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Delivered Long Beach 8/10/43; Gr Island 8/11/43; ass 550BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 18/11/43; MIA Pas de Calais 2/6/44 Pilot: Roger Schock, Bombardier: John Brenish, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Wesley, Radio Operator: Ray Flora, Waist Gunner: Ralph Valvano, Tail Gunner: Bernard Solomon (6POW); Melvin Curry (KIA); Co-Pilot: Dick Ahlheim, Navigator: Emerson Branson, Ball Turret Gunner: Melvin Curry, Waist Gunner: John Connolly (4EVD); flak KOd #3, crashed Molineaux, NW of Elbeuf, Fr. MACR 5232.

Delivered Patterson 7/9/44; Grenier 9/10/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 28/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; Sth Plains 19/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 4/11/43; Denver 7/11/43; Las Vegas 16/11/43; force landed 5 miles SE Kingman with Jack Dodd, 12/2/44; Written off 13/2/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/10/43; Las Vegas 24/10/43; 3022 BU Indian Springs 5/2/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 22/2/44; 3018 BU Kingman 10/3/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 9/6/44; 4135 BU Hill Fd 13/8/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 1/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 11/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 15/10/43; Gr Island 2/11/43; ass 364BS/305BG Chelveston 12/11/43; MIA Berlin 5/12/44 Pilot: Chas Todd, Ed Pfeiffer, Lloyd Olsen, Ray Colaizzi, Claud Taylor, Steve Payer, Tom Butler, Joe Vanderstelt, Chester Thompson (9KIA); flak, crashed Prenden, Germany. ‘; MACR 11040. CHIQUITA.

Delivered Denver 1/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Gt Falls 6/11/43; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 29/11/43; MIA Pas de Calais 28/2/44 Pilot: Harlan Inglis, Co-Pilot: Norman Gunn, Navigator: Melvin Reed, Bombardier: Harry Hoover, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Boever, Radio Operator: Albt Audette, Ball Turret Gunner: Pete Rizkovsky, Waist Gunner: John Danko, Tail Gunner: Bob Pellman (9RTD); Waist Gunner: unknown (KIA); #2 engine smoking & ditched in Channel of Folkestone, crew rescued. No MACR. GREMLIN AVENGER.

Delivered Lincoln 9/12/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-E] Framlingham 17/12/44; with Murrell Corder collided on perimeter track with 43-38196, Salvaged n/battle damaged 17/5/45. CHAPEL IN THE SKY.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/7/44; Kearney 15/7/44; Grenier 7/8/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-A] Framlingham 9/8/44; 568BS; and collided with 43-39124 on perimeter track 17/5/45 with Bill Meyer, Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Oklahoma City 24/12/43; Kearney 8/1/44; Presque Is 17/1/44; Assigned: 527BS/379BG Kimbolton 31/1/44; MIA Berlin 6/3/44 Pilot: Bill Hendrickson, Navigator: Harry Wolodka, Bombardier: Jim Moore, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gus Ball, Radio Operator: Gus Houser, Ball Turret Gunner: Sam Bishop, Waist Gunner: Rance Webley, Waist Gunner: Tom George, Tail Gunner: Gus Donatelli (9POW); Co-Pilot: John Moore (KIA-refused to bale out); Enemy aircraft, crashed two miles S of Kirchdorf, on Uchte Road, near Kiepholz, Germany. MACR 2909.

Delivered Syracuse 5/7/45; Middletown 8/11/45; Morrison 6/12/45; Caribbean 12/3/47; re-ass 31/3/47; Returned to the USA 2621 BU Barksdale 3/11/47; 4117 BU Robins 4/3/48; Recl Comp 7/1/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/5/44; Hunter 22/5/44; Grenier 6/6/44; Assigned 388BG Knettishall; crash landed base 8/6/44; Salvaged battle damaged 14/7/44.

Delivered Lincoln 28/10/44; Grenier 2/11/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 16/11/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 11/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 9/10/44; Dow Fd 16/10/44; Assigned 348BS/99BG Tortorella 12/12/44; {52m} Returned to the USA Bradley 26/7/45; Independence 3/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 26/8/43; Gr Island 5/10/43; ass 332BS/94BG [XM-R] Rougham 13/10/43; MIA Frankfurt 4/2/44 Pilot: Harry Eisner, Co-Pilot: Herb Haesecke, Navigator: Norman Stutzer, Bombardier: Frank Dituri, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harry Penland, Radio Operator: Larry Press, Ball Turret Gunner: Norman Thibeault, Waist Gunner: Ed Shea, Waist Gunner: Hugh Bridge, Tail Gunner: Earl Snook (10POW); flak hit exploded in mid-air and down in target area, Germany. MACR 2194. LADY BEDLAM aka GRIN ‘N BEAR IT.

Delivered Ardmore 2/5/44; 222 BU Ardmore 22/1/45; 332 BU 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 25/9/45.

Delivered Long Beach 9/10/43; Las Vegas 26/10/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 2/6/44; 3025 BU Marfa 22/4/45; 2126 BU Laredo 26/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 10/1/46.

Delivered Long Beach 8/10/43; Hobbs 22/10/43; 4126 BU San Bernardino 30/12/44; 3018 BU Kingman 12/1/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 25/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Crash-landed on German fighter field due mechanical problems on mission to Leipzig on 06 April 1945.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Kearney 5/4/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG-F] Gt Ashfield 20/4/44; battle damage Merseburg 25/11/44 Pilot: James W. Mellors; 9 RTD; crash-landed Renoixe, Fr’; Salvaged. 23/1/45. SKY GODDESS.

Delivered Denver 10/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Grenier 13/4/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-L] Kimbolton 26/5/44; mid air coll with 42-97170 on 9/12/44, with Chas Faught, Carroll Sears, John Cox, Melvin Townsend, Joe Carroll, Harry Hall, Fred Knock, Pat Dalton, Ron Guerttman (9 Returned to Duty); repaired & ret 29/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. SILVER DOLLAR.