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Delivered Tulsa 24-Nov-42; Homestead 18-Dec-42; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-F] Bassingbourn 1-Jan-43; with Capt Oscar O’Neill 13-Jan-43, suffered mechanical problems on first mission and forced to abort; Missing in Action 4+m Wilhelmshaven 26-Feb-43 10KIA Missing Air Crew Report 15712. SHORT SNORTER II.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/5/43; Kearney 26/5/43; force landed Atlanta 1/6/43 with Cecil Reed; Robins 24/6/43; Memphis 8/8/43; Gr Island 9/8/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-C] Podington 27/9/43; {50m} crash landed base with Harry Avery 28/5/44; Salvaged 2SAD Lt Staughton 29/5/44.

Delivered Denver 7/12/43; Cheyenne 19/12/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Assigned 749BS/457BG [M] Glatton 14/2/44; declared war weary and transferred 1 SAD Burtonwood 24/3/45 modified for airborne lifeboat; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 30/6/45; Jackson 1/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45. SLOW BUT SURE.

Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 10/3/43; Presque 5/4/43; Assigned: 338BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; Transferred: 533BS/381BG [VP-R] Ridgewell 14/7/43; MIA {17m} Bremen 8/10/43 Pilot: Jim Hartje, Co-Pilot: Joe Jerome, Navigator: Edgar Norton, Bombardier: Joe Channault, Radio Operator: Germany. ld LaPlace, Waist Gunner: Ed Swackhammer, Tail Gunner: Art Seiber (7POW), Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Gene Kaseman, Ball Turret Gunner: Clayton Boykin, Waist Gunner: Ed Czyz (3KIA); Enemy aircraft set #2 & #3 on fire, crashed abot 25 miles from Bremen, Ger. MACR 883. NIP ‘N TUCK.

Delivered Cheyenne 10/7/43; Spokane 25/7/43; Westover 26/12/43; Wendover 1/2/44; Cheyenne 24/2/44; Denver 8/3/44; Tampa 9/3/43; 328 BU Gulfport 26/7/44; with Bob Dixon force landed Gulfport 21/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 25/6/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [JW-Q] Podington 9/9/44; Missing in Action Nurnberg 3/10/44 with Niels Nielsen, Clyde Saylor, Rudy Granata, Ken LaPlante, Howard Garrison, Harry Raber, Franklin Adams, Leon Mohr (8 Killed in Action); Bill Stretton (Prisoner of War); mid air coll, crashed Neuhof, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9346.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/43; Dow Fd 27/7/43; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-U] Framlingham 6/8/43 COY-DE-COY II; severe battle damaged by 20mm cannon on Hanau mission Hanau, Ger 4/10/43. transferred RAF 1699Flt at Oulton, Nfk [SR380]; 214 Sq BU-S Oulton, Nfk., 21/4/44; 1699 Flt 4Z-? Sculthorpe, Nfk. crash landed Oulton with F/O Stainier, aircraft landed heavily and tipped up on to nose, Sgt W. Walsh taken to base SQ for treatment 12/9/44; Written off 20/11/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Presque Is 30/7/43; Assigned 340BS/97BG (MTO-15AF) 6/8/43; three crew detailed by road from RAF St Mawgan to RAF St Eval 10/2/44 & checked off by ground crew; with Walter Kelm, Co-pilot: N.L. Dussing, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: R.E. Wright, on return back to base u/c collapsed (3 Returned to Duty); Con Invm 7/8/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 5/3/43; Gulfport 31/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-G] Alconbury 9/4/43 WINSOME WINN; Framlingham 12/5/43; 4m, battle damaged Lorient 17/5/43 with W. Thomas; crash landed Southern UK, (10 Returned to Duty); The aircraft was repaired and transferred to the 547BS/384BG [SO-X] Grafton Underwood 28/6/43; Missing in Action on a mission to Solingen, Germany, 1 December 1943 with Pilot-Darwin George Nelson, Co-pilot-Elmer Leroy Smith, Navigator-T/Sgt Joseph Horatio Harrison, Bombardier-Sam Ellis Drake, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner-Vincent Gregorich, Ball Turret Gunner-John Harvey Turner, Waist Gunner-Antonio C. Gomez Jr., Waist Gunner-Francis Marvin Seager (8POW); The Radio Operator-Curtis Easley and Tail Gunner-Albert Brewer evaded capture;. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Solingen, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #1336. Aircraft Name: WINSOME WINN II

Delivered Cheyenne 16/10/44; Hunter 4/11/44; Grenier 4/12/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-D] Podington 14/1/45; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 7/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.

