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Delivered Lincoln 22/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-D] Kimbolton 28/10/44; landing accident at RAF West Malling, Kent, UK with Jim Martin, nosed over 17/3/45; Salvaged 18/3/45.

Delivered Lincoln 24/8/44; Grenier 10/9/44; Assigned 8AF 22/9/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Hunter 17/6/44; Grenier 26/6/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 12/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 13/10/44 with Gale Patterson, Co-pilot: Rudolph Kiss, Navigator: Earl Waricher, Bombardier: Earle Barber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Stilinovich, Radio Operator: Alex Bryant, Ball turret gunner: Wilbur High, Waist gunner: Bill Stefanski, Waist gunner: Tony Rizio,Tail gunner: Harry Howland (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Csurga; Missing Air Crew Report 9204. NEVER SATISFIED.

Delivered Hunter 1/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 414BS/97BG Amendola 17/10/44; Returned to the USA Hunter 18/6/45; Sth Plains 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 2/9/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 24/10/44; Returned to the USA Cincinnati 16/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45.

Delivered Lincoln 6/11/44; Dow Fd 26/11/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 27/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45. IRRESISTABLE YOU.

Delivered Hunter 17/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 4/7/44; Salvaged 29/9/45. DEVIL’S BOUQUET.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/12/43; Gr Island 27/12/43; Detroit 26/1/44; Grenier 28/1/44; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 1/23/44; MIA Pas de Calais 28/2/44 Pilot: Salter Clark, Co-Pilot: Ed Henig, Navigator: Chas Baird, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Clifton Cleaver, Radio Operator: Joe Millins, Ball Turret Gunner: Lee Heitman, Waist Gunner: Jim Gulley, Tail Gunner: Bill Kalenkoski (8KIA); Bombardier: Art Canton, Waist Gunner: Alf Barber (2POW); flak hit in nose, crashed St Martin, near Boulougne, Fr. MACR 2883.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/43; Roswell 9/6/43; Hobbs 7/7/43; Roswell 6/8/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 10/12/44; 3020 BU La Junta 29/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd 4/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/7/43; Assigned 346BG Dyersburg 27/7/43; crash landed 16 miles east of Fulton, KY with Harry Anderson 5/9/43; Written off 30/9/43.

Delivered Tulsa 27/5/44; Hunter 21/6/44; Dow Fd 2/7/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 12/7/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 19/8/44 with Gordon Heap, Co-pilot: Jim Terry, Navigator: Warren Laufe, Waist gunner: Edgar Baker (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Sylvan Levey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Goode, Radio Operator: Rolland Nuber, Ball turret gunner: John McGlynchey,Tail gunner: John Creviston (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 9717. BERLIN SLEEPER III.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Grand Island 30/10/43; Wilmington 13/11/43; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-X] Gt Ashfield 19/11/43; slight mid-air collision with ‘ Pilot: Chas McCauley crash-landed five miles E of Cambridge, UK 12/5/45; Salvaged. 15/3/45. HONKY TONK GAL.

Delivered Long Beach 7/9/43; Gr Island 28/9/43; ass 570BS/390BG [BI-N] Framlingham 4/10/43; an engine caught fire during assembly for Rjukan, Norway, mission 16/11/43 Pilot: Elbert R. Hoover, Co-Pilot: Larry Pote, Navigator: Ora Jenkins, Bombardier: Chas Stifford, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Steve Kovacik, Waist Gunner: Sam Johnson, Waist Gunner: Larry Mars, Tail Gunner: Tom Parks (8RTD);Radio Operator: Joe Williams, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Peternell (2KIA); bail out signal given at 4,000ft, but aircraft exploded, and crashed Kings Lane Farm, Tannington , Sfk; sal 17/11/43. YANKEE REBEL.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/7/44; Kearney 3/8/44; Dow Fd 12/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG Debach 13/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45.

Delivered Kearney 10/8/44; Grenier 23/8/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-G] Kimbolton 30/8/44; dam in collision with truck when landing 24/3/45, repaired & ret 3/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; Sth Plains 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45.

