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Delivered Tulsa 14/1/43; Assigned: 422BS/305BG [JJ-W] New Castle 17/3/43; Chelveston 25/3/43; MIA Villacoublay 14/7/43 Pilot: John Perkins, Co-Pilot: Art Lewis, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Joe Dube, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Wendell, Waist Gunner: Joe Devine, Waist Gunner: Sid Lesneau, Tail Gunner: Ken Meyer (7KIA); Navigator: Chas Otis, Bombardier: George Carruthers, Radio Operator: Harry Fedora, foto-George Friend (4POW); Enemy aircraft KO’d #3, crashed Lieuesant, 10 miles NW of Melun, Fr.; MACR 64. WINDY CITY CHALLENGER.

Delivered Hunter 2/11/44; Grenier 19/11/44; Assigned 509BS/351BG [RQ-G] Polebrook 20/2/45; 38m Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; Sth Plains 7/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Portland 19/12/43; Gt Falls 20/12/43; Cheyenne 21/12/43; Kansas City 5/1/44; Memphis 6/1/44; Lakeland 7/1/44; Morrison 18/2/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 20/2/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 7/7/44 with Carl Sorensen, Co-pilot: Kingsley Enoch, Navigator: Albert Berrie, Bombardier: Tom Platten, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ken Sharp, Radio Operator: Danny DeLio, Ball turret gunner: Harry Kennelley, Waist gunner: Ernie Rossi, Waist gunner: Don Nye,Tail gunner: John Leone (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Gyor, Hung; Missing Air Crew Report 6566.

Delivered Denver 2/12/43; Roswell 18/12/43; 3030 BU Roswell 2/6/44; 3010 BU Williams 20/1/45; 3020 BU La Junta 19/4/45; 2114 BU Lockbourn 25/6/45; 2137 BU Hendricks 18/8/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 12/12/43; Romulus 17/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-S] Snetterton 26/12/43; MIA Saarbrucken 23/5/44 Pilot: Rich Debrandes, Co-Pilot: Glen Harrison, Navigator: Sam Fudge, Bombardier: Joe Armstrong, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Alex Lambrecht, Radio Operator: Ken Garwood, Ball Turret Gunner: Glen Smith, Waist Gunner: Terrall Rogers, Tail Gunner: Gene Stauffer (9RTD); ditched Channel 15miles W of Shoreham, Sussex, crew rescued by ASR and taken to RAF Friston; WILDFIRE II.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Morrison 14/4/43; Dow Fd 21/4/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-W] Alconbury 25/4/43; 3m, Written off after another aircraft 42-29685 exploded nearby on base 27/5/43, Salvaged. PASSION FLOWER.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/2/43; Stillwater 8/3/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-C] Alconbury 15/4/43; [QW-X] Alconbury 12/5/43; 5m, Destroyed Beyond Repair DBR by flying debris after bomb loading accident on 42-29685 14/6/43. Parts salvaged post accident.

Delivered: Long Beach 22/3/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Dow Fd 20/5/43; Assigned: 547BS/384BG [SO-U] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43; MIA Antwerp 22/6/43 Pilot: Fred Disney, Waist Gunner: Joe Kilb, Tail Gunner: Jim Knutson (3POW); Co-Pilot: Dan DiThomas, Navigator: Alex Bredacs, Bombardier: Bernie Nelson, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harry Hammond, Radio Operator: Maryville Galloway, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Linehan, Waist Gunner: Clarry Stewart (7KIA); Enemy aircraft, ditched Channel. MACR 14668. SALVAGE QUEEN.

