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Delivered Long Beach 7/6/43; Cheyenne 5/7/43; Orlando 17/7/43; Yuma 3/1/44; 231 BU Alamogordo 2/8/44; 4202 BU Syracuse 14/5/45.

Delivered Denver 13/12/43; Cheyenne 18/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-J] Kimbolton 6/2/44; soon after t/o for mission on 27/8/44 #1 engine started throwing oil, then caught fire and bail out order was given, with Bill Stickler, Co-pilot: George Hess, Navigator: Jesse Bayer, Bombardier: Carl Cook, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Donnel, Radio Operator: David McKimsey, Ball turret gunner: Frank Cuffe, Waist gunner: Keely Grice,Tail gunner: George Hampel (9 Returned to Duty); aircraft engined then exploded and ship crashed Slipton, Northamptonshire, UK, 27/8/44; Salvaged 28/8/44.

Delivered Denver 10/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; Kearney 26/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-B] Snetterton 7/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Kearney 14/12/43; Romulus 26/12/43; Presque Is 30/12/43; Assigned: 524BS/379BG [WA-D] Kimbolton 4/1/44; MIA Oschersleben 22/2/44 Pilot: Don McCall, Co-Pilot: Chas Gurney, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Fiers, Waist Gunner: Joe Lantigne (4POW); Navigator: Sgt Tom Geary, Bombardier: Leo Williams, Radio Operator: John Cvitkovich, Ball Turret Gunner: Gene Hively, Waist Gunner: George Scilligo, Tail Gunner: Edgar Taylor (6EVD-all ret UK by 8/9/44); Enemy aircraft KO’d #3 & #4, crashed Afferden, Hol; MACR 2875.

Delivered Tulsa 18/4/44; Roswell 28/4/44; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3018 BU Kingman 3/10/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 24/6/45; 3701 BU Amarillo 7/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45.

Delivered Denver 1/1/44; Kearney 15/1/44; Assigned: 333BS/94BG [TS-N] Rougham 14/2/44; 331BS [QE-O], 332BS [XM-T]; MIA Geissen, Germany. 11/12/44 Pilot: D. Shankland, W. Ward, D. O’Brien, E. Purser (4MIA); five bailed OK and returned to base; Enemy aircraft KO’d #2 & #3 and losing power crash-landed Liege, Belgium. MACR 11105. SALLY.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/12/43; Gt Falls 5/12/43; Cheyenne 7/12/43; Kearney 19/12/43; Grenier 31/12/43; Presque Is 3/1/44; Assigned: 526BS/379BG [LF-H] Kimbolton 17/2/44; MIA Noball Site 16/6/44 Pilot: George McHugh, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lester Tullier (2KIA); Navigator: Bob Reese, Bombardier: Chas Atkinson, Radio Operator: Russell Groat, Waist Gunner: George Thompson, Tail Gunner: Bruce Little (5POW); Co-Pilot: Ed Peterson, Ball Turret Gunner: J.K. Shaw (2EVD); flak set wing alight, crashed SE St Pierre Pontpoint, 12 miles NE of Creil, Fr; MACR 5988.

Delivered Tulsa 29/5/44; Hunter 23/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 341BS/97BG Amendola 10/7/44; caught fire while landing with Andy Wiseman, Salvaged 12/3/45.

Delivered Tulsa 14/4/44; Ft Myers 27/4/44; 2118 BU Buckingham 2/6/44; 2118 BU Laredo 28/6/44; Written off 11/8/44.

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 15/10/43; Assigned: 94BG Rougham; Transferred: 447BG Rattlesden /44; returning from mission 29/1/44 Pilot: Bob Morley, plus seven crewmen (8RTD; Navigator: Bob Owens, Bombardier: Maurice Bourret baled out and were lost (2KIA); battle damage Berlin 6/3/44 w/Arthur Socolofsky, Co-Pilot: Hayden Hughes, n-Wray Hilton, b-Chas Duncan, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Herb Morris, Ball Turret Gunner: Ralph Mertz, Waist Gunner: Bob Benjamin, Waist Gunner: Ken Olson,. Tail Gunner: Lyman Emrich (9RTD); Radio Operator: Alton Moore (KIA), flak hit & explosion in mid-section, pilot showing great skill to get back; MACR 2278. Salvaged. 7/3/44.

