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Delivered MacDill 17/2/42; Cheyenne 8/5/42; Boise 21/6/42; Ogden 17/7/42; Gowen 17/2/43; Lockbourn 1/4/43; with Larry Berglund force landed base 12/6/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 14/9/45.

Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gr Island 7/12/43; Selfridge 14/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Ass 335BS/95BG [OE-U] Horham 26/12/43; 13m, MIA Berlin 4/3/44 w/Rodney Roehm, cp-Dave Wolter, b-Don Regan, btg-Gene Purnell, wg-Floyd Noullet, tg-Emory Kesterson (6POW); wg-John Wesp (KIA); n-John Pearson, ettg-Chas Strackbine, ro-Tom Yankus (3EVD); flak hits, cr St Ghislane, three miles SW of Mons, Bel; MACR 2795.

Delivered Denver 26/12/43; Long Beach 29/12/43; 1SAG Langley 29/1/44; Assigned 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 9/2/44; transferred 422BS/305BG [JJ-A] Chelveston 20/3/44; 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 2/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 21/11/44 with Edwin Schoenbachler, Co-pilot: Marvin Traver, Navigator: Matt Radnofsky, Bombardier: Doug McKnight, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Moore, Radio Operator: Nobert Lynch, Ball turret gunner: Sam Pugliese, Waist gunner: Bill Martin,Tail gunner: Hastings Key, Mickey op-Lt George Hauck; (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Osnabruck; Missing Air Crew Report 10414. CASA DE UMBRIAGO.

Delivered Hunter 9/1/45; Dow Fd 19/1/45; Assigned 401BG/91BG [LL-O] Bassingbourn 23/2/45; {18+m} Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45. MERRY aka PEG OF MY HEART.

Delivered Pendleton 18/2/42; with Vic Modena force landed Walla Walla, OR 19/2/42; Tucson 12/5/42; Ephrata 4/6/42; Alamogordo 16/8/42; Boise 13/11/42; Hendricks 3/4/43; Yuma 18/10/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Denver 18/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; Nutts Corner, Belfast, N.I. 8/1/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-N] Bassingbourn 25/2/44; Missing in Action Erkner 6/3/44 with Ben Fourmy, Co-pilot: Herb Markle, Navigator: Jim Daragan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Walker, Ball turret gunner: Art Collins, Waist gunner: Russ Brinkerhoff, Waist gunner: Joe Benoit,Tail gunner: Theo Zawadski (8 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Arleigh Hale{thrown thru nose}, Radio Operator: Jim Pultz (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Nortrup, six miles SW of Quackenbruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2901.

Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Harvard 10/10/43; Assigned 711BS/447BG [IR-J] Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Cognac 31/12/43 with Milton Moore, Navigator: Jerome Abrams, Bombardier: Dave Botello, Radio Operator: John Reagan, Ball turret gunner: Dan Norton,Tail gunner: Harrell Strawn (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Jim Coleman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ted Troy, Waist gunner: Wilbur Teapole (3 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Ed Knapp (evaded capture); flak, crashed Gimeux, near target, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1769. NO REGRETS.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Gt Falls 1/12/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Romulus 6/1/44; Grenier 9/1/44; Presque Is 12/1/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-O] Horham 23/1/44; 72m, Missing in Action Zeitz 16/8/44 with Lou Price, Radio Operator: Bill Dixon, Ball turret gunner: Lorie Thomas (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: David Davies, Navigator: Jim Smith, Bombardier: Pierce Wenthur, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray BridwellWounded in Action, Waist gunner: Steve MatisWounded in Action,Tail gunner: Jim Herbig (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Naundorf, NW of Chemnitz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8177.

Delivered Pendleton 18/2/42; Cheyenne 13/5/42; force landed Biggs Fd, with Bill Breed 29/8/42; Alamogordo 11/8/42; Lockbourn 29/6/43; force landed base with Richard Alverstad 1/8/43; force landed base with Stanton Rickey 8/10/43; transferred RCAF [9207] Rockcliffe, Ont. 14/12/43; crashed Prestwick, UK. 2/4/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/43; Walla Walla 25/3/43; Metropolitan 13/4/43; Presque Is 29/4/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-W] Ridgewell 23/6/43; Missing in Action 2m Le Mans 4/7/43 with Olof Ballinger, Navigator: Paul McConnell, Tail gunner: Bill Howell, Waist gunner: Francis Owens (but died of exposure in Pyrenees en route to Spain) (4 evaded capture); Bombardier: George Williams, Ball turret gunner: Albert Wackerman, Waist gunner: Harry Bauscher (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: John Carah, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Lane, Radio Operator: Byron Gronstal (3 Prisoner of War); shot down by FW190, crashed La Coulanche, near Tours, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 161.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/12/44; Hunter 5/1/45; Dow Fd 21/1/45; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-Y] Kimbolton 3/2/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/5/43; Geiger 28/5/43; Gt Falls 7/6/43; Gore 12/6/43; Gt Falls 16/6/43; Smoky Hill 30/6/43; Dow Fd 12/7/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 13/7/43; transferred 568BS/390BG [BI-K] Framlingham 8/43; Missing in Action (12m) Munster 10/10/43 with John Winant, Co-pilot: Don Arns, Navigator: Bob Tredinnick, Bombardier: Dick Walker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Weidemann, Waist gunner: Alonzo Swope (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Paul Hurles, Ball turret gunner: Elmer Fjosne, Waist gunner: Bob Wirtz,Tail gunner: Frank Malone (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ladbergen, between Munster & Osnabruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 862. TECH SUPPLY.

