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Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 14/1/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 17/1/44; Missing in Action Liege 25/5/44 with Capt Jim Zengerle, Co-pilot: Albt Millin, Navigator: Walt Travis, Bombardier: Capt Wayne Barnett, Radio Operator: Albt Bibbens, Ball turret gunner: Ed Leonard, Waist gunner: Will Lazar, Waist gunner: Gene Benson,Tail gunner: Lt Bill Moran (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Hurdle, Lt Col Bill Chamberlain mission leader (2 Killed in Action); flak KOd #3 and #4, starting fire, crashed Guibersmesnil, eight miles NW of Poix-de-Picardie, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 5264. THUNDERBOLT.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/10/43; Gr Island 17/10/43; Long Beach 23/11/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 26/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Morris Bianchi, Co-pilot: Tom Reese, Bombardier: Herb Kelley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Norstrom, Radio Operator: Ed Caypless, Waist gunner: Jim Mason (6 Prisoner of War); Navigator: George Hornaday, Ball turret gunner: Normans Nichols, Waist gunner: Errol Wolf,Tail gunner: Jim Marshall (4 Killed in Action); flak KO’d two engines, crashed Sternshorn, near Lemfords, 11 miles S of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2884.

Delivered Denver 31/1/44; Langley 13/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-L] Snetterton 8/4/44; damaged by enemy aircraft at Poltava 21/6/44; repaired and cleared from Maison Blanche, Algiers to return to UK. 12/7/44, with Lee Seaman, Co-pilot: C Whitenack, Navigator: Capt C Dunn, Navigator: D McAuley, Bombardier: J. McKenzie, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: P Kunsman, Radio Operator: E Tragesen, Ball turret gunner: D Watson, Waist gunner: B Tucyski, Waist gunner: V Ward,Tail gunner: H. Judge (11 Returned to Duty); landed base OK but turning to taxi back u/c collapsed. Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 28/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; ass 323BS/91BG [OR-U] Bassingbourn 20/12/43; Bombardier: Henry Bogucki (KIA) 22/2/44; {13m} MIA Wilhelmshaven 3/3/44 Pilot: Walt Pickard, Co-Pilot: Bascom Smith, Radio Operator: Edmond Crafton, Waist Gunner: Jim Dumouchel, Waist Gunner: Perry Wofford (5RTD); Navigator: Milton Pike, b-Bob Warren, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed White, Ball Turret Gunner: Darrel Moran, Tail Gunner: Lewis Alger (5KIA); flak KO’d #2, so dropped back and headed home but hit again by flak, crashed North Sea, where RAF ASR Walrus arrived but found no bodies, the other five were in ship’s dinghy; MACR 3222. MY DESIRE.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Dow Fd 18/6/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall; Missing in Action Kassel 30/7/43 with Earl Pickard, Bob Hoke, Wallace Soderberg, Orville Lewis, Walt Togel, Sam Tucker, Ralph May, Don Boyd, Harlan Oakberg (9 Prisoner of War); Billy Hooker (evaded capture); flak, crashed Liege, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 3125.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Rapid City 15/7/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 26/10/43 WORRY WART; transferred RAF [SR378]; 214 Sq BU-D Feltwell, Nfk; 21/1/44; Written off 11/3/47.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/5/43; Smoky Hill 12/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned: 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Earls Colne 7/6/43; Rougham 13/6/43; MIA Huls 22/6/43 Pilot: Jack McFarland, Co-Pilot: Ralph Head, Navigator: Fred England, Bombardier: George Howell, Radio Operator: Finn Burnett, Waist Gunner: Carl Cook, Tail Gunner: Luther Wilson (7POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Willard Eisenhart, Ball Turret Gunner: Tadeusz Diakow-Stawasz, Waist Gunner: Norman Woody (3KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Pfalzdorf, Germany. No MACR. BLACK KITTEN.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/12/43; Kearney 14/12/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-Q] Rougham 7/1/44; on Wilhelmshaven mission 3/2/43 with Don Ahlwardt, a B-17 from another group collided with tailplane killing tg Sgt Lublinski; Missing in Action Berlin 3/3/44 with Don Ahlwardt, Co-pilot: Ray Weck, Navigator: Frank Foster, Bombardier: Allen Carter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Lampman, Radio Operator: Bill Westphal, Ball turret gunner: Tom Robeybody washed up Busum around 5/5/44, Waist gunner: Ellick Franke, Waist gunner: Walt Millican,Tail gunner: Bob McConnell (10 Killed in Action); mid-air collision head on with 42-31112, 447BG; crashed Itzeho, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2794.

