Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Great Falls, Montana 2/11/43; Kansas City 7/12/43; Eglin 17/12/43; Wright Field 11/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Oklahoma City 26/1/44; Grenier 18/2/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-S] Grafton Underwood 2/3/44; Salvaged due to battle damage AFSC 7/7/44. WEST END.
Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/44; Hunter 16/12/44; Grenier 30/12/44; Assigned PFF 615BS/401BG [IY-M] Deenethorpe 18/2/45; transferred 305BG Chelveston 20/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/10/46.
Delivered Cheyenne 22/9/43; Gr Island 7/10/43; Wilmington 10/10/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-J] Horham 14/10/43; [4m] crashed on take off for Gelsenkirchen 19/11/43 with Kenneth B. Rongstad, Co-pilot: Warren M. Strawn, Navigator: Richard E. Diete, Bombardier: Joseph F. Spicer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gail A. Richmond Jr, Radio Operator: Gordon V. Sorensen, Ball turret gunner: Charles E. Phinney, Waist gunner: Louis M. Mirabel, Waist gunner: Julius W. Torok,Tail gunner: Kenneth Cosby (10 Killed in Service), stalled and crashed, destroying farmhouse (Mr & Mrs Vic & Ruby Gooderham, Iris Tyderman, 3 inj), at Green Farm, Redlingfield, UK. (Only 8AF loss of the day.)
Delivered Lincoln 24/9/44; Dow Fd 15/10/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-D] Bassingbourn 4/11/44; battle damaged Feldhausen 22/3/45 with ?; crash landed Melsbroek A/fd, Bel; Salvaged 25/3/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/43; Salina 12/2/43; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-X] Bassingbourn 26/3/43; Missing in Action Wilhemshafen 21/5/43 with Norman Retchin, Co-pilot: John Lamberson, Navigator: Morris Floyd, Bombardier: John Byrnes, Radio Operator: Andy Muzik, Ball turret gunner: Cloren Meade, Waist gunner: Chas Huber, Waist gunner: Elmer Kalfsbeck,Tail gunner: John Conard (9 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Wing (Killed in Action); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Warnsath, four miles NW of Wittmund, W of Wilhelmshafen, Ger. No MACR.
Delivered Barksdale 9/2/42; Cheyenne 10/5/42; Walla Walla 29/6/42; Pendleton 11/8/42; Boise 26/10/42; Topeka 1/12/42; 384BG Wendover 2/1/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-F] Grafton Underwood 30/5/43; Missing in Action Wangerooge Is. 25/6/43 with John Way, Ball turret gunner: Chas Crawford, Waist gunner: Bill Feagin (body washed up 7/7/43), Tail gunner: Ray Dodge (body washed up later) (4 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Stephen Fabian, Navigator: Bob Jansen, Bombardier: Tom Corrigan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Hill, Radio Operator: Edmund Gadomski, Waist gunner: Albert Westlake (6 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft & flak damage, crew bailed then ship exploded and crashed into Dollart Bay, estuary of River Ems between Holland & Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 16349. MISS DEAL.
Delivered Denver 22/3/43; Cheyenne 31/3/43; Romulus 10/4/43; Assigned: 366BS/305BG [KY-F] Chelveston 18/5/43; Transferred: 547BS/384BG [SO-Q] Grafton Underwood 19/9/43; MIA Bremen 26/11/43 Pilot: Leslie Amundsen, Navigator: Frank Faragasso, Bombardier: Bob Coughlin, Radio Operator: Murray Howard, Frank Chairet (5POW), Co-Pilot: Bill Marcolla, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Larry Ford, Ball Turret Gunner: Jim Culloty, Waist Gunner: Chas Zesch, Tail Gunner: Cecil Brown{captured in Brussels 22/3/44} (5EVD); Enemy aircraft, landed Bisschop, near Duuswoude, Hol. MACR 1662.
Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 12/12/43; Romulus 17/12/43; Grenier 19/12/43; Presque Is 22/12/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-W] Horham 26/12/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 27/9/44 with Benedict B Busse (Osborne)/Albert E. Burns(95th BG History), rest unknown; one engine out, force landed France, Salvaged 29/11/44. BERLIN BESSIE.
Delivered Barksdale 9/2/42; Cheyenne 21/5/42; Walla Walla 30/7/42; force landed base with J.A. Yuravich 12/8/42 & rep; Rapid City 1/10/42; Pocatello 6/11/42; Topeka 12/12/42; Wendover 6/1/43; Lockbourne, OH 30/3/43; with Bob Baldwin force landed base 28/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 18/8/45.
Delivered Cheyenne 9/10/42; Geiger 4/12/42; Gowen 10/3/43; with Arney (nold?) Rector exploded and crashed a mile N of Mountain Home Fd, ID 3/5/43, all Killed in Service . Written off 5/5/43.
Delivered Tulsa 5/10/42; Presque Is 27/11/42; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Thurleigh 1/1/43; Missing in Action Bremen 17/4/43 Pilot: Warren George, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Warren McGregor (2KIA); Co-Pilot: Bob Malin, Navigator: Andy Simmons, Bombardier: John Parker, Radio Operator: Jim Thornton, Ball Turret Gunner: Don Bevan, Waist Gunner: Chas Randell, Waist Gunner: George McClenan, Tail Gunner: Jack Amery (8POW); enemy aircraft caused fire, crashed Tenstedt near Cappeln, 8km south-east of Cloppenburg, Ger,. Missing Air Crew Report 15544.
Delivered Lincoln 1//1/45; Dow Fd 25/1/45; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-Y] Bassingbourn 23/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/45; Sth Plains 17/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45.
Delivered MacDill 14/2/42; crash landed base with F.E. Winget 20/4/42 and salvaged.
Delivered Cheyenne 16/11/43; Kearney 3/12/43; Cleveland 9/12/43; Syracuse 11/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Prestwick 19/12/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-A] Rougham 20/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 19/5/44 with Marion Reid, Co-pilot: Lew Carter, Navigator: Roger Tessier, Bombardier: Stan Duffield, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lee Kieffer, Radio Operator: John Boone, Ball turret gunner: Ludwig Huth, Waist gunner: Jim Kalahar, Waist gunner: Dick Brennan,Tail gunner: Willard Christensen, obs-T/Sgt John Davis (11 Killed in Action); hit by bombs from 42-97791 (94BG) above knocking off left horizontal stabilizer, then wing broke off as it spun to earth, crashed Oderbergerstrasse, Berlin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4946. MISS DONNA MAE.
Delivered: Denver 28/2/44; 1SAG Langley 17/3/44; Grenier 5/4/44; Assigned: 332BS/94BG [XM-O] Rougham 10/4/44; on bomb run over Berlin 19/5/44 a stick knocked off the stabiliser of a shjip below 42-31540 which crashed in below killing all crew; forced landing base Pilot: Bob Weltz due to mechanical malfunction 11/12/44; Returned to US: Bradley 21/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45; 237 BU Kirtland 25/12/45; Scrapped: Albuquerque 7/2/46. TRUDY.
Delivered Denver 19/10/43; Gr Island 6/11/43; Presque Is 11/11/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-Y] Horham 15/11/53; 25m, Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Frank Fagan, Co-pilot: Howard Zeman, Navigator: Harry McGlune, Bombardier: Harry Hamilton, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mason Blake, Radio Operator: George Daniels, Ball turret gunner: Larry Johnston, Waist gunner: Sam Caughom, Waist gunner: Jim Snoody,Tail gunner: Rich Key (10 Prisoner of War); left formation crew bailed, ship crashed Burg, near Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2983. DIANA.
