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Delivered Cheyenne 23/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-S] Polebrook 27/5/43; then 509BS [RQ-S]; Missing in Action 30m Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Willis Smith, Co-pilot: Harlan Bixby, Navigator: Dick Speers, Bombardier: Bill White, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Norris, Radio Operator: Stephen Bodnar, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Begin, Waist gunner: Carl Lindblad, Waist gunner: Norman St Peter,Tail gunner: Chas Knothe, pass-Sgt Alton Walker[511BS] (11 Prisoner of War); flak & enemy aircraft, ditched off Guernsey, Channel Is, Missing Air Crew Report 1985. PICCADILLY COMMANDO.

Delivered Cheyenne 16/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Brookley 12/3/43; Morrison 31/3/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-R] Polebrook 18/4/43; Missing in Action {15m} Anklam 9/10/43 with Howie Maser, Co-pilot: Don L’Abbee, Navigator: Morris Eagle, Bombardier: Howie Ferguson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Everett Sanford, Radio Operator: Paul Walsh, Waist gunner: Bill McGee, Waist gunner: Harry Crum,Tail gunner: Malvern Morgan (9 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Ken Gorsuch (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Vollstedt, 18 miles south west Flensburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 875. SPITBALL.

Delivered ? ; Hendricks ? ; with W.L. Gregory caught on base bury maintenance and burnt out 3-Jan-43. Another source, Roger A. Freeman, records this aircraft as being destroyed in Japanese attack on Hickam Field, Oahu, 7-Dec-41. Salvaged.)

Delivered Cheyenne 21/4/43; Tinker 27/4/43; Memphis 30/4/43; Presque Is 5/5/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 384BG Grafton Underwood 12/7/43; 368BS/306BG [BO-G] Thurleigh 22/8/43; RAF 100 Gp 7/1/44, ret 13/3/44; transferred to 835BS/486BG Sudbury, Sfk, used as hack before sal 11/10/45. GREEN HORNET.

Delivered Tulsa 16/6/43; Alexandria 11/7/43; crash landed base with Jim Hayes 19/7/43; Written off 21/9/43.

Delivered Denver 18/6/43; Dow Fd 22/7/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ- ] Snetterton 27/7/43; Missing in Action Paris 15/9/43 with Jim Richardson, Co-pilot: Larry Dupe, Navigator: Elmer Smith, Bombardier: George Frank, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lonnie Turner, Ball turret gunner: Joe Scarano, Waist gunner: Henry Cabellero, Waist gunner: Don Reid,Tail gunner: Elwin McMahon (9 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Rudolph Richer (evaded capture); flak hit & exploded over Paris, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 726.

Delivered RAF [AN533] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-N] Polebrook 28-Apr-41; Missing in Action Oslo 8-Sep-41 with A. Mathison, H. Sleath, F. Hogan, N. Davis, C. James, R. Willis, R. Allan (7 Killed in Action); shot down by Me-109s and lost without trace.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Rock Springs 7/11/43; Yuma 18/11/43; 3021 BU Las Vegas 2/6/44; 3022 BU Indian Springs 16/6/44; 3021 BU Las Vegas 15/3/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 22/5/45; 574 BU Winslow 3/10/45; 3017 BU Hobbs 28/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Kearney 25/11/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Tortorella 18/12/43; Missing in Action {16m} Regensburg with George Perry, Kyrouac, Bell, Andrzejewski, Ruiz, Koffler, D. Gregory, Segers, Goldstein (10 Prisoner of War); ditched off Pula, Yugo; Missing Air Crew Report 2391. SPOOFER.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/1/45; Hunter 26/1/45; Dow Fd 15/2/45; Assigned PFF 349BS/100BG [XR-M] 16/2/45; transferred 91BG Bassingbourn 17/2/45; 427BS/303BG [GN-G] Molesworth 29/3/45; 457BG Glatton 23/5/45; RAF Valley 4/6/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/12/45. MIKE (possibly radio relay code, npo).

Delivered SAD 3-Sep-40; Assigned 11BS/7BG Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City 19-May-41; with J.E. Dougherty overshot McClelland Fd, Sacramento 11-Jun-41. Salvaged 6-May-42. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Kearney 2/12/43; New York 8/12/43; Presque Is 9/12/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG Chelveston 28/12/43; assigned Bordeaux 31/12/43 with John Quillman, Co-pilot: Ralph Blake, Navigator: John Repetti, Bombardier: Adolph Erikson (4 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Groenschen, Radio Operator: Bob Cove, Ball turret gunner: Everett Esch, Waist gunner: Pat McHugh, Waist gunner: John Vasos, Tail gunner: Martin McCormick (6 Returned to Duty); crash landed Ashridge, Hertfordshire, UK; Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 3/1/44.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Boise 17/11/43; Kearney 30/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Romulus 6/12/43; Dorval (Canada) 7/12/43; Presque Is 9/12/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-G] Thurleigh 21/1/44; battle damaged Berlin 22/3/44 with Ragnar Carlson, Co-pilot: Ken Yass, Navigator: S. Soscal, Bombardier: H.R. Shutts, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: W.H. Morgan (5 Returned to Duty); Radio Operator: Phil Brourman, Ball turret gunner: Nick Orlando, Waist gunner: Tony Mariant, Waist gunner: Fred Blum,Tail gunner: Chas Kester (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft caused damage & five bailed; ship crash landed Horsey Gap, Norfolk, UK; Missing Air Crew Report 3434. ABLE MABEL.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/6/43; Gore 2/7/43; Dyersburg 3/7/43; Alexandria 11/7/43; with Jim Hemphill force landed base 17/12/43; 3505 BU Scott 29/6/44; 4117 BU Robins 1/11/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 13/6/45.

