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Delivered Denver 21/10/43; Gr Island 5/11/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-A] Thurleigh 19/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Edwin Jacobs, Co-pilot: Carl Miller, Navigator: George Grace, Bombardier: Ira Ogden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Grofenburg, Radio Operator: Bob Klein, Ball turret gunner: Jesus Salas, Waist gunner: Henry Wehrmann, Waist gunner: Bob Bolin,Tail gunner: Ed Getzewich (10 Killed in Action); mid-air coll with wreckage of two other B-17s, crashed Ostprignist(Schmolde), 12 miles NW of Wittstock, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4554. FOUR LEAF CLOVER.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/3/44; MacDill 29/3/44; 325 BU Avon Park 20/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/5/43; La Junta 6/7/43; with Hubert Kline crashed 44 miles SE Roswell, NM 4/12/43; Written off 7/12/43.

Delivered Louisville 27/4/45; Syracuse 26/5/45; Middletown 8/11/45; Morrison 18/1/46; West Palm Beach 23/1/46; re-ass 30/4/47; 2621 BU Barksdale 3/9/47; 7 MSU Ft Worth 8/1/48; 4117 BU Robins 27/3/48; Recl Comp 18/2/49.

Delivered Long Beach 30/6/43; Amarillo 3/7/43; Love Fd 9/8/43; with John Nevitt force landed MacDill 21/3/44; 4117 BU Robins 3/7/44; 328 BU Gulfport 27/8/44; 325 BU Avon Park 9/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/8/43; with Bob Dredelbis, while based at Roswell coll with 42-3311 in taxi acc Orange Co. Apt, Santa Anna, Cal 14/10/43, aircraft rep; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 28/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 11/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44; Presque Is 27/2/44; Assigned: 457BG Glatton 8/3/43; Transferred: 534BS/381BG [GD-K] Ridgewell 15/3/44; landing accident at base Pilot: Troy Jones 31/12/44; {63m} Returned to US: Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 13/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 25/11/45. DEE MARIE.

Delivered Louisville 29/4/45; Syracuse 1/6/45; Middletown 8/11/45; with George Jacobi force landed Olmstead, PA 8/1/46; Morrison 17/1/46; West Palm Beach 2/1/47; 2621 BU Barksdale 26/3/47; re-ass 31/3/47; 4117 BU Robins 4/3/48; recl Comp 14/9/48.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Hunter 10/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned: 551BS/385BG [HR- ] Gt Ashfield 1/7/44; MIA Merseburg 2/11/44 Pilot: Hurum Keeler, Edgar Denton, Art Alexander, Glen Kraft, John Ray, Billy Walker, Bob Read, Harry Goetsch (8POW); Harry Weissman (KIA, shot by SS); flak, crashed Sutthausen, Germany. MACR 10155.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/44; Kearney 16/7/44; Grenier 1/8/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-G] Gt Ashfield 2/8/44; MIA Berlin 6/10/44 Pilot: Lucien Courcelle, Frank Bullen, Hubert Bivins, Roy Slaper, Delbert Hamilton, Roland Leider, Jerry Weir, Bob Bozine (8KIA); Marvin Wolverton (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Pessin, Germany. MACR 9508. TEXAS BLUEBONNET.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/7/44; Kearney 21/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-S] Gt Ashfield 5/8/44; battle damaged Munster 5/10/44 with Dalen I. Severance; force landed continent; 9 RTD; Salvaged 2/12/44. Missing Air Crew Report ?. BADGER BEAUTY.

Delivered Dallas 14/4/45; Rome 26/5/45; Syracuse 12/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 26/11/45.

Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43; Kearney 13/11/43; ass 535BS/381BG [MS-W] Ridgewell 22/1/44; Transferred: 533BS [VP-M]; battle damage Brux 12/9/44 Pilot: Don McMullen; crash-landed France 1KIA 3WIA 6RTD, repaired and back to base; {75m} b/d Mannheim 25/11/44 w/Henry Riza; forced landing Belgium. ium; sal 13/12/44. HONEY.

Delivered Long Beach 29/6/43; Amarillo 8/7/43; Dallas 10/8/43; Sioux City 11/11/43; 504BG Fairmont 14/8/44; 241 BU Fairmont 19/9/44; 2512 BU Childress 10/11/44; Recl Comp 7/8/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/43; 3030 BU Roswell 24/5/43; to Roswell with Leon Kidd, involved in taxi accident with 42-30910 at Orange Co. Apt, Santa Anna, CA 14/10/43; 3010 BU Williams 9/12/43; 4120 BU San Bernardino 16/1/44; with Roka Pamperien force landed Kelly Fd, Tx 19/1/44; 3020 BU La Junta 29/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 31/7/45.

Delivered Denver 29/12/43; 1SAG Langley 24/1/44; (H2X) Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-N] Snetterton 9/2/44; Transferred: 569BS/390BG [CC-C] Framlingham 2/44; 8m, MIA Nuremberg 10/9/44 Pilot: Tom Markward, Ray Jensen, Dick Hurlburt, Dan Matthew, Marvin Weltman, John Kelker, Jim Denny (7KIA); Jerome Gilbert, Jim Hall (2POW); flak hit, ship exploded, crashed Nurnberg, Germany. MACR 8914.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/3/44; Gt Falls 6/3/44; Ardmore 20/3/44; 222 BU Ardmore 24/8/44; 2509 BU Big Spring 25/8/44; 222 BU Ardmore 30/8/44; 332 BU Ardmore 16/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 21/8/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/4/44; Hunter 27/4/44; Morrison 7/5/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 11/5/44; Missing in Action Brux 20/10/44 with George Potter, Johnson, Reno, Thompson, Dobson, Bundy, bartee, Burris, Neufer, Hazen (10 evaded capture & return 21/10/44); flak, two engines out, crashed Budapest; Missing Air Crew Report 9203.

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Dow Fd 2/10/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-K] Thurleigh 13/10/44; transferred 535BS/381BG Ridgewell 5/45; COMMANDO CHIEF.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/1/44; Gr Island 23/1/44; ass 533BS/381BG [VP-K] Ridgewell 6/4/44; {21m} MIA Dessau 30/5/44 Pilot: John Monahan, tog-T/Sgt Bill Hoyle, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Loebert Catter, Waist Gunner: Maurice Emanuelson (4KIA); Co-Pilot: Ken Cea, Navigator: Leland Haas, Radio Operator: John Valinski, Ball Turret Gunner: Jerome Granlund, Tail Gunner: John Bryan (5POW); Enemy aircraft KOd #2, losing altitude the crew baled, crashed near Koethen Afd, 12 miles SW of Dessau, Germany. MACR 5234.