Delivered Dallas 23/4/44; Hunter 8/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-G] Bassingbourn 29/6/44; 323BS; Missing in Action {21+m} Merseburg 2/11/44 with Jim Faris, Co-pilot: Dick White, Navigator: Norman Passenger, Bombardier: John Werner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Taylor, Radio Operator: Claude Harper (6 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Paul Vinecourt, Waist gunner: Theo Knapp,Tail gunner: Melvin Wagner (3 Killed in Action); attacked by several enemy aircraft, crashed Koethen, Ger?; Missing Air Crew Report 10149. SHERRY’S CHERRIES.
Delivered Denver 6/1/43; Salina 12/1/43; Homestead 4/2/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-G] Bassingbourn 25/2/43; Missing in Action 8m Bremen 17/4/43 with Nick Stoffel (+ 92BG crew), Co-pilot: Capt Bob Foster, Navigator: John Segrest, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edson Saylor, Waist gunner: John Townsend (5 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Everett Coppage, Radio Operator: Harry Langhofer, Ball turret gunner: Carl Quist, Waist gunner: Doug Wood,Tail gunner: Matt Medina (5 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Fiebing, 10 miles S of Aurich, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 6574. THE SKY WOLF II.
Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/44; Denver 3/3/44; 1SAG Langley 3/6/44; Dow Fd 20/5/44; Assigned 91BG Bassingbourn 11/6/44; transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-J] Ridgewell 5/7/44; Missing in Action {6+m} Nienburg 5/8/44 with Sal Melomo, Navigator: Chas Freeman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Willard Gilbertson, Radio Operator: Leland Vaughn, Waist gunner: Julian Hill (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Edwin Palmer, Ex nav-Bill Bernstein, Co-pilot: Dave Lane, Ball turret gunner: Jim Moorhead,Tail gunner: Lou Beneke (5 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3 and #4, crashed off Jadebusen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7884.
Delivered 13/8/43; Gr Island 3/9/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-J] Bassingbourn 22/9/43; Missing in Action 5m Wilhelmshaven 3/11/43 with Bill McAdams, Co-pilot: Bob Shipp, Navigator: Grey Winchester, e-Tom Kenefik, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Allender, Radio Operator: Alf Ramones, Ball turret gunner: Bernie Silverman, Waist gunner: Joe Chisar, Waist gunner: Gilberto Ortiz,Tail gunner: Earl Miller (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 1154. VAGABOND LADY.
Delivered Cheyenne 30/6/43; English Fd 16/7/43; Pyote 17/7/43; 19BG Pyote 9/11/43; with Tom Pittman force landed Miami Apt, Fl 5/4/44; with Merritt Laubach force landed Roanoke, Va 15/7/44; 500BG Walker 8/8/44; 233 BU Davis Monthan 18/8/44; with Sam Whitehead force landed Tinker Fd,Ok 8/10/44; 242 BU Gr Isle 17/12/44; 202 BU Galveston 18/12/44; 242 BU Gr Isle 21/12/44; TAC 902 BU Orlando 20/3/45; 242 BU Gr Isle 14/5/45; 120 BU Richmond 17/7/45; 242 BU Gr Isle 9/9/45; 4136 BU Tinker 9/10/45; CAF 242 BU Gr Isle 29/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/10/46.
Delivered Tulsa 4/5/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Grenier 24/5/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 27/5/44; 1m Missing in Action Cologne 9/1/45 with Rifas Missing Air Crew Report 11718. MISS `D’ DAY.
Delivered Long Beach 29/9/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-O] Horham 11/11/43; (5m) returning from Noball mission 24/12/43 landed in poor visibility too far down the runway and nosed up, after clipping another B-17 (42-30233), with Jim Foley, Co-pilot: Paul Keith, Navigator: Chas Shaughnessy, Bombardier: Chas Wyman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Irving Rothman, Radio Operator: Earl Carter, Ball turret gunner: Warren Cadie, Waist gunner: Bill King, Waist gunner: Ed Ciesler,Tail gunner: Bill Hobbs (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 8/1/44.