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Delivered & Assigned US Navy Johnsville 12/7/45 as PB-1W {77238}; Assigned VX-4 Quonset Pt 2/47; Norfolk 9/49; Johnsville 10/1/50; TD VX-1 Key West 1/50; Norfolk 27/12/51; Johnsville 22/7/53; Litchfield Pk 8/8/55; SO 10/7/56; Hamilton Aircraft as N5231V, Jan ’58, then Aerovias Tunari, Bolivia 1958, as CP-640; Comp/Boliv/Avn 23/12/64; crashed La Paz 17/8/67.

Delivered Dallas 14/5/44; Langley 27/6/44; Dow Fd 18/7/44; Assigned 463BG PFF Celone 23/7/44; Salvaged 6/10/44.

Delivered Tulsa 16/5/44; Dallas 13/6/44; Boca Raton 3/7/44; 3501 BU Boca Raton 7/7/44; 3539 BU Langley 16/10/44; 4137 BU Hendricks 30/5/45; 2410 BU Smyrna 30/10/45; 554 BU Memphis 13/6/46; 4136 BU Tinker 16/6/46; 554 BU Memphis 26/6/46; Recl Comp 1/8/46.

Delivered Denver 27/8/43; Assigned Material Command, Seattle survey 7/7/44; crash landed Lowry, CO with Jennison Heaton 8/9/43; sal 5/8/44.

Delivered Tulsa 12/4/45; Patterson 20/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/10/45

Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 7/5/43; Sioux City 11/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 19/6/43; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 20/6/43 TIGER GIRL; MIA Stuttgart 6/9/43 Pilot: Earl Melville, Radio Operator: Frank Aldenhoevel, Waist Gunner: Bill Borchert, Tail Gunner: Walt Creamer (4KIA); Co-Pilot: Bob Stone, Navigator: John Pronek, Bombardier: Bill Pastrick, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Lotter, Ball Turret Gunner: Morris Wickersham, Waist Gunner: Bernard Tuvman (6POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Voves, 12 miles SE of Chartres, Fr; MACR 3124. SHEDONWANNA

Delivered Cheyenne 4/1/44; Kearney 14/1/44; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-B] Rougham 5/2/44; then 410BS [GL-B]; Missing in Action Berlin 4/3/44 with Delmar Pollack, Radio Operator: Gerald Silver, Ball turret gunner: Bill Grocke, Waist gunner: Bill Irwin,Tail gunner: Jay Summers (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Warren Vaneschen, Navigator: Bernie Zak, Bombardier: Ralph Candiotti, Waist gunner: Walt Stevenson (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Kirker (evaded capture); battle damaged, caught fire, crashed Calais area, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2998.

Delivered Long Beach 11/11/43; Denver 16/11/43; Orlando 29/11/43; 241 BU Fairmont, 7/7/44; 225 BU Rapid City 28/12/44; 2114 BU Lockbourn 6/7/45; 2317 BU Hendricks 18/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 15/10/45.

Delivered & Assigned US Navy Johnsville 17/7/45 as PB-1W {77239}; Assigned VPB-101 Floyd Bennett Fd 2/46; transferred VX-4 Patuxent River 1/50; overshot runway NAS Glenview, Ill 14/2/50, Salvaged.

Delivered Denver 22/10/43; 3018 BU Kingman 16/11/43; 330 BU Dyersburg; 347 BU Drew 28/8/45; 330 BU Dyersburg 11/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/2/45.

Delivered Denver 19/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-V] Thurleigh 19/9/43; battle damaged Anklam 9/10/43 and returning crash landed base with Woody Thomas, Co-pilot: John Kappmeyer, Navigator: Harry McCaleb, Bombardier: Joe Lukens, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alex Heyburn, Radio Operator: T.R. Hill, Ball turret gunner: Ed DeByser, Waist gunner: Marcel St Louis, Waist gunner: Ernie Henderson,Tail gunner: Jim Harris (10 Returned to Duty); Missing Air Crew Report 2755.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/44; Hunter 13/7/44; Dow Fd 26/7/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-D] Deenethorpe 5/8/44; collided during assembly for Sterkrade 22/1/45 with Bob Deen, crashed three miles SE RAF Saltby, UK; Salvaged 24/1/45.

