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Delivered Cheyenne 12/1/44; Kearney 24/1/44; ass 548BS/385BG [GX-P] Gt Ashfield 8/2/44; MIA Hamburg 4/8/44 Pilot: John Masterson, Ed Caldero, Joe Silverman, Steve Yarema, Pete mcCabe, Guido Mannarino, Ed Ferris, Bob McKneilly, Merritt Knox (9POW); flak & Enemy aircraft, crashed Midlam, Germany. . MACR 7743. HAIRS BREATH.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/44; Kearney 8/6/44; Grenier 17/6/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-D] Deenethorpe 10/7/44; Missing in Action Orleans 1/8/44 with Bob Sproul, Co-pilot: Don Bennett, Navigator: Tom Ellington, Bombardier: Jim Moon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred La Point, Radio Operator: Don Kotila, Ball turret gunner: Ken Mark, Waist gunner: Fred Hinderschied,Tail gunner: Frank Cornwell (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-39873, crashed Poisvilliers, N of Chartres, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 9189. JEANNE.

Delivered Long Beach 26/9/43; Harvard 8/10/43; Scott 22/10/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-Q] Deenethorpe 26/10/43; Missing in Action Orleans 1/8/44 with Gerald Melofchick, Co-pilot: Jim Pratt, Navigator: Dick Tyson, Bombardier: Hughlon Grisham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herb Pressman, Radio Operator: Leland Tracy, Ball turret gunner: Lyle Wheaton (7 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Harry Mapes,Tail gunner: Jim Bosarth (2 Prisoner of War); flak & mid-air coll with 43-37859 (401BG), crashed Le Cros, N of Chartres, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 7824. STORMY WEATHER.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/3/43; Hobbs 3/4/43; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; Hobbs 6/5/43; Eglin 29/6/43; Hobbs 5/7/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; with Edgar Hackworth force landed base 5/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 14/9/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/3/43; Hobbs 2/4/43; Ft Sumner 21/4/43; Hobbs 30/4/43; with Alberto Degrassi force landed Tinker 25/4/44; 4136 BU Tinker 6/6/44; 3017 BU Hobbs 7/6/44; with Sid Brustin force landed base 18/10/44; 4121 BU Kelly 1/12/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuqueque 13/8/45.

 Delivered: Long Beach 13/10/43; Gr Island 8/11/43; Landing accident 18/08/1944.

Delivered Tulsa 14/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 4/4/44; Assigned: 569BS/390BG [CC-F] Framlingham 8/4/44; MIA Friedrichshafen 24/4/44 Pilot: Ernie Newell, Co-Pilot: Bill Pflug, Navigator: Jim Eppenberger, tog-T/Sgt Jack Chapman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Badcock, Radio Operator: Henry Kistner, Ball Turret Gunner: Okey Winter, Waist Gunner: Owen Callahan, Waist Gunner: Chester Sowers, Tail Gunner: Francis Docker (10KIA); flak hit knocked off part of wing, which was on fire along with bomb bay. Aircraft exploded and crashed Kluftern, three miles W of Friedrichshafen, Germany. MACR 4291.

Delivered Denver 30/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Morrison 31/1/44; Barksdale 15/4/44; Memphis 19/4/44; Kearney 24/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned: 366BS/305BG [KY-M] Chelveston /44; MIA Ludwigshafen 27/5/44 Pilot: John Gilbert, Bombardier: Ed Ridings, Ball Turret Gunner: John Whelan (3KIA); Co-Pilot: Marvin Simard, Navigator: Tom Stefanko, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Manuel Rosen, Radio Operator: Ray Rowland, Waist Gunner: John Jablonski, Waist Gunner: Tony Filippi, Tail Gunner: Tom McKenna (7POW); flak KOd #2 and #3, crashed two miles N of Bad Deurkheim, 16 miles W of Ludwigshafen, Germany. MACR 5358. (‘5338’)

Delivered Lincoln 29/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [O/Q] Glatton 19/10/44; 749BS; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 31/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/12/45.

