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Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/44; Kearney 13/2/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-A] Kimbolton 30/3/44; Missing in Action Stuttgart 9/12/44 with Bob Kennewick, Art Gordon, Joe Werley, Art Reynolds, Turrell Benson, Ralph Weiss, Don LaRose (7 Killed in Action); Sam Hamilton, Bob Clark (2 Returned to Duty); mid air coll with 42-97833 (379BG); crashed Romilly Sur Seine, Fr; Salvaged 16/12/44. JULIE MAY.

Delivered Denver 27/11/43; Salt Lake 28/11/43; Cheyenne 17/12/43; Kearney 20/12/43; Romulus 6/1/44; Grenier 9/1/44; Presque Is 12/1/44; Prestwick 15/1/43; Assigned: 527/BS/379BG [FO-C] Kimbolton 30/1/44; MIA Zeitz 30/11/44 Pilot: John Conroy, Milton Fox, Nathan Germany. henbaum, Patrick Kelley, Elmer Evanson, Jack Butterfield (6POW); Frank Neu, George McClelland, Ernie Seager(3KIA); flak, crashed Doelzig, Ger; MACR 11127.

Delivered Lincoln 30/9/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Fairfield 16/10/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 30/10/44; Missing in Action Brux 25/12/44 with Claude Rains, Co-pilot: Henry Renard, Navigator: Harvey Eustrom, Bombardier: Ernie Scanlon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Wellborn, Radio Operator: Zelah McBride, Waist gunner: Dave McCleary,Tail gunner: George Roggenbuck (8 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Walter West (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Bartelsdorf; Missing Air Crew Report 10649.

Delivered Dallas 29/6/45; Sth Plains 31/7/45; Walnut Ridge 24/8/45; Ft Worth 28/1/46; 4121 BU Kelly 18/2/46; 15 TSK Clovis 25/3/46; 556 BU Long Beach 9/6/46; 1503 BU Hamilton 16/6/46; 509 Comp Gp Roswell 21/8/46 Operation Crossroads; 1 EG Eglin 28/2/47 MB-17 missile carrier JB-2; 609 BU Eglin 24/3/47; re-ass 31/3/47; 1 EG Eglin 1/1/48; 3203 MSU Eglin 18/8/48; 2753 AST Sq Pyote 4/4/50; Recl Comp 18/4/50.

Delivered Lincoln 7/10/44; Grenier 17/10/44; Assigned 416BS/99BG Tortorella 20/12/44; {45m} Returned to the USA Morrison 18/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45;

Delivered Lincoln 3/10/44; Grenier 13/10/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 24/10/44; 483BG Sterparone 24/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; Independence 25/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 5/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; ass 27ATS/310ATG 23/11/43 for ferry trip to Warton from Prestwick, Pilot: Ron Garkie, Co-Pilot: Pat O’Sullivan, crashed two miles NE of Millom, Cumb. (2KIA); originally ass 548BS/385BG [GX-V] Gt Ashfield. (‘crash-landed Capel St Andrew, Sfk, UK 16/7/44; sal 19/7/44. SKY CHIEF ‘)