Delivered & Assigned US Navy Johnsville 10/7/45 as PB-1W {77240}; Assigned VPB-101 Floyd Bennett Fd 1/46; re-designated VX-4 6/46; Quonset Pt 9/46; Norfolk 5/47; Quonset Pt 8/47; Norfolk 10/51; VX-4 Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico 3/52; San Diego 31/7/53; transferred VW-1 Barbers Pt, Hawaii 12/1/53; Returned to the USA San Diego 2/1/54; Litchfield Pk 8/12/54; SO 10/7/56; AmComp Steel Corp, Tucson 2/12/57, Civil N5232V; Aero AmCorp, Cincinnati 5/9/61; one of three aircraft purchased by Columbia Pictures for film `The War Lover’, scrapped Bovingdon Airfield, UK 3/62.

Delivered Denver 2/9/43; Gr Island 20/9/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX- ?] Snetterton 30/9/43; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Gordon Hendrickson, Co-pilot: Stan Wells, Navigator: Joe Taylor, Bombardier: Jim Rose, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Vargo, Radio Operator: Edwin Bowersox, Ball turret gunner: Lew DeVoe, Waist gunner: Ferdy Monier, Waist gunner: Jack Clackley,Tail gunner: Garnet Wood (10 Killed in Action); ditched North Sea, no trace of crew or aircraft; Missing Air Crew Report 1320.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/44; Hunter 7/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 600BS/398BG [N8-T] Nuthampstead 18/7/44; (31m) Missing in Action Misburg 26/11/44 with Kermit Pope, Co-pilot: Walt Bagot, Navigator: John Jurcyk, Bombardier: Walter Poole, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ovila Corbiere, Radio Operator: Delmont Lewis, Ball turret gunner: Ken Hawkins, Waist gunner: Joe Kerr,Tail gunner: Chas Steele (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Velswijk, E of Arnhem, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 11144. PHONEY EXPRESS.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/44; Hunter 7/6/44; Dow Fd 3/7/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY- ] Chelveston 4/7/44; battle damaged Gelsenkirchen 26/8/44 with crew unknown? (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed base; Salvaged 2 SAD.

Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG [GY-Q] Thurleigh 6/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Darvin Smith, Co-pilot: Art Camosy, Navigator: Claude Hawkins, Bombardier: Tony Laura, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Maynard Miller, Radio Operator: Jack Childers, Ball turret gunner: George Krieckhaus, Waist gunner: Bill Holder, Waist gunner: Gene Wright,Tail gunner: Bob Granberg (10 Killed in Action); flak damage, crashed Eursinge, S of Darp-Havelte, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 4556.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Morrison 13/4/43; Presque Is 6/5/43; Assigned 92BG Alconbury 8/5/43; 412BS, 95BG Alconbury; 27-5-43 Damaged Beyond Repair DBR by debris from exploding 42-29685 bomb load, listed as salvaged n/battle damaged by 91BG 14/6/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Gr Island 19/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 728th BS / 452nd BG Deopham Green (T) 13/3/44; battle damaged Chemnitz, Ger 6/2/45 with Carl Tyner, Co-pilot: John Stellitans, Navigator: John Woodford, togg-Sgt Hurbert Richardson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marion Strong, Radio Operator: Chas Boyle, Ball turret gunner: Art Phillips, Waist gunner: Harley Riesgard,Tail gunner: Chas Riesig (9 Returned to Duty); flak KOd two engines, force landed continent; Salvaged 20/5/45. DUECES WILD.

Delivered Lincoln 9/11/44; Grenier 2/12/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-Z] 13/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45; SWEET MARIE.