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Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Gr Island 21/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned: 427BS/303BG Molesworth 9/4/44; Transferred: 338BS/96BG [BX-R] Snetterton 10/4/44; MIA Berlin 8/5/44 Pilot: Chas Birdsey, Co-Pilot: Bill Hayes, Navigator: Alf Hauser, Bombardier: John Bailey, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Bondy, Radio Operator: Bill Baumann, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Ball, Waist Gunner: John Burke, Waist Gunner: Dick Kennedy, Tail Gunner: Jack Roseborough (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Holtorf, near Schwarmerheide, Germany. MACR 4576.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Gr Island 24/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-T] Snetterton 6/4/44; MIA Merseburg 7/10/44 Pilot: George Anglen, Co-Pilot: Pat Calvarese, Navigator: Carl Friedman, Bombardier: Lou Cerkas, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lyle Nelson, Radio Operator: Norbert Cieszkowski, Ball Turret Gunner: Emil Metzel, Waist Gunner: Frank Bylinowski, Tail Gunner: Jim McNicholas (9POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Eisenach, near West Klosterholz, Germany. MACR 9353. MAIRZI DOATS.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/5/44; Hunter 22/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-I] Ridgewell 10/6/44; battle damage Brux 14/2/45 Pilot: Dean F. Anderson; Grover C. Graves; Gilbert B. Jones; Raymond N. Maes; George E. Smith; Daniel J. McCartney, Jr.; William Trestik; Richard D. Bland; Marcel P. Boisvert; 4POW 6RTD (inc p); Salvaged. 4/3/45. THE FOX.

Delivered Louisville 27/4/45; Syracuse 25/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/43; Gore 18/4/43; Lockbourn 23/4/43; 2114 BU Lockbourn 24/10/44; Recl Comp 17/2/45.

Cheyenne 2/3/44; Hunter 21/3/44; Grenier 10/4/44; Assigned Soxo, t/o Goose Bay en route Meeks Fd, crash landed on frozen Lake Melville about 30 miles from Goose Bay, with Aubrey Alexander, Co-pilot: Horace Peppard, Navigator: Phil Lerner, Bombardier: Herb Monsky, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Comer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Belford, Radio Operator: Bill Dyer, Radio Operator: Walter Lockerbie, Waist gunner: Melvin Kuntz,Tail gunner: Bob Bowie (10 Killed in Service), the wreckage found later by a Norseman spotter plane, 19/4/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; Gr Island 30/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-S] Snetterton 7/4/44; MIA Berlin 8/5/44 Pilot: Leo Green, Co-Pilot: Simon Nesbitt, Navigator: Jim Hesketh, Bombardier: Dan Benia, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jack Pope, Radio Operator: Darwin Marl, Ball Turret Gunner: Everett Howe, Waist Gunner: Claude Meadows, Waist Gunner: Chas Moss, Tail Gunner: Harry Shirey (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Doverden, 10 miles W of Rethen, Germany. MACR 4573. SMILIN’ THRU.

Delivered Louisville 25/4/45; Rome 27/5/45; Middletown 8/11/45; Morrison 6/12/45; re-ass 30/4/47; Canal Zone 1/1/48; Panama Air Depot 26/7/48; Olmstead 22/10/49; Recl Comp 10/11/49.

Delivered Lincoln 22/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-G] Ridgewell 5/2/45; 27m Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45. SHOOT LUKE.

Delivered Denver 8/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned: (F-9 photo-recon) 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Andrews Fd 5/6/43 GEORGIA PEACH; Snetterton 12/6/43; MIA Berlin 7/5/44 Pilot: Neil Behrens, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Carroll Taylor (2POW); Co-Pilot: Gordon Spring, Navigator: Bob Dulaney, Bombardier: Tom McRae, Radio Operator: Joe Amanna, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Neuhuttler, Waist Gunner: Willis Bryant, Waist Gunner: Dino Armanini, Tail Gunner: Chas Douglas (8KIA); hydraulics out and no gas, crashed a mile E of Nedlitz, nine miles E of Magdeberg, Germany. MACR 4565. RIKKI TIKKI TAVI.

Delivered Denver 6/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-R] Grafton Underwood 2/6/43; Transferred: 337BS/96BG [AW-M] Snetterton 6/43; MIA Kerlin 23/9/43 Pilot: Eugene Wilcox, Co-Pilot: Ralph Lewis, Navigator: Vic Thoendel, Bombardier: Bill McKenna, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Adams, Radio Operator: Bill Lambson, Ball Turret Gunner: Billy Bodiford, Waist Gunner: Tom Stevens, Waist Gunner: Henry Hentinik, Tail Gunner: Bob Smith (10KIA); on fire & crashed at sea. MACR 670. SHACK RABBIT II.

Delivered Louisville 10/5/45; Syracuse 21/6/45; 593 BU Charleston 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45.

Delivered Lincoln 9/10/44; Grenier 17/10/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-B] Thurleigh 10/2/45; transferred 534BS/381BG Ridgewell 14/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45.

Delivered Lincoln 9/10/44; Grenier 17/10/44; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-P] Thurleigh 21/10/44; transferred 532BS/381BS Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

Delivered Long Beach 5/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; ass 535BS/381BG [MS-X] Ridgewell 20/12/43; {9m} after a training mission 15/4/44 was taxying on base, pilot cut #1 and #2, fire crews arrived but ship burst into flames on #1 and #2 engines and wing; Pilot: Bill Bartlett, Co-Pilot: Lyles Nelson, n/Bob Hughes, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Rex Hintz, Radio Operator: Howard Prowse (5RTD); sal 2 SAD Watton, Nfk 17/4/44. SQUAT ‘N DROPPIT.

Delivered Louisville 8/5/45; Syracuse 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/43; Scotts Bluff 28/3/43; Smoky Hill 16/4/43; Dow Fd 6/5/43; Assigned: 333BS/94BG Bassingbourn 9/5/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; Transferred: 364BS/305BG [WF–] Chelveston 14/7/43; MIA Kassel 28/7/43 Pilot: George Dragosavac, Co-Pilot: Dave Cox, Navigator: Herry O’Dell, Bombardier: Lou Ruffolo, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Fugok, Radio Operator: Alex Haddon, Ball Turret Gunner: Theo Ceskowske, Waist Gunner: Gilbert Rule, Waist Gunner: Sylvan Von Rohr, Tail Gunner: Chris Wesche (10POW); flak, crashed NE of Seigen, Germany. MACR 192.

Delivered Lincoln 23/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 5/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Grenier 20/4/44; Assigned: 546BS/384BG [BK-L] Grafton Underwood 3/5/44; battle damage Germany. lstein, Ger; 2/1/45 Pilot: ‘; AFSC, Salvaged. 18/1/45.

Delivered Lincoln 18/9/44; Dow Fd 2/10/44; Assigned 8AF 18/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 1/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/1/46.