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Delivered Denver 15/1/44; Gr Island 20/1/44; ass 551BS/385BG [HR-R] Gt Ashfield 27/2/44; MIA Hamm 22/4/44 Pilot: Cleatis Cornwell, Co-Pilot: Harlan Cook, Navigator: Ray Hitzel, tog-S/Sgt Delbert Dimig, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Kennedy, Radio Operator: Wheeler Urban, Ball Turret Gunner: Francis Diemer, Waist Gunner: Bob Peel {broke leg when baled out}, Waist Gunner: George Bartell, Tail Gunner: Irving Jamsen (10POW); Enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Hilbeck, two miles N of Werl, Germany. MACR 4167. GOLDEN GOOSE aka MISS CHEYENNE.

Delivered Denver 23/12/43; Kearney 15/1/44; ass 549BS/385BG [XA- ] Gt Ashfield 9/2/44; MIA Berlin 21/6/44 Pilot: Marvin Lohmeyer; John Spencer, Marion Tuckett (3KIA); Bill Coulthard, Leon Pease, Bob Tiffany, Tom Greene, John Fagan, Bob Cummings, Hubert Phillips (7INT); Enemy aircraft, forced landing Dorrod, Sweden. MACR 5920.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; with Hal Walker force landed Gore Fd, Mt 23/3/44; Oklahoma City 7/6/44; Cheyenne 27/7/44; Kearney 10/8/44; Manchester, NH 19/8/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-H] Gt Ashfield; 119m Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45.

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Wilmington 31/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned: 569BS/390BG [CC-N] Framlingham 16/1/44; MIA Berlin (33m) 8/5/44 Pilot: Otis Miller, Co-Pilot: Ben Chaneles, Radio Operator: Joe Gonos, Ball Turret Gunner: Claude Zanni, Waist Gunner: Darryl Grady, Waist Gunner: Mario Santoriella, Tail Gunner: John Hutson (7KIA); Bombardier: Joe Morris, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Paul Vlahos (2POW); {no navigator carried}; flak, crashed Breuville, seven miles S of Cherbourg, Fr. MACR 4583. BELLE OF THE BRAWL.

