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Delivered Louisville 8/5/45; Rome 21/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/11/45.

Delivered Denver 4/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 23/12/43; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-X] Ridgewell 13/1/44; crash-landed base Pilot: Chas Carpenter, burned out 26/3/45; Salvaged. 2 SAD. PRINCESS PAT.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Hunter 5/5/44; Dow Fd 17/5/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-B] Ridgewell 12/8/44; 72+m twice force landed on continent, but returned to base and survived. Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/11/45. MY SON BOB.

Delivered Denver 4/2/44; 1SAG Langley 21/4/44; 234 BU Clovis 24/6/44; 3026 BU Luke Fd 16/8/44; 234 BU Clovis 27/8/44; 3502 BU Chanute 4/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/43; Gore 30/9/43; Dow Fd 18/7/43; Assigned: 333BS/94BG [TS-D] Rougham 29/7/43; returning from mission (where’) on 24/12/43 landed too far down the runway onto soft soil and nosed up, Pilot: Harry McKee, Co-Pilot: Earl Resorick, Navigator: Jake Jarman, Bombardier: Bill reid, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dave Brown, Radio Operator: Bob Stark, Ball Turret Gunner: John Crasse, Waist Gunner: Frank Haaks, Waist Gunner: Joe Bvargron{slight inj}, Tail Gunner: George Colie (10RTD). Salvaged. 20/3/44. (HOT FOOT II) FREESTRIDER.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/43; Gore 20/7/43; Rapid City 21/7/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 10/6/44; 6BG Gr Isle 8/7/44; 242 BU Gr Isle 16/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/8/44; Lincoln 25/8/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 19/9/44; {27+m} Returned to US: Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 14/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 3/1/46. DAISY MAE.

Delivered Denver 12/2/44; 1SAG Langley 21/4/44; 902 BU Orlando 16/6/44; Mat Com Wright 19/6/44; 4100 BU Patterson 21/6/44; 111 BU Langley 26/6/44; 3539 BU Langley 16/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 23/12/44; Dow Fd 13/1/45; Assigned: 367BS/306BG Thurleigh 21/2/45; Transferred: 533BS/381BG Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to US: Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 13/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 30/11/45. LITTLE JOE.

Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; Kearney 16/11/43; ass 337BS/96BG [AW-V] Snetterton 30/11/43; MIA Berlin 8/5/44 Pilot: Capt Milton Shoesmith, Co-Pilot: Carl Clark, Navigator: Bill Blount, Bombardier: Leen Tyler, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Armande Fazzone, Radio Operator: Baldomero Estala, Ball Turret Gunner: George Diggins, Waist Gunner: Larry Light, Waist Gunner: Don York, Tail Gunner: Ray Wallach, obs-Lt Bill Young (11POW); Enemy aircraft and flak, crashed Resthausen, four miles NW of Cloppenburg, Germany. MACR 4569

Delivered Tulsa 29/11/42; Morrison 12/2/43; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-O] Thurleigh 2/3/43; MIA Bremen 17/4/43 Pilot: Ray Fortin, Co-Pilot: Dave Farrell, Bombardier: Mo Pickett, Navigator: Tom Walden, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Pederson, Tail Gunner: Fred Newcomb (6POW); Radio Operator: John Quinn, Ball Turret Gunner: Don Dorion, Waist Gunner: John Barnes, Waist Gunner: Harry Pease (4KIA); Enemy aircraft KO’d #2 & #4, crashed Benthullen, Germany. MACR 15516.

Delivered Louisville 24/4/45; Rome 14/5/45; to Memphis, Tn with ? 17/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/12/42; Wendover 5/1/43; Cheyenne 31/1/43; Scotts Bluff 31/3/43; with Wilbur Snow force landed Dalhart 10/4/43; Las Vegas 11/5/43; Dalhart 25/7/43; 241 BU Fairmont 24/6/44; 243 BU Gt Bend 20/7/44; 4136 BU Tinker 14/8/44; 504BG Fairmont 19/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/1/46.

Delivered Denver 11/11/12; Biggs 13/1/43; Wendover 31/1/43; Sioux City 7/4/43; Casper 29/5/43; Tinker 17/6/43; Gt Falls 1/8/43; 249 BU Alliance 13/9/44; damaged at Rapid City in taxi collision with 42-6001 15/9/43; 245 BU McCook 19/9/45; 237 BU Kirtland 22/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; ass 533BS/381BG [VP-R] Ridgewell 13/1/44 as BIG MIKE; on mission to Leipzig Pilot: George Hansen, Radio Operator: Ed Senk (KIA); sustained severe battle damage on Rheims mission 2/5/44, but repaired by many volunteers over weeks, including fitting an F-model wing on a G aircraft. When it passed all tests, assigned back in action completing 100 missions, before returning to States, 121 BU Bradley 30/5/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 21/10/45; Scrapped: Kingman 28/11/45. FRENCHY’S FOLLY.

Delivered Louisville 24/4/45; Sth Plains 14/6/45; 233 BU Ft Worth 27/2/46; 613 BU Phillips 1/5/46.

Delivered Lincoln 19/1/45; Grenier 17/2/45; Assigned 8AF 26/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/2/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/3/44; Kearney 15/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-U] Ridgewell 21/5/44; MIA {23m} Peenemunde Pilot: Frank O’Black, Co-Pilot: Bob Karch, Navigator: Francis Treanor, Bombardier: Herb Higginbotham, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gene Beck, Radio Operator: Wesley Rich, Ball Turret Gunner: Ollie Brown, Waist Gunner: Bill Rich, Tail Gunner: Bernie Fridberg (9INT); flak, forced landing Bulltofta, Sweden; MACR 7552. Left 4/6/45 and Returned to US: Bradley 13/7/45; Scrapped: Independence 16/7/45; RFC Kingman 13/12/45. YARDBIRD.

Delivered Long Beach 31/8/43; Scott 19/9/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-F] Kimbolton 19/10/43; then 526BS [LF-W]; transferred 487BG Lavenham 15/7/44; retUS 1103 Morrison 31/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/10/45.LITTLE SKUNKFACE.

Delivered Hunter 10/1/45; Grenier 24/1/45; Assigned 861BS/493BG Debach 3/2/45; Missing in Action Hamburg 30/3/45 with Martin Dwyer, Carlton Williams, Jerome fruhling, Herb Overcash, Grayson Barksdale, Seymour Cohen, Herb Brase, Walter Lowrey {tg}, Doug Deacon {rcm} (9 Prisoner of War); George Denman (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Pinneberg, Ger?. Missing Air Crew Report 13506.