Delivered Dallas 30/6/45; Rome 31/7/45; Independence 28/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/1/43; Salina 6/2/43; Duncan 19/2/43; Homestead 28/2/43; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 13/3/43; MIA Bremen 17/4/43 Pilot: Bob Miller, Co-Pilot: John Teare, Navigator: Jack Shaaber, Bombardier: Jim Shelley, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Small, Radio Operator: Joe Spiro, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Phillips, Waist Gunner: Jesse Wade, Waist Gunner: Edwin Truscott, Tail Gunner: Milton Williams (10POW); Enemy aircraft KO’d #2 & flak, crashed Visbek, SW of Bremen, Germany. MACR 15523.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/43; Salina 11/2/43; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 16/3/43; then 369BS; MIA Bremen 17/4/43 Pilot: Frank Watson, Co-Pilot: Bob Kemp, Bombardier: Bob Hansen, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Livington, Waist Gunner: George Kormish (5POW); Navigator: Calvin Bjornsgaard, Radio Operator: Wilbur Giraud, Ball Turret Gunner: Reed Bottomley, Waist Gunner: Art Sanders, Tail Gunner: Larry Davis (5KIA); flak, crashed Stotel, eight miles S of Bremehaven, Germany. MACR 15446.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Assigned: 365BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 8/4/43; damaged in coll Pilot: Halifax at RAF St Eval 29/3/43; MIA Meaulte 13/5/43 w/Harry Pierce, Co-Pilot: Austin Borland, Ball Turret Gunner: Ken Brooks, Waist Gunner: Guadalupe Ramirez, Waist Gunner: Earl Tharp, pass-Ralph Olbert (6KIA); Navigator: Bob Ramsaur, Bombardier: Joe Wernheuer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Albert Brandt, Radio Operator: Tom Gilbert, Tail Gunner: Bob Vertefeville (5POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed near target. MACR 16542.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/2/43; Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Smoky Hill 18/3/43; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Earls Colne 12/5/43; MIA Rennes 29/5/43 Pilot: Merle Brown, Co-Pilot: Otho Wood, Navigator: Quentin Sandahl, Bombardier: Bill O’Brien, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Willis Dow, Radio Operator: Ralph Johnson, Ball Turret Gunner: Edmond Hamic, Waist Gunner: Steve Ukropen, Tail Gunner: Ambrose Chott (9KIA); Waist Gunner: Chas Gregory (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed near Dinard, Rennes, Fr. No MACR.

Delivered Denver 29/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-L] Ridgewell 23/12/43; 54m sal n/battle damaged 2 SAD 315/45. OLD IRONGUT.

Delivered Denver 2/2/43; Gt Falls 17/2/43; Walla Walla 23/2/43; Madras 19/6/43; Walla Walla 17/7/43; McChord 10/8/43; 4117 BU Robins 26/7/44; 325 BU Avon Park 27/7/44; with Paul Snow 10/2/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 10/5/45; 325 BU Avon Park 23/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 22/8/45.

Delivered Syracuse 4/7/45; 4104 BU Rome 14/7/45; 593 BU Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; Grenier 5/4/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-U] Snetterton 8/4/44; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Bob Laurie, Co-Pilot: Leo Rangers, Bombardier: Bob Little, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Whitman, Radio Operator: Preston Henderson, Ball Turret Gunner: Fred Stone, Waist Gunner: Bob Corwin, Waist Gunner: Albt Kohan (8KIA); Navigator: Cliff Jones, Tail Gunner: Lew Lanham (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed near RR station, Kamberg, Germany. MACR 4863.

Delivered Syracuse 5/7/45; Topeka 27/8/45; Long Beach 21/9/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 338 RV Momote 1/1/48; 13 ARE Clark Fd 9/3/48; 5 Ph Recon Clark 9/3/48; 358 SR Clark 1/4/48; 567 BA Clark 16/7/48; 5 RVP Clark 18/7/48; ditched in 10 feet of water near Alibijabam Island, PI en route from New Guinea after running out of fuel 15/11/48 (all 12 aboard rescued from sand bar). Recl Comp 29/7/49.

Delivered Lincoln 3/10/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 3/11/44; Missing in Action Maribor, Yugo., on training op 6/11/44 with Emerson, crew ?; (cp Killed in Action); ditched Vis Island. This aircraft was discovered in 2002, when divers found all sorts of equipment, but Croatian law prevented this being brought to the surface. According to former crew member the ship was rushed into service, the group markings were due to be put on the next day. Records show flak damaged 27 aircraft that day, but only one Bf 109 was sighted.

Delivered Tulsa 27/5/44; Hunter 14/6/44; Grenier 23/6/44; Assigned 347BS/99BG Tortorella 4/7/44; 96m Returned to the USA Bradley 30/6/45; Sth Plains 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/12/44; Hunter 16/1/45; Grenier 24/1/45; Assigned 341BS/97BG Amendola 6/2/45; Missing in Action Linz 25/2/45 with 1Lt Donald B Koerwitz, 2Lt John G Murray, 2Lt Halsey S Nisula, 1Lt Le Roy Teschendorf, 2lt James W Evans Jr, T/Sgt Eugene Troutman, T/Sgt Hanley Johnston, S/Sgt Harold E King, S/Sgt Stanley F Pytko, S/Sgt Nassea Hodge; direct hit by flak, crashed Linz; 6 x POW, 4 x KIA MACR 12715.