Delivered Dallas 30/9/44; Hunter 3/11/44; Grenier 17/11/44; Assigned 97BG PFF Amendola 3/12/44; transferred 774BS/463BG Celone 12/12/44; Returned to the USA 28/10/45, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 7/1/46.
Delivered Dallas 30/9/44; Hunter 1/11/44; Grenier 26/11/44; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 4/12/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 15/7/46.
Delivered Louisville 2/5/45; Rome 28/5/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 20/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 15/11/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 20/12/42; Salina 3/1/43; West Palm Beach 31/1/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Navarin 20/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; 7 more missions, Sterparone 22/4/44; Written off 31/7/44, repaired to 463BG Celone as weather aircraft 4/45; Salvaged 5/10/45. MISS FURY.
Delivered Lincoln 17/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 12/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; Sth Plains 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.
Delivered Long Beach 25/8/43; Cheyenne 11/9/43; Mat. Com. Wright 2/6/44 as a propeller feathering test aircraft; 4100 BU Patterson 15/2/45; 234 BU Clovis 19/2/45; 400 BU Wright 4/3/45; 4145 BU Wendover 18/4/45; 4135 BH Hill Fd 4/6/46; 4145 BU Alamagordo 31/3/47; 4136 BU – 23/12/47; 4146 BU Holloman 29/4/48; 2754 AB Gp Holloman 5/4/49; 2753 AST Gp Pyote 13/4/49; Recl Comp Pyote 4/4/50.
The Fate of this B-17 Flying Fortress is unknown.
Delivered Cheyenne 4/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Romulus 9/12/43; Grenier 10/12/43; Presque Is 14/12/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-J] Deenethorpe 6/1/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 2/3/44 with William Sheahan, Bombardier: Douglas Conway, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Richard Rickey, (3 evaded capture); Co-pilot: Elliott Ogden, Navigator: Robert Davis, Radio Operator: Donald Silverstein, Waist gunner: Seymour Falk (4 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Hazard Justice, Waist gunner: Roger Leking, Tail gunner: John O’Mara (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, exploded mid air, crashed St Gerard-Ardennes, 10 miles SW of Namur, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 2742. SAC HOUND.
Delivered Cheyenne 27/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-B] Deenethorpe 14/1/44; Missing in Action Poix, Fr. 13/3/44 with George Hellmuth, Jim Hannon, Bob Wagner, Gordon Brandt, Francis Allen (5 Killed in Action); Ray Gipson, Jim Coventry, Jim Bailey, Royce Moore, Mike Devito (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed St Quentin; Missing Air Crew Report 3185.
Delivered Denver 13/9/43; Scott 30/9/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-F] Rougham 11/10/43; on engine check flight 1/3/44 with Luke Blanche, Co-pilot: Bernard Carey, Navigator: Bill Hutchinson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Maurice Crow, Radio Operator: Bill Holmes (5 Returned to Duty), bellied in base with wheels still retracted; sal 18/10/44. THE BETTER HALF.
Delivered Long Beach 31/5/43; Cheyenne 3/6/43; Kearney 19/7/43; Walla Walla 26/7/43; 326 BU MacDill 11/7/44; 331 BU Barksdale 13/11/44; 325 BU Avon Park 15/7/44; 348 BU Will Rogers 25/7/44; 4119 BU Brookley 11/11/44; 4100 BU Patterson 3/12/44; 331 BU Barksdale 20/2/45; 4200 BU Chicago Mun 31/3/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 26/6/45; 325 BU Avon Park 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 18/8/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Gr Island 16/3/44; 326 BU MacDill 7/4/44; 333 BU Morris 29/11/44; crashed in training mission on RR tracks 29//11/44 near Morris Fd, GA W/O 1/12/44; Recl Comp 1/2/45.
Delivered Denver 23/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Assigned 749BS/457BG [P] Glatton 19/1/44; transferred 614BS/401BG [IW-D] Deenethorpe 11/3/44 Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with Boudinot Stimson, Co-pilot: Bob Timberlake, Bombardier: Jack Pfaffman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Karl Kukurin, Radio Operator: Carmen Manusco, Ball turret gunner: Paul Melia, Waist gunner: Andy Allen,Tail gunner: Alf Le Sage (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John O’Neal, Waist gunner: John McQueen (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed (?Rohrbrunn?) Weibersbrunn, nine miles E of Aschaffenurg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3941. WHAT NEXT ?
Delivered Lincoln 21/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned: 18BS/34BG Mendlesham 19/10/44 ((613BS/401BG [IN-G] Deenthorpe)); MIA Holswickede, Germany. 23/3/45 Pilot: Bolser; flak & mid air coll, crashed Hamm; 9KIA; MACR 13598.
