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Delivered Cheyenne 8/5/43; Gore 9/5/43; Moses Lake 22/5/43; Geiger 25/5/43; Smoky Hill 26/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Smoky Hill 1/7/43; Dow Fd 11/7/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-W] Framlingham 1/8/43 WILD CHILDREN; (55m) on practice mission 9/7/44 with Frank Moore, Co-pilot: Roger Ihde, Navigator: Joe Stotler, Bombardier: Judson Giddings, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Long, pass-Bernie Johnson,wg-Bill Bluhm, Waist gunner: Fred Pratt,Tail gunner: Erik Johnsen (9 Killed in Service); crash landed near base at Grove Farm, Easton, near Framlingham, Salvaged 17/8/44. LUCKY STRIKE.

Delivered Denver 11/1/44; 1SAG Langley 4/2/44; Presque Is 15/3/44; Assigned: 413BS/96BG [MZ-P] Snetterton 14/3/44; MIA Berlin 8/5/44 Pilot: John White, Bombardier: Chas Jones, Maj Raleigh Shoemaker {mission pilot} (3KIA); Navigator: Harry Grau, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Hopkins, Radio Operator: Bob Von Sternberg, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Radford, Lt Dick Oldham (mickey op}; Waist Gunner: Silvester Freese, Waist Gunner: Gene Tomlin, Tail Gunner: Bill Shelton (8POW); Enemy aircraft saw ship[ explode and crashed Kirchlinteln, 11 miles NE of Hoya, Germany. MACR 4571.

Delivered Denver 2/1/44; 1SAG Langley 25/1/44; Presque Is 23/2/44; Assigned: as PFF 413BS/96BG [MZ- ] Snetterton 25/2/44; Transferred: 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 26/2/44; MIA Oranienburg 18/4/44 Pilot: Capt Milton Esterline, Co-Pilot: Capt Jim Dalzell, Navigator: Elmer Canfield, nav rad-Elliot Evans, Bombardier: Forrest Burnett, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Earl Lynes, Radio Operator: Elvin Smith, Ball Turret Gunner: John Marr, Waist Gunner: Arthur Crouse, Tail Gunner: Harold Ross (10POW); Enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Blutehn, 11 miles N of Wittenberge, Germany. MACR 4175.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/43; Dow Fd 9/4/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-C] BLACK JACK Bassing- bourn 18/4/43; then BLOOPY BLOOMERS; transferred 401BS/91BG [LL-A] Bassingbourn 15/7/43; Missing in Action (2+m Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Talmadge Wilson, Co-pilot: Pete Berkley, Navigator: Gill Carlson, Bombardier: Wilf Boyle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Floyd King, Radio Operator: Chas Alston, Ball turret gunner: Bob Sams, Waist gunner: Lou Gramesty, Waist gunner: Gil Pratt,Tail gunner: John Marko (10 Prisoner of War); coll with 42-29587 damaged tail, ditched SW off Hook of Holland, crew picked up by German boat; Missing Air Crew Report 259. BUCCANEER.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/1/43; Salina 2/2/43; Nashville 30/3/43; Homestead 7/4/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-J] Bassingbourn 19/4/43; Missing in Action 9m Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Bob Heller, Co-pilot: Wilbur Rowland, Navigator: Walt Ferguson, Bombardier: Bob Ball, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Holmes, Radio Operator: John Turner, Waist gunner: Ken Jones, Waist gunner: Andy Pasztor,Tail gunner: Harry Harmon (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Tom Price (KIA-died of wounds two weeks later); coll mid-air with 42-3162, crash landed Schmidtheim, 45 miles NW of Koblenz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 260. JOLLY ROGER.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/44; Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-O] Deenethorpe 10/6/44; 612BS [SC-A]; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/11/45. HEAVENLY BODY.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/5/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Grand Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 1/7/43; MIA Stuttgart 6/9/43 Pilot: Ray Wilkin, Vic Sanders, Bombardier: Carl Johnson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lyle Merrill, Ball Turret Gunner: John Eicholtz, Waist Gunner: Chester Winn, Waist Gunner: Wallace Mallette, Tail Gunner: Albt Flynn (8KIA); Co-Pilot: Warren Laws, Radio Operator: Joe Schwartzkopf (2EVD); Enemy aircraft, crashed Montgeux, five miles W of Troyes, Fr; MACR 2409.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/8/43; to Hendricks with Chas Metzger 6/10/43 force landed Porto Gordo, FL; 2126 BU Laredo 3/9/44; 3018 BU Kingman 9/10/44; 2126 BU Laredo 12/10/44; Recl Comp 13/11/45.

