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Delivered Tulsa 10/6/44; 236 BU Pyote 25/10/44; from base with John Helmes 3/1/45; 234 BU Clovis 25/2/45; with George Szokoly force landed base 27/12/45; Recl Comp 24/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/6/44; Hunter 16/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned: 569BS/390BG [CC-W] Framlingham 28/7/44; MIA Merseburg 30/11/44 Pilot: Bob Torrance, Donn Alvestad, Hubert Veasey, Cecil Dale (4KIA); Gene Stefanio, Boyce Klutts, Harlan Broadrick, Walt Polak, Greg McGinnis (5POW); flak hit caused fire and explosion crashed Grosskanya, Germany. MACR 11134.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/43; Salina 8/3/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned: 326BS/92BG [JW-L] Alconbury 25/4/43; then 325BS; MIA Kassel 28/7/43 Pilot: Ben Smotherman, Co-Pilot: Dave Pollack, Navigator: Sid Leigh, Bombardier: Wray McKenzie, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Atlee Pearson, Radio Operator: John Fogarty, Ball Turret Gunner: V.M. Chandler, Waist Gunner: Curtis Moore, Waist Gunner: Jim O’Connell, Tail Gunner: Fred Rentz (10POW); Enemy aircraft, forced landing Veenendaal, near Wageningen, Hol. MACR 657.

Delivered Dallas 14/5/44; Langley 29/6/44; Grenier 21/7/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-O] Ridgewell 15/8/44; 15+m transferred 306BG Thurleigh 23/5/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 11/7/46; Recl Comp 7/1/49.

Delivered Dallas 7/6/44; Hunter 6/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG PFF Celone 12/8/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 13/9/44 with Dan Watson, Navigator: Bob Stapleton, Waist gunner: Royal Smith (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Harry Hammond, Bombardier: Tom Crabtree, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Frank, Radio Operator: John Holler, Ball turret gunner: Ray Bivens,Tail gunner: Ken Ayres (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Gross Stohlitz; Missing Air Crew Report 8345.

Delivered Dallas 9/6/44; Hunter 10/7/44; Grenier 4/8/44; Assigned 96BS/2BG Amendola 9/8/44; Missing in Action Odertal 22/8/44 with Kay Cutler, Co-pilot: George Welde, Navigator: Fred Rosemore{Wounded in Action}, Bombardier: Don Stillman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Richmond, Radio Operator: Joe Greskamp, Ball turret gunner: John DeSoto{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Howard Hannah, Waist gunner: Gerald Kinchloe{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: Ray Morton{Wounded in Action} (10 Prisoner of War); flak hit #1 and feather, aircraft burning, crash landed Clausenburg, Gelse, Hungary; Missing Air Crew Report 7954.

Delivered Denver 27/12/43; Gr Island 14/1/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG [6K-T+] Deopham Green 6/2/44; target Berlin 19/5/44 with Bill Gaither, Co-pilot: Ernie Demaray, Navigator: John Stull, Bombardier: Roger Soth, Ball turret gunner: John McCallum, Waist gunner: Joe Lovett, Waist gunner: George Mondell Wounded in Action, Tail gunner: Bob Sellstrom (8 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: Ed Sullivan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Williams (2 Killed in Action); during assembly coll with 42-31242 (388BG), crash landed New Buckenham, Nfk., sal 20/5/44. ROSALIE ANN.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/10/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Gt Falls 23/10/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 9/11/43; target Berlin 19/5/44 with Don Salles, Co-pilot: Homer Andrews, Navigator: Jack Barcus, Bombardier: Tom Matthews, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Robison, Radio Operator: Gervis Hartle, Ball turret gunner: Norman Powell, Waist gunner: Rocko Garzarelli, Waist gunner: Harry Knoche, Tail gunner: Frank Serio (10 Returned to Duty); mid-air coll with 42-38145 (452BG), crash landed Watton Afd, Nfk, UK; Salvaged 25/7/45. PATTY JO.

Delivered Lincoln 10/10/44; Grenier 17/10/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-B] Thurleigh 8/2/45; transferred 533BS/381BG Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; Columbus 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 29/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45.