Delivered MacDill 14/2/42; 97BG Sarasota 29/3/42; Bangor 26/6/42; Muroc 11/8/42; Walla Walla 5/9/42; 96BG Pocatello 6/11/42; Gowen 15/2/43; with Paul Dorny force landed Corrine, UT 17/3/43; Hill 20/3/43; Lockbourn 23/6/43; with Harry Saftler 30/3/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/43; Gr Isle 15/7/43; Dalhart 20/7/43; Rome 7/8/43; Presque Is 16/8/43; Assigned: 335BS/95BG [OE-N] Horham 20/8/43; 28m, MIA Brunswick 10/2/44 Pilot: Sid Balman, Co-Pilot: Walt Tucker, Navigator: Bob Paine, Bombardier: John Smith, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Roy Bass, Radio Operator: Don Goucner, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Doherty, Waist Gunner: Jim Chambers, Waist Gunner: John Kurek (9POW); bTail Gunner: John Sliwka (KIA); #3 & #4 caught fire, ship broke up and crashed Wietmarschen, seven miles NE of Nordhorn, Germany. MACR 2542. PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA.

Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Gr Island 11/10/43; Wilmington 13/10/43; Assigned 652BS/25BG Watton 16/10/43; Returned to the USA 4000 BU Patterson 16/4/46; 4185 BU Independence 29/10/46; 4000 BU Patterson 30/10/46; re-ass USN (CB-17) 31/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 16/10/47; Recl Comp 7/6/48; Salvaged 1/6/49.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Wilmington 10/10/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG Rougham 15/10/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 3/11/43 with Bill Brunson, Co-pilot: Ed Carrington, Navigator: Chester Gliszczynski, Radio Operator: Warren Reynolds, Ball turret gunner: Francis Harshman, Waist gunner: Cecil Barham, Waist gunner: Garland Alcorn,Tail gunner: Jim Hilliard (8KIA- all bodies in wreckage); Bombardier: Ken Van Leuven, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Lundy (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Schlarheide, near Wilhelmshafen; Missing Air Crew Report 1012. MARGIE.

Delivered Barksdale 8/2/42; MacDill 2/3/42; with Harry Beasley force landed Drew Fd, FL 17/3/42; Boise 18/8/42; March 15/11/43; Tinker 4/2/43; Gowen 24/2/43; Lockbourn force landed Corrinne, UT due to engine fire with Paul Dorney 17/3/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.

Delivered Dallas 10/9/43; Scott 9/10/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-N] Thurleigh 19/10/43; targeted Bremen 13/11/43, mission was recalled, but ship went into spin while in a thunderhead, with Clyde Cosper (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Wes Brinkley, Navigator: Allen Ballard, Bombardier: Don Dickson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Vondrchek, Radio Operator: Ken Iviemy, Ball turret gunner: Stan Downs, Waist gunner: Lloyd Meyer, Waist gunner: Harry Twing,Tail gunner: Denver McGinnis (9RTD-all bailed safely); crash landed Longwick, near Princes Risborough, Bucks., UK and exploded, killing pilot,. Salvaged.

Delivered Dallas 25/9/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Merten Putnam, Co-pilot: Walt Hauptman, Navigator: Morton Gold, Bombardier: Bill Marshall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Stewart, Ball turret gunner: Chas Sammer, Waist gunner: Jim Fordyce,Tail gunner: Fred Herudek (8 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Milton Glantz, Waist gunner: Oren Smith (2 Killed in Action); mech fault, followed by enemy aircraft attack KO’d two engines, crashed Weeze, five miles S of Goch, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2277.

Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/44; Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-X] Thurleigh 10/6/44; 30+m transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 91BG Bassingbourn 30/5/45; 100+m, Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45. SOLID SENDER.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/1/45; Hunter 9/2/45; Grenier 19/2/45; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-W] Ridgewell 21/2/45; {3+m} transferred 306BG Thurleigh 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Harvard 4/10/43; Assigned 94BG Rougham 29/11/43; transferred 711BS/447BG Rattlesden /44; Missing in Action Brunswick 10/2/44 with John Jellison, Co-pilot: Billy Collins, Navigator: Don Clausen, Bombardier: Ed Bracken, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wayne Akers, Radio Operator: Clarry Peterson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Lancaster, Waist gunner: Arnold Stone, Waist gunner: Art Titus,Tail gunner: Stan Leer (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Evenkamp, four miles W of Loningen, 11 miles NW of Quackenbruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2534. THE SQUIRMING SQUAW.

Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Harvard 11/10/43; Assigned 711BS/447BG [IR-N] Rattlesden 19/11/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Bill Davidson, Co-pilot: Clarry Fishburn, Navigator: John Coulson, Bombardier: Alan Brady, Radio Operator: Chas Buran, Ball turret gunner: Joe Oliver, Waist gunner: Chas Roberts, Waist gunner: John Reder,Tail gunner: Wendell Bourguignon (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Murphy (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Eickendorf, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4246.

Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/44; Hunter 9//4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-G] Deenethorpe 24/5/44; Missing in Action Dessau 28/5/44 with Fred Windham, Navigator: Carl Floto, Bombardier: Angelo Melito, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Rittmaier, Waist gunner: Clyde Irelan (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Don Ferguson, Radio Operator: Dana Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Leon Mihalich, Waist gunner: Jose Garcia,Tail gunner: Floyd Miller (5 Killed in Action); flak KOd #3 & enemy aircraft the oxygen, crashed Niemeck, seven miles W of Treuenbrietzen, Ger. MACR 5305. BTO IN THE ETO.