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Delivered Lincoln 30/11/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned: 748BS/457BG [Z] Glatton 21/3/45; Returned to US: Bradley 4/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 6/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 17/12/45.

Delivered Denver 1/12/43; Kearney 28/12/43; Memphis 4/1/44; Jacksonville 5/1/44; Morrison 6/1/44; Casablanca 11/1/44; Assigned 414BS/97BG Amendola 16/1/44; Missing in Action Udine 18/3/44 with Ed Adams, Co-pilot: Lee Gordon, Navigator: Ed Duran, Bombardier: Parson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wayne Switzer, Radio Operator: Stovall, Ball turret gunner: Bill Abrin, Waist gunner: Ed Barnis,Tail gunner: Gilbert Koch; enemy aircraft, crashed Fiume, It; Missing Air Crew Report 3290. (part 463BG crew).

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Paine 2/12/43; Kearney 11/12/43; Romulus 18/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned: 333BS/94BG [TS- ] Rougham 27/12/43; MIA Berlin 22/3/44 Pilot: Birger Carlson, Co-Pilot: George Baxter, Navigator: Bob Christensen, Bombardier: Adam Hafer, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Don Fish, Radio Operator: John Scopa, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Walkup, Waist Gunner: Frank Harmon, Waist Gunner: George James, Tail Gunner: Aaron Jamison (10KIA); three flak hits, tail broke up and crashed Grunewald, on the Grosser Stern, Germany. MACR 3535. ATHENIAN AVENGER (‘ADVENTURER’)

Delivered Cheyenne 12/8/44; Hunter 23/8/44; Grenier 4/9/44; Assigned: 568BS/390BG [BI-Z] Framlingham 8/9/44 BIG GAS BIRD; MIA Derben 14/1/45 Pilot: Lou Niebergall, Norman Comstock, Lorenzo Herring, Bob Putt, Jack Palmer, Len Hokow (7POW); Jay Bowman, Vic Perrotta, Jim Kidd (3KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Friesacker, Germany. MACR 11722. STAR DUSTER.

Delivered Long Beach 31/1/43; Salina 25/2/43; Geiger 26/3/43; Casper 15/4/43; Colorado Sp 10/7/43; Written off 19/8/44; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

Delivered Tulsa 6/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Dow Fd 8/5/44; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 28/5/44; MIA Brandenburg 6/8/44 Pilot: Allen Webb, Co-Pilot: John Hayes, Navigator: Earl Grossnickle, Bombardier: George Gomez, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lendon Grisham, Radio Operator: Ralph Murkin, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Burt, Waist Gunner: Adolph Gonzales (8POW); Tail Gunner: Jack Patrick (KIA); flak, ditched Baltic; MACR 7882. UNDERGROUND FARMER.

Delivered Lincoln 21/2/45; Grenier 23/3/45; Assigned 15AF 28/3/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/9/46; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 19/11/47.

Delivered Dallas 19/7/43; Grand Isle 11/8/43; Assigned: 367BS/306BG [GY-S] Thurleigh; trans 368BS [BO-S]; MIA Augsburg 25/2/44 Pilot: Joe Gay, Co-Pilot: Ira Gordon, Waist Gunner: Steve Kriski, Tail Gunner: Bernie Nitti (4KIA); Navigator: Dan McCauley, Bombardier: Howard Harmston, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Paul Hughes, Radio Operator: Eric Danielson, Ball Turret Gunner: Lou Brofford, Waist Gunner: George Lilja (6POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Hannogne-St Martin, six miles SW of Sedan, Fr; MACR 2769.

with Chas Millard force landed Orlando, Fl 29/9/45;

Delivered Lincoln 12/10/44; Grenier 27/10/44; Assigned 413BS/96BG [MZ-N] Snetterton 29/10/44; following a training flight with Ed Onisko was hit on runway by 43-38576 with Len Kramer, but repaired and returned to operations.