Delivered Strategic Air Depot 9-Sep-40; Salt Lake City 27-Jun-41; departed 31-Oct-41 en route McClelland Fd, Sacramento for an #3 engine change, with five crew and four passengers, all Killed in Service. Never used in combat and never served in the UK.

Delivered Wright 2/5/42; Patterson 5/5/42; Boca Raton 31/12/42; Wright 29/4/43; Eglin 15/9/43; Minneapolis 17/6/43; Ft Dix 2/12/44; Boca Raton 22/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/2/45.

Assigned 353BS/301BG Westover 7/42; Chelveston 6/8/42; Tafaraoui 24/11/42; Maison Blanche 5/12/42; Biskra 16/12/42; Ain M’Lila 17/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Missing in Action Castelventrano {21m} 13/4/43 with Jerry Thomas, Cummings, Loeheome, Wann, Busby, Jacobs, Agee, Carigman, Weeks, Godwin. Missing Air Crew Report 16302. HOCKAMOLOCK JOCK VI BB.

Delivered Dallas 11/5/44; Langley 19/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned as PFF 95BG Horham 8/7/44; 8m, (tran 349BS/100BG [XR-E] Thorpe Abbotts 9/7/44?); Returned to the USA Charleston 2/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46.

Delivered Wright Field 24-Nov-40; Eglin Air Proving Ground May-42 for gunnery testing of two 20mm cannon mounted in the nose; to Wright Field 7-Feb- 42; Chanute 18-Dec-43; with Joe McKinstray force landed Tulsa Field, OK 14-Sep-44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus, Oklahoma 4-Oct-45.

Delivered Hunter 27/11/44; Grenier 7/12/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 12/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 22/6/45; Sth Plains 24/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45. (npo) WOODY WOODPECKER.

Delivered Denver 12/7/43; Gore Fd 15/8/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-O] Horham 8/9/43; 5m, Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Lionel Correia, Co-pilot: Don Dunhaver, Navigator: Dick Coffey, Bombardier: Fred Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Otis Ashworth, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bailey, Waist gunner: Roger Black, Waist gunner: Roly Alexenberg,Tail gunner: Dick Crawford (9 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Jerome Schneider (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ruhof Farm at Vreden-Lunten, near Haaksbergen, Holl, 32 miles NW of Munster. Missing Air Crew Report 943.

Assigned 352BS/301BG Westover 8/7/42; Chelveston 9/8/42; detailed mission to Meaulte, Fr 2/10/42; crash landed RAF Gatwick 2/10/42 with 1Lt. Charles W. Paine, Jr. Co-pilot: 1Lt Robert H. Long, Navigator: 2Lt John A. Thomson, Bombardier: 2Lt Stanley A. Komarik, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: H.M. Peterson Wounded in Action, Radio Operator: SSgt Walter G. Parcells, Ball turret gunner: Sgt A.N. Bouthillier, Waist gunner: Sgt Tom J. Coburn, Jr. Wounded in Action, Waist gunner: SSgt T.L.Sheeder, Tail gunner: SSgt B.T. Taucher Wounded in Action. Salvaged battle damaged. Nose cut off to release injured crewmen; 16 cannon holes, over 300 bullet holes plus flak damage. PHYLLIS.

Assigned 14BS/19BG Hickam Field, HI 14-May-41; Clark Field, Philippines 16-Jul-41 with Bill Fisher, Francis Thompson, John Wright, Bob McIntyre, Henry Whitley, John Labreche, Jim Schoen, Bill Fought, Lt Don Flickinger Flt/surg; to Del Monte, Mindanao 6-Dec-41; strafed Del Monte 19-Dec-41. Salvaged. Never served in the UK.

Delivered Denver 13/12/43; Presque Is 16/8/43; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-Z] Alconbury 4/9/43; on practice mission with Chas Buhler, Co-pilot: Capt Bob Parkinson, Navigator: Harry Roklling, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave Bershke, Radio Operator: Don Rakestran, (5 Returned to Duty); crash landed base after stall by pilot under instruction, left tyre blew then u/c collapsed 15/5/44, Salvaged 2 SAD Lt Staughton 16/5/44.