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Delivered Tulsa 12/11/42; West Palm Beach 12/12/42; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-J] Bassingbourn 8/1/43; Missing in Action 10m Bremen 17/4/43 with Nathan Lindsey, Co-pilot: George Slivkoff, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Seb Scavello, Radio Operator: Larry Brandenburg, Ball turret gunner: Joe Rekas, Waist gunner: Vic Hamrick, Waist gunner: Alvin Schipping,Tail gunner: Anthony Roy (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Rocco Maiorca, Bombardier: Albert Dobsa (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea, 11 miles NW of Isle of Norderney, Ger. /15807. SHORT SNORTER III.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 3/5/44; no ops, transferred 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 4/5/44; battle damaged Bohlen 12/9/44 with Pilot: Charles Lundsberg, Co-pilot: J.M. Ellzey, Navigator: Bob Smallman, Bombardier: John Wise, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cosmo Robasco, Radio Operator: Forrest Sampson, Ball turret gunner: Bill Sizer, Waist gunner: Jack Walker,Tail gunner: Ed Morgan (9 Returned to Duty); force landed Brussels; Salvaged 3/1/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/5/44; Hunter 15/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-O] Bassingbourn 10/6/44; Missing in Action 31m Ludwigshafen 9/9/44 with Neils Jensen, Co-pilot: Dale Burkehead, Navigator: Bob Hankey, Bombardier: Dick Klein (4 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herman Valentine, Radio Operator: Joe Kasperko, Ball turret gunner: Don Laird, Waist gunner: Stan Morris,Tail gunner: Rollin Wright (5 Killed in Action); flak hits caused #4 to explode, many instruments failed, crashed Lachen-Speyerdorf, SW of Ludwigshafen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8806. STRICTLY G.I.

Delivered Cheyenne 28/2/43; Sioux City 16/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FO-L] Kimbolton 2/5/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 11/6/43 with Capt George Hamrick, Navigator: Hal Herrick, Bombardier: Walt Kozel, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lother Nichols, Radio Operator: Tony Zarro, Ball turret gunner: Bill Fleck, Waist gunner: Warren Crane, Waist gunner: Jim Mitchell,Tail gunner: Jasper Gallegos (9 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Sam Gossen (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Grossheide, NW of Aurich, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1358.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Billings 29/1/44; Dallas 6/2/44; Orlando 13/2/44, modified for Azon bombing; Morrison 28/3/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 19/4/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 17/12/44 with Mike Kearns, Fitzsimmons, Dyga, Tinley, Chapman, Hughes, Janlak, Mohollen (8 Prisoner of War); Ellen (Killed in Action); Jones (evaded capture & ret); Missing Air Crew Report 10670. ST FRANCIS.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Billings 28/1/44; Gr Island 3/2/44; Orlando 8/2/44, modified for Azon bombing; Morrison 28/3/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 19/4/44; Missing in Action Szolnok, Hung. 2/7/44 with Phil Olivarri, Haldeman, Thompson,. Sawyer, Binninger, Calvert, Walker, Floyd (8 Returned to Duty); Houston (Killed in Action); aircraft ditched, crew rescued.

Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Gr Island 4/3/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-C] Grafton Underwood 6/4/44; transferred with group for mapping duties at Istres; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/10/45. KATHLEEN, LADY OF VICTORY.

Delivered Long Beach 11/6/43; Gore Fd 7/7/43; Dow Fd 18/7/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-F] Framlingham 20/7/43 RUSTY LODE; severe battle damaged over Munster 10/10/43, McGregor KIA; Cox, Tolan, Tennant bailed out and POW; aircraft and rest of crew returned to base; transferred to 570BS/390BG [DI- ] in 1/44; re-named BUCKSHOT ANNIE; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. BUCKSHOT BLUES.

Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Hunter 10/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF- ] Bassingbourn 29/6/44; Missing in Action {43m} Merseburg 21/11/44 with Chas Whitesell, Co-pilot: Bill New, Navigator: Andy Caswell, Bombardier: Jim Patton,Tail gunner: Bob Matthes {blown out when ship exploded in mid-air} (5 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Darrell Riley, Ball turret gunner: Don Hitzemann, Waist gunner: Earl Kerch, Radio Operator: John Courtney (4 Killed in Action); flak hit #3 engine, exploded and crashed Dobitschen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10420. FEARLESS FOSDICK.