Delivered Denver 15/10/43; Las Vegas 29/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 2/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 29/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Denver 14/10/43; Gr Island 26/10/43; ass 333BS/94BG [TS-R] Rougham 14/12/43; MIA Poznan 11/4/44 Pilot: Henry Churchwell, Co-Pilot: Henry Jones, Navigator: George Skelton, Bombardier: Jim Stone, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Fellure, Radio Operator: Peter Dewolf, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Caldwell, Waist Gunner: Bill Wolf, Waist Gunner: Lloyd Pearsall, Tail Gunner: Bill Arck (10POW); flak KO’d #1 near Stettin, then Enemy aircraft attack KO’d two more engines, crashed Nemitz, 10 miles SE of Cammin, Pommerania, Germany. Crew captured by German half-track without a shot being fired! MACR 3861. DOG TIRED.

Delivered Lincoln 14/10/44; Grenier 27/10/44; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 2/11/44; Returned to US: Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 28/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 23/11/45.

Delivered Dallas 26/7/44; Cheyenne 18/6/44; Dow Fd 2/10/44; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 17/10/44; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-C] Kimbolton 7/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/6/45; Sth Plains 1/7/45; 237 BU Kirtland 26/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 6/2/46.

Delivered Denver 8/12/43; Kearney 24/12/43; Long Beach 2/1/44; Presque Is 5/1/44; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned: 561BS/388BG Knettishall 17/1/44; MIA Kiel 22/5/44 Pilot: Jack Glantz, Co-Pilot: Bill Edwards, Navigator: Morton Berger, Bombardier: Jim Finucane, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Hobbs, Radio Operator: Joe Monteith, Ball Turret Gunner: Marcel Bourgoin, Waist Gunner: Ralph Campbell, Waist Gunner: Art Potter, Tail Gunner: Carl Slicker (10POW); flak & Enemy aircraft KOd three engines, crashed Wennemanns Wisch, four miles W of Holstein, Germany. MACR 4955. JAKE’S JERKS.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Grenier 26/1/43; Ass 569BS/390BG [CC-C] Framlingham 2/2/44 OLD SOLDIER; took off as weather ship before a mission 24/5/44 w/Percy Stresing, cp-Bob Buckley, n-Jean Raas, b-Sanford Diamond, ettg-Evert Miller, ro-Ed Safford, btg-Bill Rhoten, wg-Rudolph Shelley, wg-Albt Parsons, tg-Herb Harms (10RTD); aircraft had mechanical problems, possibly fire which forced crew to bail, before crashing in woods nr base, at Common Farm Marlesford, Suffolk, sal 27/5/44. SHATZI III.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/12/43; Gowen 5/12/43; Salt Lake 6/12/43; Rock Springs 7/12/43; Laramie 9/12/43; Cheyenne 10/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Romulus 6/1/44; Presque Is 9/1/44; Assigned: 571BS/390BG [FC-G] Framlingham 18/1/44; when fire broke out on end of runway 30/4/44 Lt Louis Matthews ran into prop (KIA); MIA Koenigsburg (22m) 28/5/44 Pilot: Herb Strate, Co-Pilot: Sam Elliott, Navigator: Dick Brown, Bombardier: Bob Woolfolk, Radio Operator: Nick Mamula, Ball Turret Gunner: Arthur Reed, Waist Gunner: Bob Smart (7KIA); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Stoy, Waist Gunner: Harry Bolton, Tail Gunner: Ed Molenock (3POW); Enemy aircraft, fire in cockpit and part of vertical stabilizer shot away, went into spin, exploded, wings came off as ship went down and crashed Ebendorf, two miles NW of Magdeburg, Germany. MACR 5259. DECATUR DEB.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/5/43; Patterson 20/5/43; Assigned (F-9) 1st Map Gp Bolling 4/7/43; Bradley 16/7/43; Accra, Gold Coast 1/4/44; Returned to the USA 1st Ph Sq MacDill 12/10/44; 91st Ph Sq Buckley 30/12/44; 4100 BU Patterson 29/12/44; 91st Ph Sq Buckley 1/2/45; Written off 24/6/46.

Delivered Kearney 1/8/44; Grenier 14/8/44; Assigned 340BS/97BG Amendola 2/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/6/45; Sth Plains 25/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.