Delivered Denver 16/7/43; Gr Isle 8/8/43; Assigned: 423BS/306BG [RD-A/S] Thurleigh 25/8/43; battle damage over Solingen 1/12/43 Pilot: Capt George Rees, Co-Pilot: Geno DeBetta, Navigator: W.H. Dickenson, Bombardier: W.S. Ellertsdon, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: L.G. Dillon, Radio Operator: J.K Atchley, Waist Gunner: Harry Shutts, Waist Gunner: E.D. Walters, Tail Gunner: J.K. Hadberg (9RTD); Ball Turret Gunner: Ken Rood (KIA- chute failed to open). Severe turbulence caused ship to crashed at College Farm, Lasham, Hants, UK Salvaged. No MACR. HUSTLING SUE.

Delivered Dallas 17/7/43; Gore 18/7/43; Dallas 21/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Gr Isle 10/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG Thurleigh; transferred 526BS/379BG [LF-O] Kimbolton 19/10/43; transferred 15AF 2/5/44; Ret UK AFSC 7/6/44; Returned to the USA 4136 BU 3/7/44; 610 BU Eglin 23/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46. NINE YANKS AND A REBEL.

Delivered Cheyenne 11/7/44; Kearney 21/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-M] Deenethorpe 25/8/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 5/11/44 with ?; crash landed Dunmow A/fd, UK; Salvaged 8/11/44.

Delivered Topeka 19/3/45; slated 8AF, transferred Sth Plains 15/4/45; Patterson 25/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/10/45.

Delivered Hunter 18/3/45; Grenier 29/3/45; Assigned 8AF 1/4/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 18/1/48; Recl Comp 27/5/48.

Delivered Tulsa 31/1/44; Kearney 3/2/44; Presque Is 17/2/44; Assigned: 338BS/96BG [BX-F] Snetterton 14/3/44; MIA Munster 5/10/44 Pilot: Ken Berve, Co-Pilot: Howard Franklyn, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Saling, Waist Gunner: Bob Robinson (4POW); Navigator: Otto Lundquist, Bombardier: Bill Jones, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jack Miller, Radio Operator: Tom Grissom, Jack Tail Gunner: Milward (5KIA); flak, crashed Roxel, NW of Munster, Germany. MACR 9514. IN THE MOOD.

Delivered Denver 19/1/44; MacDill 29/1/44; Morrison 1/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 12/3/44; transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action {22m} Ploesti 18/5/44 with Herschel McClain, Gilroy, Lindquist, Corcoran, Miaskiewicz, Newman, Confer, Jones, Downs, Flye, Nolan; flak, crashed Mostar; Missing Air Crew Report 5066.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/44; Kearney 17/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-F] Deenethorpe 16/4/44; mechanical fault, with Dave Stauffer, caused fire and burnt out at RAF Saltby 25/43/45; 111m, Salvaged 2 SAD 25/3/45. CHUTE THE WORKS.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/12/44; Hunter 15/12/44; Dow Fd 3/1/45; Assigned: 833BS/486BG [4N-S] Sudbury 8/1/45 (last aircraft assgd to Grp); {13m} MIA Grafenwohr 8/4/45 Pilot: Tom Hohmann, Bob Crain, Elwin Newell (3POW); Paul Loreen, Fernandi DeLuma, Bob Brown, Bill Schneider, Norman Robins {tg}, Lt Henry Bodzin {radar nav} (6KIA); flak, crashed Rehau, Germany. MACR 13738. LONESOME POLECAT.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Dyersburg 27/6/43; Smoky Hill 28/6/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Presque Is 2/8/43; Assigned: 364BS/305BG [WF-E] Chelveston 6/9/43; MIA Ludwigshafen 7/1/44 Pilot: Neil Lathrop, Tail Gunner: Alf Wendt (2EVD), Co-Pilot: Jesse Crookshanks, Navigator: Gordon Prout, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Earl Adams, Radio Operator: Joe Geiger, Waist Gunner: George Ayer, Waist Gunner: Otto Dambach (6POW), Bombardier: Chas Roberts, Ball Turret Gunner: Elmer LeJuene (2KIA-went down with ship); flak, crashed near Estree Blanche, 15 miles N of St Pol, Fr. MACR 1963.