Delivered Denver 1/12/43; Paine 4/12/43; Kearney 26/12/43; Memphis 1/1/44; Morrison 3/1/44; Assigned 347BS/99BG 10/1/44; 2WIA and 2MIA after bailing out 17/2/44 near Lake Albano, Italy with Bob Norton, Collins Wounded in Action, Bush Wounded in Action Muheran mia, Haurihan mia, rest ? ; Missing in Action 18m Regensburg 25/2/44 with Pilot Connie J. Laino; Co-Pilot Hubert Q. Gilliam; Navigator Francis T. Farrell; Bombardier Robert R. McLoughlin; Engineer George B. Garvin; Assistant Engineer Leslie J. Harris; Radio Operator Lonnie M. Denning; Assistant Radio Operator Joe D. Freeland Jr (KIA); Waist Gunner Albert V. Ellison; Tail Gunner Vincent J. Faralli; enemy aircraft, crashed just inside Austria, 3 miles South of Burghausen, Germany, near the German-Austrian border. Missing Air Crew Report 2704. Most of the crew was captured around 13:00 in Braunau am Inn, Austria. Tail Gunner Faralli, wounded, was taken to an hospital in Wels, Austria.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Kearney 16/3/44; Dow Fd 5/4/44; Assigned 560BS/388BG [W] Knettishall 7/4/44; returned early from mission with loss of #1 20/5/44 with Gus Schneider, Co-pilot: Tilrow Morrison, Navigator: Norden Schloss, Bombardier: Leon Starer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilbur Rodehauer, Radio Operator: Ken Yearian, Ball turret gunner: Marvin Peters, Waist gunner: Bob Rodman, Waist gunner: John Harding,Tail gunner: Hubert Schoeman (10 Returned to Duty); on landing in fog overshot runway crashed through a line tent and Nissen hut killing three men and injuring another; Salvaged 20/5/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 22/3/44; MIA Rostock 11/4/44 Pilot: Edmund Ely, Co-Pilot: Fred Pratt, Navigator: Bill Ellis, Bombardier: Dave Ririe, Radio Operator: John Russell, Ball Turret Gunner: Vince Muffoletto (6POW); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Leo Komoely, Waist Gunner: Harvey Ringer, Waist Gunner: Constantine Scourbys, Tail Gunner: Tom Neill (4KIA-baled over Baltic Sea); Enemy aircraft KOd #1, set fire to radio room, crash-landed Bad Doberan/ Mecklenburg, seven miles W of Rostock, Germany. MACR 3776

Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/44; Kearney 4/3/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned: 563BS/388BG Knettishall 12/3/44; MIA Rostock 11/4/44 Pilot: Bill Osterkamp, Co-Pilot: Leo Hughes, Navigator: Ken Perlitch, Bombardier: Harry Solomon, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Newell Ballard, Radio Operator: Elwood Tobias, Ball Turret Gunner: Leo Collins, Waist Gunner: George Taylor, Waist Gunner: Jim Evans, Tail Gunner: Jim Whitehead (10KIA-one body hit stabilizer); Enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea off Rostock, Germany. MACR 3777.

Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Scott 27/10/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-M] Deenethorpe 3/11/43; transferred 487BG Lavenham 15/7/44; then to 860BS/493BG Debach, on local flight 16/8/44 with Capt Wesley(Don Hastings?), Co-pilot: Chas Boyce, Navigator: Fred Hughes, Bombardier: Harry Trumbo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Gittens, Radio Operator: Maurice Spiegle, Ball turret gunner: John West, Waist gunner: Howard Slayton,Tail gunner: Stan Vajda (9 Returned to Duty); on third landing aircraft went down on belly skidding to a stop; Salvaged 16/8/44. WIDDLE TWINKLE.

Delivered Cheyenne 15-Apr-43; Gore 25-Apr-43; Sioux City 30-Apr-43; Kearney 4-May-43; Bangor 20-May-43; 9-Jun-43 Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-Q] Grafton Underwood; involved in mid-air collision over base with 42-30036 during practice flight 9-Sep-43 with Pilot: Francis Witt, Co-pilot: T.L. Carter, Navigator: Arthur Harris, Bombardier: Joe Derer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Boyd Titman, Radio Operator: Bill Sears, passengers-Frank Brasiel, Cyril Knapek, Ed Millerr (9 Returned to Duty); repaired and transferred 2 SAD Lt Staughton 17-Jul-43, for modification in preparation to accompany RAF Halifaxes on Meteorological duties 1CCRC Bovingdon, Herts; transferred RAF 517 Sq, St Eval, Cornwall, Sep-43; Missing in Action from RAF Brawdy, Pembroke on Met. Flight over English Channel, Torquay-Cherbourg 2-Feb-44 – 8KOM MACR 2250