Delivered Long Beach 14/10/43; ass 365BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 30/11/43; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: John Brown, Co-Pilot: Sam Baxter, Navigator: Bill Kramer, Bombardier: Emmett Donohue (‘Dohogne’), Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Cyril Burry, Radio Operator: Randolph Page, Ball Turret Gunner: Milford Rahn, Waist Gunner: Leroy Moseby, Waist Gunner: Bartholomew Synan, Tail Gunner: John Doback (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed 19 Ternquist Strasse, Hamburg; MACR 5174.

Delivered Long Beach 5/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; ass 550BS/385BG [SG- ] Gt Ashfield 30/11/43; MIA Brunswick 23/3/44 Pilot: Fred Fulton, Co-Pilot: Bill Snyder, Navigator: Chas Pomponio, tog-T/Sgt Tom Vogel, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Davis, Radio Operator: Jim Shahan, Ball Turret Gunner: Willis Alexander, Waist Gunner: Clarry Fahnert (8KIA); Waist Gunner: Vance Travelstead (EVD); Tail Gunner: Larry Oliver (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed near Schijndel, four miles NE of Boxtel, Hol. MACR 3321.

Delivered Tulsa 12/4/44;, 88BG Avon Park 23/4/44; 325 BU Avon Park 9/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 26/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Grenier 29/1/44; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 9/2/44; battle damage Frankfurt 5/1/45 Pilot: Jim Ruether, Co-Pilot: Ray Helminiak, Radio Operator: Ray Ward (3RTD ‘ all wia); Navigator: H.W. Swanson, togg-J. Haskett, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Fred Thielske, Ball Turret Gunner: Martin Smith, Waist Gunner: A.Kiss, Tail Gunner: Virgil Koon (6KIA); flak burst in heavy cloud and attempted to drop down for home, crash-landed RAF Hawkinge, Kent, UK; Salvaged. 6/1/45. MARY’S SISTER.

Delivered Long Beach 9/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; ass 550BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 19/11/43; MIA Berlin 4/3/44 Pilot: ‘ MACR ‘.

Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Gr Island 13/10/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 26/10/43; sal 31/5/45.

Delivered Lincoln 18/9/44; Grenier 1/10/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 18/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; Sth Plains 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/11/45. SLEW FOOT SUE.

Delivered Denver 29/9/43; Casper 7/10/43; Assigned: 549BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 2/11/43; MIA Brunswick 30/1/44 Pilot: Bob Lojinger, Co-Pilot: Jim Campbell, Navigator: Fred Freitag, Bombardier: Bernie Mistrater, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Howard Jacobs, Radio Operator: Jim Klootwyjk, Ball Turret Gunner: Sherman Emmons, Waist Gunner: Harry Kleest, Waist Gunner: Bill Krebs, Tail Gunner: Harry Hill (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Himbergen, near Bissendorf, 25 miles NE of Osnabruck, Germany. MACR 2266.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/43; Gore 30/6/43; Gr Isle 16/7/43; Dalhart 20/7/43; Gr Isle 26/7/43; Assigned: 813BS/482BG [PC-J] Alconbury with Oboe Mk I radar 10/43; Transferred: 535BS/381BG [MS-S] Ridgewell 28/2/44; crash: takeoff for Oldenburg 8/4/44 Pilot: Harlan Soeder, Co-Pilot: Phiol Mulhall, Navigator: Jerome Becker, Bombardier: George Grote, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harry Sedoryk, Radio Operator: John Boland, Ball Turret Gunner: Frank Marushack, Waist Gunner: Alan Hawkinson, Waist Gunner: Bob Megee, Tail Gunner: Milton Bailes (10RTD), skidded on take off and nosed up in dirt at end of runway; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 9/4/44; Salvaged. 12/4/44.

Delivered Long Beach 12/9/43; Gr Island 1/10/43; ass 524BS/379BG [WA-B] Kimbolton 19/11/43; MIA Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Theo Kunda, Co-Pilot: Bob Burton, Navigator: Marvin Swift, Bombardier: Howard Evans, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Pook, Ball Turret Gunner: Tony Tomaselli (6POW); Radio Operator: Leon Flatt, Waist Gunner: George Taylor, Tail Gunner: Russell Vinson (3KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed on farm at Finow, eight miles SW of Eberswalde, Germany. MACR 5320.