Delivered Cheyenne 5/1/44; Gr Island 16/1/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-W] Chelveston 16/2/44; Missing in Action Cottbus 29/5/44 with Ed Kass, Co-pilot: Frank Gioffe, Bombardier: Warren Nutter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry Rublewsky, Radio Operator: Bob Rahn, Ball turret gunner: Ed Towle, Waist gunner: Bill Franklin, Waist gunner: Claude Blanton (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Bob Kierman,Tail gunner: Foster Heath (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, of Ransow, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5337.
Delivered: Denver 22/5/43; Dow Fd 14/7/43; Assigned: 550BS/385BG [SG-E] Gt Ashfield 18/7/43; Salvaged. 29/5/45. NAN B.
Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/43; Hobbs 3/4/43; Roswell 23/5/43; Hobbs 30/5/43; 3017 BU Hobbs 8/11/44; 4100 BU Patterson 24/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Brookley 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 16/4/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 94BG Bassingbourn 24/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-A] Kimbolton 20/5/43; then 526BS [LF-A]; AFSC 7/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 7/6/44; Recl Comp 9/2/45. SACK.
Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Assigned: 422BS/305BG [JJ-V] Chelveston 21/3/43; MIA Nantes 4/7/43 Pilot: Frank Scott, Co-Pilot: Bob Brazeal, Navigator: Bill Bailey, Bombardier: Leslie Stone, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Marvin Williams, Radio Operator: Ray Malaby, Ball Turret Gunner: John Kowalski, Waist Gunner: Frank Hatzke, Waist Gunner: Aubrey King, Tail Gunner: Albert King (10KIA); flak set radio room on fire SE of Belgium. e Isle, W of St Nazaire, crashed Bay of Biscay. MACR 4483. BLACK SWAN.
Delivered Long Beach 8/9/43; Scott 29/9/43; ass 339BS/96BG [QJ-H] Snetterton 14/10/43; MIA Bordeaux 5/1/44 Pilot: Gilford Pierce, Co-Pilot: Walt Cookin, Navigator: Murray Bader, Bombardier: Warren Mullins, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ray Heilman, Radio Operator: Francis Driscoll, Ball Turret Gunner: Olen McCormick, Waist Gunner: Edwin Nydlencki, Tail Gunner: Jim Brady (9KIA); Waist Gunner: Germany. ld Norman (POW-picked up by French fishermen but captured when boat entered harbour); Enemy aircraft, crashed Bay of Biscay. MACR 2013.
Delivered Denver 20/9/43; Gr Island 12/10/43; ass 527BS/379BG [FO-C] Kimbolton 13/12/43; MIA Bremen 20/12/43 Pilot: Walt Reicheld, Co-Pilot: Henry Levitan, Navigator: Harry Litz, Bombardier: Royce Taylor, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Finis Colburn, Ball Turret Gunner: Glen Brady, Tail Gunner: Chas Campbell (7KIA), Radio Operator: Joe Hennessey, Waist Gunner: Ben Poweske, Waist Gunner: Ralph Mantor (3POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Westerbek, near Osterholz-Scharmbeck, 12 miles N of Bremen, Germany. MACR 1719.
Delivered Hunter 30/9/45; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned: 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 13/10/44; MIA Parchim, Germany. 7/4/45 Pilot: Bill Richardson, Hjalmer Molner, Bob Renaud, Jack Kennedy, Jim Satterfield, John Loveless, Newell Snarr, Julius Albavich {tg}(8KIA); Vance Urban, Robert Pearce {rcm} (2POW); rammed by Sonderkommando Elbe Me109, crashed Hamburg, Ger. MACR 13888.
Delivered Tulsa 6/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Dow Fd 27/4/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 18/5/44; crash landed base? 2/10/44, Salvaged.
Delivered Long Beach 5/5/43; Kearney 30/5/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned: 551BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 20/6/43; MIA Duren 20/10/43 Pilot: Lyle Fryer, Co-Pilot: Cliff McIlveen, Navigator: John Durakov, Bombardier: Edwin Rinkenberger, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Chester Lisiewski{evaded for a time but captured later}, Radio Operator: Bill Cokins, Ball Turret Gunner: George Good, Waist Gunner: Joe Pittman, Waist Gunner: Fred Browning, Tail Gunner: Dave Carr (10POW); mech trouble, crashed De Slek, two miles S of Echt, Holland. MACR 828. SHACK BUNNY.