Delivered Denver 11/7/43; Grenier 18/8/43; Assigned 812BS/482BG [MI-F] {549BS/385BG [XA-]} Alconbury 20/8/43 (H2-X); Missing in Action Berlin 21/6/44 with Matt Totter, Bill Lynch, Ernie Ven Der Heyden, Albt Strahle, Warren Rissmiller, Walter Lynch, Roy Rayle, John Ranz, Craig Lewis, Bob Stafford (10INT); force landed Sweden; Missing Air Crew Report 5919. Became Swedish air-liner SE-BAN; Written off 10/1948.

Delivered Denver 1/6/43; Dow Fd 7/7/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 9/7/43 SKY SHY; Missing in Action 6/9/43 with Jim Roe, Co-pilot: Ernie Thompson, Navigator: Milton Schoenborn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Mace, Radio Operator: Dave Tees, Ball turret gunner: Rich Senegal, Waist gunner: Tom Mollenkamp, Waist gunner: Dorman Busse,Tail gunner: Paul Hardin (9 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Manley Frankenberg (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Wittlingen [40km south-south-east of Stuttgart], Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 3114. SILVER DOLLAR.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Grenier 12/3/44; Assigned: 560BS/388BG Knettishall 12/3/44; MIA Merseburg 28/9/44 Pilot: Vic Olson (KIA); Francis Miller, John Kern, Ben Spevack, Wilmer Breckenridge, Theo Wilke, John Wyman, Chas Patterson, Casimir Piatek (8POW); flak, crashed Merseburg, Germany. MACR 9378. REVEL’S REVENGE.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/4/43; Gore Fd 10/4/43; Cheyenne 13/4/43; Gore 21/4/43; Lockbourne 25/4/43; Morrison 14/5/43; Assigned Glen 17/5/43; taxi accident 24/6/43; Salvaged 14/1/46.

Delivered: Cheyenne 23/7/44; Hunter 4/8/44; Dow Fd 15/8/44; Assigned: 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 17/8/44; Returned to US: Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 22/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 13/12/45. THE BIG GEAR.

Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Rapid City 8/3/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned: 601BS/398BG Nuthampstead 6/5/44 STRICTLY FROM HUNGER; no ops, Transferred: 365BS/305BG Chelveston 7/5/44; MIA Mannheim 21/7/44 Pilot: Leon Kornblau, Bernie Radomski, Chas Woolf, Meredith Mills, Frank Misiak (5KIA); Bill Boyd, Ed Theed, Roger Gagnon, Irvin Hughes (4POW); flak, crashed Epfenhofen, Germany. MACR 7276.

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 16/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 352BS/301BG Lucera 4/7/44; landing accident with Edbert Eddy 8/2/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 14/1/46; Salvaged Belgian/Dutch coast 11/2/47.

Delivered Lincoln 26/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned: 94BG Rougham 17/10/44; (chin turret removed & .50 cal m/gun fitted as F model); Transferred: 34BG Mendlesham /44; Returned to US: Bradley 20/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 28/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 4/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Morrison 5/5/43; Assigned 353BS/301BG St Donat 4/6/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action {86m} Budapest 27/6/44 with Hugh McGee, Hoskins, Luckey, Rzeszotarski, LePoutre, Milligan, Clark, Rackov, Plante (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Budapest; Missing Air Crew Report 6175. WILLY.

Delivered: Cheyenne 28/8/44; Patterson 19/9/44; Hunter 29/9/44; Dow Fd 7/10/44; Assigned: 323BS/91BG Bassingbourn 4/11/44; {15m} battle damage Wittlich 29/12/44 Pilot: Max Shambaugh, flak KO’d two engines. bombs jettisoned and Nazons, Fr; crew bailed OK; Salvaged. 21/1/45. SUPER MOUSE.