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Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-P] Grafton Underwood 15/4/44; MIA Berlin 29/4/44 Pilot: Jim Bouvier, Co-Pilot: Bob Green, Navigator: Harry Gantert, Bombardier: Louis Silk, Radio Operator: Ralph Andrews, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Neal, Waist Gunner: Jack King, Waist Gunner: John Jones, Tail Gunner: Bob Morgan (9POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Casimir Wagner (KIA – shot by ME109 on way down); Enemy aircraft, crashed Stackelitz, nine miles NW of Coswig-Anhalt, 37 miles SW of Berlin, Germany. MACR 4242.

Delivered Denver 23/3/44; Rapid City 26/4/44; 225 BU Rapid City 1/5/45; 238 BU Mt Home 8/7/45; 426 BU Mt Home 25/8/45; 231 BU Alamogordo 3/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 15/11/45.

Delivered Amarillo 1/7/43; Ephrata 18/7/43; Dallas 19/7/43; Cheyenne 31/7/43; with Bill Willis crash landed Love 3/8/43; 3036 BU Yuma 6/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 27/7/45.

Delivered Tulsa 26/5/44; Dallas 5/6/44; Langley 10/7/44; Dow Fd 4/8/44; Assigned 346BS/99BG PFF Tortorella 14/8/44; {24m} Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.

Delivered Lincoln 16/17/44; Dow Fd 23/12/44; Assigned: 524BS/379BG [WA-M] Kimbolton 28/1/45; battle damage 19/3/45 Pilot: Jim Poynor, ; forced landing Brussels, Belgium. Returned to US: Bradley 3/7/45; Sth Plains 7/7/45; Scrapped: Kingman 8/11/45.

Delivered Denver 2/2/43; 94BG Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Gulfport 10/4/43; Assigned: 331BS/94BG [QE-R] Earls Colne 12/5/43; Transferred: 547BS/384BG [SO-B] Grafton Underwood 12/7/43; MIA Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 Pilot: Bill Bigelow, Co-Pilot: Earl Price, Navigator: Rich Hill, Radio Operator: Bill Bartels, Ball Turret Gunner: George Fulton, Waist Gunner: Walt Nowotny, Waist Gunner: Mike Lome, Tail Gunner: Martin Parisot (8POW); Bombardier: Walt Humphreys, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Hamilton (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Heisterbacherrott, three miles E of Konigswinter, Germany. MACR 290. PIE-EYED PIPER (aka ‘ KAYO).

Delivered Tulsa 17/5/44; Dallas 13/6/44; Langley 3/7/44; Dow Field 24/7/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-C] Deenethorpe 18/8/44; 615BS [IY-C]; transferred 305BG Chelveston 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

Delivered Denver 5/2/43; Gowen 12/2/43; Gt Falls 17/2/43; Gowen 20/5/43; Tinker 22/5/43; on 13/6/43 with Jim Lash force landed seven miles north west Wakeeney, KS; Walker 25/6/43; Tinker 19/6/43; Dalhart 14/7/43; crash landed Amarillo 17/8/43 with Bob Deering (later 381BG); Written off 18/8/43.Delivered Denver 5/2/43; Gowen 12/2/43; Gt Falls 17/2/43; Gowen 20/5/43; Tinker 22/5/43; on 13/6/43 with Jim Lash force landed seven miles north west Wakeeney, KS; Walker 25/6/43; Tinker 19/6/43; Dalhart 14/7/43; crash landed Amarillo 17/8/43 with Bob Deering (later 381BG); Written off 18/8/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Kearney 17/2/44; Grenier 24/2/44; Assigned: 401BS/91BG [LL-L] Bassingbourn 31/3/44; MIA {9m} La Glacerie 27/4/44 Pilot: Thornton Tilton, Co-Pilot: Jim Walsh, Navigator: Otto Mathis {wia}, Bombardier: John Waksymiec, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Boleslaw Zmujewsko, Ball Turret Gunner: Gene Springfield, Waist Gunner: Paul Hermance, Waist Gunner: Norval Wood, Tail Gunner: Jim Burleson (9POW); Radio Operator: Stan Johnson (KIA on board, body found in wreckage); flak set #3 and #4 on fire crashed Rauvulle-la-Bigot, seven miles S of Breuville, Fr; MACR 4258. MARY.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/43; Rapid City 17/1/43; Walla Walla 4/3/43; Avon Park 20/11/43; 4117 BU Robins 13/7/44; 328 BU Gulfport 26/8/44; with Jim O’Rourke force landed base 2/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 19/6/45.