Delivered Boise 303BG 7/4/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Sebring 6/9/42; Yuma 31/10/42; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 12/6/45.

Delivered Lincoln 21/10/44; Grenier 27/10/44; Assigned 18BS/34BG Mendlesham 1/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 8/1/45; Hunter 22/1/45; Grenier 3/2/45; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-S] Ridgewell 12/3/45; {4+m} transferred 306BG Thurleigh 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/8/46. SOUTH BOSTON SHILLELAGH.

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-S] Horham 11/10/44 NO NO NANNETTE; battle damaged Ludwigshafen 5/11/44 with Richard H. Wright, Jr., Bombardier: Irving H. Levin [2RTD]; Navigator: William L. Olson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vincent J. Riccio, Radio Operator: Harry A. Kolb, Ball turret gunner: Roscoe C. Hayes; Weist gunner: Sidney V. Manders; Tail gunner: Merlin H. Dyvig [6POW]; Co-pilot: Stanford G. Wolfson (Killed in Action); (MACR 10308); flak, force landed Miracourt, Fr; 39m, Missing in Action Kiel 4/4/45 with John Tuss, Co-pilot: George Washeteck, Navigator: Sol Simon, Bombardier: Alviah Kelly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Pelzar, Radio Operator: Cecil Phillips, Ball turret gunner: John Meadows, Waist gunner: Bill Johnson,Tail gunner: Dan Waines (9INT); flak, force landed Bulltofta, Sweden. Missing Air Crew Report 13848; ret group in UK 27/6/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 26/7/45; 3030 BU Roswell 8/10/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. CADET NURSE THE 2ND.

Delivered Boise 303BG 10/4/42; Alamogordo 18/6/42; Westover 2/7/42; Wendover 27/7/42; Walla Walla 18/8/42; force landed Burns, OR 21/8/42 with Don Garrett; Written off 4/1/43. (Joe Baugher – Found intact in British Columbia, Canada?)

Delivered Patterson 4/9/44; Hunter 15/9/44; Grenier 23/9/44; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-C] Bassingbourn 4/11/44; Missing in Action Berlin 5/12/44 with Howard Mitchell, Gene Routier, Trennie Lee, Gil Elliott (4 Killed in Action); Irving Miller, Tom Rieker, George Caudell, Ralph Fugatt, Frank Schnuerstein (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Talge-Wilsten, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11333.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/8/44; Lincoln 22/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 4/10/44; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 8/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 4/1/46.

Delivered Cheyenne 3/11/43; Kearney 16/11/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-M] Thurleigh 4/1/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/2/44 with Henry Ware, Co-pilot: Jim Roberts, Navigator: Clark Amen, Bombardier: Emil Maricondo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Longerbone, Radio Operator: Nick Tricoles, Ball turret gunner: Arden Butler, Waist gunner: Fred Braniger, Waist gunner: Bob Waldrop,Tail gunner: Reed Kuykendall (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Calais-Marck, just S of Les Attaques, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2240. ROUND TRIP TICKET.

Delivered Boise 303BG 10/4/42; Wendover 13/5/42; Ogden 17/6/42; Westover 11/8/42; Sebring 3/9/42; 2137 BU Hendricks 17/4/43; Tarrent 8/7/43; Wright Mat Com 17/7/43; to Hendricks with Avery Ladd, force landed Punta Gorda, FL 22/8/43; Written off 25/7/44.

Delivered Cheyenne 29/12/43; Long Beach 2/1/44; Grenier 4/2/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-F] Polebrook 25/2/44; Missing in Action {50m} Hamm 19/9/44 with Ray Butler, Co-pilot: Chas Kern, Navigator: George Dyer, Bombardier: Jesse Green, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Brink, Radio Operator: Elmo Hancock, Ball turret gunner: Joe Chickola, Waist gunner: Bob Flanagan,Tail gunner: Jack Tucker (9 Returned to Duty); flak, ditched Channel, picked up by ASR; BEDLAM BALL.

Delivered Kearney 16/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-W] Ridgewell 29/9/44; Missing in Action {43+m} Vechtal 24/3/45 with Bob Jankowiak, Navigator: Bill Garrett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim McGrath, Ball turret gunner: John Hensley,Tail gunner: Stan Beschta (5 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Phil Roche, Bombardier: Herb Levenson, Radio Operator: Oscar Moberg, Waist gunner: Paul Berger (4 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Greven, Ger?; Missing Air Crew Report 13606.