU Eglin 5/1/45; 611 BU Eglin 1/11/45; 609 BU Eglin 3/2/47; 611 BU Eglin 20/2/47; Recl Comp 8/5/47.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/5/43; Geiger 28/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Chanute 22/6/43; Lewiston 23/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/7/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-E] Framlingham 15/7/43 EIGHT BALL; MIA Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: Bill Harding, Co-Pilot: Valdemar Cordova, Navigator: Clint Jacobsen, Bombardier: Ed Morgan, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Craven, Radio Operator: Mario Lubue, Ball Turret Gunner: Ralph Ross, Waist Gunner: Vince Plouff, Waist Gunner: George Fritz, Tail Gunner: John Ovadal (10POW); mid-air coll w/42-30325 (390BG) breaking off part of right wing, crashed in Lake Constance, near Friedrichshafen, Germany. MACR 2271. VIRGIN STURGEON.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/5/43; Spokane 20/5/43; Portland 4/6/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/7/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned: 570BS/390BG [DI-D] Framlingham 18/7/43; on mission to Frankfurt 29/1/44 Pilot: ‘ crew ‘; coll w/42-30334 (390BG) but returned to base; co-pilot Bob Watson (KIA} on 12/6/44; Salvaged. at Greencastle, N. Ireland 2/5/45. MISS CARRY.

Delivered Long Beach 26/6/43; Cheyenne 25/7/43; Alexandria 7/8/43; 236 BU Pyote 10/9/43; with Alf Murphy force landed Gulfport, Ms 5/9/44; 203 BU Jackson 23/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Denver 6/10/42; West Palm Beach 15/12/42; Assigned 97BG Biskra 12/1/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; transferred 416BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; completed three missions, then destroyed on base when RAF Wellington exploded near by 30/12/43. Salvaged.

Delivered Hunter 13/3/45; Grenier 18/3/45; Assigned 8AF 27/3/45 modified with radar aids for Air Sea Rescue duties at Halesworth, Sfk , UK; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4132 BU Garden City 11/9/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 20/1/46; 4134 BU Spokane 12/6/46; 594 BU Topeka 26/8/46; 4134 BU Spokane 30/9/46; re-ass as B-17H Adak (11AF) 31/3/47; transferred 1389 BU Bermuda 18/1/48; 522 AB Kindley 18/6/48; 1050 BU Kindley 18/8/48; 2152 RES Kindley 15/2/49; 6 RES Sq Kindley 25/4/49; 6 RES Sq Lagens 12/7/49; Recl Comp Olmstead 26/4/50.

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 7/5/44; battle damage Bremen 26/9/44 Pilot: Chas Lamont (KIA); rest of crew ‘; flak, ditched Channel. HEAVENLY BODY.

Delivered Tulsa 4/5/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned: 96BG Snetterton 26/5/44; Transferred: 550BS/385BG [SG-H] Gt Ashfield 27/5/44; MIA Stuttgart 16/7/44 Pilot: Norman Robbins, Bruce Dixon, Paul Grove, Bob Reeves, Bob Hoelzer, Isadore Germany. ler, Sheldon May, Phil Vuchichevich, Walter Cole, Ed Leonard (10INT); flak & mech fault; forced landing Dubendorf, Switz. MACR 7569. RetUS, Scrapped: Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Gore 21/5/43; Geiger 22/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 30/6/43; Dow Fd 10/7/43; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-O] Framlingham 11/7/43; detailed Kassel 28/7/43 Pilot: ‘ involved in taxi collision w/42-29974 (306BG), no injuries and sal as Hangar Queen. CALAMITY JANE.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/6/44; Kearney 25/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [3R-P] Sudbury 11/7/44; {49m} battle damaged Chemnitz 6/2/45 with Bruce Evans, all crew [KIA]; crash landed Truleigh Hill, Upper Beeding, four miles N of Shoreham, Sx, UK, Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 15/10/42; Brooksville 21/12/42; Eglin 3/2/43; Orlando 27/7/43; Brooksville 5/8/43; 2117 BU Buckingham 16/6/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 5/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Tulsa 18/10/42; Presque Is 26/11/42; Assigned: 364BS/305BG [WF-E] Chelveston 13/12/42; MIA Paris 4/4/43 Pilot: Morris Jones, Co-Pilot: Ed Logan, Navigator: Homer Mohr, Bombardier: Bob Fabec, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Johnson, Waist Gunner: Miles Cooley, Waist Gunner: Allen Fitzgerald (7POW); Radio Operator: Jack Luehrs, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Mescher (2KIA); Tail Gunner: John Hollenbeck (EVD); shot down by Hptm Galland (II/JG26), crashed Le Vaudreil, near Les Angelys, 15 miles S of Rouen, Fr. MACR 15592. AVAILABLE JONES.

Delivered Vandalia 26/10/43; Assigned: 569BS/390BG [CC-M] Framlingham 23/12/43; mission to Ruhrland Pilot: Bob Ratcliffe 21/6/44 landed Kiev to refuel, on leaving Poltava 28/6/44 bad weather caused it to land Teheran, on to Cairo 29/6/44 then landed at Tripoli with five P-51 mechs as passengers, on to Casablanca 3/7/44, returned to England 9/7/44, only to crash-landed Tolwyn, Wales, hitting ant air raid shelter and suffered Cat E damage, however all crew safe. Salvaged.

Delivered Lincoln 28/8/44; Grenier 15/9/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [H] Glatton 30/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; Sth Plains 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45.