Delivered Lincoln 13/9/44; Grenier 27/9/44; Assigned: 711BS/447BG Rattlesden 1/10/44; MIA Oranienburg 15/3/45 Pilot: Harluf Jessen, Harry Pfautz, Karl Laubhan, Dick Kirkorowski, Helmer Gangestad, Claude Gatlin, Ed Evans {tg}, Cecil Campbell {obs} (8KIA); Bob Dwight, Walt Hoffman (2POW); flak, direct hit into bomb bay, crashed Schonhausen, Germany. MACR 13044. BLYTHE SPIRIT.

Delivered Denver 21/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44; Presque Is 21/3/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-F] Deenethorpe 17/4/44; 612BS [SC-X]; force landed continent 10/5/45; Salvaged 2 SAD. AW COME ON.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/6/44; Kearney 19/6/44; Grenier 1/7/44; Assigned 851BS/490BS Eye 2/7/44; transferred 832BS/486BG [3R-S] Sudbury 10/44; 43m crash landed base with Bob Snure 18/4/45; taxi accident with Art Gottleib at Meeks Fd, Iceland en route home 9/7/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 16/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/2/43; Gt Falls 17/2/43; damaged in taxi accident with 41-2453 19/2/43; Pyote 22/2/43; with Russ Girse force landed base 31/5/43; Amarillo 21/7/43; 505BG Harvard 2/6/44; 244 BU Harvard 23/8/44; 4209 BU Des Moines 8/4/45; 244 BU Harvard 18/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Kearney 23/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG [A] Deopham Green 11/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Herb Hochstetter, Co-pilot: Julian Hurst, Navigator: Clyde Brown, Bombardier: Jerome Cogitz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Ventura, Radio Operator: Jim Jenkins, Ball turret gunner: Hans Rase, Waist gunner: Elmer Helgren, Waist gunner: Joe Smith,Tail gunner: Arthur Crowe (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd an engine, crashed Bodenrod, ten miles NW of Bad Nauheim, 20 miles E of Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4777.

Delivered Wright Fd 17/1/43; Assigned 25 Ferry Sq/7 Ferry Gp, Gore Fd 19/3/43, damaged in taxi accident Birmingham, AL with George Isenhower 20/3/43; Memphis 31/3/43; Wright 5/5/43; Eglin 16/6/43; Mat Com Wright 2/6/44; 611 BU Eglin 8/6/44; 4117 BU Robins 22/8/44; 610 BU Eglin 13/10/44; ATS Wright 31/10/44; 4100 BU Patterson 14/11/44; 611 BU Eglin 1/4/45; 4032 BU Ypsilanti 20/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45.

Delivered Hunter 30/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 652REC/25BG Watton for Met, info gathering missions 17/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 15/11/45, Salvaged 5/1/46.

Delivered: Dallas 9/7/43; Love 29/7/43; Kearney 1/8/43; Topeka 12/8/43; Assigned: 482BG Alconbury 24/8/43; Transferred: 532BS/381BG [VE-E] Ridgewell 19/9/43; MIA Tours 5/1/44 Pilot: Jack Zeman, Radio Operator: Burton Givan, Ball Turret Gunner: Harve Leroux, Waist Gunner: Ray Chevraux (4EVD), Co-Pilot: Otis Montgomery, Navigator: Frank Bisagna, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: John Sinquefield, Waist Gunner: Francis Cater, Tail Gunner: George Day (5POW), Bombardier: Bill Walker (KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Les Hunes, a mile W of Aubigne-Racan, Fr. MACR 1962. BABY DUMPLING.

Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 11/4/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Capt Bob Patrick, Co-pilot: Bob Kerr, Navigator: John McCracken, Bombardier: Tom Lewis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Herwig, Radio Operator: Theo Otte, Ball turret gunner: Harry Jones, Waist gunner: Millard Sherrell, Waist gunner: Joe Cadle,Tail gunner: Edmond Woods (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd #4, crashed Merzhausen, nine miles E of Bad Camberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4779.

Delivered Denver 5/2/43; Gowen 12/2/43; Lowry 12/3/43; Oklahoma City 12/5/43; Assigned 19BG Pyote 30/5/43; force landed base with Paul Knapp 31/7/43; Tinker 16/10/43; Pyote 9/11/43; 329 BU Alexandra 24/8/43; 3701 BU Amarillo 20/11/43; Written off 27/12/43; Recl Comp 9/4/46.