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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.

Delivered Hunter 6/11/44; Grenier 14/11/44; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-C] Bassingbourn 9/1/45; (flew two POW trips) ; 26m Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45. HOT SHOT CHARLIE.

Delivered Cheyenne 22/8/44; Lincoln 2/9/44; Grenier 11/9/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 12/9/44; battle damaged Operation Varsity 25/3/45 with ?; Salvaged.

En route from Boeing 13/3/43 with civilian pilot Albert Elliott Merrill. On test flight suffered structural failure while in dive. Pilot and five passengers bailed safely. A/c crashed Port Orchard, Wash. Written off 12/4/43.

Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Walla Walla 6/11/43; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green; MIA Berlin 8/3/44 Pilot: Glenn Butterworth, Co-Pilot: Joe Schaller, Navigator: Chas Mueller, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Mullany, Radio Operator: Fred Thibodeau, Ball Turret Gunner: John Leatherbury, Waist Gunner: Milton Knedler, Waist Gunner: Andy VanOver, Tail Gunner: Marlin Monson (9POW); Bombardier: Orville Robertson (KIA); Enemy aircraft KO’d #3 then shattered cockpit, crash-landed on bank of River Weser, near Nienburg, Germany. MACR 3190. MON TETE ROUGE aka TINA TANGERINE.

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-N] Deenethorpe 7/11/44; 612BS [SC-V]; force landed on continent 19/3/45, but eventually Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 1/12/45. MRS KNOBBY.

Delivered Dallas 24/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Wilmington 12/10/43; Assigned 388BG Knettishall 15/10/43; transferred 100BG Thorpe Abbots; battle damaged on Bordeaux mission 6/1/44 with ? crew ? (10 Returned to Duty), crashed RAF Tarrant Rushton, Dorset, UK Salvaged 21/1/44.

Delivered Lincoln 29/1/45; Dow Fd 13/2/45; Assigned 525BS/379BG Kimbolton 15/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45. CARICO JO.

Delivered MacDill 20/2/42; Cheyenne 10/5/42; Ogden 26/7/42; Wendover 6/8/42; Boise 30/12/42; Hendricks 25/3/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.