Delivered Dallas 21/9/43; Harvard 5/10/43; Assigned 94BG Rougham 27/11/43; transferred 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 30/11/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 3/3/44 with Francis Graham, Co-pilot: Carroll Velt, Navigator: Karol Dubiel, Bombardier: Dave Wohl, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joyce Riddlehoover, Radio Operator: Henry Pruett, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Bender, Waist gunner: Felix Hall, Waist gunner: Lynn Brown,Tail gunner: Ed Hallock (10 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 42-38075 (94BG), crashed Wesermunde, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2887.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/12/43; Salt Lake City 29/12/43; Kearney 18/1/44; Assigned 750BS/457BG [H] Glatton 24/2/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/8/44 with Winfred Pugh, tog-Cliff Page, Waist gunner: Joe Wheatley,Tail gunner: Howard Martin (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Art Richards, Navigator: Julius Drummond, Radio Operator: Jim Woodgate, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Szumierz, Ball turret gunner: John Poshefko (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, exploded and crashed Hartmannsdorf, E of Weimar,Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8201.

Delivered Long Beach 23/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; ass 729BS/452BG [M3-E] Deopham Green 18/11/43; detailed mission to Hamm but later recalled 21/4/44, Pilot: Dixon Wands, Co-Pilot: John Gatrell, Bombardier: Chas Lovewell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Leroy George, Radio Operator: Dave Boyd, Ball Turret Gunner: Warren Hickey (6KIA); Navigator: Bill Wroblewski, Waist Gunner: Chas Anderson, Waist Gunner: Ralph Goschey, Tail Gunner: Ken Seibert (4RTD but all inj); suffered from turbulence from another B-17 in foggy conditions which caused mechanical problems; crash-landed Abbey Farm, Hoxne, near Horham A/Fd, Sfk, UK. Salvaged. 24/4/44. LITTLE CHUM.

Delivered Denver 21/9/43; Gr Island 10/10/43; Assigned 452BG Deopham Green 14/10/43; transferred 388BG [ -E] Knettishall /44; battle damaged Munster 4/1/44 with Campbell ; crash landed Eastchurch, Hants. Salvaged 18/4/44. MISS FURY.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/44; Kearney 5/2/44; Presque Is 18/2/44; Assigned 711BS/477BG Rattlesden 22/2/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Wesley Huckins, Co-pilot: George Preas, Navigator: Art Durante, Ball turret gunner: Bob Davis, Waist gunner: Alan Reid,Tail gunner: Dan Carroll (6 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Walt Chudleigh, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Merritt{chute failed} (2 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Rick Krecker, Waist gunner: Ken Downie (2 evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Ferme de Longchamps, near Perthes, seven miles W of St Diziere, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 3187.

Delivered Denver 26/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; ass 729BS/452BG Deopham Green 3/1/44; MIA Pas de Calais 20/4/44 Pilot: Joe Thomas, Co-Pilot: Lt ‘ Boyer, Navigator: Harry Holley, Ball Turret Gunner: Arnold Fisher, Waist Gunner: Jim Owens, Waist Gunner: Will Strom, (6RTD- picked up by ASR within an hour!); Bombardier: Clyde Rasmussen, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Dick Hoffer, Radio Operator: Fred Fuller, Tail Gunner: Mike Lamere (4KIA); flak KOd #2 and #3, ditched Channel just outside Calais harbour; MACR 4179.

Delivered Long Beach 12/10/43; Walla Walla 11/11/43; ass 728BS/452BG [9Z-G] Deopham Green 3/1/44; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Harry Homer, Co-Pilot: Chas Canterbury, Navigator: Bob Longenecker, Bombardier: Ed Zell, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Carnes (5KIA); Radio Operator: Bill Baumgardner, Ball Turret Gunner: Tom Griffith, Waist Gunner: Elmer Michaud, Waist Gunner: Norman Bethune, Tail Gunner: Roy Dickey (5POW); damaged by Enemy aircraft, crash-landed three miles NE of Rudersdorf, Siegen, Germany. MACR 4818.

