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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.

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 with Fred Gillogly, Co-pilot: Don Whipple, Navigator: Carl Jones, Bombardier: John Brown, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lule Edwards, Radio Operator: Chas Fehr, Ball turret gunner: Archie Baker, Waist gunner: Dan Dolinka, Waist gunner: Bill Allen,Tail gunner: Henry Warren (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft caused fire, crashed Wiessens four miles SE Aurich, Ger,. Missing Air Crew Report 15524.