Delivered Lincoln 15/9/44; Albuquerque 19/9/44; Grenier 16/10/44; Assigned 729BS/452DG Deopham Green 25/1/45; landing accident with Henry Althaus 4/5/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 24/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 11/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 20/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; battle damage Kiel 13/6/43 Pilot: Jim Attaway, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Huff, Radio Operator: Bob Woods, Ball Turret Gunner: John Cangles, Tail Gunner: John Trujillo, rest unknown (9RTD) ; Waist Gunner: Espero Paubionsky (KIA); suffered fighter attacks Salvaged. 19/6/43. BLACK HEART.

Delivered Denver 11/2/43; Gt Falls 16/2/43; Walla Walla 22/2/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Tinker 18/11/43; with Bill Smith force landed Dorpumfeld, 17 miles W of Lakeland, FL 5/1/44; with Bob Hoskins force landed Drew 21/5/44; with Merle Johnson force landed Drew 5/7/44; 327 BU Drew 21/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 4/9/45.

Delivered Tulsa 3/2/44; Grenier 27/2/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-M] Deenethorpe 23/3/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. ICE COLD KATY.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gr Island 5/10/43; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 26/10/43; MIA Brunswick 23/3/44 Pilot: Lloyd Wilson, Co-Pilot: Chas Coleman, Bombardier: John Markert, Radio Operator: Francis Seibel, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Shaw, Waist Gunner: Claud Dearmond, Waist Gunner: Guadalupe Sandoval (7KIA); Navigator: Bill Watts, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Edwin Hessler, Tail Gunner: Chas Gregory (3POW); col with Enemy aircraft, crashed Steyerberg, nine miles SW of Nienburg, Germany. MACR 3594. PEGASUS, TOO.

Delivered Denver 10/1/44; Gr Island 23/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 22/2/44; transferred 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 23/2/44; Missing in Action Lutzkendorf 9/2/45 with Tom DeDiemar, John James, John Augustine, John Murray, Lyman Parker, Bob Hampton, Lester Haiderman, Dick Glynn, Joe Roiden (9 Prisoner of War); mech fault, crashed Ohrdruf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 12241. DEVIL’S MATE II.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Kearney 25/7/44; Grenier 7/8/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-N] Rougham 9/8/44; 331BS [QE-N]; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Kearney 23/7/44; Grenier 7/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG Debach 9/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/45; 237 BU Kirtland 26/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45. BABY ME.

Delivered Cheyenne 4/7/44; Kearney 13/7/44; Grenier 20/7/44; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 22/7/44; Transferred: 568BS/390BG [BI-S] Framlingham 23/7/44 ‘TIL WE MEET AGAIN; MIA Frantic IV supply drop to Warsaw 18/9/44 Pilot: Francis Akins, Forrest Shaw, Ely Berenson, Myron Merrill, Frank De Cillis, George McPhee, Paul Haney, Walt Shimshock (8KIA); Marcus Shook (EVD); Jim Christy (POW); flak, crashed Warsaw, Poland. MACR 10205. I’LL BE SEEING YOU.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/9/43; Gd Island 1/11/43; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 11/11/43; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-M] Grafton Underwood 29/11/43; on ferry trip to Lt Staught for installation of GEE equipment 8/2/44 with Henry Markow, Co-pilot: Ed Lundgren, Navigator: John Schweikart, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Owen Atkinson, pass-Capt Art Poley, pass-Lt George Hackett (7 Returned to Duty); landing gear failed to function correctly so forced to crash landed 2 SAD Lt Staughton; Salvaged 17/2/44.

Delivered Denver 2/1/44; 1SAG Langley 16/1/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 2/3/44; transferred 333BS/94BG Rougham 3/3/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46.