Delivered Lincoln 29/11/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Gt Ashfield 17/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. GYPSY PRINCESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; MacDill 5/4/44; 301 BU Pinecastle 2/6/44; 326 BU MacDill 24/12/44; 4117 BU Robins 3/1/45; 4104 BU Rome 17/1/45; Hunter 22/3/45; with Doug Young force landed 30 miles S Biloxi, Ms, 3/8/45; 3704 BU Keesler 30/4/46; 554 BU Memphis 11/5/46; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/6/46; 4136 BU Tinker 8/12/46; 4104 BU Rome 31/12/46; re-ass AMC 31/3/47; Recl Comp 19/6/47.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; with McKinley Soffa force landed Gore Fd, Mt 8/3/44; Dorval 10/3/44; Assigned RAF [HB787]; 214 Sq BU-J RCM Oulton, Nfk.; on return from RCM mission approaching base crashed a mile south of Foulsham, Nfk.; 16/11/44 with C Ashworth, G. Hislop, A. Leitch, W. McLaren, P. Durman, E. Armstrong, T. McCormack,Ogilvie, R. Mooney, A. McLaughlin (10 Killed in Action), Salvaged & Written off.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/5/43; Morrison 8/6/43; Assigned 306BG 9/6/43; transferred 99BG Navarin 8/7/43; Oudna 4/8/43; transferred Service Sq 16/8/43; assigned to UK with 390BG Framlingham 4/1/44; Salvaged 26/3/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; Dorval 10/3/44; Assigned RAF [HB788]; 214 Sq (BU-B) RCM Oulton, Nfk.; Missing in Action RCM mission Gravenhorst 7/11/44, with J. Jackson, R. Bartlett, W. Harding, R. Picciano, H. Pollard, D. Hardie, N. Madgwick, K. Bright, K. Fletcher, E. Kelly (10 Killed in Action). All lie in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/43; Assigned: 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 5/1/44; Salvaged. n/battle damage 19/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 14//6/44; Kearney 25/6/44; Grenier 6/7/44; Assigned: 423BS/306BG [RD-B] Thurleigh 20/7/44; battle damage 28/9/44 Pilot: ‘; forced landing continent; Salvaged. 1/12/44. DONALD DUCK WITH BOMBS.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Gore 23/5/43; Roswell 21/6/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; with Dewey Chapman crashed base 15/10/44; Written off 16/10/44; Recl Comp 25/10/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/7/43; 383BG Geiger 28/7/43; Assigned 383BG Pendleton 29/7/43; with John Baldwin force landed base 12/9/43; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/44; Hunter 20/11/44; Dow Fd 5/12/44; Assigned 8AF 17/12/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/6/43; Gr Island 7/11/43; Nashville 13/11/43; Assigned: 368BS/306BG [BO-G] Thurleigh 19/12/43; MIA Tours 27/3/44 Pilot: Rene Fix, Co-Pilot: Weldon Franz, Navigator: Pete Kenny, Bombardier: Chas Hill, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gene Engburg, Radio Operator: Dave Stoddard, Ball Turret Gunner: Rudi Phillips, Waist Gunner: Alvin Nauman, Waist Gunner: Frank Pfeifer, Tail Gunner: Wade McRary (10POW); flak KO’d #3 & #4, crashed Bay of Biscay, picked up by Germany. an seaplane; MACR 3479. VAPOR TRAIL.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/44; Hunter 25/11/45; Dow Fd 7/2/45; Assigned 333BS/94BG Rougham 16/12/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-J] Snetterton 8/4/44; MIA Magdeburg 27/5/45 Pilot: Joe Borkowski, Co-Pilot: Walt Hester, Navigator: Bill Ahearn, Bombardier: Theo Ream, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ross Welch, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Anderson, Waist Gunner: Ralph Bazell, Waist Gunner: Ralph Hagermaier (8KIA); Radio Operator: Ernie Grant, Tail Gunner: Wallace Young (2POW); mid air coll w/42-97269 (96BG); crashed Massards Farm, Villy le Haut, nine miles SE of Le Treport, Fr. MACR 5163.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Dalhart 2/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned: 398BG Nuthampstead 22/4/44; trans 381BG Ridgewell 22/4/44; no ops, Transferred: 337BS/96BG [AW-U] Snetterton 28/4/44; MIA Karlsruhe 27/5/44 Pilot: John Zeigler, Co-Pilot: Joe Gold, Navigator: Jim McLaughlin, Bombardier: Aaron Miller, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Leon Sweatt, Radio Operator: Mike Lapetina, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Chusing, Waist Gunner: Bill Humbird, Waist Gunner: Sheldon Trusty, Tail Gunner: Max Thompson (10KIA); mid air coll w/42-102515 (96BG); crashed Vily-le-Bas, nine miles SE of Le Treport, Fr. MACR 5161.

Delivered Long Beach 14/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; ass 364BS/305BG [WF-M] Chelveston 15/11/43; Transferred: 401BG Deenethorpe 20/5/45 (first in group to 100 missions); 110m, retUS 121 BU Bradley 7/6/45; Romulus 8/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 12/9/45; Scrapped: Kingman 8/11/45. LEADING LADY.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/10/43; Grand Island 13/11/43; Romulus 25/11/43; Assigned: 369BS/306BG [WW-U] Thurleigh 4/1/44; MIA Stettin 11/4/44 Pilot: Capt Jim Opdyke, Co-Pilot: Trygve Olson, Navigator: Bill Flynn, Bombardier: Clarry Couch, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Jones, Ball Turret Gunner: Ray Gates, Waist Gunner: Ed Gustafson, Waist Gunner: George McManus, Tail Gunner: Gene Moody (9POW); Radio Operator: Thaddeus Hunter (KIA); Enemy aircraft KOd #1 and damaged #2, crash-landed Eldena, six miles SW of Mecklenburg Afd, Germany. MACR 3676.