Delivered Hunter 6/11/44; Grenier 14/11/44; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-J] Ridgewell 8/2/45; MIA {1+m} Kassel 9/3/45 Pilot: Paul Schermann, Co-Pilot: Earl Nelson, Navigator: Nick Drohan, Bombardier: Manny Miska, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dick McLain, Radio Operator: George Gasparovich, Ball Turret Gunner: Garland Monzingo, Waist Gunner: Herb Houghton, Tail Gunner: Hugh Fitzgerald (9KIA); flak, crashed Fritzlar, Germany. MACR 12960. MISS FORTUNE.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/5/44; Hunter 5/6/44; Dow Fd 17/6/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG [IE-J] Rattlesden 28/6/44; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen (1st mission) 26/9/44 with Pilot 1st Lt. Robert C. Calef, Bombardier: 1st Lt. Donald N. Fehrenbach, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: TSgt. Galen E. Miller Jr., Radio Operator: TSgt. Paul R. Krubel, Ball turret gunner: SSgt. Frank J. Martin, Waist gunner: SSgt. John Karbowsky,Tail gunner: SSgt. Wayne S. Thompson (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: 2nd Lt. George J. Dvorak, Navigator: 1st Lt. Roman R. Pajakowski (2 Prisoner of War); flak hit over Bremenhaven, exploded in mid-air wreckage down in North Sea off Dorum, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 9401. “HURRY HOME”.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/8/44; Gt Falls 2/9/44; Cheyenne 3/9/44 mod as F-9C; 91 Ph Gp Buckley 30/10/44; Dallas 16/5/45; Bangor 1/6/45; 108 BS Oberpfaffenhofen 18/1/46; 7290 Oberpfaffenhofen 18/7/46; Recl Comp 11/2/49.

Delivered Lincoln 30/8/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned 8AF 24/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Tulsa 20/5/44; Dallas 17/6/44; Langley 8/7/44; Dow Fd 2/8/44; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-Z] Grafton Underwood 5/9/44; crash-landed UK, 20/10/44, Sal; rep Transferred: 379BG Kimbolton 4/1/45; dec Pilot: w 5/1/45; RetUS, Scrapped: Kingman 7/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; Assigned 385BG Gt Ashfield 5/1/44; transferred 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 6/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Durward Sorensen, Co-pilot: Bob Evans, Navigator: Henry Hambrick, Bombardier: Willard Bader, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Herman, Waist gunner: Paul Simerly, Waist gunner: Larry Watkins (7 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Arvo Palmerthrown clear in crash but broke his neck, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Holmes,Tail gunner: Jim Nagy (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft on return, ship headed for Sweden, but crash landed on German A/fd two miles NE of Zerbst, SE of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3191. LOUNGE LIZARD aka DIXIE JANE.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/2/43; Gt Falls 17/2/43; 381BG Pyote 24/2/43; Tinker 9/8/43; Walla Walla 11/10/43; 4104 BU Rome 31/10/44; Scrapped: Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/43; Orlando 25/12/43; El Paso 31/12/43; 2117 BU Buckingham 11/7/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 10/9/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/6/44; Hunter 13/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned: 848BS/490BG Eye 27/7/44; 850BS; MIA Plauen 21/3/45 Pilot: John Schultz, Fred Black, Joe Purine, Chas Lennon, Joe Ellis, Lloyd Kennedy, Carl Stan, Jim Butterfield (8KIA); Craig Bennett (POW); jet Enemy aircraft, crashed Falkenberg, Germany. MACR 13556.

Delivered Long Beach 23/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; Assigned 452BG Deopham Green 5/1/44; battle damaged ?, with ? ; landed Old Buckenham, Nfk; sal n/battle damaged 7/3/44.

Delivered Hunter 24/9/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-K] Grafton Underwood 6/10/44; battle damage Zeitz 30/11/44 Pilot: ‘ ; abandoned over continent; trans with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged. 9AF Germany. any 31/10/45. MACR 11111. BUSY BUZZARD.