Delivered Denver 4/12/43; Kearney 23/12/43; Prestwick, UK 16/1/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 12/1/44; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 100+m, Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 5/12/45. THE DINGLEBERRY KIDS.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Harvard 5/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG [CQ-C] Rattlesden 19/11/43; returned from Caen 6/6/44 with Gerald Carter, Co-pilot: John Zannett, Navigator: Dale Kelly, Bombardier: Lester Frantz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Newton Riley, Radio Operator: Lee Baker, Ball turret gunner: Alf Walczak, Waist gunner: George Scearce, Waist gunner: Bob Long,Tail gunner: Dick Pearce (10 Returned to Duty); skidded off end of runway, Salvaged 7/6/44. STINKY.

Delivered Long Beach 14/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; ass 731BS/452BG [7D-G] Deopham Green 11/2/44; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Dick Noble (KIA); Co-Pilot: Dan Viafore, Radio Operator: Bob Atkins (2EVD); Navigator: Dick Laule, Bombardier: Bruce Clago, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lloyd Martin, Ball Turret Gunner: Ralph Munn, Waist Gunner: George Brush, Waist Gunner: Vernon Moody, Tail Gunner: Leon Davies (7POW); flak, crashed Remouchamps, two miles E of Aywaille, 11 miles SE of Liege, Belgium. MACR 4819. LUCKY LADY.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/10/43; Walla Walla 6/11/43; Assigned: 100 Thorpe Abbotts 7/1/44; Transferred: 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 8/1/44 KICKAPOO JOY JUICE; MIA Brux 12/5/44 Pilot: Milan Mareck, Co-Pilot: Harry Eastman, Navigator: Larry Defeo, Bombardier: Cornelius Kohlman, Radio Operator: Dwight Miller, Ball Turret Gunner: Sam Fain, Waist Gunner: Don Kemman, Waist Gunner: Ernie Hughingson, Tail Gunner: George Bouckek (9RTD); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Merl Orcutt (KIA); Enemy aircraft, ditched Channel, about a mile W of Knockfortjohn, Kent, UK, crew picked up by ASR, but ettg went down with the ship; MACR 5021. LADY STARDUST II.

Delivered Long Beach 24/10/43; Walla Walla 11/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG [9Z-P] Deopham Green 19/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with George Haakenson (WIA), Co-pilot: Don Heckman, Navigator: Bill Murphy, Bombardier: Malvin Samuel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Madori, Radio Operator: John Baas, Ball turret gunner: Bill Mason (WIA), Waist gunner: Harry Donohue (WIA), Waist gunner: George Warmby,Tail gunner: Ward Wickwar (WIA) (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed near Burg Afd, near Pietzpul, 15 miles N of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4450. RUGGED BUT RIGHT.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Dayton 14/4/43; Moses Lake 16/5/43; Walla Walla 30/5/43; Orlando 1/6/43; Brooksville 21/6/43; Rapid City 4/7/43; Harvard 2/8/43; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 22/5/45.

Delivered Tulsa 12/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 24/6/44; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-T] Kimbolton 12/7/77; while parked on hardstand was hit by skidding 43-37622 on 5/8/44, both aircraft severely damaged; Salvaged 2 SAD.

Delivered: Denver 23/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; ass 730BS/452BG [6K-Q] Deopham Green 4/1/44; MIA Pas de Calais 1/5/44 Pilot: Francis Smedley (KIA- when baling out chute caught on horizontal stabilizer); Co-Pilot: Bill Hewett, Navigator: John McGrath, Bombardier: George Griffin, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Norbert Rhodes, Radio Operator: Andy Senetsky, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Gallagher, Waist Gunner: Harry Shoffner, Waist Gunner: John Brown, Tail Gunner: Ray Dean (9POW); flak KOd #2 and set fire to cockpit, brew baled and aircraft crashed St Ulriks-Kapelle, seven miles NW of Brussels, Belgium. MACR 4492. SUNRISE SERENADE.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/44; Dalhart 2/3/44; Presque Is 25/3/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-K] Grafton Underwood 9/4/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with Scott Briley, Co-pilot: Marcel Letourneau, Bombardier: Vince Consoli, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Ward, Radio Operator: Carl Hitchcock, Ball turret gunner: Karl Stauffer, Waist gunner: John Allen, Waist gunner: Jim McLain,Tail gunner: Ralph Voorhees (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Dexter Warren (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Vielbrunn, near Bad Konig/Odenwald, 19 miles SE of Darmstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3874.