Delivered: Long Beach 8/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; ass 729BS/452BG [M3-D] Deopham Green 6/1/44; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Hal Nelson, Co-Pilot: Chas Ramlow, Bombardier: Phil Cavanaugh, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Mike Dencavage, Waist Gunner: Vic Ryczko (5EVD); Navigator: Noyes Richey, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Zercher (2KIA); Radio Operator: George Paulk, Waist Gunner: Don Jackson, Tail Gunner: Floyd Ragsdale (3POW); flak, crash-landed Feller, near Ruurlo, Holl. MACR 4449. KAREN B.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Smoky Hill 20/6/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned: 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 27/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; battle damage over Emden 26/5/43, w/Capt Jack Ford, cp-Joe Turner, n-Clarence Keisler, b-Bill Miller, ettg-George Haslip, ro-Bill Anderson, btg-Chester Privitt, wg-F.C. Kaczor, wg-M.C. Jamison, tg-Bill Kelly (10RTD). Enemy aircraft & flak, force landed Grafton Underwood on return. Either called TARFU or OLE PUSS.

Delivered Lincoln 28/12/44; Grenier 25/1/45; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-M] Ridgewell 1/2/45 MELANCHOLY BABY; {16+m} Returned to US: Bradley 28/5/45; Sth Plains 30/5/45; Scrapped: Kingman 9/11/45. ALABAMA GAL.

Delivered Hunter 31/12/44; Dow Fd 18/1/45; Assigned: 549BS/385BG [XA-Y] Gt Ashfield 30/1/45; MIA Zwickau 19/3/45 Pilot: Paul Lowry, Max Curtis, Dick Eshelman, Roger Hendrick, Giovanni DeGiovane, Ira O’Kennon, Henry Niemcyk, John Matthews, Bill Georgeine {tg}, Glenn Barnes {rcm} (10POW); Tom Smith {weather obs} (KIA); flak, crashed Frankfurt, Germany. MACR 13148.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/12/44; Hunter 4/1/45; Grenier 4/2/45; Assigned 8AF 8/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 29/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Hunter 25/7/44; Dow Fd 7/8/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-M] Deenethorpe 25/8/44; Salvaged 30/11/44. MAXIMUM EFFORT.

Delivered Dallas 27/7/44; Langley 28/7/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 348BS/99BG PFF Tortorella 28/9/44; Missing in Action {9m} Linz 25/11/44 with Francis Huff, Meiser, Marzalek, Vernon Shive, Knight, Fleming, Dobies, Rezneck; enemy aircraft, crashed San Marteu; 4KIA? 4POW? (only eight crew on each of four aircraft on night mission); Missing Air Crew Report 10012.

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 24/10/43; ass 568BS/390BG [BI-R] Framlingham 8/11/43; MIA La Glacerie (33m) 20/4/44 Pilot: Dick Mann, Co-Pilot: John Vaughan, Navigator: McKinnon Cameron, Bombardier: Walt Kwoka, Radio Operator: Bernie Anderson, Ball Turret Gunner: Ray Zucco, Waist Gunner: Bob Wedemeyer, Waist Gunner: Walt Hermenau, Tail Gunner: Mark Overstreet (9KIA); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jesse Roberts (POW- blew out of ship and captured near crash site); flak hit and exploded before crew baled, crashed Theville, nine miles E of Cherbourg, Fr. MACR 4169. ROVIN’ ROMONA II/BIG FRIEND.

Delivered Tulsa 10/6/44; 242 BU Gr Island 6/10/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 13/11/44; 347 BU Key Fd 19/9/45; 3501 BU Boca Raton 30/9/45; with Rich Robinson force landed base 22/5/46; 4141 BU Pyote 7/5/47; Recl Comp 22/12/48.

Delivered Denver 28/11/43; Kearney 23/12/43; Romulus 9/1/44; Presque Is 10/1/44; 366BS/305BG [KY-U] Chelveston 29/1/44; MIA Saarbrucken 11/5/44 Pilot: Capt Marion Holbrook, Co-Pilot: Don Wendt, Navigator: Alf Hills, Ex/n-Mortimer Greenwald, Bombardier: Frank Murphy, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Mitchie, Radio Operator: Joe Fitch, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Lewis, Waist Gunner: Ted McCormic, Waist Gunner: Ken Zirkle (10POW); Tail Gunner: Calvin Ferrari (KIA-shot by civilian after baling out to land in tree); flak, crashed Hagondange, nine miles N of Metz, Fr.; MACR 4870.

Delivered Long Beach 8/9/43; ass 365BS/305BG [XK-C] Chelveston 17/10/43; then to 422NLS [JJ-E] 23/5/44; Transferred: 838BS/487BG Lavenham; MIA France 6/7/44 Pilot: James R. Brown; flak, crashed Overshire, ‘; 1KIA 9POW. MACR 6988.