Delivered Amarillo 1/7/43; Ephrata 18/7/43; Kingman 1/8/43; to Love with Bill Willis force landed 30/7/43; Written off 29/8/43.

Delivered Long Beach 31/1/43; Tinker 12/3/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL- ] Presque Is 7/4/43; Earls Colne, Ex. 12/5/43; Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Harry Johnson, Co-pilot: Henry Kvevli, Navigator: Dave Fussell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Leland, Radio Operator: John Daliski, Ball turret gunner: Harry DeRouchie, Waist gunner: Bob Thomas, Waist gunner: Larry Worthey,Tail gunner: Earl Bennett (9 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Blair Hale (POW-kept afloat by his chute, picked up by German boat and taken to Lubeck.); crashed Baltic Sea, off Langeland Point, Denmark. Missing Air Crew Report 6142. OLE TOBE.

Delivered Gt Falls 7/9/44; Hunter 28/9/44; Grenier 5/10/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-D] Thurleigh 17/10/44, then 423BS; landing accident with Will McDonald 6/3/45; transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 27/10/44; Hunter 24/11/44; Dow Fd 8/12/44; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-G] Podington 28/1/45; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 7/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 6/11/46.

Delivered Denver 3/1/43; Salina 9/1/43; Homestead 18/2/43; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-D] Chelveston 4/3/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Wright Gerke, Co-pilot: Tom Reade, Navigator: Joe Costa, Bombardier: Jack Little, Ball turret gunner: Ed Keesling, Waist gunner: Joe Rowlison, Waist gunner: Herb Kalwa,Tail gunner: Joe Hall (8 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Fullerton, Radio Operator: Jim Chalker (2 Prisoner of War); flak & enemy aircraft, crashed near Munchen-Gladbach, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 252. ARKIE II.

Delivered Amarillo 1/7/43; Ephrata 18/7/43; Kingman 1/8/43; Love 3/8/43; 359BS HQ Alamogordo 30/3/44; 203 BU Jackson 31/1/45; with George Canavan crashed three miles NW base 11/4/45; Recl Comp 12/4/45.

Delivered Amarillo 2/7/43; Cheyenne 25/7/43; Ephrata 1/8/43; 242 BU Gr Isle 29/8/44; 504BG Fairmont 3/9/44; 241 BU Fairmont 16/9/44; 235 BU Biggs 3/11/44; 4202 BU Syracuse 3/4/45; Recl Comp 3/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 4/9/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-F] Podington 5/9/44; 327BS; base landing accident with Earle Field 17/12/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 22/11/45; re-ass AF Oberpfaffenhofen 30/4/47; Recl Comp 5/8/48.

Delivered Denver 29/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 22/3/43; Missing in Action Antwerp 5/4/43 with Kelly Ross, Co-pilot: George Lewis, Navigator: Sid Miller, {no bomb’r} Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Hovekamp, Radio Operator: Doug Bowles, Ball turret gunner: Earl Benson, Waist gunner: Clyde Smith (7 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Arthur Byrd,Tail gunner: Arnold Hyman (2 Killed in Action); shot down by Hptm Galland, crashed Zandvliet, 12 miles N of Antwerp, Hol. No MACR.

Delivered Denver 26/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Memphis 17/4/43; Presque 27/4/43; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 4/5/43; in landing accident at base Pilot: Leo Jarvis 7/8/43; MIA {1+m} Bremen 8/10/43 w/Art Sample, Navigator: Capt Norman Mackay, tog-Bob Moore, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Howard Ballou, Radio Operator: Warren Heintz, Ball Turret Gunner: Melvin Olson, Waist Gunner: Bill Grayson, Tail Gunner: George Johnston (8KIA), Co-Pilot: Ed Cytarzinski, Waist Gunner: Jim Forbes, (2POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Doerrieloh, 14 miles E of Diepholz, Germany. MACR 1395. ‘OLE FLAK SACK.’